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Preventing lead release from perovskites

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Lead-halide perovskites could revolutionize the provision of low-cost solar energy but are limited by their neurotoxic lead content, which can readily dissolve in water. A supramolecular complex has now been developed to suppress lead release.

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Fig. 1: Supramolecular complex for sequestering lead from halide perovskites.

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I thank T. Player and S. Davis from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford for valuable feedback. I also thank the Royal Academy of Engineering for financial support under the Research Fellowships scheme (no. RF\201718\1701).

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