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by Phreaker00 1430 days ago
Unfortunately the article doesn't mention anything about the expected lifetime of the new material. The biggest drawback of perovskite based solar cells is that the perovskite reacts with UV light which turns them brittle and thus severely limits the lifetime[1].

[1] https://www.inceptivemind.com/first-perovskite-solar-cell-co...