{"id":204239,"date":"2025-01-22T01:26:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-harness-the-power-of-layered-crystals-for-energy-innovation"},"modified":"2025-01-22T01:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:26:38","slug":"scientists-harness-the-power-of-layered-crystals-for-energy-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/scientists-harness-the-power-of-layered-crystals-for-energy-innovation","title":{"rendered":"Scientists harness the power of \u2018layered\u2019 crystals for energy innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-harness-the-power-of-layered-crystals-for-energy-innovation3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>University of Missouri scientists are unlocking the secrets of halide perovskites\u2014a material that\u2019s poised to reshape our future by bringing us closer to a new age of energy-efficient optoelectronics.<\/p>\n<p>Suchi Guha and Gavin King, two physics professors in Mizzou\u2019s College of Arts and Science, are studying the material at the nanoscale: a place where objects are invisible to the naked eye. At this level, the extraordinary properties of halide perovskites come to life, thanks to the material\u2019s unique structure of ultra-thin crystals\u2014making it astonishingly efficient at converting sunlight into energy.<\/p>\n<p>Think <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/solar+panels\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">solar panels<\/a> that are not only more affordable but also far more effective at powering homes. Or LED lights that burn brighter and last longer while consuming less energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Missouri scientists are unlocking the secrets of halide perovskites\u2014a material that\u2019s poised to reshape our future by bringing us closer to a new age of energy-efficient optoelectronics. Suchi Guha and Gavin King, two physics professors in Mizzou\u2019s College of Arts and Science, are studying the material at the nanoscale: a place where objects [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanotechnology","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}