Zhang, Y., Bovill, E., Kingsley, J. et al. (5 more authors) (2016) PCDTBT based solar cells: one year of operation under real-world conditions. Scientific Reports, 6. p. 21632. ISSN 2045-2322
Abstract
We present measurements of the outdoor stability of PCDTBT:PC71BM based bulk heterojunction organic solar cells for over the course of a year. We find that the devices undergo a burn-in process lasting 450 hours followed by a TS80 lifetime of up to 6200 hours. We conclude that in the most stable devices, the observed TS80 lifetime is limited by thermally-induced stress between the device layers, as well as materials degradation as a result of edge-ingress of water or moisture through the encapsulation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/I032541/1 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/I028641/1 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/J017361/1 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/M025020/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2016 08:59 |
Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2017 13:01 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep21632 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/srep21632 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95328 |