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Structural biology workflow for the expression and characterization of functional human sodium glucose transporter type 1 in Pichia pastoris
Nature Research (2019)Heterologous expression of human membrane proteins is a challenge in structural biology towards drug discovery. Here we report a complete expression and purification process of a functional human sodium/D-glucose co-transporter ... -
Structural characterization of bulk and nanoparticle lead halide perovskite thin films by (S)TEM techniques
IOP Publishing (2019)Lead halide (APbX3) perovskites, in polycrystalline thin films but also perovskite nanoparticles (NPs) has demonstrated excellent performance to implement a new generation of photovoltaic and photonic devices. The structural ... -
Structural diversity in the self-assembly of pseudopeptidic macrocycles
Wiley-VCH (2010)The self-assembling abilities of several pseudopeptidic macrocycles have been thoroughly studied both in the solid (SEM, TEM, FTIR) and in solution (NMR, UV, CD, FTIR) states. Detailed microscopy revealed large differences ... -
Substitution of a hydroxamic acid anchor into the MK-2 dye for enhanced photovoltaic performance and water stability in a DSSC
Royal Society of Chemistry (2014)An efficient synthetic protocol to functionalize the cyanoacrylic acid anchoring group of commercially available MK-2 dye with a highly water-stable hydroxamate anchoring group is described. Extensive characterization ... -
Superior Performance of V2O5 as Hole Selective Contact over other Transition Metal Oxides in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells
Elsevier (2017)Transition metal oxides (TMOs) have recently been proved to efficiently serve as hole-selective contacts in crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction solar cells. In the present work, two TMO/c-Si heterojunctions are ... -
Suppressing H2 Evolution and Promoting Selective CO2 Electroreduction to CO at Low Overpotentials by Alloying Au with Pd
(2019-03-11)CO2 electroreduction is a promising technology to produce chemicals and fuels from renewable resources. Polycrystalline and nanostructured metals have been tested extensively while less effort has been spent on understanding ... -
Surface Passivation of Nanoporous TiO2 via Atomic Layer Deposition of ZrO2 for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications
American Chemical Society (2009)We report here the utilization of atomic layer deposition to passivate surface trap states in mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticles for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylami ... -
Surface Recombination and Collection Efficiency in Perovskite Solar Cells from Impedance Analysis
American Chemical Society (2016-11)The large diffusion lengths recurrently measured in perovskite single crystals and films signal small bulk nonradiative recombination flux and locate the dominant carrier recombination processes at the outer interfaces. ... -
Surface-Functionalized Polystyrene Nanoparticles Alter the Transmembrane Potential via Ion-Selective Pores Maintaining Global Bilayer Integrity
ACS Publications (2022)Although nanoplastics have well-known toxic effects toward the environment and living organisms, their molecular toxicity mechanisms, including the nature of nanoparticle−cell membrane interactions, are still under ... -
Synergistic Interaction of Dyes and Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Advanced Cascade Cosensitized Solar Cells
Wiley (2015-06-03)A new procedure for the cosensitization with quantum dots (QDs) and dyes for sensitized solar cells is reported here. Cascade cosensitization of TiO2 electrodes is obtained by the sensitization with CdS QDs and zinc ... -
Synthesis and characterization of organic agar-based membranes for microbial fuel cells
Elsevier (2019-09-30)The goal of this work was the synthesis and characterization of agar membranes for microbial fuel cells applications. Three sets of membranes were synthesized. For a first set of membranes (2, 4, 6, and 8 wt% agar ... -
Synthesis of a Fully Conjugated Phthalocyanine-Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Phthalocyanine Triad ow Band Gap Donor in Small Molecule Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
Wiley-VCH (2014)We describe the synthesis and photovoltaic properties of a fully conjugated phthalocyanine-diketopyrrolopyrrole-phthalocyanine triad (ZnPc-DPP-ZnPc) that presents strong visible absorption from 400 to 900 nm. The synthesis ... -
Synthetic aperture single-exposure on-axis digital holography
Optical Society of America (2008)We present a system for reconstructing single-exposure on-line (SEOL) digital holograms with improved resolution using a synthetic aperture. Several recordings are made in order to compose the synthetic aperture, shifting ... -
Tailoring the electrical conductivity of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) by blending with poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) and ionic liquids
Elsevier (2024)In order to tailor dielectric response and electrical conductivity, novel polymer blends based on poly(vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and different fillers composed by poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) ... -
Temperature dependence of anomalous protonic and superprotonic transport properties in mixed salts based on CsH2PO4
Royal Society of Chemistry (2019)We present an experimental study and a theoretical interpretation of the temperature dependence of the transport properties of doped CsH2PO4 salts in both protonic and superprotonic phases. Cesium phosphate based solid ... -
Temperature dependence of open-circuit voltage and recombination processes in polymer–fullerene based solar cells
Elsevier (2011)In this article, we have studied the temperature and illumination dependence of open-circuitvoltage (VOC) in polymer–fullerenebasedsolarcells. It has been observed that VOC at higher illumination intensities gets converged ... -
Temperature dependence of open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells from generation-recombination kinetic balance
Elsevier (2010)The variation in the open-circuit voltage of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells with temperature and light intensity is analyzed based on the kinetic balance between photogeneration and recombination rates, by determining ... -
Temperature Effects on the Photovoltaic Performance of Planar Structure Perovskite Solar Cells
Chemical Society of Japan (2015-09-10)Temperature effects of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells having simple planar architecture were investigated on the crystal structure and photovoltaic performance. The obvious changes in the CH3NH3PbI3 crystal structure ... -
Temperature effects in dye-sensitized solar cells
Royal Society of Chemistry (2013)In the standard solar cell technologies such as crystalline silicon and cadmium telluride, increments of temperature in the cell produce large variations in the energy conversion efficiency, which decreases at a constant ... -
Terahertz emission increase in GaAs films exhibiting structural defects grown on Si (100) substrates using a two-layered LTG-GaAs buffer system
American Statistical Association (2021-04-22)Terahertz (THz) emission increase is observed for GaAs thin films that exhibit structural defects. The GaAs epilayers are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on exactly oriented Si (100) substrates at three different temperatures ...