Acoustic enhancement of polymer/ZnO nanorod photovoltaic device performance.
- Submitting institution
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Queen Mary University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 555
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1002/adma.201303304
- Title of journal
- Adv Mater
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- First page
- 263
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1521-4095
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This was the first ever demonstration that the piezoelectric effect could improve the efficiency of a photovoltaic device. This led to a large amount of media and public interest due to the finding that sound (e.g. music) could increase the efficiency of a particular type of solar cell. This includes articles in New Scientist (https://institutions.newscientist.com/article/mg22029424-600-pop-music-makes-solar-cells-produce-more-electricity/), Physics World (https://physicsworld.com/a/solar-cells-get-down-to-pop-music/), and the Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2500475/Could-Miley-Cyrus-help-lower-ENERGY-BILLS-Playing-pop-music-solar-panels-make-40-efficient.html). It also featured on BBC Inside Science (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ggfwv). It also led to a PhD project (Madeleine Morris) funded via the Plastic Electronics CDT (EP/L016702/1), which is now completed with a publication in Advanced Materials (https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201601238).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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