News & highlights
Group news & highlights
October 2026
Our new method to passivate defects in perovskite semiconductors is published in Science
A Princeton-led collaboration reports in Science that a new chemical mixture can mitigate crystal defects in perovskites, helping solar-cell materials retain energy from sunlight up to 10 times longer.
September 2026
QUEST Lab welcomes undergraduate thesis students
Welcome Ayanna Goonesekere, Gloria Liu, and Alex Gaines to QUEST Lab for their senior thesis research!
August 2026
QUEST Lab construction starts
Construction begins for QUEST Lab, which is split into the the materials growth and fabrication lab and the materials and device characterization lab.
June 2026
Prof. deQuilettes named a Scientific American Top Young Scientist
Prof. deQuilettes was recognized as one of Scientific American’s rising stars in the natural sciences for work advancing the understanding and performance of emerging materials for solar energy conversion.
February 2026
QUEST Lab welcomes its first new group members
Welcome Ryan and Zhijun!
January 2026
QUEST Lab is launched at Princeton University!
The Quantum and Emerging Semiconductor Technologies (QUEST) Lab opens at Princeton Engineering.
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Princeton, NJ 08540
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