The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $164,671 Project Grant to Arizona State University to develop and evaluate a new class of lead-free perovskite halide materials for optoelectronic applications under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. This collaborative research between the University of Maine and the University of Alabama aims to computationally design, synthesize, characterize, and assess the stability of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), totaling $194,244, aims to develop methods for synthesizing and characterizing chalcogenide perovskite materials for electronic applications. The key objectives are to enable the manufacture of chalcogenide perovskite thin films at temperatures below 600°C and to tailor their optoelectronic properties for use in semiconducting devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and...
This $114,166 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to discover new chalcogenide semiconductor materials. The project aims to leverage computational and experimental approaches to better understand and control the thermodynamic factors that enable synthesis of these promising materials, which have potential applications in solar cells, energy-efficient electronics, and batteries. The...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding of $350,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The project aims to develop and investigate new inorganic materials with complex compositions based on layered magnetic metal-halide compounds. Key activities include synthesis, spectroscopy, and electronic-structure studies to expand the composition space of such...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $267,508 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to investigate light-induced ferroelectric polarization in halide perovskite materials. The project aims to develop a novel approach to precisely control and stabilize ferroelectric properties in these materials at room temperature, which...
This $420,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research to develop stable and efficient electroluminescent devices using three-dimensional (3D) and zero-dimensional (0D) perovskite materials. The project aims to create heterostructures combining perovskite nanocrystals embedded in a perovskite matrix to achieve bright, saturated color emission and enhanced device stability. Key research...
This $481,456 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to develop a new family of organochalcogenide-halide perovskite semiconductors. The project at Stanford University aims to explore how incorporating chalcogens (S, Se) into lead-halide perovskite frameworks can improve material stability and optoelectronic properties for potential applications in solar...
This $371,847 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports collaborative research at The Johns Hopkins University focused on using two-dimensional metal halide perovskite (2D MHP) thin films as a crystallization templating tool for organic semiconductor (OSC) thin films. The research aims to reduce disorder in OSC crystal packing and control packing geometries to tune optoelectronic behaviors, including...
This $328,153 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at the University of Virginia (UVA) to develop two-dimensional metal halide perovskites as a templating tool for controlling the crystal structure and optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductor thin films. The research aims to improve the understanding of how subtle changes in molecular packing can impact the exciton transfer,...
This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research to design and discover new "heteroanionic" materials containing multiple types of negatively charged anion atoms. The goal is to understand how the atomic-scale structure of these complex materials influences their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, enabling the development of advanced materials for...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $189,999, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports a collaborative research project between the University of Maine and the University of Alabama. The goal is to develop a new class of entropy-stabilized perovskite halide materials with enhanced thermodynamic and environmental stability, while also exhibiting desirable optoelectronic properties. The research entails a closed feedback loop between computational material design and experimental synthesis, characterization, and stability testing. The project aims to expand the chemical space of perovskite halides, enabling tuning of key material properties for potential applications in solar cells, light-emitting devices, photodetectors, radiation sensors, and more. The award will fund the work of 3 PhD students and 6 undergraduates, and includes STEM outreach and education activities in Maine and Alabama.