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Consensus stability testing protocols for organic photovoltaic materials and devices

  • Matthew O. Reese
  • , Suren Gevorgyan
  • , Mikkel Jørgensen
  • , Eva Bundgaard
  • , Sarah R. Kurtz
  • , David S. Ginley
  • , Dana C. Olson
  • , Matthew T. Lloyd
  • , Pasquale Morvillo
  • , Eugene A. Katz
  • , Andreas Elschner
  • , Olivier Haillant
  • , Travis R. Currier
  • , Vishal Shrotriya
  • , Martin Hermenau
  • , Moritz Riede
  • , Kiril R. Kirov
  • , Gregor Trimmel
  • , Thomas Rath
  • , Olle Inganäs
  • Fengling Zhang, Mattias Andersson, Kristofer Tvingstedt, Monica Lira-Cantu, Darin Laird, Christine McGuiness, Srinivas Gowrisanker, Michael Pannone, Min Xiao, Jens Hauch, Roland Steim, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Roland Rösch, Harald Hoppe, Nieves Espinosa Martinez, Antonio Urbina, Gülsah Yaman-Uzunoglu, Jörg-Bernd Bonekamp, Albert J.J.M. van Breemen, Claudio Girotto, Eszter Voroshazi, Frederik C Krebs
    • Eight19 Ltd.
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    • Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
    • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    • Heraeus GmbH
    • Atlas Material Testing Technology GmbH
    • Solarmer Energy, Inc.
    • Dresden University of Technology
    • Linköping University
    • Centre d’Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
    • Plextronics Inc.
    • Konarka Technologies GmbH
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • Ilmenau University of Technology
    • TÜBITAK National Metrology Institute
    • Soluxx GmbH
    • Holst Centre
    • Stichting Katholieke Universiteit
    • Graz University of Technology
    • Technical University of Cartagena

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    Abstract

    Procedures for testing organic solar cell devices and modules with respect to stability and operational lifetime are described. The descriptions represent a consensus of the discussion and conclusions reached during the first 3 years of the international summit on OPV stability (ISOS). The procedures include directions for shelf life testing, outdoor testing, laboratory weathering testing and thermal cycling testing, as well as guidelines for reporting data. These procedures are not meant to be qualification tests, but rather generally agreed test conditions and practices to allow ready comparison between laboratories and to help improving the reliability of reported values. Failure mechanisms and detailed degradation mechanisms are not covered in this report.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalSolar Energy Materials & Solar Cells
    Volume95
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)1253-1267
    ISSN0927-0248
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Bibliographical note

    This work was supported by the Danish Strategic Research Council
    (DSF2104-07-0022), EUDP (j.nr.64009-0050), European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant
    agreement no. 215150 of the OPERA project partially supported by
    the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF
    13N9872) and the U.S.Department of Energy under Contract No.
    DE-AC36-08GO28308 with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    Keywords

    • Polymer solar cells

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