Nanoscience and Advanced Materials

Powering the Future: U.S. Students Gain International Experience Through Photovoltaics Research in Berlin

Daniel Morton — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:43:01 +0000

Powering the Future: U.S. Students Gain International Experience Through Photovoltaics Research in Berlin Daniel Morton Tue, 08/26/2025 - 13:43

Lauren Scholz

A summer of international research concludes as U.S. students contribute to solar innovation in Berlin while gaining hands-on training and global scientific perspective through the NSF-IRES Program.

We are proud to celebrate the successful completion of our first cohort of students bound for Berlin as part of the National Science Foundation International Research Experience for Students (NSF-IRES) Program in metal-halide perovskite photovoltaics. Over the course of ten intensive weeks, nine students from universities across the United States immersed themselves in collaborative research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. Their work focused on advancing next-generation solar technologies—specifically, the development and optimization of metal-halide perovskite solar cells.

This timely exchange supported critical progress in the field of photovoltaics, where metal-halide perovskites offer promising pathways to higher efficiency and more versatile solar solutions beyond the limits of conventional silicon-based technologies. By engaging directly with leading German research teams, students not only deepened their technical knowledge and experimental skills but also gained valuable cross-cultural experience and a global perspective on scientific collaboration.

Selected for their academic excellence and commitment to renewable energy innovation, the participants—ranging from undergraduate to graduate level—contributed to a variety of interdisciplinary projects in chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering. Their contributions helped strengthen the scientific partnerships between U.S. and German institutions and demonstrated the impact of international collaboration in addressing global climate and energy challenges.

Find out more about the 2025 IRES Cohort

2025 NSF IRES-Perovskites participants. Pictured (left to right): Megan Davis, Keya Amundsen, Jiselle Ye, Jack Schall, Keenan Wyatt, Kell Fremouw, Leo Beck, Gabriel Graf. Not pictured: Arial Brookhart.

August 2025

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Autonomous Research for Real-World Science Workshop: AI Could Help Bridge Valley of Death for New Materials

Daniel Morton — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:05:51 +0000

Autonomous Research for Real-World Science Workshop: AI Could Help Bridge Valley of Death for New Materials Daniel Morton Tue, 08/19/2025 - 10:05

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Point Defect Induced Potential Wells across the m-Plane of Core/Shell GaN Nanowires

Daniel Morton — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:52:19 +0000

Point Defect Induced Potential Wells across the m-Plane of Core/Shell GaN Nanowires Daniel Morton Tue, 08/05/2025 - 13:52

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS, 2025, 2500145

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Tuning transition metal nanoparticles on a non-traditional support via experimental design

Daniel Morton — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:11:16 +0000

Tuning transition metal nanoparticles on a non-traditional support via experimental design Daniel Morton Fri, 08/01/2025 - 14:11

APPLIED CATALYSIS A: GENERAL, 2025, 706, 120464

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Pre-steady-state kinetics of nanocrystal:molybdenum nitrogenase biohybrids reveals hole-scavenging efficiency is critical to N2 reduction

Daniel Morton — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:59:40 +0000

Pre-steady-state kinetics of nanocrystal:molybdenum nitrogenase biohybrids reveals hole-scavenging efficiency is critical to N2 reduction Daniel Morton Wed, 07/30/2025 - 13:59

CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 2025, 102732

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Narrow-Band Electrochromism of Ferrocene-Substituted Rhodamine B

Daniel Morton — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:54:28 +0000

Narrow-Band Electrochromism of Ferrocene-Substituted Rhodamine B Daniel Morton Tue, 07/29/2025 - 13:54

CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 2025, 37, 15, 5558-5568

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Surface Acidity of Oxygen Evolution Intermediates by Excited State Optical Spectroscopy

Daniel Morton — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:37:57 +0000

Surface Acidity of Oxygen Evolution Intermediates by Excited State Optical Spectroscopy Daniel Morton Mon, 07/28/2025 - 13:37

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2025, 147, 31, 28474-28483

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Formation trajectories of solution-processed perovskite thin films from mixed solvents

Daniel Morton — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:06:17 +0000

Formation trajectories of solution-processed perovskite thin films from mixed solvents Daniel Morton Wed, 07/16/2025 - 14:06

CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 2025, 6, 7, 102655

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Using Pore Window Size to Control Selectivity for Acetylene Hydrogenation on Pd@LTA Zeolite Catalysts

Daniel Morton — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 19:24:36 +0000

Using Pore Window Size to Control Selectivity for Acetylene Hydrogenation on Pd@LTA Zeolite Catalysts Daniel Morton Mon, 07/14/2025 - 13:24

ACS CATALYSIS, 2025, 12816-12821

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Confinement-induced chirality in phase-separated achiral polymer solutions

Daniel Morton — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:26:53 +0000

Confinement-induced chirality in phase-separated achiral polymer solutions Daniel Morton Wed, 07/09/2025 - 13:26

SCIENCE ADVANCES, 2025, 11, 28, 6734

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