Low-cost and colourful LEDs (Light-Emitting Diode) have been manufactured from a material known as ‘perovskite,’ potentially opening up a wide range of commercial applications.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University have demonstrated an application for perovskite materials to make high-brightness LEDs.
Perovskite
Perovskite is a group of materials having distinctive crystal structure of cuboid and diamond. Owing to their superconductivity and ferroelectric features, these can be used to convert light into electrical energy, according to a report by University of Cambridge.
This is the same perovskite that has been recently found to make efficient solar cells, which could replace silicon.
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