ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,491, issued on May 12, was assigned to Tandem PV (San Jose, Calif.).

"Organic-inorganic adhesion layer and its use in perovskite solar cells and modules" was invented by Timothy Sean Gehan (Mountain View, Calif.) and Colin David Bailie (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure include an electronic device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a first layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first layer comprising a metal-halide perovskite material, and an adhesive layer disposed between the first layer and the second electrode, wherein the adhesive lay...