The Department of High Throughput Methods in Photovoltaics publishes its research results regularly in high impact journals and at conferences. Here you will find an excerpt of our most important publications of recent years.
High Throughput Materials and Devices for PV
Y. Zhao, T. Heumueller, J. Zhang, J. Luo, C. Berger, S. Langner, B. Liu, J. Elia, A. Osvet, J. Wu, C. Liu, N. Li, J. Hauch, C. J. Brabec: A bilayer-conducting-polymer structure for planar perovskite solar cells with over 1400 hrs operational stability at elevated temperatures; Nature energy (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00953-z
J. Zhang, S. Langner, J. Wu, C. Kupfer, L. Lüer, W. Meng, B. Zhao, C. Liu, A. Osvet, N. Li, M. Halik, T. Stubhan, Y. Zhao, J. A. Hauch, C. J. Brabec: Intercalating-Organic-Cation-Induced Stability Bowing in Quasi-2D Metal-Halide Perovskites; ACS energy letters (2022); DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c02081
J. Wagner, C. G. Berger, X. Du, T. Stubhan, J. A. Hauch, C. J. Brabec: The evolution of Materials Acceleration Platforms: toward the laboratory of the future with AMANDA; Journal of Materials Science (2021); DOI: 10.1007/s10853-021-06281-7
Y. Zhao; J. Zhang; Z. Xu; S. Sun; S. Langner; N. T. P. Hartono; T. Heumueller; Y. Hou; J. Elia; N. Li; G. J. Matt; X. Du; W. Meng; A. Osvet; K. Zhang; T. Stubhan; Y. Feng; J. Hauch; E. H. Sargent; T. Buonassisi; C. J. Brabec: Discovery of temperature-induced stability reversal in perovskites using high-throughput robotic learning; Nature Communications (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22472-x
S. Sun; A. Tiihonen; F. Oviedo; Z. Liu; J. Thapa; Y. Zhao; N. T. P. Hartono; A. Goyal; T. Heumueller; C. Batali; A. Encinas; J. J. Yoo; R. Li; Z. Ren; I. M. Peters; C. J. Brabec; M. G. Bawendi; V. Stevanovic; J. Fisher; T. Buonassisi: A data fusion approach to optimize compositional stability of halide perovskites; Matter (2021); DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.01.008
X. Du; L. Lüer; T. Heumueller; J. Wagner; C. Berger; T. Osterrieder; J. Wortmann; S. Langner; U. Vongsaysy; M. Bertrand; N. Li; T. Stubhan; J. Hauch; C. J. Brabec: Elucidating the Full Potential of OPV Materials Utilizing a High-Throughput Robot-Based Platform and Machine Learning; Joule (2021); DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.12.013
Y. Zhao; P. Miao; J. Elia; H. Hu; X. Wang; T. Heumueller; Y. Hou; G. J. Matt; A. Osvet; Y.-T. Chen; M. Tarragó; D. de Ligny; T. Przybilla; P. Denninger; J. Will; J. Zhang; X. Tang; N. Li; C. He; A. Pan; A. J. Meixner; E. Spiecker; D. Zhang; C. J. Brabec: Strain-activated light-induced halide segregation in mixed-halide perovskite solids; Nature Communications (2020); DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20066-7
X. Du; T. Heumueller; W. Gruber; O. Almora; A. Classen; J. Qu; F. He; T. Unruh; N. Li; C. J. Brabec: Unraveling the Microstructure-Related Device Stability for Polymer Solar Cells Based on Nonfullerene Small-Molecular Acceptors; Advanced materials (2020); DOI: 10.1002/adma.201908305
S. Langner; F. Häse; J. D. Perea; T. Stubhan; J. Hauch; L. M. Roch; T. Heumueller; A. Aspuru-Guzik; C. Brabec: Beyond Ternary OPV: High-Throughput Experimentation and Self-Driving Laboratories Optimize Multicomponent Systems; Advanced materials (2020); DOI: 10.1002/adma.201907801
K. Weng; J. Xu; X. Du; S. Chandrabose; K. Chen; J. Zhou; G. Han; S. Tan; Z. Xie; Y. Yi; N. Li; F. Liu; J. M. Hodgkiss; C. J. Brabec; Y. Sun: Unraveling the influence of non-fullerene acceptor molecular packing on photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells; Nature Communications (2020); DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19853-z
E. Gu; X. Tang; S. Langner; P. Duchstein; Y. Zhao; I. Levchuk; V. Kalancha; T. Stubhan; J. Hauch; H. J. Egelhaaf; D. Zahn; A. Osvet; C. J. Brabec: Robot-Based High-Throughput Screening of Antisolvents for Lead Halide Perovskites; Joule (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.06.013
C. J. Brabec; A. Distler; X. Du; H.-J. Egelhaaf; J. Hauch; T. Heumueller; N. Li: Material Strategies to Accelerate OPV Technology Toward a GW Technology; Advanced energy materials (2020); DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202001864
A. Classen; C. L. Chochos; L. Lüer; V. G. Gregoriou; J. Wortmann; A. Osvet; K. Forberich; I. McCulloch; T. Heumüller; C. J. Brabec: The role of exciton lifetime for charge generation in organic solar cells at negligible energy-level offsets; Nature energy (2020); DOI: 10.1038/s41560-020-00684-7
Tabor D.P., Roch L.M., Saikin S.K., Kreisbeck C., Sheberla D., Montoya J.H., Dwaraknath S., Aykol M., Ortiz C., Tribukait H., Amador-Bedolla C., Brabec C., Maruyama B., Persson K.A., Aspuru-Guzik A.: Accelerating the discovery of materials for clean energy in the era of smart automation; Nature Reviews Materials (2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41578-018-0005-z
Xie C., Tang X., Berlinghof M., Langner S., Chen S., Späth A., Li N., Fink R., Unruh T., Brabec C.: Robot-Based High-Throughput Engineering of Alcoholic Polymer: Fullerene Nanoparticle Inks for an Eco-Friendly Processing of Organic Solar Cells; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2018) DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03621
Chen S., Hou Y., Chen H., Tang X., Langner S., Li N., Stubhan T., Levchuk I., Gu E., Osvet A., Brabec C.: Exploring the Stability of Novel Wide Bandgap Perovskites by a Robot Based High Throughput Approach; Advanced Energy Materials (2017) DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201701543
High Throughput Characterization and Modelling for PV
I.M. Peters, J. Hauch, C. Brabec, P. Sinha: The value of stability in photovoltaics; Joule (2021); DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2021.10.019
I.M. Peters, C. Breyer, S.A. Jaffer, S. Kurtz, T. Reindl, R. Sinton, M. Vetter: The role of batteries in meeting the PV terawatt challenge; Joule (2021); DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2021.03.023C.
O. Stroyuk; C. Buerhop-Lutz; A. Vetter; J. Hepp; J. Hauch; I. M. Peters; C. J. Brabec: Distinguishing between different types of multi-layered PET-based backsheets of PV modules with near-infrared spectroscopy; Progress in photovoltaics (2021); DOI: 10.1002/pip.3465
M. Hoffmann; Buerhop-Lutz; L. Reeb; T. Pickel; T. Winkler; B. Doll; T. Wuerfl; I. M. Peters; C. Brabec; A. Maier; V. Christlein: Deep Learning-based Pipeline for Module PowerPrediction from EL Measurements; Progress in photovoltaics (2021); DOI: 10.1002/pip.3416
E. E. Looney; Z. Liu; A. Classen; H. Liu; N. Riedel; M. Braga; P. Balaji; A. Augusto; T. Buonassisi; I. M. Peters: Representative identification of spectra and environments (RISE) using k-means; Progress in photovoltaics (2021); DOI: 10.1002/pip.3358
L. Bommes; T. Pickel; C. Buerhop-Lutz; J. Hauch; C. Brabec; I. M. Peters: Computer vision tool for detection, mapping, and fault classification of photovoltaics modules in aerial IR videos; Progress in photovoltaics (2021); DOI: 10.1002/pip.3448
C. D. Rodríguez-Gallegos; H. Liu; O. Gandhi; J. P. Singh; V. Krishnamurthy; A. Kumar; J. S. Stein; S. Wang; L. Li; T. Reindl; I. M. Peters: Global Techno-Economic Performance of Bifacial and Tracking Photovoltaic Systems; Joule (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.05.005
I. M. Peters; C. Brabec; T. Buonassisi; J. Hauch; A. M. Nobre: The Impact of COVID-19-Related Measures on the Solar Resource in Areas with High Levels of Air Pollution; Joule (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.06.009
I. Mathews; B. Xu; W. He; V. Barreto; T. Buonassisi; I. M. Peters: Technoeconomic model of second-life batteries for utility-scale solar considering calendar and cycle aging; Applied energy (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115127
I. Mathews; S. Sofia; E. Ma; J. Jean; H. S. Laine; S. C. Siah; T. Buonassisi; I. M. Peters: Economically Sustainable Growth of Perovskite Photovoltaics Manufacturing; Joule (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.01.006
J. Hepp; A. Vetter; B. Hofbeck; U. Sultan; J. Hauch; C. Camus; C. Brabec: Quantitative Analysis of the Separate Influences of Material Composition and Local Defects on the V oc of PV Devices: An Exemplary Study on CIGS; IEEE journal of photovoltaics (2020); DOI: 10.1109/jphotov.2020.2978060
O. Stroyuk; C. Buerhop-Lutz; A. Vetter; J. Hauch; C. J. Brabec: Nondestructive characterization of polymeric components of silicon solar modules by near-infrared absorption spectroscopy (NIRA); Solar energy materials & solar cells (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110702
B. Doll; T. Pickel; O. Schreer; C. Zetzmann; J. Hepp; J. Denz; C. Buerhop; J. Hauch; C. Camus; C. Brabec: High-throughput, outdoor characterization of photovoltaic modules by moving electroluminescence measurements; Optical engineering (2019); DOI: 10.1117/1.oe.58.8.083105
C. Camus; P. Offermann; M. Weissmann; C. Buerhop; J. Hauch; C. J. Brabec: Site-specific assessment of mechanical loads on photovoltaic modules from meteorological reanalysis data; Solar energy (2019); DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.06.077
J. Hepp; A. Vetter; S. Langner; J. Hauch; M. Woito; G. Javicic; C. Camus; H.-J. Egelhaaf; C. Brabec: Infrared Absorption Imaging of Water Ingress Into the Encapsulation of (Opto-)Electronic Devices; IEEE journal of photovoltaics (2019); DOI: 10.1109/jphotov.2018.2877883
J. Teubner; C. Buerhop; T. Pickel; J. Hauch; C. Camus; C. J. Brabec: Quantitative assessment of the power loss of silicon PV modules by IR thermography and its dependence on data-filtering criteria; Progress in photovoltaics (2019); DOI: 10.1002/pip.3175
Dalsass M., Schmitt P., Buerhop C., Luchscheider P., Hauch J., Brabec C., Camus C.: Utilization of Inverter Operating Point Shifts as a Quality Assessment Tool for Photovoltaic Systems; IEEE Photonics Journal 8 (2018) DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2775443
Bogenrieder J., Camus C., Huettner M., Offermann P., Hauch J., Brabec C.: Technology-dependent analysis of the snow melting and sliding behavior on photovoltaic modules; Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 10 (2018) DOI: 10.1063/1.5001556
Buerhop C., Fecher FW., Pickel T., Häring A., Adamski T., Camus C., Hauch J., Brabec C.: Verifying defective PV-modules by IR-imaging and controlling with module optimizers; Progress in Photovoltaics (2018) DOI: 10.1002/pip.2985
Camus C., Adegbenro A., Ermer J., Suryaprakash V., Hauch J., Brabec C.: Influence of pre-existing damages on the degradation behavior of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules; Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 10 (2018) DOI: 10.1063/1.5000294
High Throughput Processing for PV
A. Distler; C. J. Brabec; H.-J. Egelhaaf: Organic photovoltaic modules with new world record efficiencies; Progress in photovoltaics (2021); DOI: 10.1002/pip.3336
F. Akhundova, L. Lüer, A. Osvet, J. Hauch, I.M. Peters, K. Forberich, N. Li, C. Brabec: Building process design rules for microstructure control in wide-bandgap mixed halide perovskite solar cells by a high-throughput approach; Applied Physics Letters (2021); DOI: 10.1063/5.0049010
I. A. Channa, A. Distler, B. Scharfe, S. Feroze, K. Forberich, B. Lipovsek, C. J. Brabec, H.-J. Egelhaaf: Solution processed oxygen and moisture barrier based on glass flakes for encapsulation of Organic (Opto-) Electronic Devices; Flexible and Printed Electronics (2021); DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ac0716
C. Liu; X. Du; S. Gao; A. Classen; A. Osvet; Y. He; K. Mayrhofer; N. Li; C. J. Brabec: A Cross-Linked Interconnecting Layer Enabling Reliable and Reproducible Solution-Processing of Organic Tandem Solar Cells; Advanced energy materials (2020); DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201903800
F. Yang; L. Dong; D. Jang; K. C. Tam; K. Zhang; N. Li; F. Guo; C. Li; C. Arrive; M. Bertrand; C. J. Brabec; H.-J. Egelhaaf: Fully Solution Processed Pure a-Phase Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells for Scalable Production in Ambient Condition; Advanced energy materials (2020); DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202001869
F. Yang; N. Li; M. A. Kamarudin; J. Qu; J. Song; S. Hayase: Efficient Surface Passivation and Electron Transport Enable Low Temperature-Processed Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency over 20%; ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (2020); DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03087
M. V. Khenkin; E. A. Katz; A. Abate; G. Bardizza; J. J. Berry; C. Brabec; F. Brunetti; V. Bulovic; Q. Burlingame; A. Di Carlo; R. Cheacharoen; Y.-B. Cheng; A. Colsmann; S. Cros; K. Domanski; M. Dusza; C. J. Fell; S. R. Forrest; Y. Galagan; D. Di Girolamo; M. Grätzel; A. Hagfeldt; E. von Hauff; H. Hoppe; J. Kettle; H. Köbler; M. S. Leite; S. Liu; Y.-L. Loo; J. M. Luther; C.-Q. Ma; M. Madsen; M. Manceau; M. Matheron; M. McGehee; R. Meitzner; M. K. Nazeeruddin; A. F. Nogueira; Ç. Odabasi; A. Osherov; N.-G. Park; M. O. Reese; F. De Rossi; M. Saliba; U. S. Schubert; H. J. Snaith; S. D. Stranks; W. Tress; P. A. Troshin; V. Turkovic; S. Veenstra; I. Visoly-Fisher; A. Walsh; T. Watson; H. Xie; R. Yildirim; S. M. Zakeeruddin; K. Zhu; M. Lira-Cantu: Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures; Nature energy (2020); DOI: 10.1038/s41560-019-0529-5
O. Almora; A. González-Lezcano; A. Guerrero; C. J. Brabec; G. Garcia-Belmonte: Ion-mediated hopping electrode polarization model for impedance spectra of CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3; Journal of applied physics (2020); DOI: 10.1063/5.0020554
O. J. J. Ronsin; D. Jang; H.-J. Egelhaaf; C. J. Brabec; J. Harting: A phase-field model for the evaporation of thin film mixtures; Physical chemistry, chemical physics (2020); DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00214c
Z. Xu; Y. Zhao; J. Zhang; K. Chen; C. J. Brabec; Y. Feng: Phase diagram and stability of mixed-cation lead iodide perovskites: A theory and experiment combined study; Physical review materials (2020); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.095401
C. J. Brabec; A. Distler; X. Du; H.-J. Egelhaaf; J. Hauch; T. Heumueller; N. Li: Material Strategies to Accelerate OPV Technology Toward a GW Technology; Advanced energy materials (2020); DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202001864
F. Guo; S. Qiu; J. Hu; H. Wang; B. Cai; J. Li; X. Yuan; X. Liu; K. Forberich; C. Brabec; Y. Mai: A Generalized Crystallization Protocol for Scalable Deposition of High-Quality Perovskite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications; Advanced science (2019); DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901067
F. Guo; W. He; S. Qiu; C. Wang; X. Liu; K. Forberich; C. J. Brabec; Y. Mai: Sequential Deposition of High-Quality Photovoltaic Perovskite Layers via Scalable Printing Methods; Advanced functional materials (2019); DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201900964
