Tug of War Strategy for Separating Rare Earth Elements
Lanthanides are metals with beneficial properties for renewable energy technologies like electric vehicles and wind turbines, as well as a variety of other applications.
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Lanthanides are metals with beneficial properties for renewable energy technologies like electric vehicles and wind turbines, as well as a variety of other applications.
Photodetection spanning the short-, mid-, and long-wave infrared (SWIR-LWIR) underpins modern science and technology. Devices using state-of-the-art narrow bandgap semiconductors require complex manufacturing, high costs, and cooling requirements that remain prohibitive for many applications. We report high-performance infrared photodetection from a donor-acceptor conjugated polymer with broadband SWIR-LWIR operation. Electronic correlations within the π-conjugated backbone promote a high-spin ground state, narrow bandgap, long-wavelength absorption, and intrinsic electrical conductivity. The...