Journal article
An inter-laboratory stability study of roll-to-roll coated flexible polymer solar modules
Solar Energy Programme, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
H.C. Starck Clevios GmbH2
Plextronics Inc.3
National Renewable Energy Laboratory4
Graz University of Technology5
Dresden University of Technology6
Ilmenau University of Technology7
CSIRO8
Holst Centre9
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev10
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology11
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark12
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands13
Stanford University14
Solarmer Energy, Inc.15
Heliatek GmbH16
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft17
Laboratory of Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Energy18
Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research19
Atlas Material Testing Technology GmbH20
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum21
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit22
Konarka Technologies GmbH23
...and 13 moreA large number of flexible polymer solar modules comprising 16 serially connected individual cells was prepared at the experimental workshop at Risø DTU. The photoactive layer was prepared from several varieties of P3HT (Merck, Plextronics, BASF and Risø DTU) and two varieties of ZnO (nanoparticulate, thin film) were employed as electron transport layers.
The devices were all tested at Risø DTU and the functional devices were subjected to an inter-laboratory study involving the performance and the stability of modules over time in the dark, under light soaking and outdoor conditions. 24 laboratories from 10 countries and across four different continents were involved in the studies.
The reported results allowed for analysis of the variability between different groups in performing lifetime studies as well as performing a comparison of different testing procedures. These studies constitute the first steps toward establishing standard procedures for an OPV lifetime characterization.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 1398-1416 |
| ISSN: | 09270248 and 18793398 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.010 |
| ORCIDs: | Gevorgyan, Suren , Bundgaard, Eva and Krebs, Frederik C |
