Flux‐Regulated Crystallization of Perovskites Using Machine Learning‐Predicted Solvent Evaporation Rates for X‐Ray Detectors
Abstract Flux‐regulated crystallization (FRC), a method that dynamically monitors and adjusts crystal growth from solutions in real time using computer vision and feedback control, has been recently introduced. Using FRC, centimeter‐scale perovskite single crystals at a linear growth rate of 0.2 mm h −1 with a standard deviation ( σ ) of 0.061 mm h −1 is synthesized. Here, machine learning is integrated into FRC to predict solvent evaporation rates during crystallization in real time, thus leading to an over threefold decrease in σ to 0.018 mm h −1 . This also results in improved reproducibility of perovskite crystallinity, as evidenced by average full width at half maximum of 22 ± 5 arcsec in X‐ray rocking curve measurements; and of perovskite X‐ray detectors, as evidenced by an average sensitivity of 4500 ± 500 µC Gy air −1 cm −2 at an electric field of 100 V cm −1 across 13 devices.
Authors
- Yuki Haruta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-3850)
- Magdalena Bazalova‐Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9365-2889)
- Alexander Hart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-5887)
- Makhsud I. Saidaminov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3850-666X)
- Marcos J. L. Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-9092)
- Tatiane Pretto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3703-6675)
- Sergey V. Dayneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-6099)
- Antoine Pavesic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8649-3989)
- Nicholas Sandor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1305-0682)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- Advanced Materials and Technologies (Slovenia) (SI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202506188
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Machine Learning in Materials Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.04
Funders
- Canada Research Chairs
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Division of Graduate Education