Broadband Photodetector: Researchers from the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, an autonomous institute of Department of Science and Technology (DST) have addressed these challenges by introducing an eco-friendly alternative to replace toxic Lead (Pb). The team turned to Mg, an alkaline earth metal known for its non-toxic nature and abundance, as a substitute to lead.
Indian scientists have indigenously developed organic-inorganic halide perovskite self-powered broadband photodetector with partial substitution of lead by magnesium which can be useful for solar energy generation.Organic-Inorganic halide perovskite
Efficient and stable perovskites can be made for efficient hydrogen liberation in hydroiodic acid (HI) solutions, increasing the efficiency of visible photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction.