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Matthew C. Beard is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with specific contributions to materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. The body of work spans several subfields, including atomic and molecular physics, optics, polymers and plastics, as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Perovskite materials and applications
  • Quantum dots synthesis and properties
  • Chalcogenide semiconductor thin films
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Matthew C. Beard has authored numerous scientific papers, with several recent publications focusing on perovskite solar cells, spin transport, and advanced materials. Notable recent papers include:

  • Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells, 2022, Nature
  • Chiral-induced spin selectivity enables a room-temperature spin light-emitting diode, 2021, Science
  • Advances in two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Metastable Dion-Jacobson 2D structure enables efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, 2022, Science
  • Highly Distorted Chiral Two-Dimensional Tin Iodide Perovskites for Spin Polarized Charge Transport, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Joseph J. Berry
  • Joseph M. Luther
  • Haipeng Lu
  • Volker Blüm
  • Xihan Chen

Matthew C. Beard's work is published in a range of scientific venues, reflecting interdisciplinary collaborations and research outputs. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Nano
  • Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Highly Efficient Multiple Exciton Generation in Colloidal PbSe and PbS Quantum Dots

    Randy J. Ellingson;Matthew C. Beard;Justin C. Johnson;Pingrong Yu

  • Peak external photocurrent quantum efficiency exceeding 100% via MEG in a quantum dot solar cell.

    Octavi Escala Semonin;Octavi Escala Semonin;Joseph M Luther;Sukgeun Choi;Hsiang-Yu Chen

  • Semiconductor quantum dots and quantum dot arrays and applications of multiple exciton generation to third-generation photovoltaic solar cells.

    Arthur J. Nozik;Matthew C. Beard;Joseph M. Luther;Matt Law

  • Surface reaction for efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells

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  • Schottky Solar Cells Based on Colloidal Nanocrystal Films

    Joseph M. Luther;Matt Law;Matthew C. Beard;Qing Song

  • Multiple Exciton Generation in Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals

    Matthew C. Beard;Kelly P. Knutsen;Pingrong Yu;Joseph M. Luther

  • Observation of a hot-phonon bottleneck in lead-iodide perovskites

    Ye Yang;David P. Ostrowski;Kai Zhu

  • Enhanced mobility CsPbI3 quantum dot arrays for record-efficiency, high-voltage photovoltaic cells

    Erin M. Sanehira;Erin M. Sanehira;Ashley R. Marshall;Ashley R. Marshall;Jeffrey A. Christians;Steven P. Harvey

  • Carrier lifetimes of >1 μs in Sn-Pb perovskites enable efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells

    Jinhui Tong;Jinhui Tong;Zhaoning Song;Dong Hoe Kim;Xihan Chen

  • Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Self-Assembled Films of PbSe Nanocrystals Treated with 1,2-Ethanedithiol

    Joseph M. Luther;Matt Law;Qing Song;Craig L. Perkins

  • PbTe Colloidal Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Characterization, and Multiple Exciton Generation

    James E Murphy;Matthew C Beard;Andrew G Norman;S Phillip Ahrenkiel

  • Transient photoconductivity in GaAs as measured by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

    Matthew C. Beard;Gordon M. Turner;Charles A. Schmuttenmaer

  • Chiral-induced spin selectivity enables a room-temperature spin light-emitting diode

    Young Hoon Kim;Yaxin Zhai;Haipeng Lu;Xin Pan

  • Advances in two-dimensional organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites

    Fei Zhang;Haipeng Lu;Jinhui Tong;Joseph J. Berry

  • Extrinsic ion migration in perovskite solar cells

    Zhen Li;Chuanxiao Xiao;Chuanxiao Xiao;Ye Yang;Steven P. Harvey

  • Low surface recombination velocity in solution-grown CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite single crystal

    Ye Yang;Yong Yan;Mengjin Yang;Sukgeun Choi

  • Top and bottom surfaces limit carrier lifetime in lead iodide perovskite films

    Ye Yang;Mengjin Yang;David T. Moore;Yong Yan;Yong Yan

  • Multiple Exciton Generation in Semiconductor Quantum Dots

    Matthew C. Beard

  • Stability Assessment on a 3% Bilayer PbS/ZnO Quantum Dot Heterojunction Solar Cell

    Joseph M Luther;Jianbo Gao;Jianbo Gao;Matthew T. Lloyd;Octavi Escala Semonin;Octavi Escala Semonin

  • Spin-dependent charge transport through 2D chiral hybrid lead-iodide perovskites

    Haipeng Lu;Jingying Wang;Chuanxiao Xiao;Xin Pan

  • Solar cells from colloidal nanocrystals: Fundamentals, materials, devices, and economics

    Hugh W. Hillhouse;Hugh W. Hillhouse;Matthew C. Beard

  • Third generation photovoltaics based on multiple exciton generation in quantum confined semiconductors.

    Matthew C Beard;Joseph M Luther;Octavi Escala Semonin;Octavi Escala Semonin;Arthur J Nozik;Arthur J Nozik

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur J. Nozik
Arthur J. Nozik University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph M. Luther
Joseph M. Luther National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Justin C. Johnson
Justin C. Johnson National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Randy J. Ellingson
Randy J. Ellingson University of Toledo
Kai Zhu
Kai Zhu National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Joseph J. Berry
Joseph J. Berry National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Matt Law
Matt Law University of California, Irvine
Nathan R. Neale
Nathan R. Neale National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Giulia Galli
Giulia Galli University of Chicago

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