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Everyone knows about ice, liquid and vapor but, depending on the conditions, water can actually form more than a dozen different structures. Scientists have now added a new phase to the list: superionic ice. This type of ice forms at extremely.
In a surprising discovery, an international team of researchers, led by scientists in the University of Minnesota Center for Quantum Materials, found that deformations in quantum materials that cause imperfections in the crystal structure can actually improve the material’s superconducting and electrical properties.
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IMAGE: Scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University discovered that squeezing a promising lead halide material in a diamond anvil cell (left) produces a so-called black perovskite (right). view more
Credit: Greg Stewart/ SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Among the materials known as perovskites, one of the most exciting is a material that can convert sunlight to electricity as efficiently as today s commercial silicon solar cells and has the potential for being much cheaper and easier to manufacture.
There s just one problem: Of the four possible atomic configurations, or phases, this material can take, three are efficient but unstable at room temperature and in ordinary environments, and they quickly revert to the fourth phase, which is completely useless for solar applications.