Publications by Austin George Kuba

Making from Breaking: Degradation Inversion Enables Vapor-Phase Synthesis of Halide Perovskites in Ambient Conditions

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Mostafa Rabie Shlaly Bahr Othman, Kerem Artuk, Christian Michael Wolff, Austin George Kuba

Vapor phase deposition of formamidinium-rich perovskites is hampered by the decomposition of formamidine in the vapor phase. We use the reversibility of this reaction to establish a dynamic equilibrium that enables the vapor-phase synthesis of formamidiniu ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Suppression of Stacking Faults for Stable Formamidinium-Rich Perovskite Absorbers

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Ursula Röthlisberger, Mostafa Rabie Shlaly Bahr Othman, Kerem Artuk, Victor Carle Adrien Boureau, Christian Michael Wolff, Nikolaos Lempesis, Virginia Carnevali, Lorenzo Agosta, Austin George Kuba

The poor intrinsic perovskite absorber stability is arguably a central limitation challenging the prospect of commercialization for photovoltaic (PV) applications. Understanding the nanoscopic structural features that trigger instabilities in perovskite ma ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2025

Advancing high-throughput combinatorial aging studies of hybrid perovskite thin films via precise automated characterization methods and machine learning assisted analysis

Christian Michael Wolff, Alexander Wieczorek, Austin George Kuba

To optimize material stability, automated high-throughput workflows are of increasing interest. However, many of those workflows either employ synthesis techniques not suitable for large-area depositions or are carried out in ambient conditions, which limi ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2024

Pizza Oven Processing of Organohalide Perovskites (POPOP): A Simple, Versatile and Efficient Vapor Deposition Method

Christophe Ballif, Cédric Bucher, Quentin Jean-Marie Armand Guesnay, Kerem Artuk, Deniz Türkay, Christian Michael Wolff, Austin George Kuba

Hybrid vapor deposition is one of the most appealing processes for perovskite photovoltaics fabrication, thanks to its versatile nature. By using sequentially different vapor deposition processes tailored to the inorganic and organic perovskite precursors' ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Alleviating nanostructural phase impurities enhances the optoelectronic properties, device performance and stability of cesium-formamidinium metal-halide perovskites

Christophe Ballif, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Beat Ruhstaller, Mostafa Rabie Shlaly Bahr Othman, Daniel Anthony Jacobs, Christian Michael Wolff, Anaël Morgane Jaffrès, Austin George Kuba

The technique of alloying FA+ with Cs+ is often used to promote structural stabilization of the desirable alpha-FAPbI3 phase in halide perovskite devices. However, the precise mechanisms by which these alloying approaches improve the optoelectronic quality ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

The Role of Oxygen Exposure on the Performance of All-Vapor-Processed Perovskite Solar Cells With CuPC Hole Transport Layers

Austin George Kuba

Methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI(3)) perovskite solar cells were made using an all-vapor process, including two-step close space vapor transport-processed MAPbI(3) absorber and evaporated copper phthalocyanine (CuPC) hole transport layer (HTL). N-i-p sola ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2024

Methylamine Post-Deposition Treatments of Vapor-Deposited Perovskite Thin Films

Austin George Kuba

While the development of methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI(3)) perovskite for photovoltaics has grown rapidly, the growth of high-quality material from vapor processes continues to be difficult due to challenges including crystallinity control. Methylamine ...

IEEE2023