PACT is working on the first versions of performance and reliability test protocols for perovskite PV technologies. Once they are complete they will be available on this page.
Protocols
- PACT Perovskite PV Module Outdoor Test Protocol V.0.1 (777 downloads) (5/5/2023)
- PACT Module Preconditioning Protocol Version 0.1 (1623 downloads) (3/30/2022)
- PACT Recommended Packaging Procedure – version 4 (2056 downloads) (3/29/2022)
- PACT Perovskite PV Module Stress Testing Protocol Version 0.1 (1667 downloads) (3/14/2022)
Industry Partnering
- PV Module Manufacturing and Testing: Industry Requirements for Perovskite PV Modules (637 downloads) (6/29/2023)
- Application for PACT Testing Services (1296 downloads) (11/17/2022)
- PACT Module Design Acceptance Criteria (Research) V. 2.0 (1744 downloads) (3/14/2022)
- PACT Module Design Acceptance Criteria (Industry) V 2.0 (1281 downloads) (6/30/2023)
- PACT Nondisclosure Agreement (updated 5/16/23) (1959 downloads) (2/24/2022)
- PACT Materials Transfer Agreement (Updated 5/16/23) (1986 downloads) (2/24/2022)
- PACT Center Factsheet (2031 downloads) (11/3/2021)
- PACT Data Management Plan (2073 downloads) (10/20/2021)
Publications
- Le, T.-H., H. Driscoll, C.-H. Hou, A. Montgomery, W. Li, J. S. Stein and W. Nie (2023). "Perovskite solar module: promise and challenges in efficiency, meta-stability and operational lifetime." Advanced Electronics Material (accepted).
- T.J. Silverman, M.G Deceglie, I.R Repins, et al. (2023). Brief: Daily Performance Changes in Metal Halide Perovskite PV Modules, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.
- J. W. Schall et al “Accelerated Stress Testing of Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules: Differentiating Degradation Modes with Electroluminescence Imaging”. (2023). Solar RRL.
- Montgomery, A. M., N. Y. Doumon, C. Torrence, L. T. Schelhas and J. S. Stein (2023). Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Modules: The Challenge of Upscaling and Commercializing This Technology. Metal-Halide Perovskite Semiconductors. W. Nie and K. Iniewski, Springer, Cham: 297-321.
- C.E. Torrence; C.S. Libby; W. Nie; J.S. Stein (2022) "Environmental and health risks of perovskite solar modules: case for better test standards and risk mitigation solutions" iScience.
- J.M. Luther and L. T. Schelhas (2022), "Perovskite solar cells can take the heat", Science, 376(6588)
- E. Ashley Gaulding et al. (2022) "Package Development for Reliability Testing of Perovskites", CS Energy Lett. 7, 8, 2641–2645.
- T.J. Silverman and L.T. Shelhas (2022), "Perovskite Photovoltaics: Venturing Outdoors", Nature Energy, 7, pages 576–577.