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A new strategy to fabricate highly performing thin-film tin perovskite transistors
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A new strategy to fabricate highly performing thin-film tin perovskite transistors

Scalable fabrication and long-term storage stability of CsSnI3:PbCl2 TFTs. Credit: Nature Electronics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01380-8 Tin-halide perovskites, a class of tin-based materials with...

Liquid metal tin may be the key to sustainable desalination
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Liquid metal tin may be the key to sustainable desalination

Researchers develop a solar energy-powered desalination system using liquid metal tin to recover valuable metallic elements from seawater. Credit: Masatoshi Kondo / Institute...

Solar cell efficiency record achieved with tin halide perovskite
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Solar cell efficiency record achieved with tin halide perovskite

Schematic illustration of the primary colloidal stabilization of PEA-rich colloids and FA-based colloids, cluster formation and nucleation kinetics, and the growth processes of...

Exploring the effect of sulfur composition on tin sulfide for improving solar cell performance
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Exploring the effect of sulfur composition on tin sulfide for improving solar cell performance

Schematic illustration of the sulfur plasma-assisted sputtering method used in this study. (a) Overview of the deposition system and (b) internal structure of...

Tin foam powers new battery electrode innovation
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Tin foam powers new battery electrode innovation

Tin can be processed into a highly porous foam. An interdisciplinary team at HZB has investigated how this tin foam (pictured) behaves as...