Journal
NPJ COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41524-021-00657-8
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Funding
- Natural Resources Canada's Energy Innovation Program [EIP2-MAT-001]
- Canadian Natural Science and Engineering Research Council [RGPIN-2018-06748]
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation [229288]
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research [BSE-BERL-162173]
- Canada Research Chairs
- SBQMI's Quantum Electronic Science and Technology Initiative
- Canada First Research Excellence Fund
- Quantum Materials and Future Technologies Program
- CEA CTBU (PTC PrintRose)
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This study presents a method for quantifying the homogeneity of perovskite thin films over large areas using machine vision, and shows how this can be used to predict photovoltaic cell performance and optimize manufacturing processes.
We report a fast, reliable and non-destructive method for quantifying the homogeneity of perovskite thin films over large areas using machine vision. We adapt existing machine vision algorithms to spatially quantify multiple perovskite film properties (substrate coverage, film thickness, defect density) with pixel resolution from pictures of 25 cm(2) samples. Our machine vision tool-called PerovskiteVision-can be combined with an optical model to predict photovoltaic cell and module current density from the perovskite film thickness. We use the measured film properties and predicted device current density to identify a posteriori the process conditions that simultaneously maximize the device performance and the manufacturing throughput for large-area perovskite deposition using gas-knife assisted slot-die coating. PerovskiteVision thus facilitates the transfer of a new deposition process to large-scale photovoltaic module manufacturing. This work shows how machine vision can accelerate slow characterization steps essential for the multi-objective optimization of thin film deposition processes.
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