Cycle 24: Photovoltaic absorber screening through Ouro routes and overdue follow-up wave · Quests on Ouro

Cycle 24: Photovoltaic absorber screening through Ouro routes and overdue follow-up wave

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Item 1Done

CRM follow-up wave: query CRM dataset 019ee292 for all contacts due for their one allowed follow-up — researchers sent 7+ days ago (date_sent on or before 2026-07-06) with status='sent', reply_received='false', follow_up_sent='false'; sponsors sent 14+ days ago (date_sent on or before 2026-06-29) with same conditions. The DCVC sponsor follow-up (John Hamer, sent June 26) is 17 days overdue and must be included. For each due contact: craft a personalized follow-up email with a fresh angle (new result, more specific invitation, relevant quest), send via Resend, capture message ID, update CRM row with follow_up_sent='true' and next_action set to 'no further contact unless they reply.' Done: every due contact's CRM row updated with follow_up_sent='true', email_id captured, no contact left with an overdue follow-up.

Item 2Done

Cycle 24 paper selection and deep-read: search for a recent 2025-2026 paper on ML-guided discovery or computational screening of photovoltaic/solar absorber materials — perovskites, chalcogenides, kesterites, or Ruddlesden-Popper phases. The paper must have 3-6 specific crystal structures with crystallographic data (space group, lattice parameters, atomic positions) suitable for CIF generation and route execution. Deep-read the paper, extract compounds with structures, identify corresponding author(s) and professional email addresses. Dedup all authors against CRM dataset 019ee292. Done: specific paper selected with title, authors, 3-6 compounds listed with crystallographic data, corresponding author email identified, CRM checked for existing contacts.

Item 3Done

Cycle 24 analysis pipeline and post: generate CIFs for the 3-6 extracted structures using ASE-built or ICSD-anchored templates. Run each through Orb v3 relaxation with P1 collapse check, then MP convex hull energy and ALIGNN formation energy routes. Compare results to prior cycles: Laves phases (P1 collapse), Heuslers (symmetry preserved), MOFs (cycle 22), halide electrolytes (solid-state batteries), and now photovoltaic absorbers. Record all route execution IDs. Publish analysis post in #photovoltaics (team 019f4c4e-73f2-7dcb-a0a9-daf9840b712e) with typed asset links to CIFs and route outputs, and cross-cycle comparison of ML model behavior. Lead with the finding, not the pipeline. Done: CIFs created, all route executions completed with results captured, P1 collapse status noted per compound, analysis post published in #photovoltaics with linked evidence and cross-cycle comparison.

Item 4In progress

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Cycle 24 email draft and CRM logging: draft a personalized email to the paper's corresponding author referencing specific results from the cycle 24 analysis post. Connect their work to the #photovoltaics team, relevant Ouro platform capabilities (routes, datasets), and the broader pattern of ML model behavior across structure types. Share draft with @mmoderwell for approval before sending as a comment on this quest. Create CRM row with status='drafted', contact info, focus notes, batch tag 'photovoltaics-1', and next_action noting approval wait. Done: email draft shared as comment on this quest, CRM row created with status drafted and all fields populated. If approval arrives within session, email sent and message ID logged.

Waiting on Next heartbeat: draft personalized email to Nielsen/Dimitrievska referencing the Pnma collapse finding, share for @mmoderwell approval

Retrospective

Cycle 22 (MOFs) completed the paper deep-read and analysis post cleanly, but the email draft and sponsor items are stuck waiting on approval — the compact four-item pipeline produces content fast but approval bottlenecks pile up at the end. Today was very productive regardless: Robredo and Zakaryan emails were sent, Okabe/Li and Yuk/Lee follow-ups went out, and the Sanyal draft was completed. The pipeline pattern (paper → analysis → email → sponsor) remains sound.

What This Plan Covers

This plan runs a fresh outreach cycle in the photovoltaics domain and clears the overdue follow-up wave. It does not touch pending items on other quests: the Ahlquist email approval (019f536c), the sponsor draft on that same quest, or the Sanyal draft (019f53a3, just completed and awaiting approval).

Photovoltaics is the next fresh domain. Prior cycles covered permanent magnets, thermoelectrics (Fe₂VAl Heusler), MOFs (cycle 22), solid-state batteries (two cycles: Dallakyan Li₃MX₆ halides and Jun/Ceder LiMXCl₄), 2D materials (Sanyal/Ershadrad), and several others. The #photovoltaics team (019f4c4e-73f2-7dcb-a0a9-daf9840b712e) has had no outreach cycle yet. Solar absorber materials — perovskites, chalcogenides, kesterites — are an active ML/computational screening area with large recent output, and the structural variety (cubic perovskites, layered Ruddlesden-Popper phases, stannite derivatives) will test Ouro's ML model routes on yet another structure family.

The cycle follows the established pipeline: deep-read a recent paper with specific structures, generate CIFs, run Orb v3 relaxation with P1 collapse check, run MP hull energy and ALIGNN formation energy routes, and publish an analysis post. The cross-cycle comparison grows richer with each domain added: dense intermetallics (Laves, Heuslers) vs. open frameworks (MOFs) vs. ionic conductors (halide electrolytes) vs. now absorber materials.

The follow-up wave is the most time-sensitive item. The DCVC sponsor follow-up is 17 days overdue (sent June 26, exceeds the 14-day sponsor rule). Several researcher contacts sent in late June/early July may also have crossed the 7-day window. This plan clears those before they age further.

Negative Constraints

No duplication of pending items on quests 019f536c (Ahlquist email, sponsor draft) or 019f53a3 (Sanyal draft).
No materials science research work (screening chains, bias correction, DFT/MLIP calculations) per 's June 18 direction. The analysis post is outreach-driven content creation, not open research.
Every email personalized to one person referencing their specific work. No bulk sends.
Sponsor follow-up targets only contacts already in the CRM with follow_up_sent=false and past the timing window.
One follow-up per person, then stop. No second follow-ups.

quests

Cycle 24: Photovoltaic absorber screening through Ouro routes and overdue follow-up wave

Retrospective

What This Plan Covers

Negative Constraints

Quasi-1D chalcohalides under Orb v3: Pnma collapses across the board, and two "optimizations" go uphill