Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
Cell type | Location | Initial PCE (%) | T80 (days) | T50 (days) | T End (days) |
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Outdoor | 3.23 | 30 | >130 | >130 | |
Indoor | 5.22 | 5 | 140 | >190 | |
Outdoor | 10.41 | >130 | >130 | >130 | |
Indoor | 11.84 | 175 | >190 | >190 | |
Outdoor | 1.83 | 43 | ~66 | >130 | |
Indoor | 3.07 | 23 | 72 | >190 | |
Outdoor | 4.20 | <7 | <7 | 85 | |
Indoor | 7.77 | 2 | 20 | 37 | |
Outdoor | 2.62 | 26 | 49 | >130 | |
Indoor | 6.01 | 79 | >190 | >190 | |
●Group 6 | Outdoor | 1.98 | <7 | <7 | 20 |
Indoor | 1.60 | 5 | 9 | 36 | |
Outdoor | 1.45 | <7 | 9 | 88 | |
Indoor | 2.72 | 4 | 6 | 32 | |
Outdoor | 2.23 | >130 | >130 | >130 |
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
Identifier | Cell stack layers [thickness] | Encapsulated | Encapsulation scheme |
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Group 1 | Cr [5 nm] + Al [100 nm] + Cr [5 nm] + P3HT:PCBM [220 nm] + PEDOT:PSS [200 nm] + Au grid [100 nm] | 27/1/2013 | Glass substrates sealed with Delo-Katiobond (LP655) |
Group 2 | TCO + N-Doped OrganicMix1 + OrganicMix1 + P-Doped OrganicMix1 + N-Doped OrganicMix2 + OrganicMix2 + P-Doped OrganicMix2 + Metal | 18/1/2013 | Glass substrate sealed with an unspecified epoxy glue |
Group 3 | ITO [120 nm] + ZnO [30 nm] + P3HT:PCBM [240 nm] + HTL + Ag + Metal Lid | 4/2/2013 | Metal Lid attached to glass substrate using Huntsman Araldte 2014-1 |
Group 4 | ITO [120 nm] + ZnO[~30 nm] + P3HT:PCBM [80 nm] + MoO3 [10 nm] + Ag [150 nm] + Al [150 nm] | 14/1/2013 | Glass substrates sealed with an unspecified UV curable glue |
Group 5 | ITO + PEDOT:PSS + PCDTBT:PCBM + TiO2 + Al | 17/12/2012 | Glass substrates sealed with an unspecified UV curable glue |
Group 6 | AL [100 nm] + Bphen [6 nm] + C60 [30 nm] +ZnPc:C60 [30 nm] + DF-DPB:C60F36 [30 nm] + C60F36 [1 nm] + ITO | 14/1/2013 | Glass substrates sealed with a UV curable epoxy (Nagase) and a getter sheet (Dynic Ltd.) |
Group 7 | FTO + ZnO [50 nm] + P3HT:PCBM [30 nm] + V2O5 [100 nm] + Ag [100 nm] | 23/1/2013 | Glass substrates sealed with a UV curable polymer, Ormocer from Micro resist technology GmbH |
Group 8 | PET + Ag + PEDOT:PSS + ZnO + P3HT:PCBM [400 nm] + PEDOT:PSS + Ag + PET | 24/9/2012 | PET foils with barrier properties (0.01 cm3/(m2·bar·day) for oxygen and 0.04 g/(m2·day) for water vapor) and a UV cut-off (390 nm).were laminated together using Delo epoxy. |
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Owens, C.; Ferguson, G.M.; Hermenau, M.; Voroshazi, E.; Galagan, Y.; Zimmermann, B.; Rösch, R.; Angmo, D.; Teran-Escobar, G.; Uhrich, C.; et al. Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration. Polymers 2016, 8, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8010001
Owens C, Ferguson GM, Hermenau M, Voroshazi E, Galagan Y, Zimmermann B, Rösch R, Angmo D, Teran-Escobar G, Uhrich C, et al. Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration. Polymers. 2016; 8(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleOwens, Charles, Gretta Mae Ferguson, Martin Hermenau, Eszter Voroshazi, Yulia Galagan, Birger Zimmermann, Roland Rösch, Dechan Angmo, Gerardo Teran-Escobar, Christian Uhrich, and et al. 2016. "Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration" Polymers 8, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8010001