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With renewable energy on the rise, researchers have turned their funding and their focus towards new solar cell technologies, and perovskites are a major source of interest. This class of materials is particularly interesting due to their quick, simple synthesis as well as their physical and electrical superiority when compared to current silicon-based solar cells. Through this thesis, we will explore the synthesis of various types of perovskites and their subsequent characterization, which includes optical microscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, Raman microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Analyzing two different perovskites both before and after a two-week period of storage revealed that while synthesis is indeed experiment-friendly, these materials have a concerning lack of stability even in ideal conditions.
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- Synthesis and Environmental Stability of Perovskites for Photovoltaic Applications
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- Buzas, Benjamin Joseph (Author)
- Tongay, Sefaattin (Thesis director)
- Muhich, Christopher (Committee member)
- Materials Science and Engineering Program (Contributor, Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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2020-05
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