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Perovskite materials whose size and composition can be adjusted to “tune” the wavelengths of light they absorb, making them a favorable and potentially lower-cost, high-efficiency emerging tandem technology.

Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record

Researchers improve cell efficiency using a combination of molecules to address different issues Northwestern University researchers have raised the standards again for perovskite solar cells with a new development that helped the emerging technology hit new records for efficiency. The findings, published in...

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Ted Sargent named co-executive director of Trienens Institute

Cross-field expert to help further Northwestern sustainability research Northwestern University has named Ted Sargent co-executive director of the Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy (formerly ISEN). Effective immediately, Sargent joins current executive director Michael Wasielewski, the Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry, in overseeing...

Northwestern researchers have worked with an international team of collaborators to create acetic acid out of carbon monoxide derived from captured carbon.

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Sustainable breakthrough: Catalyst converts carbon dioxide into sustainable byproducts

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has identified the capturing and transportation of CO2 for either permanent storage or conversion into valuable products as a crucial national priority. This is seen as a necessary step to achieve the goal of reaching net-zero...

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Ted Sargent, the Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor of Chemistry, was honored at the investiture ceremony of endowed chairs

Ted Sargent, the Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor of Chemistry, was honored during an investiture ceremony of endowed chairs on April 18. Sargent, of Northwestern’s Department of Chemistry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the International Institute for...

Hand holding a prototype all-perovskite tandem solar cell

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New solar cell breaks records for efficiency and voltage

In the race to make solar energy more practical amidst soaring gas prices and threats of climate catastrophe, a team of researchers is taking steps toward a more efficient, higher-voltage solar cell. Now, a Northwestern University, University of Toronto and the...

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NU Faculty Live with Professor Ted Sargent on October 4: “The Science and Technology of Decarbonization”

Northwestern Professor of chemistry Ted Sargent will discuss how researchers are creating solutions that capture and consume CO2 to make fuels and materials during an event held on October 4, 2022 at 2 pm CDT. The virtual event, titled "The...

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Internationally renowned researchers Shana Kelley and Ted Sargent join Northwestern

Shana Kelley, a pioneer in translational bioanalytical research, joins Northwestern’s Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Shana Kelley will join Northwestern’s Department of Chemistry and Department of Biomedical Engineering, and be affiliated with the International Institute for...