US Patent Issued to ENI on Oct. 28 for "Semi-transparent perovskite-based photovoltaic cells and process for preparing them" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,895, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ENI S.P.A. (Rome).

"Semi-transparent perovskite-based photovoltaic cells and process for preparing them" was invented by Paolo Biagini (Novara, Italy), Riccardo Po' (Novara, Italy), Francesco Bisconti (Monteroni di Lecce, Italy), Antonella Giuri (Salice Salentino, Italy), Aurora Rizzo (Lecce, Italy) and Silvia Colella (Bari, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semi-transparent perovskite-based photovoltaic cell (or solar cell), wherein the photoactive perovskite layer includes at least one polysaccharide-based inert polymer in an amount ranging between 0.5% by weight and 3.5% by weight, pref...