ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,473, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Methods for increasing efficiency and stability of organic perovskite materials" was invented by Dominic V. McGrath (Tucson, Ariz.) and Neal R. Armstrong (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods for increasing stability and efficiency of organic perovskite materials for use in various electronic devices. In particular, methods of the invention use a non-peripheral substituted phthalocyanine for passivating defects in organic perovskite materials, thereby increasing its s...