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IMAGE: Researchers have used self-assembled monolayer molecular glue totoughen interfaces in perovskite solar cells to make them more efficient,stable and reliable. view more
Credit: Padture lab/Brown University
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] A research team from Brown University has made a major step toward improving the long-term reliability of perovskite solar cells, an emerging clean energy technology. In a study to be published on Friday, May 7 in the journal
Science, the team demonstrates a molecular glue that keeps a key interface inside cells from degrading. The treatment dramatically increases cells stability and reliability over time, while also improving the efficiency with which they convert sunlight into electricity.