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PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAICS

Embrace your defects

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Control of electron and hole concentrations in semiconductors is a longstanding challenge. Now, by managing defect populations, a p–n homojunction solar cell has been fabricated, opening a new avenue for metal halide perovskite devices.

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Fig. 1: Control of defect concentrations in metal halide perovskites.

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