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Why perovskite solar cells tend to segregate under influence of light
Solar cells made of perovskite are cheap, easy to produce, and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cells. However, perovskite cells have a love-hate-relationship with the Sun. The light that they need to generate electricity also happens to impair the quality of the cells, thus severely limiting their efficiency and stability over time. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have now developed a theory that explains why compound perovskite cells are unstable in sunlight. The study was published in Nature Communications.
Perovskite is an attractive alternative to silicon for solar cells because it’s abundant and easy to produce. What’s more, over the past decade, the performance of perovskite solar cells has improved dramatically, with efficiency rates reaching more than 25 percent, close to the state-of-art for silicon solar cells.