US Patent Issued to Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology on Dec. 16 for "Perovskite solar cell and manufacturing method therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,760, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea).

"Perovskite solar cell and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Kwang Hee Lee (Gwangju, South Korea), Hee Joo Kim (Gwangju, South Korea) and Yong Ryun Kim (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a perovskite solar cell. The perovskite solar cell includes a bottom electrode; a hole transport layer formed on the bottom electrode; a first polymer electrolyte layer formed on the hole transport layer and including a halide; a perovskite photoactive layer formed on the first polymer electrolyte layer; an ele...