{"644898":{"#nid":"644898","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"New Design Improves Efficiency of Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cells","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPerovskites are a leading candidate for eventually replacing silicon as the material of choice for solar panels. They offer the potential for low-cost, low-temperature manufacturing of ultrathin, lightweight flexible cells, but so far their efficiency at converting sunlight to electricity has lagged behind silicon and other alternatives. A team of researchers, including \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/juan-pablo-correa-baena\u0022\u003EJuan-Pablo Correa-Baena\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has published a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-021-03285-w\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E that may improve the\u0026nbsp;design of perovskite cells to match or exceed the efficiency of today\u0026rsquo;s typical silicon cell,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-03-02 21:24:16","changed_gmt":"2021-03-02 21:24:16","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Title IX logo","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/new-design-improves-efficiency-of-next-generation-perovskite-solar-cells\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167535","name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering"},{"id":"183251","name":"Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena"},{"id":"177510","name":"perovskites"},{"id":"167411","name":"solar cells"},{"id":"187167","name":"silicon cells"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}