Impact of P3HT materials properties and layer architecture on OPV device stability
Journal article, 2019
We report a cooperative study conducted between different laboratories to investigate organic solar cell degradation with respect to P3HT material properties and different solar cell architectures. Various batches of P3HT were collected from different suppliers reflecting commercial availability as well as properties variability. Among the materials properties explicitly considered were the molar mass, dispersity, regio-regularity, impurities by trace metals and intrinsic doping evaluated from radical concentrations. Each of the participating laboratories contributing test devices applied their own layer stack, i.e. their own device architecture and layout. This variation was appreciated as another parameter for evaluation. Even though a large amount of devices failed due to extrinsic degradation effects, indeed, some materials properties were found to be more important than others for obtaining long lifetimes and high stability of P3HT-based polymer solar cells.
Stability
Organic solar cells
P3HT
ISOS
Author
Rico Meitzner
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Tobias Faber
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Shahidul Alam
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Aman Amand
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Roland Roesch
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Mathias Büttner
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Felix Herrmann-Westendorf
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Martin Presselt
SciClus GmbH & Co. KG
Leibniz-Institut Für Photonische Technologien E.V.
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Laura Ciammaruchi
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Iris Visoly-Fisher
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Sjoerd Veenstra
ECN - Partner in Solliance
Amaia Diaz de Zerio
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Xiaofeng Xu
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry
Ergang Wang
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry
Christian Müller
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry
Pavel Troshin
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Russian Academy of Sciences
Martin D. Hager
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Sandra Köhn
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michal Dusza
Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+
Polish Academy of Sciences
Miron Krassas
Hellenic Mediterranean University
Simon Züfle
Fluxim AG
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
E. Kymakis
Hellenic Mediterranean University
Eugene A. Katz
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Solenn Berson
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Filip Granek
Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+
Matthieu Manceau
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Francesca Brunetti
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Giuseppina Polino
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Ulrich S. Schubert
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
M. Lira-Cantu
Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia
Harald Hoppe
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
0927-0248 (ISSN)
Vol. 202 110151Subject Categories
Polymer Technologies
Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials
Other Chemistry Topics
DOI
10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110151