US Patent Issued to 3SUN on July 7 for "Photovoltaic cell comprising a perovskite layer" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,521, issued on July 7, was assigned to 3SUN S.r.l. (Catania, Italy).

"Photovoltaic cell comprising a perovskite layer" was invented by Diego Di Girolamo (Catania, Italy), Giuliana Giuliano (Catania, Italy), Marina Foti (Catania, Italy) and Cosimo Gerardi (Catania, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic cell comprising at least one photovoltaic absorber layer based on lead halide perovskite comprising, in turn, a lead halide perovskite layer and a protection edge arranged so as to peripherally at least partially surround the lead halide perovskite layer and consisting of a material having at 25deg C. a solubility in water ...