Initial photo-degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells studied under various illumination conditions : role of the hole transport layer

Züfle, Simon; Hansson, Rickard; Katz, Eugene A.; Moons, Ellen

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Initial photo-degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells studied under various illumination conditions : role of the hole transport layer
Authors:	Züfle, Simon Hansson, Rickard Katz, Eugene A. Moons, Ellen
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020
Published in:	Solar Energy
Volume(Issue):	2019
Issue:	183
Page(s):	234
Pages to:	239
Issue Date:	2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1471-1257 0038-092X
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	621.3: Electrical, communications, control engineering
Abstract:	Encapsulated organic solar cells often show a burn-in behaviour under illumination. This burn-in manifests itself as a rapid performance loss followed by a much slower progression of the degradation. Here we investigate the burn-in for PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells under a wide range of illumination intensities. We find that increasing the sunlight concentration from 1 Sun to up to 100 Suns does not change the degradation behaviour, i.e. the dependence of all principal photovoltaic parameters on the dose of solar exposure (in Sun hours). This suggests that the degradation mechanisms under solar concentration (≤100 Suns) are the same as those observed under 1 Sun. This result makes it possible to use concentrated sunlight for accelerated stability assessment of these devices. We also find that devices with PEDOT:PSS as hole transport material show a rapid drop in open-circuit voltage of around 100 mV during the first Sun hour of light exposure. By replacing PEDOT:PSS with MoO3 this initial process can be prevented and only the much slower part of the photo-degradation takes place.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/19346
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Computational Physics (ICP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Züfle, S., Hansson, R., Katz, E. A., & Moons, E. (2019). Initial photo-degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells studied under various illumination conditions : role of the hole transport layer. Solar Energy, 2019(183), 234–239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020

Züfle, S. et al. (2019) ‘Initial photo-degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells studied under various illumination conditions : role of the hole transport layer’, Solar Energy, 2019(183), pp. 234–239. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020.

S. Züfle, R. Hansson, E. A. Katz, and E. Moons, “Initial photo-degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells studied under various illumination conditions : role of the hole transport layer,” Solar Energy, vol. 2019, no. 183, pp. 234–239, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020.

ZÜFLE, Simon, Rickard HANSSON, Eugene A. KATZ und Ellen MOONS, 2019. Initial photo-degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells studied under various illumination conditions : role of the hole transport layer. Solar Energy. 2019. Bd. 2019, Nr. 183, S. 234–239. DOI 10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020

Züfle, Simon, Rickard Hansson, Eugene A. Katz, and Ellen Moons. 2019. “Initial Photo-Degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM Solar Cells Studied under Various Illumination Conditions : Role of the Hole Transport Layer.” Solar Energy 2019 (183): 234–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020.

Züfle, Simon, et al. “Initial Photo-Degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM Solar Cells Studied under Various Illumination Conditions : Role of the Hole Transport Layer.” Solar Energy, vol. 2019, no. 183, 2019, pp. 234–39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.020.