ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,825, issued on April 29, was assigned to OXFORD PHOTOVOLTAICS Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Photovoltaic device comprising a metal halide perovskite and a passivating agent" was invented by Henry J. Snaith (Oxford, Great Britain), Antonio Abate (Oxford, Great Britain) and Nakita K. Noel (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to devices comprising metal halide perovskites and organic passivating agents. In particular, the invention relates to photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices comprising passivated metal halide perovskites. The device according to the invention comprises: (a) a metal h...