Questions tagged [perovskites]
For questions about the perovskite class of compounds (ABX₃ formula with crystal structure of CaTiO₃).
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How to create a CIF using VESTA? [closed]
I am looking into double perovskite materials. One of the possible materials is $\ce{Cs4CuSb2Cl12}$. Now, although there are a few papers which have done ab intio calculations but none of the common ...
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How to compare the stability of two nano-structures using ab-inito calculations? [closed]
I have recently started working on Double Perovskites Quantum Dots and one of the main issue with them is that they are not much stable. Some papers did talk about how much stable there compounds are ...
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Predict the density of states (DOS) diagram for rhenium oxide (ReO3) from the molecular orbital diagram [closed]
Yesterday I made this query on Chemistry Stack Exchange, and a user has felt that perhaps here I will get a quicker answer.
The structure of rhenium(VI) oxide, $\ce{ReO3}$, is similar to that of ...
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How to deduce phase transitions from a phonon calculation?
I came across the concept of using phonons to establish a material's dynamical stability, based on whether or not imaginary frequencies are present in its phonon band structure.
What I am struggling ...
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What specifically was it, that helped perovskites become so popular?
There is a huge hype on perovskites and more specifically on their applications in solar cell technologies. We now know that perovskites have a lot of unique properties (high-absorption coefficient, ...
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Has materials modeling made any specific contribution to the success of perovskite solar cells, or has it only been experimental?
I was wondering if all the recent success of perovskite solar cells was accomplished purely experimentally or if there was some materials modeling aspect in it.