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Nature Reviews Materials (2026)
Perovskite solar cells have emerged as one of the most exciting photovoltaic technologies, offering a unique combination of high efficiency and low-cost solution processability. Yet for all their promise, a fundamental question has increasingly come to define the field: how can we make them last?
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J.X. acknowledges support from the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China (grant numbers LR24F040001 and DG25E020001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 62274146), the Scientific Research Innovation Capability Support Project for Young Faculty (SRICSPYF-ZY2025093), the Central Guidance Funds for Local Science and Technology Development Projects (grant number 2025ZY01012) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Jingjing Xue (薛晶晶)
Shangyu Institute of Semiconductor Materials, Shaoxing, China
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