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The university’s new Initiative for Sustainable Energy will focus on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable fuels and materials.

A new study finds inactive yeast could be effective as an inexpensive, abundant, and simple material for removing lead contamination from drinking water supplies. The approach should be efficient and economic, even down to part-per-billion levels of contamination.

May 11, 2021 Share Perovskites are a category of materials with a distinct crystalline atomic structure. Just over ten years ago, scientists found that perovskites are exceptionally good at absorbing light. The discovery set off an overwhelming flow of new research into perovskite solar cells. Since then, the efficiency of those solar cells has increased substantially and now rivals that of conventional silicon cells. In manufacturing, perovskite cells are superior because they’re mu...

"Molecular glue" strengthens the weak point in perovskite solar cells "Molecular glue" strengthens t... Scientists have developed a new, more stable type of perovskite solar cell that uses molecular glue to form strong bonds between its layers Padture Lab/Brown University 1/1 Scientists have developed a new, more stable type of perovskite solar cell that uses molecular glue to form strong bonds between its layers Padture Lab/Brown University In a relatively short space o...

A “molecular glue” dramatically increases the stability and reliability of perovskite solar cells over time, researchers report in a new study. The treatment, which keeps a key interface inside the cells from degrading, also improves the efficiency with which they convert sunlight into electricity. “There have been great strides in increasing the power-conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells,” says senior author Nitin Padture, a professor of engineering at Brown University. “B...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Researchers have used self-assembled monolayer "molecular glue " totoughen interfaces in perovskite solar cells to make them more efficient,stable and reliable. view more  Credit: Padture lab/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A research team from Brown University has made a major step toward improving the long-term reliability of perovskite solar cells, an emerging clean energy technology. In a study to be published on Friday, May 7 in the journal...

NASA to launch new Brown student satellite NASA has agreed to provide space on a future rocket launch for a new satellite designed and built by Brown University students to test the performance of next-generation solar cells in space. Brown students will design and build PVDX, a small satellite that will test cutting edge solar technology in space. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown is headed back to space. This month, NASA announced that a small satellite to be designed and built...

14,000 loops around the Earth later, Brown student satellite ends its mission The systems on the student-designed and -built EQUiSat functioned nearly flawlessly for over two years in the harshness of space before reentering Earth’s atmosphere on Dec. 26. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — After performing valiantly for two-and-a-half years in the extreme environment of low Earth orbit, a small satellite designed and built by Brown University undergraduates re-entered the atmosphere on ...