Manufacturing Tecnology — Mystery of 'magical' perovskite REVEALED

Mystery of 'magical' perovskite REVEALED: Lead salts set to replace crystalline silicon solar cells because they can be easily printed yet tough enough to last 25 years Perovskite, a mineral made of lead salts, has emerged as a promising material in creating low cost strong solar cells, as it allows the technology to be 3D printed and to last up to 25 years - and now a new study has uncovered the structure of this 'magical' material. Scientists from the University of Cambridge found two forms of disorder, or structures, happening parallel within perovskites: an electronic disorder and spatial chemical...