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Synthesis and purification of materials for scalable perovskite solar cells

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The synthesis and purification of perovskite precursors and charge-transport materials are critical for achieving stable, high-efficiency lab-scale devices and for the scalable industrial production of perovskite solar cells.

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Fig. 1: Synthesis of perovskite precursors and hole transporting materials.

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The authors are grateful to the National Research Foundation of Korea (no. NRF-2021R1A3B1076723) to N.-G.P., and JST–Mirai (JPMJMI22E2), NEDO (JPNP20015, JPNP21016), JSPS (JP24H00481, JP25H01262) to A.W.

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  1. Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

    Atsushi Wakamiya

  2. EneCoat Technologies Co., Ltd., Kumiyama-cho, Kuse-gun, Kyoto, Japan

    Atsushi Wakamiya

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

    Nam-Gyu Park

  4. SKKU Institute of Energy Science and Technology (SIEST), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

    Nam-Gyu Park

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Wakamiya, A., Park, NG. Synthesis and purification of materials for scalable perovskite solar cells. Nat. Synth 4, 1033–1035 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-025-00873-w

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