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Department Solution Processing of Hybrid Materials & Devices

Department Solution-Processing of Hybrid Materials and Devices

Since end of 2021, the Unger group is now the Department Solution-Processing of Hybrid Materials and Devices.

We are continuing our research on scalable solution-based manufacturing techniques for hybrid materials.

Focus areas of our research are:

- Precursor Ink Design, Rationalization and Solution Chemistry

- In-situ Monitoring during Processsing (using optical and X-ray based techniques)

- Device and Module Prototype Manufacturing and Optimization

- High-throughput Combinatorial Materials Synthesis & Exploration of Hybrid Perovskites for alternative applications.

- The Perovskite Database

PL microscopy image on half-degraded MAPbI3 sample

Characterization of large area thin films with spacially-resolved methods: PL microscopy image on half-degraded MAPbI3 sample from collaborators at Lund University.

Metal-halide perovskite based solar cells have emerged as a promising cost-effective photovoltaic technology. Scaling material deposition to application-relevant areas is a mayor research and development challenge that our group will address. As deposition methods, our group’s focus are scalable deposition methods such as slot-die coating and inkjet printing, which we will optimize for the deposition of metal halide perovskite semiconductors. This includes development of precursor inks, optimization of coating and printing process conditions and the realization of larger area metal halide perovskite modules. For understanding thin film growth and analyzing larger area metal halide perovskite layers, we are developing tools for in-process monitoring of processing steps and employ mapping as well as imaging methods. Within the HySPRINT Innovation Lab, we aim to realize larger area tandem modules, which requires the development of larger area metal halide perovskite modules with band gaps matching the bottom cell absorber.