Progress in understanding degradation mechanisms and improving stability in organic photovoltaics

WR Mateker, MD McGehee - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the degradation mechanisms of organic photovoltaics is particularly
important, as they tend to degrade faster than their inorganic counterparts, such as silicon …

How certain are the reported ionic conductivities of thiophosphate-based solid electrolytes? An interlaboratory study

S Ohno, T Bernges, J Buchheim, M Duchardt… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Owing to highly conductive solid ionic conductors, all-solid-state batteries attract significant
attention as promising next-generation energy storage devices. A lot of research is invested …

The next breakthrough for organic photovoltaics?

NE Jackson, BM Savoie, TJ Marks… - The journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
While the intense focus on energy level tuning in organic photovoltaic materials has afforded
large gains in device performance, we argue here that strategies based on microstructural …

Performance characterization of dye-sensitized photovoltaics under indoor lighting

CY Chen, ZH Jian, SH Huang, KM Lee… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Indoor utilization of emerging photovoltaics is promising; however, efficiency
characterization under room lighting is challenging. We report the first round-robin …

Lifetime of organic photovoltaics: Linking outdoor and indoor tests

M Corazza, FC Krebs, SA Gevorgyan - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2015 - Elsevier
A comprehensive outdoor study of polymer solar cells and modules for duration of one year
was conducted. Different sample geometries and encapsulations were employed in order to …

Matrix organization and merit factor evaluation as a method to address the challenge of finding a polymer material for roll coated polymer solar cells

E Bundgaard, F Livi, O Hagemann… - Advanced Energy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The results presented demonstrate how the screening of 104 light‐absorbing low band gap
polymers for suitability in roll coated polymer solar cells can be accomplished through …

Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules

MV Madsen, SA Gevorgyan, R Pacios, J Ajuria… - Solar energy materials …, 2014 - Elsevier
Accurate characterization and reporting of organic photovoltaic (OPV) device performance
remains one of the important challenges in the field. The large spread among the …

Biodeterioration affecting efficiency and lifetime of plastic-based photovoltaics

F Schmidt, YS Zimmermann, GA dos Reis Benatto… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
The low environmental impact of electricity generation using solar cells crucially depends on
high energy-conversion efficiencies, long lifetimes, and a minimal energy and material …

Experimental performance of commercial OPV panels tested outdoor

AM Freitas, RAM Gomes, RAM Ferreira, MP Porto - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This work presents the experimental performance of commercial versions of organic
photovoltaic (OPV) panels. Twenty four commercialized OPV panels of two different sizes …

Interlaboratory indoor ageing of roll-to-roll and spin coated organic photovoltaic devices: Testing the ISOS tests

SA Gevorgyan, M Corazza, MV Madsen… - … degradation and stability, 2014 - Elsevier
The inter-comparability of ageing of organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies in dark is
addressed. Four primary factors that affect the reproducibility of the ageing rate …