Congratulations Jin and Bin on their new publication in Nature Synthesis!

In this paper, Jin demonstrated a general method to synthesize 2D perovskites of desired layer thickness through gradual transformation from low n-value to higher n-value by tuning the temperature or time of the crystallization. It addresses the bottleneck of producing stable 2D halide perovskite with ahigh quantum-well number (n=1-6). Also, this work indicates that kinetics control…

Congratulations to Xinting Shuai for defending his thesis!

Congratulations to Dr. Xinting Shuai for completing his PhD on “Morphology controlled All-Inorganic 2D Perovskite and Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides materials synthesis, characterization and application”. He was co-advised by Prof. Pulickel Ajayan and Prof. Aditya Mohite. He will be continuing his work as a post-doc at the Ajayan Lab….

Congratulations Hao on publishing his work in Nature Physics!

Hao Zhang demonstrated a direct visualization of the carrier-lattice interactions in 2D halide perovskites for the first time. He did this by directly probing the lattice degrees of freedom in ps time scale using the ultrafast electron diffraction technique (MeV-UED) following the above bandgap high-density photoexcitation. Upon illumination, he observed a novel lattice behavior involving…

Dr. Mohite was presented the 2022 DOE Annual Merit Review award for innovation in hydrogen production technology

This award is presented to Dr. Aditya Mohite of Rice University for achieving an integrated halide perovskite photoelectrochemical cell with record-setting solar-driven water-splitting efficiency of 20.8%. Mohite’s system exhibited extended durability due to a novel graphite anticorrosion barrier that translates >99% of photoelectric power directly to hydrogen production. His work increasing the durability and efficiency…