For nearly eight decades, the so-called Shockley diode equation has explained how current flows through solar cells; the electrical current that powers up your home or charges the battery bank.

The superior properties of such ultra-thin crystals open up previously unimagined possibilities for solar cells, photodiodes and light-emitting diodes. The paper, now published in Nature ...

In a study that unlocks exciting possibilities for solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs ... from perovskite materials ...