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The lead halide perovskites demonstrate huge potential for optoelectronic applications, high energy radiation detectors, light emitting devices and solar energy harvesting. Those materials exhibit strong spin-orbit coupling enabling…
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Vacancy-ordered double perovskites have emerged as lead-free alternatives, offering remarkable stability and compositional tunability for optoelectronic applications. In this study, we provide first-principles insights into their electronic…
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The electronic, elastic, structural, thermoelectric and optical parameters of the Pb-based cubic perovskites $PbREO_3\; (RE=Ce,\; Gd,\; Nd)$ were calculated using the WIEN2k Package. The mechanical optimization and structural stabilities…
Halide perovskites is a new class of semiconductors with exceptional optoelectronic properties. Among many advantages offered by halide perovskites, the bandgap energy can be tuned in a much broader range than what was possible in…
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We present a new approach to ubiquitous sensing for indoor applications, using high-efficiency and low-cost indoor perovksite photovoltaic cells as external power sources for backscatter sensors. We demonstrate wide-bandgap perovskite…
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