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guerrillayesterday at 9:30 PM4 repliesview on HN

Hmm, why do I know this word "perovskite". Wikipedia gives me no clues, just some mineral.


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Liftyeeyesterday at 9:36 PM

Possible source: Solar panels with this material were hyped a couple years ago.

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jasonjayryesterday at 9:36 PM

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/tc/d4tc0208...

IIRC it was some different type of imaging sensor, so looked it up that way

kajecounterhackyesterday at 10:28 PM

They are used in thin-film solar panel development. Not sure anyone has cracked the big problem with them, which is durability.

putinapologistyesterday at 11:45 PM

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