Organolead halide perovskite solar absorbers demonstrate high photovoltaic efficiencies but they are notorious for their intolerance to water. Now, methylammonium lead iodide perovskites are used to harvest solar energy — in water — via photocatalytic generation of hydrogen from solutions of hydriodic acid.
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Vesborg, P. Photocatalysis: HI-time for perovskites. Nat Energy 2, 16205 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.205
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