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Stability of organic solar cells with PCDTBT donor polymer: An interlaboratory study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2018

Laura Ciammaruchi ,
Ricardo Oliveira ,
Ana Charas ,
Tulus ,
Elizabeth von Hauff ,
Giuseppina Polino ,
Francesca Brunetti ,
Rickard Hansson ,
Ellen Moons  and
Miron Krassas
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Laura Ciammaruchi
Affiliation:
Parc Mediterani de la Technologia, ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Castelldefels (Barcelona) 08860, Spain
Ricardo Oliveira
Affiliation:
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa P-1049-001, Portugal
Ana Charas
Affiliation:
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa P-1049-001, Portugal
Tulus
Affiliation:
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
Elizabeth von Hauff
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Giuseppina Polino
Affiliation:
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
Francesca Brunetti
Affiliation:
CHOSE—Centre for Hybrid and Organic Solar Energy Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
Rickard Hansson
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering and Physics, Karlstad University, Karlstad 65188, Sweden
Ellen Moons
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering and Physics, Karlstad University, Karlstad 65188, Sweden
Miron Krassas
Affiliation:
Center of Materials Technology and Photonics & Electrical Engineering Department, School of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete, Heraklion 71004, Greece
George Kakavelakis
Affiliation:
Center of Materials Technology and Photonics & Electrical Engineering Department, School of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete, Heraklion 71004, Greece
Emmanuel Kymakis
Affiliation:
Center of Materials Technology and Photonics & Electrical Engineering Department, School of Applied Technology, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete, Heraklion 71004, Greece
José G. Sánchez
Affiliation:
Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona 43007, Spain
Josep Ferre-Borrull
Affiliation:
Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona 43007, Spain
Lluis F. Marsal
Affiliation:
Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica Elèctrica i Automàtica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona 43007, Spain
Simon Züfle
Affiliation:
Institute of Computational Physics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur 8401, Switzerland; and Fluxim AG, Winterthur 8406, Switzerland
Daniel Fluhr
Affiliation:
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
Roland Roesch
Affiliation:
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
Tobias Faber
Affiliation:
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
Ulrich S. Schubert
Affiliation:
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
Harald Hoppe
Affiliation:
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
Klaas Bakker
Affiliation:
ECN - Solliance, Eindhoven 5656AE, the Netherlands
Sjoerd Veenstra
Affiliation:
ECN - Solliance, Eindhoven 5656AE, the Netherlands
Gloria Zanotti
Affiliation:
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
Eugene A. Katz
Affiliation:
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
Pälvi Apilo
Affiliation:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Oulu 90571, Finland
Beatriz Romero
Affiliation:
Superior School of Experimental Sciences and Technology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles 28933, Madrid, Spain
Tülay Aslı Tumay
Affiliation:
TÜBİTAK MAM Material Institute, Photonic Technologies Laboratory, Gebze 41470, Kocaeli, Turkey
Elif Parlak
Affiliation:
TÜBİTAK MAM Material Institute, Photonic Technologies Laboratory, Gebze 41470, Kocaeli, Turkey
Luciano Mule Stagno
Affiliation:
Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Malta, Marsaxlokk MXK1531, Malta
Vida Turkovic
Affiliation:
TÜBİTAK MAM Materials Institute, Photonic Technologies Laboratory, Gebze 41470, Kocaeli, Turkey
Horst-Günter Rubahn
Affiliation:
TÜBİTAK MAM Materials Institute, Photonic Technologies Laboratory, Gebze 41470, Kocaeli, Turkey
Morten Madsen
Affiliation:
TÜBİTAK MAM Materials Institute, Photonic Technologies Laboratory, Gebze 41470, Kocaeli, Turkey
Vaidotas Kažukauskas
Affiliation:
Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius LT-10257, Lithuania
David M. Tanenbaum
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, USA
Santhosh Shanmugam
Affiliation:
TNO - Solliance, Eindhoven 5656AE, the Netherlands
Yulia Galagan*
Affiliation:
TNO - Solliance, Eindhoven 5656AE, the Netherlands
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: yulia.galagan@tno.nl
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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.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 13: Focus Issue: Stabilization of Organic Electronic Materials and Devices , 14 July 2018 , pp. 1909 - 1924
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