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Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and materials sciences for sustainability
Growing up in Tajikistan, University of Victoria materials chemist Makhsud Saidaminov did much of his high school homework by candlelight. While electricity has since become much more reliable, during the winter in the early 2000s, power there was limited to eight hours a day.
“There was so much sunlight that could be captured,” says Saidaminov, Canada Research Chair in Advanced Functional Materials.
That awakened my ambition to contribute to solar energy.
Makhsud Saidaminov, UVic materials chemist and Canada Research Chair
He went on to study chemical engineering, where he discovered the potential of perovskite, a family of materials often used as a semiconductor with a unique crystal structure that opens the door for a myriad of technological breakthroughs.