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Next-gen solar material breakthrough

Penn State discovery opens door to new classes of materials Metal Tech News – March 1, 2023

 

Last updated 2/28/2023 at 2:59pm

Perovskite solar panels with cutouts showing layers of materials in the cells.

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Separated into its constituent parts, this is an illustrated example of photovoltaic layers in a single, high-performance perovskite solar cell.

Over the last two decades, perovskite crystal lattices have been held as extremely promising materials in photovoltaic and light-emitting devices. This family of minerals exhibits unique electrical properties currently being utilized in solar cells.

A Penn State-led team has created a faster, more cost-effective process to fabricate larger perovskite devices than previously possible. Their rep...



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