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Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pImproving the long-term stability of perovskite solar cells is critical to the deployment of this technology. Despite the great emphasis laid on stability-related investigations, publications lack consistency in experimental procedures and parameters reported. It is therefore challenging to reproduce and compare results and thereby develop a deep understanding of degradation mechanisms. Here, we report a consensus between researchers in the field on procedures for testing perovskite solar cell stability, which are based on the International Summit on Organic Photovoltaic Stability (ISOS) protocols. We propose additional procedures to account for properties specific to PSCs such as ion redistribution under electric fields, reversible degradation and to distinguish ambient-induced degradation from other stress factors. These protocols are not intended as a replacement of the existing qualification standards, but rather they aim to unify the stability assessment and to understand failure modes. Finally, we identify key procedural information which we suggest reporting in publications to improve reproducibility and enable large data set analysis.</jats:p>

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40 Engineering, 4008 Electrical Engineering, 4017 Mechanical Engineering

Journal Title

Nature Energy

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Journal ISSN

2058-7546
2058-7546

Volume Title

5

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
European Research Council (756962)
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (785219)
S.D.S. acknowledges the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (HYPERION, grant agreement no. 756962), and the Royal Society and Tata Group (UF150033). F.D.R. and T.M.W. would like to acknowledge the support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre (EP/N020863/1) and express their gratitude to the Welsh Government for their support of the Ser Solar programme.