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Brighter pieces of the puzzle

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Hybrid organic–inorganic lead halide perovskites have recently emerged as ground-breaking photovoltaic materials. A recent confocal fluorescence microscopy study now raises hopes that perovskite solar cells can reach efficiencies beyond the recent record of 20%.

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Figure 1: Schematic view of a luminescing hybrid organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite film on glass (shown in blue).

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Bach, U. Brighter pieces of the puzzle. Nature Chem 7, 616–617 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2310

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