Citation Guidelines

When using PERLA data, tools, or insights in your research, please follow these citation guidelines to ensure proper attribution and support the continued development of the ecosystem.

Citing PERLA

Main Citation

When referencing PERLA in general, please cite our main publication:

@misc{shabih2026autonomouslivingdatabaseperovskite,
      title={An autonomous living database for perovskite photovoltaics},
      author={Sherjeel Shabih and Hampus Näsström and Sharat Patil and Asmin Askin and Keely Dodd-Clements and Jessica Helisa Hautrive Rossato and Hugo Gajardoni de Lemos and Yuxin Liu and Florian Mathies and Natalia Maticiuc and Rico Meitzner and Edgar Nandayapa and Juan José Patiño López and Yaru Wang and Lauri Himanen and Eva Unger and T. Jesper Jacobsson and José A. Márquez and Kevin Maik Jablonka},
      year={2026},
      eprint={2601.17807},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cond-mat.mtrl-sci},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.17807},
}

Specific Components

For specific aspects of PERLA, consider additional citations:

For the NOMAD platform integration:

@article{Scheidgen2023,
  title = {NOMAD: A distributed web-based platform for managing
materials science research data},
  volume = {8},
  ISSN = {2475-9066},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.05388},
  DOI = {10.21105/joss.05388},
  number = {90},
  journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
  publisher = {The Open Journal},
  author = {Scheidgen,  Markus and Himanen,  Lauri and Ladines,  Alvin Noe and Sikter,  David and Nakhaee,  Mohammad and Fekete,  Ádám and Chang,  Theodore and Golparvar,  Amir and Márquez,  José A. and Brockhauser,  Sandor and Br\"{u}ckner,  Sebastian and Ghiringhelli,  Luca M. and Dietrich,  Felix and Lehmberg,  Daniel and Denell,  Thea and Albino,  Andrea and N\"{a}sstr\"{o}m,  Hampus and Shabih,  Sherjeel and Dobener,  Florian and K\"{u}hbach,  Markus and Mozumder,  Rubel and Rudzinski,  Joseph F. and Daelman,  Nathan and Pizarro,  José M. and Kuban,  Martin and Salazar,  Cuauhtemoc and Ondračka,  Pavel and Bungartz,  Hans-Joachim and Draxl,  Claudia},
  year = {2023},
  month = oct,
  pages = {5388}
}

For the ions database:

@article{Maqsood2025,
  title = {Towards an interoperable perovskite description or how to keep track of 300 perovskite ions},
  volume = {16},
  ISSN = {2041-1723},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64325-x},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41467-025-64325-x},
  number = {1},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
  author = {Maqsood,  Ayman and N\"{a}sstr\"{o}m,  Hampus and Chen,  Chen and Qiutong,  Li and Luo,  Jingshan and Chakraborty,  Rayan and Blum,  Volker and Unger,  Eva and Draxl,  Claudia and Márquez,  José A. and Jacobsson,  T. Jesper},
  year = {2025},
  month = sep
}

Data Attribution

Dataset Citation

When using PERLA database entries in your research:

PERLA Perovskite Solar Cell Database, accessed [DATE],
DOI: [PLACEHOLDER_DOI], https://nomad-lab.eu/prod/v1/staging/gui/search/perovskite-solar-cells-database

Individual Publications

PERLA maintains full provenance for all extracted data. When using specific extracted parameters, consider also citing the original source publications. This information is available in the metadata for each database entry.