Abstract
This work is part of the interlaboratory collaboration to study the stability of organic solar cells containing PCDTBT polymer as a donor material. The varieties of the OPV devices with different device architectures, electrode materials, encapsulation, and device dimensions were prepared by seven research laboratories. Sets of identical devices were aged according to four different protocols: shelf lifetime, laboratory weathering under simulated illumination at ambient temperature, laboratory weathering under simulated illumination, and elevated temperature (65 °C) and daylight outdoor weathering under sunlight. The results generated in this study allow us to outline several general conclusions related to PCDTBT-based bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells. The results herein reported can be considered as practical guidance for the realization of stabilization approaches in BHJ solar cells containing PCDTBT.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1909-1924 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Research |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| Early online date | 21 Jun 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Jul 2018 |
Funding
Ciammaruchi Laura * Oliveira Ricardo † Charas Ana † Tulus ‡ von Hauff Elizabeth § Polino Giuseppina ** Brunetti Francesca †† Hansson Rickard ‡‡ Moons Ellen ‡‡ Krassas Miron §§ Kakavelakis George §§ Kymakis Emmanuel §§ Sánchez José G. *** Ferre-Borrull Josep *** Marsal Lluis F. *** Züfle Simon ††† Fluhr Daniel §§§ Roesch Roland ‡‡‡ Faber Tobias ‡‡‡ Schubert Ulrich S. ‡‡‡ Hoppe Harald ‡‡‡ Bakker Klaas **** Veenstra Sjoerd **** Zanotti Gloria †††† Katz Eugene A. ‡‡‡‡ Apilo Pälvi §§§§ Romero Beatriz ***** Tumay Tülay Aslı ††††† Parlak Elif ††††† Stagno Luciano Mule ‡‡‡‡‡ Turkovic Vida §§§§§ Rubahn Horst-Günter §§§§§ Madsen Morten §§§§§ Kažukauskas Vaidotas ****** Tanenbaum David M. †††††† Shanmugam Santhosh ‡‡‡‡‡‡ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3637-5459 Galagan Yulia ‡‡‡‡‡‡ a) * Parc Mediterani de la Technologia , ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotòniques , Castelldefels (Barcelona) 08860 , Spain † Instituto de Telecomunicações , Instituto Superior Tecnico , Lisboa P-1049-001 , Portugal ‡ Department of Physics and Astronomy , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands ; and Center of the Polymer Technology , Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) , Indonesia § Department of Physics and Astronomy , Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam , 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands ** CHOSE—Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy Department of Electronic Engineering , University of Rome Tor Vergata , Rome 00133 , Italy ; and Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Naples 80125 , Italy †† CHOSE—Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy Department of Electronic Engineering , University of Rome Tor Vergata , Rome 00133 , Italy ‡‡ Department of Engineering and Physics , Karlstad University , Karlstad 65188 , Sweden §§ Center of Materials Technology and Photonics & Electrical Engineering Department , School of Applied Technology , Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete , Heraklion 71004 , Greece *** Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica Elèctrica i Automàtica , Universitat Rovira i Virgili , Tarragona 43007 , Spain ††† Institute of Computational Physics , Zurich University of Applied Sciences , Winterthur 8401 , Switzerland ; and Fluxim AG , Winterthur 8406 , Switzerland ‡‡‡ Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena) , Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Jena 07743 , Germany ; and Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC) , Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Jena 07743 , Germany §§§ Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena) , Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Jena 07743 , Germany ; Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC) , Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Jena 07743 , Germany ; and Institute of Physics , TU Ilmenau , Ilmenau 98693 , Germany **** ECN - Solliance , Eindhoven 5656AE , the Netherlands †††† Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM) - CNR , 00015 Monterotondo (Rm) , Italy ; and Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics , Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research , Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000 , Israel ‡‡‡‡ Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics , Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research , Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Midreshet Ben-Gurion 8499000 , Israel ; and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology , Ben Gurion University of the Negev , Beer Sheva 8410501 , Israel §§§§ VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. , Oulu 90571 , Finland ***** Superior School of Experimental Sciences and Technology , Universidad Rey Juan Carlos , Móstoles 28933 , Madrid , Spain ††††† TÜBİTAK MAM Material Institute , Photonic Technologies Laboratory , Gebze 41470 , Kocaeli , Turkey ‡‡‡‡‡ Institute for Sustainable Energy , University of Malta , Marsaxlokk MXK1531 , Malta §§§§§ TÜBİTAK MAM Materials Institute , Photonic Technologies Laboratory , Gebze 41470 , Kocaeli , Turkey ****** Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology , Vilnius University , Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania †††††† Department of Physics & Astronomy , Pomona College , Claremont , California 91711 , USA ‡‡‡‡‡‡ TNO - Solliance , Eindhoven 5656AE , the Netherlands Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: a) [email protected] 21 06 2018 14 07 2018 33 13
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| ****** Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology | |
| BPPT | |
| Catalan authority for project AGAUR | 2017 SGR 1527 |
| Center for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare | |
| Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena | |
| Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy Department of Electronic Engineering , University of Rome Tor Vergata | |
| Ci?ncia e Tecnologia | |
| Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics , | |
| Det Frie Forskningsr?d DFF | |
| Ente Nazionale Energia e Ambiente | |
| FCT-Portugal | UID/EEA/50008/2013 |
| FP7-European | 609788 |
| G?ran Gustafsson Foundation for Research in Natural Sciences and Medicine | |
| Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology | |
| Institute of Physics , TU Ilmenau | |
| Instituto Superior Tecnico | |
| Istituto di Struttura della Materia | |
| Jagiellonian University | |
| MEIC | TEC2015-71324-R, TEC2015- 71915-REDT |
| Ministry of Research, Technology and High Education | |
| Netherlands Address | 21 06 2018 14 07 2018 33 13 |
| Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research | |
| Polymer Technology , Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology | |
| Swedish Energy Council | 38327-1 |
| Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research , Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research | |
| VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. | MXK1531 |
| Zurich University | |
| Villum Fonden | 13365 |
| College of Natural Resources, University of California Berkeley | |
| European Neuroendocrine Association | |
| Institute of Physics | |
| European Commission | MP1307 |
| Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | |
| Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad | |
| Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter | V0714M-13MV60 |
| Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | |
| Vetenskapsrådet | 2015-03778 |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | |
| Ministry for Foreign Affairs | |
| Universitat Rovira i Virgili | |
| European Regional Development Fund | |
| Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia | |
| ‡ Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics |
Keywords
- energetic material
- nanoscale
- organic
