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NREL: Researchers Improve Safety of Lead-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

“This is a big step in the correct direction,” said Kai Zhu, a senior scientist in the Chemistry and Nanoscience Center at NREL.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) have developed a technique to sequester the lead used to make perovskite solar cells, a highly efficient emerging photovoltaic technology. The light-absorbing layer in a perovskite solar cell contains a minute amount of lead. The presence of this toxic material in the developing technology could turn some consumers away when perovskite solar cells become commercially available, said Kai Zhu, a ...

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