Surprising vortex behind new solar cell and lighting materials

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-vortex-solar-cell-materials.html

"large polarons, formed from electron interaction with vibrations, rotate around electron forming vortices in halide meal perovskite lattice (of semiconductor), lingering allowing electron flow without energy loss... LEDs, compact ferroelectric memory devices encoding information by the vibration of crystals'atoms under applied electric field... electrons', atoms' vortex structures in polaron quasiparticles contributing to highly efficient solar cells"

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