Issue 6, 2024

PASCAL: the perovskite automated spin coat assembly line accelerates composition screening in triple-halide perovskite alloys

Abstract

The Perovskite Automated Spin Coat Assembly Line – PASCAL – is introduced as a materials acceleration platform for the deposition and characterization of spin-coated thin films, with specific application to halide perovskites. We first demonstrate improved consistency of perovskite film fabrication by controlling process parameters, the influence of which is uniquely exposed under the automated experimental framework. Next, we report on an automated campaign of composition engineering to improve the durability of perovskite absorbers for tandem solar cell applications. We screen compositions spanning the triple-cation, triple-halide composition space, MAxFA0.78Cs0.22−xPb(I0.8−yzBryClz)3. Data-driven clustering identifies four characteristic behaviors within this space regarding figures of merit for durability and open-circuit voltage, with data from each sample acquired automatically in PASCAL characterization line. Finally, a film composition durable to light and elevated temperature exposure is identified via a regression model trained on the high-throughput dataset. The approach, hardware, and data detailed herein highlight automated platforms as an opportunity to accelerate the identification and discovery of novel thin film materials and demonstrates the efficacy of PASCAL specifically for automation of solution-processed optoelectronic thin film research.

Graphical abstract: PASCAL: the perovskite automated spin coat assembly line accelerates composition screening in triple-halide perovskite alloys

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Mar 2024
Accepted
18 May 2024
First published
22 May 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Digital Discovery, 2024,3, 1236-1246

PASCAL: the perovskite automated spin coat assembly line accelerates composition screening in triple-halide perovskite alloys

D. N. Cakan, R. E. Kumar, E. Oberholtz, M. Kodur, J. R. Palmer, A. Gupta, K. Kaushal, H. M. Vossler and D. P. Fenning, Digital Discovery, 2024, 3, 1236 DOI: 10.1039/D4DD00075G

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