Cooperative Agreement DEEE0011512

This 18-month $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)'s Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) aims to advance established low-cost, scalable, in-line electrochemical defect quantification platforms for lead halide perovskite solar cells.

The key objectives include: 1) Developing a wavelength- and temperature-dependent prototype technique for time-dependent failure analysis by tracking defect concentrations and energetics on perovskite films, 2) Defining the protective nature of perovskite solar cell top contacts by measuring defect concentrations as a function of exposure time, and 3) Recruiting and including early career researchers, including two undergraduate students from underrepresented minorities, to undertake individual components of the research program. The final goal is to deliver a commercially-available, low-cost, operando accelerated control system to measure the stability and durability of semiconductor films used in optoelectronic devices.