• DocumentCode
    3525511
  • Title

    Accelerated stability testing of organic photovoltaics using concentrated sunlight

  • Author

    Katz, Eugene A. ; Manor, Assaf ; Mescheloff, Asaf ; Tromholt, Thomas ; Krebs, Frederik C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Solar Energy & Environ. Phys., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Sede Boker, Israel
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-8 June 2012
  • Abstract
    We suggest to use concentrated sunlight for accelerated studies of light-induced mechanisms in the degradation of organic photovoltaics (OPV) based on the polymer (P3HT)/fullerene (PCBM) bulk heterojunctions. Two particular cases of the degradation are reported.
  • Keywords
    life testing; solar cells; OPV; accelerated stability testing; accelerated studies; concentrated sunlight; light-induced mechanisms; organic photovoltaics; polymer P3HT-fulierene PCBM bulk heterojunctions; Acceleration; Degradation; Neck; Optical fibers; Polymers; Temperature measurement; Zinc compounds; accelerated aging; degradation; organic semiconductors; photovoltaic cells; polymers; solar energy; stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2012 38th IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0064-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318270
  • Filename
    6318270