Project R-10531

Proceed - Hybrid perovskites as a material platform for conversion, emission and detection of light. (Research)

PROCEED aims to develop a new hybrid perovskite material platform for next-generation light detectors, emitters, and harvesters. Beyond photovoltaics, hybrid perovskites are materials with high potential for highly relevant applications such as X-ray detectors for medical diagnostic imaging and lasers for lighting and display. To make this potential effective, the chemical and structural flexibility of hybrid perovskites will be exploited to bring the material architecture to the next level of complexity with the introduction of extra functionalities. Implementation of novel hybrid perovskites of different composition and dimensionality (3D, 2D), structures (nanoplatelets, thin films, thick layers including nanocrystals), controlled morphology (crystallinity, uniformity), and their further integration in advanced device structures, will enable order-of-magnitude of improvement of the material stability together with a strong increase of the first figure-of-merit for each selected application - i.e. sensitivity for X-ray detectors, gain for laser, and power conversion efficiency for solar cells - beyond the level achievable by the respective current technologies, and with lower or similar production costs. The scope of this project requires the synergy of multiple fields of science and engineering, such as chemistry, material science, processing, device fabrication, and testing, demonstrators and reliability. The consortium is composed of 4 Universities (UGent, KULeuven, UHasselt, UAntwerpen), 1 Research Center (Imec) and 1 Industrial Advisory Committee of 6 industrial partners.

01 January 2020 - 31 December 2023