Proceedings of MATSUS Fall 2026 Conference (MATSUSFall26)
Publication date: 22nd July 2026
Over the past decade, hybrid halide perovskites have emerged as highly promising semiconductor materials for optoelectronic applications, from solar energy conversion in photovoltaics to innovative technologies for neuromorphic computing systems. This has been made possible by the versatility of their structure, composition tunability with the possibility to fabricate them using simple solution-based processing methods. At the same time, advances in characterization techniques and processing methodologies have revealed innovative and unexpected phenomena, opening new opportunities for their application. For this reason, we investigate perovskite materials through complementary material- and device-level approaches. For photovoltaic applications, scalable blade coating is used to fabricate perovskite thin films, while UV–Vis spectroscopy and profilometry are employed to characterize their optical response and thickness. Optical density (OD) and integrated optical density (ODint) are used as quantitative descriptors and analyzed together with processing, compositional, environmental and material parameters within a structured experimental dataset. Multivariable analysis enables the identification of relationships between fabrication conditions and film properties, providing a data-driven approach for understanding and controlling perovskite layers relevant to photovoltaic devices. Complementing this material-level investigation, perovskites are also considered as active functional materials in memristive devices, where their electrical response under applied stimuli can be exploited to obtain resistive switching behavior. Electrical characterization provides a means of investigating this functionality and its relevance to neuromorphic systems. While the film and device studies involve distinct experimental configurations, they address a common materials perspective: understanding how the intrinsic and processing-dependent properties of perovskites can be characterized and exploited for different forms of electronic functionality. Therefore, the analysis of perovskites from these complementary perspectives provides a valuable framework for exploiting their properties and tailoring their functionality to the requirements of different device technologies.
