Conference paper
Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration
Pomona College1
Heliatek GmbH2
Technische Universität Dresden3
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum4
Holst Centre5
Institut für Solarenergieforschung6
Ilmenau University of Technology7
Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark8
Functional organic materials, Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark9
Centre d’Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia10
...and 0 moreWe report on the degradation of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells in both indoor and outdoor environments. Eight different research groups contributed state of the art OPV cells to be studied at Pomona College. Power conversion efficiency, fill factor, and IV curves were collected at regular intervals over six to eight months.
Similarly prepared devices were measured indoors, outdoors, and after dark storage. Device architectures are compared. Cells kept indoors performed better than outdoors due to the lack of temperature and humidity extremes. Encapsulated cells performed better due to the minimal oxidation. Some devices showed steady aging but many failed catastrophically due to corrosion of electrodes not active device layers.
Degradation of cells kept in dark storage was minimal over periods up to one year.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Pages: | 1-4 |
| Proceedings: | 42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference |
| ISBN: | 1479979430 , 1479979449 , 1479979457 , 9781479979431 , 9781479979448 and 9781479979455 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356178 |
| ORCIDs: | Krebs, Frederik C |
Aerospace Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems Degradation Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas Engineering Profession Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics Glass Humidity Photonics and Electrooptics Power conversion Power, Energy and Industry Applications SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy Substrates Temperature measurement Temperature sensors
