Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 95, Issue 5, Pages 1253-1267Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.036
Keywords
Stability; Lifetime; Testing; Protocol; Reporting
Funding
- Danish Strategic Research Council [DSF 2104-07-0022]
- EUDP [64009-0050]
- European Community [FP7/2007-2013, 215150]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF 13N9872]
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC366-08GO28308]
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Hoist Centre
- Konarka Technologies, Inc.
- Plextronics
- Riso DTU
- Solarmer Energy, Inc.
- ESF (European Science Foundation)
- NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
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Procedures for testing organic solar cell devices and modules with respect to stability and operational lifetime are described. The descriptions represent a consensus of the discussion and conclusions reached during the first 3 years of the international summit on OPV stability (ISOS). The procedures include directions for shelf life testing, outdoor testing, laboratory weathering testing and thermal cycling testing, as well as guidelines for reporting data. These procedures are not meant to be qualification tests, but rather generally agreed test conditions and practices to allow ready comparison between laboratories and to help improving the reliability of reported values. Failure mechanisms and detailed degradation mechanisms are not covered in this report. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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