Physics Department News
Extraordinarily large coercive field in a frustrated magnet
As a result of the interplay between correlations, frustration, reduced dimensionality and anisotropy, the materials Sr3NiIrO6 and Sr3CoIrO6 exhibit record high coercive magnetic fields of up to 55 T.
Structure of a model TiO2 photocatalytic interface
The structure of a model photocatalytic interface has been determined combining scanning microscopies, surface diffraction and density functional theory calculations.
The global build-up to intrinsic ELM bursts and comparison with pellet precipitated ELMs seen in JET
New insight on plasma dynamics in experiments that will lead to clean fusion energy.
Solar power could become cheaper & more widespread
A breakthrough in solar cell materials could make the technology cheaper and more commercially viable, thanks to research at the University of Warwick recently published in Nature Energy.
Dr Ross Hatton and colleagues in the Departments of Physics and Chemistry show that perovskites using tin in place of lead are much more stable than previously thought, and so could prove to be a viable alternative to lead perovskites for solar cells.
For more information see K.P. Marshall, M. Walker, R.I. Walton & R.A. Hatton, Nature Energy 1 (2016) 16178, read the University's press release, or visit the XPS Facility website.