Discovery of the Zintl-phosphide BaCd2P2 as a long carrier lifetime and stable solar absorber cell.com/joule/fulltext… A real example of theory-led materials design: high-throughput computing to identify a new PV material that is made and show long carrier lifetime. Joule

Collaboration with Kirill Kovnir Lab David Fenning Gian-Marco Rignanese Andriy Zakutayev Ismaila Dabo, Sage Bauers, Jifeng Liu, Obadiah Reid and many talented students and postdocs!

We’re excited to share our work Arka Sarkar on a herd of “black sheep” in the ThCr2Si2 family. Check it out now in J. Mater. Chem. family A on “BaCuTP2 (T = Al, Ga, In): A Semiconducting Black Sheep in the ThCr2Si2 Intermetallic Family” pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… Aaron Rossini

Congratulations Gayatri!

Check out our recent work on developing a recipe for making Ag2Se-based thermoelectrics for near-room-temperature applications published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. title “A Recipe for a Great Meal: A Benchtop Route from Elemental Se to Superior Thermoelectric β-Ag2Se” | pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Student Spotlight - Plagens Research Scholarship, Spring 2024; Emma Ross

Check out our recent work led by Dr. Philip Yox published in Chemistry of Materials on “Organizing Chaos: Boosting Thermoelectric Properties by Ordering the Clathrate Framework of Ba8Cu16As30” pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congratulations!! 🎉🎉

A great start to the summer ❤️

Unveiling a Family of Dimerized Quantum Magnets, Conventional Antiferromagnets, and Nonmagnets in Ternary Metal Borides | Journal of the American Chemical Society University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kirill Kovnir Lab Iowa State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Iowa State Department of Chemistry Ames National Laboratory #Quantum #Magnets #MetalBoride pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Graduate Student Spotlight - Seongyoung Kong

Victoria Kyveryga, a recent ISU grad, will begin a Ph.D. program at Stanford later this year as part of the prestigious Knight-Hennessy program. 🗞️news.iastate.edu/news/2024/06/1…

New intercalation tellurides synthesized by Kirill Kovnir Lab with ultralow thermal conductivity. This is part of the PhD work of Arka Sarkar who recently graduated Iowa State University Calculations by Frank Cerasoli Nanotheory @UCD UC Davis Department of Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Despite all the mess United created we are still crawling towards Solid State Chemistry GRC

Several generations of scientists united by Iowa State University/Ames National Laboratory at Solid State Chemistry GRC.

Kovnir group family tree

Gayatri Viswanathan designs new materials for clean energy conversion and generation. Learn more about Gayatri Viswanathan and the 2024 #CASFutureLeaders before they arrive in Columbus next week. ow.ly/Jgax50SIchQ

Absolutely horrific to learn that Miguel Alario Franco, a leading solid-state chemist from Spain, suddenly passed away yesterday. We enjoyed his presence during the last GRC only a month ago, and we will miss him, his famous humor and spectacular jokes. RIP

Check out our recent paper on “FeSi4P4 and CoSi3P3: Hidden Gems of Ternary Tetrel Pnictides with Outstanding Nonlinear Optical Properties” published in Chemistry of Materials |pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Iowa State Department of Chemistry Ames National Laboratory