Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

All-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with high efficiency

Encapsulation of polymers into MoS2 and metal to insulator transition in metastable MoS2

A general approach for the encapsulation of a variety of saturated polymers between the layers of MoS2 giving electrically conductive lamellar compounds is reported.

Design of Solids from Molecular Building Blocks: Golden Opportunities for Solid State Chemistry

Semiconducting Tin and Lead Iodide Perovskites with Organic Cations: Phase Transitions, High Mobilities, and Near-Infrared Photoluminescent Properties

A broad organic-inorganic series of hybrid metal iodide perovskites with the general formulation AMI3, where A is the methylammonium (CH3NH3(+)) or formamidinium (HC(NH2)2(+)) c...

Beyond fossil fuel–driven nitrogen transformations

Transforming nitrogen without carbon How much carbon does it take to make nitric acid? The counterintuitive answer nowadays is quite a lot. Nitric acid is manufactured by ammoni...

Two-Dimensional Hybrid Halide Perovskites: Principles and Promises

Hybrid halide perovskites have become the "next big thing" in emerging semiconductor materials, as the past decade witnessed their successful application in high-performance pho...

Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials

Background Since at least 400 C.E., when the Mayans first used layered clays to make dyes, people have been harnessing the properties of layered materials. This gradually develo...

De novo synthesis of a metal–organic framework material featuring ultrahigh surface area and gas storage capacities

Control over Catenation in Metal−Organic Frameworks via Rational Design of the Organic Building Block

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a hybrid class of materials comprising inorganic nodes and organic struts, have potential application in many areas due to their high surface ar...