Join us on Thursday, October 17th for another installment in our Fall Physics Colloquia series. Dr. Laszlo Forro will be visiting from the University of Notre Dame!

 

Perovskite materials, such as organo-metallic lead halides (e.g., CH3NH3PbI3), have revolutionized the solar cell industry with their impressive photon-to-electron conversion efficiency, reaching up to 25%. However, their chemical and structural versatility also enables the growth of crystals ranging from nanometers to 1000 cm³, opening the door to a wide range of intriguing physical phenomena and expanding the scope of potential applications. This presentation will highlight a selection of measurements and device prototypes that demonstrate the remarkable potential of perovskite materials beyond traditional solar cell technology.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. László Forró obtained his B.S. in physics from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and his M.S. from Université Paris XI. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Zagreb in 1985. At the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), he held the Chair of Nanostructures and Novel Electronic Materials. In 2003, he founded the Institute of Physics of Complex Matter at EPFL and served as its director until 2008. In 2021, he was appointed Director of the Stavropoulos Center for Complex Quantum Matter at the University of Notre Dame.

 

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