Scaling-up perovskite solar cells
Rapid improvement in the power-conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells have enabled them to compete with silicon-based devices. However, high-performance perovskite devices are typically small-area and produced using techniques that are challenging to scale beyond the lab. For perovskite-based solar cells to gain more widespread use there is a need for materials and fabrication techniques that are scalable, cost-effective, and suitable for large-area devices.
This Collection will bring together the latest developments in new manufacturing approaches that scale-up the production of perovskite solar cells. Major topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Materials (formulations and compositions) and deposition techniques that allow for large-area, rapid, or low-cost devices
- Fundamental understanding of fabrication processes and how to control them
- Device or materials design that enables simplified and/or low-cost fabrication
- Characterization, performance and real-world demonstrations of devices produced by new techniques
- Assembling sub- or mini-modules for larger-area devices
We welcome the submission of any paper related to scaling-up perovskite solar cell fabrication. All submissions will be subject to the same review process and editorial standards as regular Communications Materials Articles.
Editors
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Thad Druffel
University of Louisville, United States
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Doojin Vak
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
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Trystan Watson
Swansea University, United Kingdom
