Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules

Morten V. Madsen; Suren A. Gevorgyan; R. Pacios; J. Ajuria; I. Etxebarria; Jeff Kettle; Noel D. Bristow; Marios Neophytou; Stelios A. Choulis; Lucimara Stolz Roman; Teketel Yohannes; Andrea Cester; Pei Cheng; Xiaowei Zhan; Jiang Wu; Zhiyuan Xie; Wei-Chen Tu; Jr-Hau He; Christopher J. Fell; Kenrick Anderson; Martin Hermenau; Davide Bartesaghi; L. Jan Anton Koster; Florian Machui; Irene Gonzalez-Valls; Monica Lira-Cantu; Petr P. Khlyabich; Barry C. Thompson; Ritu Gupta; Kiruthika Shanmugam; Giridhar U. Kulkarni; Yulia Galagan; Antonio Urbina; Jose Abad; Roland Roesch; Harald Hoppe; P. Morvillo; E. Bobeico; Eugen Panaitescu; Latika Menon; Qun Luo; Zhenwu Wu; Changqi Ma; Artak Hambarian; Varuzhan Melikyan; M. Hambsch; Paul L. Burn; Paul Meredith; Thomas Rath; Sebastian Dunst; Gregor Trimmel; Giorgio Bardizza; Harald Muellejans; A. E. Goryachev; Ravi K. Misra; Eugene A. Katz; Katsuhiko Takagi; Shinichi Magaino; Hidenori Saito; Daisuke Aoki; Paul M. Sommeling; Jan M. Kroon; Tim Vangerven; Jean Manca; Jurgen Kesters; Wouter Maes; Olga D. Bobkova; Vasily A. Trukhanov; Dmitry Yu Paraschuk; Fernando A. Castro; James Blakesley; Sachetan M. Tuladhar; Jason Alexander Roehr; Jenny Nelson; Jiangbin Xia; Elif Alturk Parlak; Tulay Ash Tumay; Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf; David M. Tanenbaum; Gretta Mae Ferguson; Robert Carpenter; Hongzheng Chen; Birger Zimmermann; Lionel Hirsch; Guillaume Wantz; Ziqi Sun; Pradeep Singh; Chaitnya Bapat; Ton Offermans; Frederik C. Krebs

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Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules

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Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules

Morten V. Madsen, Suren A. Gevorgyan, R. Pacios, J. Ajuria, I. Etxebarria, Jeff Kettle, Noel D. Bristow, Marios Neophytou, Stelios A. Choulis, Lucimara Stolz Roman, …

Solar energy materials and solar cells, Vol.130, pp.281-290

01/11/2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.07.021

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Energy & Fuels

Materials Science

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Physical Sciences

Physics

Physics, Applied

Science & Technology

Technology

Accurate characterization and reporting of organic photovoltaic (OPV) device performance reniains 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. In addition, 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. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Title: Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules
Creators - without role: Morten V. Madsen - Technical University of Denmark
Suren A. Gevorgyan - Technical University of Denmark
R. Pacios - Ikerlan
J. Ajuria - Ikerlan
I. Etxebarria - Ikerlan
Jeff Kettle - Bangor University
Noel D. Bristow - Bangor University
Marios Neophytou - Cyprus University of Technology
Stelios A. Choulis - Cyprus University of Technology
Lucimara Stolz Roman - Universidade Federal do Paraná
Teketel Yohannes - Addis Ababa University
Andrea Cester - University of Padua
Pei Cheng - Peking University
Xiaowei Zhan - Peking University
Jiang Wu - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiyuan Xie - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei-Chen Tu - National Taiwan University
Jr-Hau He - National Taiwan University
Christopher J. Fell - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Kenrick Anderson - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Martin Hermenau - TU Dresden
Davide Bartesaghi - University of Groningen
L. Jan Anton Koster - University of Groningen
Florian Machui - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Irene Gonzalez-Valls - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Monica Lira-Cantu - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Petr P. Khlyabich - University of Southern California
Barry C. Thompson - University of Southern California
Ritu Gupta - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Kiruthika Shanmugam - Jawaharlal Nehru Ctr Adv Sci Res, Chem & Phys Mat Unit, Bangalore 560064, Karnataka, India
Giridhar U. Kulkarni - Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Yulia Galagan - Holst Ctr Solliance, NL-5605 RN Eindhoven, Netherlands
Antonio Urbina - University of Cartagena
Jose Abad - University of Cartagena
Roland Roesch - Ilmenau Univ Technol, Inst Phys, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany
Harald Hoppe - Ilmenau Univ Technol, Inst Phys, D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany
P. Morvillo - ENEA, I-80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy
E. Bobeico - ENEA, I-80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy
Eugen Panaitescu - Northeastern University
Latika Menon - Northeastern University
Qun Luo - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenwu Wu - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changqi Ma - Chinese Acad Sci, Suzhou Inst Nanotech & Nanobion, Printable Elect Res Ctr, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Artak Hambarian - American University of Armenia
Varuzhan Melikyan - American University of Armenia
M. Hambsch - University of Queensland
Paul L. Burn - University of Queensland
Paul Meredith - University of Queensland
Thomas Rath - Graz University of Technology
Sebastian Dunst - Graz University of Technology
Gregor Trimmel - Graz University of Technology
Giorgio Bardizza - Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Energy & Transport, Renewable Energy Unit,European Solar Test Install, I-21027 Ispra, VA, Italy
Harald Muellejans - Commiss European Communities, Joint Res Ctr, Inst Energy & Transport, Renewable Energy Unit,European Solar Test Install, I-21027 Ispra, VA, Italy
A. E. Goryachev - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ravi K. Misra - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Eugene A. Katz - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Katsuhiko Takagi - Kanagawa Acad Sci &Technol, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2130013, Japan
Shinichi Magaino - Kanagawa Acad Sci &Technol, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2130013, Japan
Hidenori Saito - Kanagawa Acad Sci &Technol, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2130013, Japan
Daisuke Aoki - Kanagawa Acad Sci &Technol, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2130013, Japan
Paul M. Sommeling - Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Jan M. Kroon - Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Tim Vangerven - Hasselt University
Jean Manca - Hasselt University
Jurgen Kesters - Hasselt University
Wouter Maes - Hasselt University
Olga D. Bobkova - Lomonosov Moscow State University
Vasily A. Trukhanov - Lomonosov Moscow State University
Dmitry Yu Paraschuk - Lomonosov Moscow State University
Fernando A. Castro - National Physical Laboratory
James Blakesley - National Physical Laboratory
Sachetan M. Tuladhar - Imperial College London
Jason Alexander Roehr - University of London
Jenny Nelson - Imperial College London
Jiangbin Xia - Wuhan University
Elif Alturk Parlak - Inst Chem, TUBITAK Marmara Res Ctr, TR-41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey
Tulay Ash Tumay - Inst Chem, TUBITAK Marmara Res Ctr, TR-41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey
Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf - BELECTRIC
David M. Tanenbaum - Pomona College
Gretta Mae Ferguson - Pomona College
Robert Carpenter - Inside2Outside Ltd, Cambridge, England
Hongzheng Chen - Zhejiang University
Birger Zimmermann - Fraunhofer Society
Lionel Hirsch - University of Bordeaux
Guillaume Wantz - University of Bordeaux
Ziqi Sun - University of Wollongong
Pradeep Singh - Chemnitz University of Technology
Chaitnya Bapat - Chemnitz University of Technology
Ton Offermans - CSEM
Frederik C. Krebs - Technical University of Denmark
Publication Details: Solar energy materials and solar cells, Vol.130, pp.281-290
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 10
Grant note: 261936 / European Commission; European Union (EU); European Commission Joint Research Centre Royal Society 11-116028 / Elite Scientist Grant EP/G031088; EP/J500021; EP/K030671 / EPSRC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK Department for Business, Innovation Skills DFF - 1335-00037A / Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education under a Sapere Aude Top Scientist Grant European Research Infrastructure (SOPHIA) Danish National Research Foundation; Danmarks Grundforskningsfond 64012-0202 / EUDP Eurotech Universities Alliance project "Interface science for photovoltaics (ISPV)" European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) MAT2010-21267-C02-02 / MICINN-Spain FEDER; European Union (EU); Spanish Government European Regional Development Fund; European Union (EU) NEA gammaPiODeltaOMH/SigmaTPATH/0308/06 / Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation (Strategic Infrastructure Project); Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF)
Identifiers: 9943990308331
Academic Unit: King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article