ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,660, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KOREA ELECTRIC POWER Corp. (Naju-si, South Korea).

"Method of preparing single crystal perovskite and method of manufacturing solar cell using single crystal perovskite" was invented by Do Hyung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Shil Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Seob Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yu Jin Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming single crystal perovskite according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a preliminary thin film by applying a perovskite precursor solution containing an additive on a substrate; ex...