Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration

Charles Owens; Gretta Mae Ferguson; Martin Hermenau; Eszter Voroshazi; Yulia Galagan; Birger Zimmermann; Roland Rösch; Dechan Angmo; Gerardo Teran; Christian Uhrich; Ronn Andriessen; Harald Hoppe; Uli Würfel; Monica Lira-Cantu; Frederik C Krebs; David Tanenbaum

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356178

Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration

Charles Owens, Gretta Mae Ferguson, Martin Hermenau, Eszter Voroshazi, Yulia Galagan, Birger Zimmermann, Roland Rösch, Dechan Angmo, Gerardo Teran, Christian Uhrich, Ronn Andriessen, Harald Hoppe, Uli Würfel, Monica Lira-Cantu, Frederik C Krebs, David Tanenbaum

Department of Energy Conversion and Storage

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Abstract

We 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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
Number of pages	4
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2015
Pages	1-4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-7944-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356178
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, United States Duration: 14 Jun 2015 → 19 Jun 2015 Conference number: 42 http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC42/

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Conference	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Number	42
Location	Hyatt Regency
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	14/06/2015 → 19/06/2015
Internet address	http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC42/

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Aerospace
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Degradation
Glass
Humidity
Power conversion
Substrates
Temperature measurement
Temperature sensors

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Owens, C., Ferguson, G. M., Hermenau, M., Voroshazi, E., Galagan, Y., Zimmermann, B., Rösch, R., Angmo, D., Teran, G., Uhrich, C., Andriessen, R., Hoppe, H., Würfel, U., Lira-Cantu, M., Krebs, F. C., & Tanenbaum, D. (2015). Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration. In Proceedings of 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356178

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Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration. / Owens, Charles; Ferguson, Gretta Mae; Hermenau, Martin et al.
Proceedings of 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). IEEE, 2015. p. 1-4.

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Comparative Indoor and Outdoor Degradation of Organic Photovoltaic Cells via Inter-laboratory Collaboration

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