Efficiency and stability investigations of large area organic photovoltaic modules

Darin W. Laird; Shijun Jia; Jan Bernkopf; John Krieg; Jessica Benson-Smith; Sergey Li; Shawn P. Williams

doi:10.1117/12.799602

18 September 2008 Efficiency and stability investigations of large area organic photovoltaic modules

Darin W. Laird, Shijun Jia, Jan Bernkopf, John Krieg, Jessica Benson-Smith, Sergey Li, Shawn P. Williams

Proceedings Volume 7052, Organic Photovoltaics IX; 705205 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799602
Event: Photonic Devices + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Large area organic photovoltaic modules have been fabricated with 232.8 cm² of total area with 108 cm² of photoactive area. Efficiencies up to 2.3% by active area (1.1% by total area) demonstrate operation of a multicell module with configurable voltage and current output. NREL certification is reported and is an example of the largest OPV module certified by NREL, as well as the only polymer:fullerene-based module tested. Module lifetime data were collected and with ca. 550 h of light-soaking, > 2000h of lifetime is expected based on extrapolation. The conditions of the test were 100% duty cycle, ~ 1 Sun Xe-arc lamp, KG5-Si reference, ~25 °C controlled temperature. The lifetime data were normalized with respect to the variations and fade of the Xe-arc lamp source.

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Darin W. Laird, Shijun Jia, Jan Bernkopf, John Krieg, Jessica Benson-Smith, Sergey Li, and Shawn P. Williams "Efficiency and stability investigations of large area organic photovoltaic modules", Proc. SPIE 7052, Organic Photovoltaics IX, 705205 (18 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799602

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