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Perovskite solar cells take the heat

The long-term operational stability of perovskite photovoltaics is critical to their successful real-world deployment. New research shows that ammonium cations with a high acid-dissociation constant can inhibit degradation reactions and impart excellent long-term stability in solar cells operating at high temperatures.

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Fig. 1: The proposed mechanism of phenethylammonium deprotonation and degradation at high temperatures.

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Ramadan, A.J. Perovskite solar cells take the heat. Nat Energy 8, 1186–1187 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01400-x

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