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"Traps" for charge carriers reduce the longevity of these promising solar-cell materials as well as their efficiency
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Devices containing a "bumpy" carbon-based material work at freezing temperatures
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Material is low cost and easy to make, say researchers
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Large polarons may not be responsible for the favourable optoelectronic properties of lead halide perovskites after all
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Two-junction devices could be integrated into renewable-energy systems for low-cost thermal-grid storage
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Birnessite-like material has a volumetric energy density close to the theoretical maximum
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New device produces power at night thanks to an integrated thermoelectric generator
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Device uses low-cost and abundant materials
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“Hyperuniform disordered” design delivers 66.5% solar absorption
