Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules

Accurate characterization and reporting of organic photovoltaic (OPV) device performance remains one of the important challenges in the field. The large spread among the efficiencies of devices with the same structure reported by different groups is significantly caused by different procedures and equipment used during testing. The presented article addresses this issue by offering a new method of device testing using “suitcase sample” approach combined with outdoor testing that limits the diversity of the equipment, and a strict measurement protocol. A round robin outdoor characterization of roll-to-roll coated OPV cells and modules conducted among 46 laboratories worldwide is presented, where the samples and the testing equipment were integrated in a compact suitcase that served both as a sample transportation tool and as a holder and test equipment during testing. Additionally, an internet based coordination was used via plasticphotovoltaics.org that allowed fast and efficient communication among participants and provided a controlled reporting format for the results that eased the analysis of the data. The reported deviations among the laboratories were limited to 5 % when compared to the Si reference device integrated in the suitcase and were up to 8 % when calculated using the local irradiance data. Therefore, this method offers a fast, cheap and efficient tool for sample sharing and testing that allows conducting outdoor measurements of OPV devices in a reproducible manner.

MADSEN Morten V.;  GEVORGYAN Suren;  PACIOS R.;  AJURIA J.;  ETXEBARRIA I.;  KETTLE Jeff;  BRISTOW Noel D.;  NEOPHYTOU Marios;  CHOULIS Stelios A.;  ROMAN Lucimara Stolz;  YOHANNES Teketel;  CESTER Andrea;  CHENG Pei;  ZHAN Xiaowei;  WU Jiang;  XIE Zhiyuan;  TU Wei-Chen;  HE Jr-Hau;  FELL Christopher J.;  ANDERSON Kenrick;  HERMENAU Martin;  BARTESAGHI Davide;  KOSTER Jan Anton;  MACHUI Florian;  GONZÁLEZ-VALLS Irene;  LIRA-CANTU Monica;  KHLYABICH Petr P.;  THOMPSON Barry C.;  GUPTA Ritu;  SHANMUGAM Kiruthika;  KULKARNI Giridhar U.;  GALAGAN Yulia;  URBINA Antonio;  ABAD Jose;  ROESCH Roland;  HOPPE Harald;  MORVILLO Pasquale;  BOBEICO E.;  PANAITESCU Eugen;  MENON Latika;  LUO Qun;  WU Zhenwu;  MA Changqi;  HAMBARIAN Artak;  MELIKYAN Varuzhan;  HAMBSCH M.;  BURN Paul L.;  MEREDITH Paul;  RATH Thomas;  DUNST Sebastian;  TRIMMEL Gregor;  BARDIZZA Giorgio;  MUELLEJANS Harald;  GORYACHEV A. E.;  MISRA Ravi K.;  KATZ Eugene A.;  TAKAGI Katsuhiko;  MAGAINO Shinichi;  SAITO Hidenori;  AOKI Daisuke;  SOMMELING Paul M.;  KROON Jan M.;  VANGERVEN Tim;  MANCA Jean;  KESTERS Jurgen;  MAES Wouter;  BOBKOVA Olga D.;  TRUKHANOV Vasily A.;  PARASCHUK Dmitry Yu.;  CASTRO Fernando A.;  BLAKESLEY James C.;  TULADHAR Pabitra S.;  RÖHR Jason Alexander;  NELSON Jenny;  XIA Jiangbin;  PARLAK Elif Alturk;  TUMAY Tülay Aslı;  EGELHAAF Hans-Joachim;  TANENBAUM David M.;  FERGUSON Gretta Mae;  CARPENTER Robert;  CHEN Hongzheng;  ZIMMERMANN Birger;  HIRSCH Lionel;  WANTZ Guillaume;  SUN Ziqi;  SINGH Pradeep;  BAPAT Chaitnya;  OFFERMANS Ton;  KREBS Frederik C.; 

2014-12-01

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

JRC91132

0927-0248,   

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927024814003821,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC91132,   

10.1016/j.solmat.2014.07.021,