What is it?
Perovskite materials are a class of crystalline compounds with a specific crystal structure, named after the mineral perovskite (CaTiO3). These materials exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties, making them suitable for applications like LEDs, photodetectors, lasers, and optical sensors. The tunability of their bandgap allows for tailored optical properties, opening up opportunities in displays, lighting, and optical communication. Certain perovskite materials show promise for energy storage applications, such as batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells, as well as thermoelectric energy conversion.
Why is it important?
Many perovskite materials exhibit excellent optoelectronic properties, such as high light absorption, long charge carrier diffusion lengths, and tunability of their bandgap. These properties make them promising for applications in solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors, and lasers. Some perovskite materials possess ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties, which means they can generate an electric charge in response to mechanical stress or an electric field. These properties are valuable for applications in sensors, actuators, and energy harvesting devices. Perovskite materials can exhibit excellent catalytic activity for various chemical reactions, including oxidation, reduction, and photocatalysis, making them promising for applications in catalysis and environmental remediation.
What industries will it impact?
Energy, Electronics and optoelectronics, Sensors and actuators, Catalysis and environmental remediation, Information and communication technologies, Healthcare.
Market players
Saule Technologies, Microquanta Semiconductor, Swift Solar.