Transient Analysis during Maximum Power Point Tracking (TrAMPPT) to Assess Dynamic Response of Perovskite Solar Cells

Abstract

Determination of the device performance parameters of perovskite solar cells is far from trivial as transient effects may cause large discrepancies in current-voltage measurements as a function of scan rate and pre-conditioning. Maximum power point tracking, MPPT, enables to determine the steady-state maximum power conversion efficiency. However, the MPPT does not provide any information on the device performance parameters, which are reliable only if extracted from current-voltage curves collected under steady-state conditions. We show that is possible to determine the shorter settling or delay time suitable to carry out J-V measurements under steady-state conditions by analysis of the transient device response around the MPP. This procedure proves to be more time-efficient than measurement J-V measurements at a variety of scan rates. Furthermore, the generic algorithm presented here can be implemented to assess changes in the dynamic response of devices during long-term device ageing.