🧪 Our new ACS Materials Au Perspective explores soft organic dications for doping control in perovskite QDs. ✨ More than hopeful—we’re convinced tin-halide perovskite nanocrystals have a bright future as quantum-light sources! 📖 doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterials…

💡 Keeping perovskite optical gain going means keeping heat under control. New in Advanced Science: we investigate light amplification in thermally evaporated CsPbBr₃ films under long-pulse and continuous-wave excitation. 🔬 At 90 K, sapphire-supported films sustain amplified spontaneous emission with excitation pulses up to 30 µs, versus ~2 µs on glass—without encapsulation or post-processing. 🌡️ Heat accumulation emerges as the dominant limitation under extended excitation. Better heat extraction is essential for progress toward continuous-wave and electrically pumped perovskite lasers. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

The surface chemistry of perovskite QDs is a cornerstone. Ligands play a highly complex role: progress requires understanding how they influence post-synthetic stability, and acknowledging that many are essential for the actual formation of these QDs 🧪. ​our new artixle in Chem. Sci. leverages this dynamic via A-site cation precursors: ​📏 Size control: Precursor tail length, rather than the headgroup, dictates the final QD size. ​🎯 Precision: Steric tuning enables exact sizes from 18 down to 3 nm. ​🚀 Efficiency: The approach yields up to a 40-fold increase compared to conventional routes. Yuliia Berezovska , Dmitry Dirin et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC05095F

🎉 Our latest research is out in Advanced Materials: "Single-Particle FRET Probes Heterogeneity in the Ligand Shell of Colloidal Perovskite Quantum Dots" by Leon Feld ( @FeldF ) et al. One of our main research outputs in the scope of SNSF-sponsored NCCR Catalysis. ​We developed a method using single-particle photoluminescence spectroscopy to probe the notoriously difficult-to-characterize organic ligand shell of quantum dots (QDs) at the molecular scale, as well as to monitor FRET. ​✨ Key Takeaways: ​📏 We tagged ligand tails with dyes to measure ligand tail end-to-QD distances via FRET at sub-nanometer resolution. ​🔍 Revealed nanometer-scale variations in dye-surface distances within individual particles and across different ligand chemistries. ​💻 Linked these variations directly to local ligand coverage using atomistic modelling. ​📖 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1002/adma.75051

🔋 Does capacity always dictate a battery's potential? In our latest article in Accounts of Materials Research, we confront this assumption by focusing on a highly promising newcomer CAM (cathode active material): Lithium Iron Chloride (Li₂FeCl₄). While Li₂FeCl₄ may have a lower theoretical capacity compared to traditional commercial materials, we demonstrate that it more than makes up for it with a critical advantage—⚡ exceptionally high ionic conductivity. Why is this high conductivity so important? 🚀 Rapid ion transport drastically reduces internal resistance. ⚡ It significantly boosts overall kinetic and power performance. 🛠️ It opens exciting new, competitive pathways for fast-charging and all-solid-state battery applications. Our research highlights that chasing maximum capacity isn't the only way to build better batteries; balancing kinetic properties is just as crucial. We firmly believe Li₂FeCl₄ is poised to be a strong contender in next-generation battery technologies. Read our full findings here: pubs.acs.org/amrcda/article/…

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A paper from collaboration with Prof. Eric Wachsman's group using our x-ray micro-computed tomography data. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

🔬 What if we could watch photocatalysis happen—one catalyst at a time and in real time? see our new article in Chem "Single-catalyst operando photoluminescence spectroscopy of perovskite quantum-dot-driven photoredox reactions" We use an individual perovskite quantum dot simultaneously as: ✨ a quantum emitter ⚗️ a single photocatalyst 👁️ an operando probe of its own catalytic activity Remarkably, these perovskite QDs are sufficiently robust to operate under realistic reaction conditions while revealing charge-transfer dynamics, particle-to-particle heterogeneity, and degradation at the few-atom level. These insights are fundamentally inaccessible through conventional ensemble measurements sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

🔋 What if an electrolyte salt could become the energy-storing material? In our new article, we show how lithium perchlorate (LiClO₄) can undergo an 8-electron reduction—unlocked through electrochemically coupled oxygen-atom transfer. ⚙️ Carbon-supported Fe nanoparticles play a double role: oxygen-transfer catalyst + conversion-type cathode material. ⚡ >50% LiClO₄ conversion ⚡ 1,150 mAh g⁻¹ capacity ⚡ 1,950 Wh kg⁻¹ (per kg of LiClO₄) It is a proof of concept—not yet a practical battery—but it opens a new route toward harvesting the largely unexplored energy of p-block oxoanions. Much inspired by discussions with Prof. Reinhard Nesper (ETH emeritus) over a decade ago. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Tin halide perovskite nanocrystals will have a bright future—once they have bright emission! ✨ ​Our new paper in Advanced Materials outlines the essential first steps to get there: ❌ Stop attributing 2D-impurity PL to the nanocrystals. ❌ Eliminate those 2D impurities via amine-free synthesis. ✅ Start de-doping to manage intrinsic p-doping. ​Read our full findings here: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

Dear Students, Postdocs, and Group Leaders, all who care for novel light-emitting materials. Your best conference of the year will take place in Halkidiki this September! This is the fifth edition. EMLEM26-Emerging Light Emitting Materials nanoge.org/EMLEM26/home General organization: @nanoGe_Conf Scientific organizers: Maryna Bodnarchuk, Maksym Kovalenko 📍Halkidiki, Greece 🗓️21-23 September 2026 📅 Key dates to remember: Oral abstract submission deadline: May 25, 2026 Poster abstract submission deadline: July 20, 2026

We just published a paper on MAPbBr3 nanoplatelets with controlled edge length that sustain dilution to the single-particle level, along with the corresponding spectroscopy. These platelets are also integrated into optical cavities, thereby exhibiting strong light-matter interaction. A highly collaborative work, so thanks to each and every group involved! @SekhTaras et al. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

from the wonderful collaboration with Will Tisdale's group. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021…

In this article, we present several important innovations in patterning perovksite layers, compatible with standard microfabrication methods and commonplace cleanrooms, including photolithography with water-based developers. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

The fifth edition of our famous EMLEM conference this year, don't miss!

Perovskite semiconductors CsPbX3 can simply be melt-cast in a conventional chemical laboratory, yielding inexpensive and excellent X-ray detector arrays. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Solid-state electrolytes (SSE) are the cornerstone of the solid state battery. They must be included also into the positive electrode architecture. What are our current choices, pros and cons of each? We discuss that in our latest perspective in ACS Energy Letters. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

A new highly relevant application of inorganic lead halide perovskites from our group, as a LIDAR sensor, leveraging their light absorption and defect-tolerant electronic properties, particularly fast photoconductivity transients. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…