Quantifying Perovskite Solar Cell Degradation via Machine Learning from Spatially Resolved Multimodal Luminescence Time Series

Abstract

Perovskite solar cells achieve remarkable power conversion efficiencies, yet operational stability remains a major barrier to large-scale deployment. Reliable and rapid assessment of device state of health is therefore essential. Conventional electrical diagnostics, such as illuminated current-voltage (J--V) sweeps, provide accurate performance metrics but are time-consuming and do not resolve spatially localized degradation, motivating non-invasive imaging-based alternatives. A deep-learning framework is introduced to estimate PSC efficiency retention, $R_{\mathrm{PCE}}={\mathrm{PCE}}_t/{\mathrm{PCE}}_0$, directly from multimodal luminescence imaging acquired during device aging. Each sample combines electroluminescence (EL), open-circuit photoluminescence (PLoc), and short-circuit photoluminescence (PLsc) at an aged state with device-specific reference images at $t=0$, enabling learning of degradation-relevant spatial changes. LumPerNet, a compact convolutional neural network, is benchmarked against a spatially homogenized control in which each luminescence channel is replaced by its spatial average while retaining the same learning framework and leakage-aware protocol. The comparison indicates that global luminescence evolution contains most of the predictive signal, while spatial information provides a secondary contribution to robustness. These results establish spatially resolved luminescence imaging as a practical route for accelerated stability testing and non-invasive degradation monitoring in perovskite photovoltaics.

32 pages, 14 figures