Wells Bruce Marcus
Mechanical engineering
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Graduation date: Spring 2025
Additional details: Honors student
FURI | Spring 2025
Increasing Perovskite Mechanical Stability and Tunability Using 2D Perovskites
Silicon’s unsustainability presents a challenge for the transition to green energy. Perovskite crystal structures are a more sustainable alternative to silicon, but they are not stable enough to be implemented on a large scale. Introducing an organic layer into the perovskite makes a 2D structure that can make the film more mechanically robust and tunable. Depending on processing, a wide range of band gap values can be produced. This project develops 2D perovskites with tunability of the film’s band gap while maintaining mechanical robustness. This recipe would help solve the issue of stability while offering a sustainable energy source.
Mentor: Nick Rolston
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