In 2019, the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Periodic law of chemical elements by D.I.Mendeleev, and the year is offilically declared by UNESCO as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. Throughout the year, activities dedicated to this event will take place all over the world.

On January 29, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, and a week later, on February 6, at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow the opening ceremony of the year was held with the participation of the Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education M.M. Kotyukov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Academician A.M. Sergeev, Rector of Moscow State University Academician V.A. Sadovnichy and the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev. Students and employees of the Laboratory of New Materials for Solar Energetics organized an interactive experimental exhibition “Laboratory” dedicated to the application of various chemical elements in chemistry and materials science.

The laboratory of new materials for solar energetics presented at the exhibition three chemical elements that became key in the development of solar cells of new generation: ruthenium (Ru) - an element discovered in 1844 at Kazan University and named after Russia, and also iodine (I) and lead (Pb) - the elements of hybrid perovskite, the namesake of a mineral discovered five years earlier in the Ural Mountains and named after Count Lev Perovsky.

Organic ruthenium-based complexes effectively absorb sunlight and are used in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC, or the so-called “Gretzel cells”), while hybrid perovskites based on lead iodide is the main component of perovskite solar cells.

All visitors to the exhibition could create their own solar cell and learn about the principles of DSSC and perovskite solar cells. Head of the laboratory A.B. Tarasov demonstrated to the delegation of the leadership of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Government of the Russian Federation the success of Moscow State University in the field of modern solar energetics: Alexander Sergeev assembled a solar cell based on a ruthenium complex, and Dmitry Medvedev obtained a perovskite film by converting a layer of metallic lead by a reactionary melt of polyiodides using the technology developed in the laboratory, highly appreciating the level of Russian research in this field.

In addition, the exhibition featured stands devoted to materials for chemical current sources (hydrogen and lithium chemical elements), high-temperature superconducting materials (nitrogen), modern compounds for agriculture (potassium and phosphorus), luminescent materials (lanthanides), nanostructured materials based on aluminum (aluminum).

The NAUKA 0+ science festival, which is organized annually by Moscow State University, this year will be devoted to the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements of D.I. Mendeleev.

 


Recent publications

Exceptional structural diversity of hybrid halocuprates(i) with methylammonium and formamidinium cations
Dalton Transactions, 2023, 52, pp. 7152-7160
DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00687E


Exceptional structural diversity of hybrid halocuprates(i) with methylammonium and formamidinium cations

How to stabilize standard perovskite solar cells to withstand operating conditions under an ambient environment for more than 1000 hours using simple and universal encapsulation
Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, in press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.12.010


How to stabilize standard perovskite solar cells to withstand operating conditions under an ambient environment for more than 1000 hours using simple and universal encapsulation

Structure-related bandgap of hybrid lead halide perovskites and close-packed APbX3 family of phases
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, pp. 16838-16846
DOI: 10.1039/D2TC03202C


Structure-related bandgap of hybrid lead halide perovskites and close-packed APbX3 family of phases

Crystallization Pathways of FABr-PbBr2-DMF and FABr-PbBr2-DMSO Systems: The Comprehensive Picture of Formamidinium-Based Low-Dimensional Perovskite-Related Phases and Intermediate Solvates
J. Molecular Science, 2022, 23, p. 15344
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315344


Crystallization Pathways of FABr-PbBr2-DMF and FABr-PbBr2-DMSO Systems: The Comprehensive Picture of Formamidinium-Based Low-Dimensional Perovskite-Related Phases and Intermediate Solvates

Optical Properties and Photostability Improvement of CH3NH3PbI3 Treated by Iodide of Long H3N(CH2)10COOH Bifunctional Cation in “2D/3D” and “Monolayer” Passivation Modes
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 34, 7, pp. 2998-3005
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03839


Optical Properties and Photostability Improvement of CH3NH3PbI3 Treated by Iodide of Long H3N(CH2)10COOH Bifunctional Cation in “2D/3D” and “Monolayer” Passivation Modes

Ternary Phase Diagrams of MAI–PbI2–DMF and MAI–PbI2–DMSO Systems
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 1, pp. 169–173
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c10062


Ternary Phase Diagrams of MAI–PbI2–DMF and MAI–PbI2–DMSO Systems

Nonmonotonic Photostability of BA2MAn-1PbnI3n+1 Homologous Layered Perovskites
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 33, 18, pp. 7518–7526
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c20043


Nonmonotonic Photostability of BA2MAn–1PbnI3n+1 Homologous Layered Perovskites

Relationships between Distortions of Inorganic Framework and Band Gap of Layered Hybrid Halide Perovskites
Chemistry of Materials, 2021, 33, 18, pp. 7518–7526
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c02467


Relationships between Distortions of Inorganic Framework and Band Gap of Layered Hybrid Halide Perovskites

Universal Strategy of 3D and 2D Hybrid Perovskite Single Crystals Growth via In Situ Solvent Conversion
Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 22, pp. 9805-9812
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04060


Universal Strategy of 3D and 2D Hybrid Perovskite Single Crystals Growth via In Situ Solvent Conversion

Database of 2D hybrid perovskite materials: open-access collection of crystal structures, band gaps and atomic partial charges predicted by machine learning
Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 17, pp. 7383-7388
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02290


Database of 2D hybrid perovskite materials: open-access collection of crystal structures, band gaps and atomic partial charges predicted by machine learning

Formamidinium Haloplumbate Intermediates: The Missing Link in a Chain of Hybrid Perovskites Crystallization
Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 18, pp. 7739-7745
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02156


Formamidinium Haloplumbate Intermediates: The Missing Link in a Chain of Hybrid Perovskites Crystallization

New Acidic Precursor and Acetone-Based Solvent for Fast Perovskite Processing via Proton-Exchange Reaction with Methylamine
Molecules, 2020, 25, 8, p.1856
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25081856


New Acidic Precursor and Acetone-Based Solvent for Fast Perovskite Processing via Proton-Exchange Reaction with Methylamine

From metallic lead films to perovskite solar cells through lead conversion with polyhalides solutions
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, in press
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02492


From metallic lead films to perovskite solar cells through lead conversion with polyhalides solutions

New features of photochemical decomposition of hybrid lead halide perovskites by laser irradiation
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, pp. 12755-12762
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b21689


New features of photochemical decomposition of hybrid lead halide perovskites by laser irradiation

Transferable Approach of Semi-Empirical Modeling of Disordered Mixed Halide Hybrid Perovskites CH3NH3Pb(I1-xBrx)3: Prediction of Thermodynamic Properties, Phase Stability and Deviations from Vegard’s Law
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 42, pp. 26036-26040
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08995


Transferable Approach of Semi-Empirical Modeling of Disordered Mixed Halide Hybrid Perovskites CH3NH3Pb(I1-xBrx)3: Prediction of Thermodynamic Properties, Phase Stability and Deviations from Vegard’s Law

Methylammonium Polyiodides: Remarkable Phase Diversity of the Simplest and Low-melting Alkylammonium Polyiodide System
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10, pp. 5776-5780
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02360


Strategic advantages of reactive polyiodide melts for scalable perovskite photovoltaics

Strategic advantages of reactive polyiodide melts for scalable perovskite photovoltaics
Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, 14, pp. 57-63
DOI: 10.1038/s41565-018-0304-y


Strategic advantages of reactive polyiodide melts for scalable perovskite photovoltaics

Solution processing of methylammonium lead iodide perovskite from gamma-butyrolactone: crystallization mediated by solvation equilibrium
Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, pp. 5237–5244
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01906


Solution processing of methylammonium lead iodide perovskite from gamma-butyrolactone: crystallization mediated by solvation equilibrium

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Light-induced reactivity of gold and hybrid perovskite as a new possible degradation mechanism in perovskite solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, pp.1780-1786
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA10217H


Light-induced reactivity of gold and hybrid perovskite as a new possible degradation mechanism in perovskite solar cells

New formation strategy of hybrid perovskites via room temperature reactive polyiodide melts
Materials Horizons, 2017, 4, pp. 625-632
DOI: 10.1039/C7MH00201G


New formation strategy of hybrid perovskites via room temperature reactive polyiodide melts

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