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Prof. Yana Vaynzof has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant to develop new high-speed deposition methods for perovskites. The “SpeedUp” project aims to pave the way for faster and scalable industrial manufacturing of highly efficient perovskite solar cells.
Prof. Yana Vaynzof, Director of the Institute for Emerging Electronic Technologies at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for the project ‘High-Speed Vapour Deposition of Metal Halide Perovskites for Scalable Applications (SpeedUp)’. This will enable her to develop new methods for rapid deposition of metal halide perovskites that are necessary to accelerate their integration into industrial optoelectronic applications, such as photovoltaics.
The development of sustainable renewable energy technologies is crucial given the increasing global energy demand. Yana Vaynzof is working on emerging photovoltaic technologies based on metal halide perovskites, focusing in particular on addressing the key challenges that prevent their industrialisation. Her current ERC Consolidator Grant <PEROVAP> focuses on vapour-phase deposition of perovskites, which offers many advantages as a solvent-free, scalable method of high industrial relevance. Nonetheless, current vapour-based methods suffer from low deposition rates (1-10 nm/min), posing a significant challenge to achieving the high-throughput production needed for commercial-scale implementation. To address this limitation, she and her team are developing new high-rate deposition methods for metal halide perovskites. To further develop one of these methods, Vaynzof is now receiving a Proof of Concept Grant of 150,000 euros for 18 months from the European Research Council.
The SpeedUp project will use electron-beam deposition from a single source to rapidly deposit high-quality metal halide perovskite layers. The overall goal is to demonstrate and validate a disruptive deposition process capable of achieving 500 nm/min deposition rates without compromising perovskite layer quality or solar cell performance across various perovskite compositions. Through this breakthrough development, complemented with an analysis of the technological and commercial landscape, the project will lay the foundation for a high-throughput manufacturing approach for metal halide perovskites for scalable applications and decisively facilitate their industrialization.
"Our proof-of-principle investigations revealed that high-quality perovskite layers can be deposited by electron-beam deposition at impressive rates of ~100 nm/min. These preliminary results suggest that, with further investigation, electron-beam deposition of metal halide perovskites has strong potential to achieve the required rates for industrial applications. This method could make perovskite solar cell manufacturing significantly faster and more cost-effective, thus accelerating their large-scale industrialization," explains Vaynzof.
The ERC Proof of Concept Grant is a funding line from the European Research Council (ERC) aimed at scientists who have already received ERC funding. The aim of the €150,000 grant is to test the innovation potential of their research and enable them to take the first steps towards practical application or market readiness. This is the third ERC Grant awarded to Prof Vaynzof, following the previously held ERC Starting Grant <ENERGYMAPS> and the currently running ERC Consolidator Grant <PEROVAP>.
Prof. Dr. Yana Vaynzof y.vaynzof@ifw-dresden.de
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