Journal article
Investigation of the degradation mechanisms of a variety of organic photovoltaic devices by combination of imaging techniques—the ISOS-3 inter-laboratory collaboration
Ilmenau University of Technology1
Centre d’Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia2
Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II3
TÜBITAK National Metrology Institute4
Brookhaven National Laboratory5
Imaging and Structural Analysis, Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark6
Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark7
Functional organic materials, Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark8
Dresden University of Technology9
Stichting Katholieke Universiteit10
National Renewable Energy Laboratory11
Holst Centre12
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft13
Hasselt University14
...and 4 moreThe investigation of degradation of seven distinct sets (with a number of individual cells of n $ 12) of state of the art organic photovoltaic devices prepared by leading research laboratories with a combination of imaging methods is reported. All devices have been shipped to and degraded at Risø DTU up to 1830 hours in accordance with established ISOS-3 protocols under defined illumination conditions.
Imaging of device function at different stages of degradation was performed by laser-beam induced current (LBIC) scanning; luminescence imaging, specifically photoluminescence (PLI) and electroluminescence (ELI); as well as by lock-in thermography (LIT). Each of the imaging techniques exhibits its specific advantages with respect to sensing certain degradation features, which will be compared and discussed here in detail.
As a consequence, a combination of several imaging techniques yields very conclusive information about the degradation processes controlling device function. The large variety of device architectures in turn enables valuable progress in the proper interpretation of imaging results—hence revealing the benefits of this large scale cooperation in making a step forward in the understanding of organic solar cell aging and its interpretation by state-of-the-art imaging methods.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | The Royal Society of Chemistry |
Year: | 2012 |
Pages: | 6521-6540 |
ISSN: | 17545706 and 17545692 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1039/c2ee03508a |
ORCIDs: | Jørgensen, Mikkel , Hösel, Markus , Gevorgyan, Suren , Vesterager Madsen, Morten , Norrman, Kion and Krebs, Frederik C |