http://www.gatech.edu/ en http://www.gatech.edu/news/2024/02/20/correa-baena-tapped-sloan-fellowship <span>Correa-Baena Tapped for Sloan Fellowship</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-05-19T09:46:41-04:00" title="Monday, May 19, 2025 - 09:46">Mon, 05/19/2025 - 09:46</time> </span> <div><p>Georgia Tech materials scientist <a href="https://mse.gatech.edu/people/juan-pablo-correa-baena">Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena</a> is a <a href="https://sloan.org/fellowships/2024-Fellows">2024 recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship</a>, highly competitive and sought-after support for early career faculty members.</p> <p>The fellowships from the <a href="https://sloan.org/">Alfred P. Sloan Foundation</a> are intended to recognize and support exceptional researchers “whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders,” according to the foundation.</p> <p>Correa-Baena is an assistant professor and Goizueta Early Career Faculty Chair in the <a href="https://mse.gatech.edu/">School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)</a>. His research focuses on understanding and controlling nanoscale chemical structures in low-cost semiconductors used for optical and electronic applications. His team also works on advanced techniques for characterizing these very small materials and interactions. The Sloan Fellowship will help him study chemical interactions in solar energy harvesting, particularly how hydrogen bonding stabilizes crystalline structures.</p> <p>Correa-Baena called his selection an important career milestone and credited his students as a driving force behind the honor.</p> <p><a href="https://coe.gatech.edu/news/2024/02/correa-baena-tapped-sloan-fellowship"><strong>Read the full story on the College of Engineering website.</strong></a></p></div> <div> <div> <p>Summary sentence</p> </div> <div>The MSE researcher was selected for his work to understand the chemical interactions in harvesting solar energy.</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Summary</p> </div> <div><p>The MSE researcher was selected for his work to understand the chemical interactions in harvesting solar energy.</p></div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Dateline</p> </div> <div><time datetime="2024-02-20T12:00:00Z">Tue, 02/20/2024 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Contact</p> </div> <div><p><a href="mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu">Joshua Stewart</a><br> College of Engineering</p></div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Associated importer</p> </div> <div>1</div> </div> <picture> <img loading="lazy" src="http://www.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/default_images/placeholder_0.png" width="300" height="300" alt="Georgia Tech"> </picture> <div> <div> <h4>Keywords</h4> </div> <div class="hg-link-container"> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/juan-pablo-correa-baena">Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/sloan-fellow">Sloan Fellow</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/sloan-fellowship">Sloan Fellowship</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <h4>Categories</h4> </div> <div class="hg-link-container"> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/category/engineering">Engineering</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Mercury ID</p> </div> <div>673091</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Source updated</p> </div> <div><time datetime="2024-02-21T08:36:41-05:00">Wed, 02/21/2024 - 08:36</time> </div> </div> Mon, 19 May 2025 13:46:41 +0000 admin 33548 at http://www.gatech.edu http://www.gatech.edu/news/2023/12/19/researchers-find-they-can-stop-degradation-promising-solar-cell-materials <span>Researchers Find They Can Stop Degradation of Promising Solar Cell Materials</span> <span><span>admin</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-01-02T11:51:41-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - 11:51">Tue, 01/02/2024 - 11:51</time> </span> <div><p>Georgia Tech materials engineers have unraveled the mechanism that causes degradation of a promising new material for solar cells&nbsp;— and they’ve been able to stop it using a thin layer of molecules that repels water.</p> <p>Their findings are the first step in solving one of the key limitations of metal halide perovskites, which are already as efficient as the best silicon-based solar cells at capturing light and converting it into electricity. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c05657">They reported their work in the <em>Journal of the American Chemical Society</em>.</a></p> <p>“Perovskites have the potential of not only transforming how we produce solar energy, but also how we make semiconductors for other types of applications like LEDs or phototransistors. We can think about them for applications in quantum information technology, such as light emission for quantum communication,” said <a href="https://mse.gatech.edu/people/juan-pablo-correa-baena">Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena</a>, assistant professor in the <a href="https://mse.gatech.edu/">School of Materials Science and Engineering</a> and the study’s senior author. “These materials have impressive properties that are very promising.”</p> <p><a href="https://coe.gatech.edu/news/2023/12/researchers-find-they-can-stop-degradation-promising-solar-cell-materials"><strong>Get the full story on the College of Engineering website.</strong></a></p></div> <div> <div> <p>Summary sentence</p> </div> <div>Engineers uncover the chemical interactions that make perovskites unstable and can prevent them.</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Summary</p> </div> <div><p><span><span>Engineers uncover the chemical interactions that make perovskites unstable and can prevent them.</span></span></p></div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Dateline</p> </div> <div><time datetime="2023-12-19T12:00:00Z">Tue, 12/19/2023 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Email</p> </div> <div>jstewart@gatech.edu</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Contact</p> </div> <div><p><a href="mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu">Joshua Stewart</a><br> College of Engineering</p></div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Associated importer</p> </div> <div>1</div> </div> <picture> <img loading="lazy" src="http://www.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/hg_media/perovskite-illustration-h.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="An illustration of metal halide perovskites. They are a promising material for turning light into energy because they are highly efficient, but they also are unstable. Georgia Tech engineers showed in a new study that both water and oxygen are required for perovskites to degrade. The team stopped the transformation with a thin layer of another molecule that repelled water. (Image Courtesy: Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena) " title="An illustration of metal halide perovskites. They are a promising material for turning light into energy because they are highly efficient, but they also are unstable. Georgia Tech engineers showed in a new study that both water and oxygen are required for perovskites to degrade. The team stopped the transformation with a thin layer of another molecule that repelled water. (Image Courtesy: Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena) "> </picture> <div> <div> <h4>Keywords</h4> </div> <div class="hg-link-container"> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/juan-pablo-correa-baena">Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/perovskites">perovskites</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/solar-power">solar power</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/solar-energy">solar energy</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/keywords/go-researchnews">go-researchnews</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <h4>News room topics</h4> </div> <div class="hg-link-container"> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/topic/science-and-technology">Science and Technology</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <h4>Categories</h4> </div> <div class="hg-link-container"> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/category/energy">Energy</a> </div> <div class="mb-3 float-left"> <a class="hg-link" href="http://www.gatech.edu/news/category/engineering">Engineering</a> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Mercury ID</p> </div> <div>671643</div> </div> <div> <div> <p>Source updated</p> </div> <div><time datetime="2024-01-02T11:51:04-05:00">Tue, 01/02/2024 - 11:51</time> </div> </div> Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:51:41 +0000 admin 31973 at http://www.gatech.edu