US Patent Issued to PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY on Nov. 4 for "Lead-free perovskite solar cell with multilayer framed assembly" (Australian, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,884, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Lead-free perovskite solar cell with multilayer framed assembly" was invented by Syed M. Hasnain (Brisbane, Australia) and M. Amin Mir (Srinagar, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead-free solar cell module having a top protective layer, a middle photoactive layer, a bottom protective later and a frame with the top protective layer, middle photoactive layer and the bottom protective layer secured in the frame. The middle photoactive layer includes a back metal contact layer including gold (Au), a hole transport layer (HTL) includ...