Environmental lead exposure from halide perovskites in solar cells

Corinna Ponti; Giuseppe Nasti; Diego Di Girolamo; Irene Cantone; Fahad A Alharthi; Antonio Abate

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.01.002

Environmental lead exposure from halide perovskites in solar cells

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Apr;37(4):281-283. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.01.002. Epub 2022 Jan 25.

Authors

Corinna Ponti¹, Giuseppe Nasti¹, Diego Di Girolamo¹, Irene Cantone², Fahad A Alharthi³, Antonio Abate⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, pzz.le Vincenzo Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, University of Naples Federico II, Via Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy.
³ Chemistry Department, Science College, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, pzz.le Vincenzo Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy; Chemistry Department, Science College, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: antonio.abate@unina.it.

PMID: 35090768
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.01.002

Abstract

Lead (Pb) is one of the most toxic elements in existence and has been used by humans for thousands of years. With only a few exceptions, each widespread application of lead has been banned systematically due to dramatic environmental and health consequences. However, we are now at the dawn of the perovskite era, potentially requiring yet again the widespread application of lead.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Calcium Compounds* / toxicity
Humans
Lead*
Oxides / toxicity
Titanium / toxicity

Substances

Calcium Compounds
Oxides
perovskite
Lead
Titanium