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Inkjet Printing All Inorganic Halide Perovskite Inks for Photovoltaic Applications
Published on: January 22, 2019
Ink Design for Printing Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules
Yongrui Yang1, Zhaokai Liu1,2, Weifu Zhang1,2
1CAS Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China.
Chemical Reviews
|June 30, 2026
Summary
Printable perovskite solar cells offer high efficiency but module performance lags. Optimizing precursor ink formulation is key to achieving uniform, scalable, and durable films for next-generation photovoltaics.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Chemical Engineering
- Renewable Energy
Background:
- Printed metal halide perovskite photovoltaics are promising for next-generation solar technology due to high performance and low manufacturing costs.
- While perovskite solar cells achieve high power conversion efficiency (PCE), commercial-size modules face challenges in translating lab-scale success.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review perovskite precursor inks from a solution chemistry and manufacturing viewpoint.
- To identify critical challenges and provide direction for designing printable ink systems for scalable perovskite solar modules.
Main Methods:
- Summarizing perovskite precursor ink properties, including chemical composition and solvent selection.
- Analyzing the influence of ink formulation on film morphology, crystallization, and stability during printing.
- Highlighting industrially relevant metrics for viable ink systems.
Main Results:
- Ink design critically impacts precursor solvent coordination, intermediate phases, colloidal stability, rheology, and crystallization kinetics.
- Scalable printing requires careful control over solvent interactions, intermediate phases, and crystallization to achieve uniform, large-area films.
- Industrially relevant metrics like shelf life, ambient tolerance, and reproducibility are crucial for viable ink systems.
Conclusions:
- The bottleneck for commercial-scale perovskite solar modules lies in translating precursor inks into high-quality films, not the intrinsic material properties.
- Optimizing ink formulation through understanding solution chemistry and its impact on film formation is essential for reproducible, durable, and efficient printed perovskite solar modules.
- Addressing challenges in ink design, scalable deposition, and module integration is vital for the commercial viability of printed perovskite solar technology.
