Perovskite Indoor Solar Cell Breakthrough Paves The Way For A Battery-Free Future

The way we power our devices could be changing soon. Right now, batteries pose some big problems. Mining for them pollutes our planet, and we don't have enough infrastructure to recycle the battery waste we create. This challenge is compounded also by projections that in the next six years, the amount of battery waste that will need recycling will exceed 1.4 million tons. Thankfully, a recent scientific breakthrough suggests that we could soon ditch batteries in favor of a new technology that allows room light to power our everyday devices.

Scientists have now identified a material dubbed perovskite, which helps to create a unique type of solar cell that indoor lights can power. Perovskite's chemical composition is quite similar to calcium titanate, which is known for its use in manufacturing ceramic capacitors. Scientists have tried in previous research to make perovskite material durable enough to create a ...