Prior-Guided SEM Image Segmentation Enables Quantitative Morphology Assessment and Process Optimization in Perovskite Solar Cells
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Morphology Control for Fully Printable Organic–Inorganic Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells Based on a Ti-alkoxide and Semiconducting Polymer
Published on: January 10, 2017
Yixi Wang1,2, Wei Chen1,3, Liyang Cai1,3
1The State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
Perovskite film morphology strongly affects charge transport, nonradiative recombination, and power conversion efficiency, yet scanning electron microscopy (SEM) remains largely qualitative. Here, a prior-guided SEM analysis framework converts routine micrographs into class-resolved masks, quantitative morphology descriptors, and a compact SEM-Derived Morphology Quality Index (MQI). YOLO-derived grain-center priors guide U-MambaBot segmentation, while Class-Probability TV Regularization improves local coherence. Six descriptors are extracted from the segmented matrix and -like regions, from which four are selected for MQI construction. Across nested, publication-grouped, and within-publication validation schemes, MQI retains a significant monotonic association with power conversion efficiency (Spearman and 0.42). In annealing-time and additive-concentration studies, MQI reproduces film- and device-level performance trends and identifies the same optimal processing conditions. Without refitting, it further tracks reported morphology-performance trends across 12 independent studies and 37 processing conditions, yielding a pooled within-study Spearman (publication-level bootstrap 95% CI 0.79-1.00). This framework enables quantitative, morphology-aware SEM screening and process-condition ranking for perovskite films.

