Perovskite applications

At the recent MWC 2025 exhibition, Anker Solix presented a raincoat with perovskite solar panels for charging electronic devices outdoors. The wearable charging prototype resembles a rain jacket with a slippery surface.

The jacket, which Anker Solix calls a cloak, is covered in about two dozen sewn-on flexible perovskite solar cells. An attached cable with a 30-watt USB-C output connects to a power bank or directly into your device, so you can charge your electronics as you walk around or relax outdoors.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) have designed a solution-based fabrication approach involving a high-performance semi-transparent perovskite cell (ST-PSC) stacked in tandem with a hybrid heterojunction silicon solar cell (HHSC). 

The hybrid heterojunction solar cell was embedded as a bottom device in a four-terminal perovskite-silicon solar cell using the new solution processing technique. The novel cell architecture, according to the team, could be produced at significantly lower costs compared to conventional perovskite-silicon tandem designs.

Mobile tech brand Infinix is to unveil two innovations at ShowStoppers MWC 2025, and one of which is a new concept designed to optimize smartphone battery life by capturing ambient light from both indoor and outdoor environments. By integrating perovskite photovoltaic materials with AI-powered energy management, Infinix aims to create devices that charge passively from everyday light sources, reducing reliance on conventional charging methods. 

The system uses a custom smartphone case embedded with photovoltaic cells that absorb light and convert it into electricity. This energy is then transferred to the phone through discreet contact points, ensuring seamless power delivery. AI algorithms continuously monitor light levels, adjusting the power collection process in real time to maximize efficiency and prevent overheating or energy loss.

Researchers from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University and France's University of Lille (CNRS) have developed a biomass-derived furan-based conjugated polymer, PBDF-DFC, enabling a simplified direct precursor integration fabrication method for hybrid perovskite solar cells (HPSCs). 

Unlike traditional thiophene-based polymers, PBDF-DFC reportedly exhibits high solubility in perovskite precursor solvents, allowing direct incorporation into the precursor solution. This direct precursor integration approach could significantly streamline the fabrication process, reducing steps and potentially lowering production costs. 

Toyoda Gosei, part of the Toyota Group, has announced its plans to start a trial of smartwear fitted with perovskite solar cells, as clothing that can generate power.

Toyoda Gosei has been conducting joint development with Enecoat Technologies, a startup specializing in perovskite technology, since investing in the company in 2023. Now, as a product application of perovskite solar cells, the companies have made prototype smartwear that can be fitted with these solar cells manufactured by Enecoat Technologies for functions such as health management with various sensors and heating/cooling, using the generated power.

A Japanese consortium that includes three companies is testing the durability and performance of lightweight, flexible perovskite solar modules at Osanbashi Pier, Yokohama City in windy and salt-air conditions. The outdoor trial is part of a larger 3-year perovskite solar technology research collaboration.

Demonstration location: Large Pier (owned and designated by Yokohama City Port Bureau). Image credit: Macnica

The three-month 1 kW perovskite solar module trial on Osanbashi Pier began in November 2024. The three Japan-based companies that are participating in the outdoor seaport demonstration are: Macnica, a technology and electronics supplier, Reiko, a thin film product manufacturer, and perovskite solar cell specialist Peccell Technologies, which was founded in 2004 as a Toin University of Yokohama spin-off by perovskite solar cell pioneer Tsutomu Miyasaka.

Halide perovskite single crystals have demonstrated enormous potential for next-generation integrated optoelectronic devices. However, there is a lack of
a facile method to realize the controllable growth of large-scale, high-quality, and high-resolution perovskite single crystal arrays on diverse types of
substrates, which hinders their application in practical scenarios. 

 Schematic illustration of the method to prepare perovskite single crystal arrays. Image from: Advanced Science

Now, researchers from the University of Hong Kong, Nankai University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a one-step wettability-guided blade coating approach for the rapid in situ crystallization of large-scale, multicolor, and sub-100 nm perovskite single-crystal arrays in ambient conditions.

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Researchers from the University of Cambridge, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a novel way to make hydrocarbons – powered solely by the sun.

a) Architecture of the tandem PEC device. b) A schematic illustration of the nanoporous electrode. Image credit: Nature Catalysis

The device they developed combines a light absorbing ‘leaf’ made from a perovskite solar cell, with a copper nanoflower catalyst, to convert carbon dioxide into useful molecules. Unlike most metal catalysts, which can only convert CO₂ into single-carbon molecules, the copper flowers enable the formation of more complex hydrocarbons with two carbon atoms, such as ethane and ethylene — key building blocks for liquid fuels, chemicals and plastics.

The controlled growth of two-dimensional (2D) perovskites on top of three-dimensional (3D) perovskite films can improve the performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) by reducing interfacial recombination and impeding ion migration. However, the random orientation of the spontaneously formed 2D phase atop the pre-deposited 3D perovskite film can deteriorate charge extraction owing to energetic disorder, limiting the maximum attainable efficiency and long-term stability of the PSCs. 

Schematic illustrating the reorientation of the 2D-MAP perovskite during and after the post-dripping process. Image credit: Nature Communications

Recently, an international team of scientists, including ones from Saudi Arabia’s KAUST, Korea University and the Chinese Academy of Science, developed a meta-amidinopyridine ligand and the solvent post-dripping step to generate a highly ordered 2D perovskite phase on the surface of a 3D perovskite film.