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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Facility•Lausanne, Switzerland•
About: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is a facility organization based out in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Catalysis. The organization has 44041 authors who have published 98296 publications receiving 4372092 citations. The organization is also known as: EPFL & ETHL.
Topics: Population, Catalysis, Laser, Thin film, Perovskite (structure)
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TL;DR: It is shown that a pair of perovskite cells connected in series can power the electrochemical breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen efficiently, and the combination of the two yields a water-splitting photocurrent density and a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 12.3%.
Abstract: Although sunlight-driven water splitting is a promising route to sustainable hydrogen fuel production, widespread implementation is hampered by the expense of the necessary photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical apparatus. Here, we describe a highly efficient and low-cost water-splitting cell combining a state-of-the-art solution-processed perovskite tandem solar cell and a bifunctional Earth-abundant catalyst. The catalyst electrode, a NiFe layered double hydroxide, exhibits high activity toward both the oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions in alkaline electrolyte. The combination of the two yields a water-splitting photocurrent density of around 10 milliamperes per square centimeter, corresponding to a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 12.3%. Currently, the perovskite instability limits the cell lifetime.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed description of the preparation, structural characterisation and physical characteristics of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3 is presented.
Abstract: The hybrid organic–inorganic perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3 may find application in next generation solid-state sensitised solar cells. Although this material and related perovskites were discovered many decades ago, questions remain concerning their diverse structural chemistry and unusual properties. The article presents a review of previous work and provides a detailed description of the preparation, structural characterisation and physical characteristics of (CH3NH3)PbI3. The phase changes exhibited by (CH3NH3)PbI3 have been probed using variable temperature powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction, combined with differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis and phase contrast transmission electron microscopy. The optical band gap for (CH3NH3)PbI3 determined by UV-Visible spectroscopy was compared to values obtained from density-of-state simulation of the electronic band structure.
2,132 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the stiffness and breaking strength of monolayer MoS2, a new semiconducting analogue of graphene, was investigated. But the results were limited to the case of single and bilayer membranes, and the strength of strongest membranes was only 11% of its Young's modulus.
Abstract: We report on measurements of the stiffness and breaking strength of monolayer MoS2, a new semiconducting analogue of graphene. Single and bilayer MoS2 is exfoliated from bulk and transferred to a substrate containing an array of microfabricated circular holes. The resulting suspended, free-standing membranes are deformed and eventually broken using an atomic force microscope. We find that the in-plane stiffness of monolayer MoS2 is 180 ± 60 Nm–1, corresponding to an effective Young’s modulus of 270 ± 100 GPa, which is comparable to that of steel. Breaking occurs at an effective strain between 6 and 11% with the average breaking strength of 15 ± 3 Nm–1 (23 GPa). The strength of strongest monolayer membranes is 11% of its Young’s modulus, corresponding to the upper theoretical limit which indicates that the material can be highly crystalline and almost defect-free. Our results show that monolayer MoS2 could be suitable for a variety of applications such as reinforcing elements in composites and for fabricat...
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TL;DR: In this article, the Activated Sludge Model No. 3 (ASM3) is proposed to predict oxygen consumption, sludge production, nitrification and denitrification of activated sludge systems.
2,108 citations
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Michael Grätzel | 248 | 1423 | 303599 |
Ruedi Aebersold | 182 | 879 | 141881 |
Eliezer Masliah | 170 | 982 | 127818 |
Richard H. Friend | 169 | 1182 | 140032 |
G. A. Cowan | 159 | 2353 | 172594 |
Ian A. Wilson | 158 | 971 | 98221 |
Johan Auwerx | 158 | 653 | 95779 |
Menachem Elimelech | 157 | 547 | 95285 |
A. Artamonov | 150 | 1858 | 119791 |
Melody A. Swartz | 148 | 1304 | 103753 |
Henry J. Snaith | 146 | 511 | 123155 |
Kurt Wüthrich | 143 | 739 | 103253 |
Richard S. J. Frackowiak | 142 | 309 | 100726 |
Jean-Paul Kneib | 138 | 805 | 89287 |
Kevin J. Tracey | 138 | 561 | 82791 |