Power performance and thermal operation of organic photovoltaic modules in real operating conditions

Printed organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have moved beyond the research laboratory phase and have demonstrated their suitability to be upscaled for industrial manufacture. The improved efficiencies and increased lifetime testify the potential for this technology to compete with crystalline silicon–based technologies under some operating conditions. There are companies capable of producing large‐area OPV modules for outdoor installation. Examples of solar cell production on an industrial scale for energy production have been shown in the last 5 years. In this work, we present the performance data of a large‐area OPV module under operating conditions representative for real outdoor operation. This study focuses on the analysis of the thermal behavior of the module and shows how its performance can be affected by the temperatures it can reach outdoor under natural sunlight. A comparison of outdoor measurements with indoor data measured under simulated sunlight at several temperature‐irradiance combinations is also presented.

BARDIZZA Giorgio;  SALIS Elena;  TOLEDO ARIAS Carlos;  DUNLOP Ewan; 

2020-06-08

WILEY

JRC117442

1062-7995 (online),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC117442,   

10.1002/pip.3234 (online),