journal article·2026-04Open access

Stability of Perovskite Indoor Photovoltaics: A Focused Review and a Call for Standardized Stability Reporting

Ivy Mawusi Asuo, Arezo Mahdavi Varposhti, Cyril Chu Fubin Kumachang, Gopal Krishnamurthy Grandhi, Vincenzo Pecunia, Thomas Meredith Brown, Paola Vivo, Nutifafa Yao Doumon

Advanced Energy Materials· Volume 16· Issue 14

Abstract

ABSTRACT Metal halide perovskite indoor photovoltaics (IPVs) are the top contenders in terms of efficiency among emerging IPV technologies. The state‐of‐the‐art perovskite IPVs have already achieved reported efficiencies above 44%, indicating their significant potential. However, only a small percentage of reports discuss stability measurements, with approximately 7% adopting the International Summit on Organic PV Stability (ISOS) protocol for stability evaluation. A standard for the stability assessment of emerging thin film IPVs still lags. This research area remains largely unexplored, yet it is essential to the commercialization of IPV technologies. This review focuses on perovskite‐based IPVs, with an emphasis on device stability. It provides discussions of the origins of degradation in perovskite materials and their corresponding IPV devices. This is followed by an overview of various structure–property–stability strategies, including compositional, interface, and device design engineering for perovskite materials to improve their performance. Finally, the review outlines some existing stability test protocols that could apply to perovskite IPVs, including addressing mitigation issues, such as encapsulation, draws the attention of researchers in the field, and calls for the development of standardized stability test protocols for perovskite IPVs and for understanding how these tests correlate with actual indoor lifespans to enable the commercialization of perovskite IPVs.
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OpenAlex topics: Perovskite Materials and Applications · Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

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Affiliations

Department of Materials Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA United States

Materials Research Institute The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA United States

Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA United States

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Hybrid Solar Cells Tampere University Tampere Finland

School of Sustainable Energy Engineering Sustainable Optoelectronics Research Group Simon Fraser University Surrey BC Canada

Department of Electronic Engineering CHOSE University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy

Funding

European Commission

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