Comparative indoor and outdoor stability measurements of polymer based solar cells

Sci Rep. 2017 May 2;7(1):1305. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01505-w.

Abstract

We report comparative indoor and outdoor stability testing of organic solar cells based on a blend between a donor-acceptor polyfluorene copolymer and a fullerene derivative. The outdoor testing was conducted for a period over 12,000 hours in Sheffield, England, with a Ts80 lifetime determined in excess of 10,000 hours (420 days). Indoor lifetime testing was performed on solar cells using a solar simulator under a constant irradiance of 1000 W/m2 for more than 650 hours. We show that under the conditions explored here, device degradation under the two sets of conditions is approximately dependent on the absorbed optical energy dose.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't