The Riken research institute in Japan recently announced that it has found a new candidate material for perovskite solar cells, by using the "K" supercomputer to carry out a search based on high-efficiency material screening.
The supercomputer enables running simulations in which elements of a well-known compound are replaced with different elements to theoretically design a compound with new functions prior to an experiment. This technology can be used, for example, for finding suitable replacements for compounds that are toxic due to lead like methylammonium-lead-iodine and formamidine-lead-iodine.
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Posted: Oct 15,2017 by Roni Peleg