Final video interview – Riikka Suhonen for VTT

Riikka Suhonen is a Senior Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in the Printed Materials Systems-team.

Below is a statement from her about the European project:

“Within the PeroCUBE project, the expectation of VTT was to utilize our unique pilot printing facilities to up-scale the perovskite solar cell and perovskite light emitting device fabrication from small to large area flexible demonstrators. Additionally, VTT’s ambition was to use our vast experience on the integration of hybrid electronics in building a wearable demonstrator with perovskite devices by using in-mould integration technology.
As a result of PeroCUBE, we were able to demonstrate pilot scale processing of perovskite solar cells up to the top electrode. The pilot-processed devices were used both as solar cells and as photodetectors. The photodetectors were a part of a wearable device with visible light communication capabilities. This device consists of a flexible photodetector assembled on top of its driving electronics. In the end, the whole system was overmolded into a single component.
In the future, we expect to further improve our perovskite solar cells R2R fabrication processes. The vision is to use the flexible solar cells in building and vehicle integrated photovoltaics, and also for the emerging Internet of Things, IoT applications. We also continue to explore the flexible perovskite devices as photodetectors for example for location tracking of humans or goods or for human sensing purposes.”