RISE · Transformative Thin-Film Technologies: Harnessing Perovskite for Reliable and Sustainable Solar Energy – RISE

Halide perovskites have shown significant progress in the fabrication of solar cells and have leverage on light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, memristors, and energy devices. In halide perovskites, the defects stem from the imperfection of grains and lead to electrical losses, which can be suppressed by developing a microcrystal technology. To unlock the full potential of perovskites as a semiconductor pigment, we propose to scale up the microcrystal methodology, which we have developed in the ERC-CoG MOLEMAT project. Halide perovskite microcrystals are ready to formulate semiconductor ink and are strategic for solar cell reliability, and as an accelerated scaling-up approach, a giant step in this technology. The success of RISE will rapidly advance the field by providing relevant answers to the reliability and moving from the demonstrator to the industrialization of the halide perovskites. To achieve this, we will protect intellectual property rights, conduct a premarket survey, and develop business plans in cooperation with semiconductor and photovoltaics companies, where the commercialization path will be outlined. The anticipated market is the large volume market of emerging semiconductors and photovoltaics manufacturing.