Still, some scientists say perovskite could significantly improve solar energy.

尽管如此，一些科学家表示钙钛可以提升太阳能。

Malinkiewicz developed a way to print perovskite panels like an inkjet printer.

马林凯维奇发明了一种印刷钙钛面的方法，就像喷墨打印机一样。

But perovskite have other exciting advantages too.

而钙钛有其他令人兴奋的优点。

This is the perovskite material completely synthesized from Earth abundant elements.

这是完全由地球上丰富的元素合成的钙钛材料。

Malinkiewicz says perovskite has become a favorite among solar panel researchers.

马林凯维奇说，钙钛在太阳能的研究领域炙手可热。

The advantage of the perovskite solar cell is that it can be lightweight and flexible.

用钙钛制成的太阳能，其优势在于：质量很轻，灵活度高。

But perovskite may be able to help with that last problem because it could make solar panels more efficient.

但钙钛可能有助于解决最后的问题，因为它可以使太阳能更有效率。

Oxford PV, a British company, is bringing some of the first perovskite solar cells to market.

英国牛津光伏公司将首批钙钛型太阳能推向市场。

However, what works in one direction will often work in the other, and so it is with perovskites.

然而，在一个方向起作用的东西通常在另一个方向起作用，钙钛也是如此。

A new kind of flexible solar cell made with a mineral called perovskite can go almost anywhere, says physicist Olga Malinkiewicz.

有一种新型的柔性太阳能是由一种名作钙钛的物质构成的，这类没有安装位置的限制，物理学家奥尔加·马林凯维奇如是说道。

Thanks to new experi-mineral called perovskite.

这要归功于这种叫做钙钛的新物。

An array of tiny specks of perovskites could therefore work like a grid of LEDs in a display screen.

因此，钙钛的微小斑点阵列可以像显示屏上网格状的LED一样工作。

There are still durability and other problems to work out, but several companies expect to have perovskite panels on the market this year.

耐久性等问题需要攻克，但一些公司已经打算今年在市场上出售这类了。

The original perovskite, calcium titanium oxide, is a mineral discovered in the Ural mountains in 1839 and named after Count Lev Perovski, a Russian mineralogist.

最初的钙钛，钙钛氧化物，是1839年在乌拉尔山脉发现的一种物，以俄罗斯物学家列夫·钙夫斯基伯爵命名。

Dr Hou and his colleagues at the University of Queensland, in Australia, are among a number of researchers working on a group of materials called perovskites.

澳大利亚昆士兰大学的侯博士和他的同事们是钙钛材料的众多研究者之一。

This means that instead of converting sunlight into electricity, metal-halide perovskites can operate in reverse, by emitting light in response to an electric current.

这意味着金属卤化物钙钛可以反向工作，不需要将阳光转化为能，而是可以通过发光来响应流。

Much of the interest in perovskites comes because those which combine metal atoms with chlorine, bromine or iodine (members of a group of elements called halogens) are semiconductors.

人们对钙钛的兴趣很大，因为那些将金属原子与氯、溴或碘（卤素元素组的成员）结合在一起就是半导体。

To produce such screens, Dr Hou and his team developed a way to bind tiny " nanocrystals" of lead-halide perovskites into a specially treated synthetic glass composite.

为了制造这种屏幕，侯博士和他的团队开发了一种方法，将微小的卤化铅钙钛“纳米晶体”结合到经过特殊处理的合成玻璃复合材料中。

We can use perovskite cells on the plastic of the building, on the roofs of the building, on the roofs of the cars, on the electronic devices, small electronic devices.

我们可以在建筑的塑料表面使用钙钛，在建筑物的屋顶上，在汽车顶上，在子设备上，小型子设备上（都可以用）。

In as much as anything can be considered unbreakable, perovskite screens just might be that, reckons Dr Hou-and they might be used not just for phones, but also for products ranging from televisions and computers to lighting.

侯博士认为，钙钛结构的屏幕几乎摔不破，它们可能不仅用于手机，用于视机、脑和照明等产品。