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A life cycle analysis of polymer solar cell modules prepared using roll-to-roll methods under ambient conditions
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In this paper, a life cycle analysis was performed on a full roll-to-roll coating procedure used for the manufacture of flexible polymer solar cell modules, and the results showed that an Energy Pay-Back Time (EPBT) of 2.02 years can be achieved for an organic solar module of 2% efficiency, which could be reduced to 1.35 years, if the efficiency was 3%.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 325 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polymer solar cell & Roll-to-roll processing.read more
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Roll-to-roll fabrication of polymer solar cells
TL;DR: This work reviews the roll-to-roll processing techniques required to bring the magnificent 10-10 targets into reality, using quick methods with low environmental impact and low cost and highlights some new targets related to processing speed, materials, and environmental impact.
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Stability of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Tomas Leijtens,Giles E. Eperon,Nakita K. Noel,Severin N. Habisreutinger,Annamaria Petrozza,Henry J. Snaith +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, recent developments in understanding and overcoming stability concerns of metal halide perovskite solar cells are highlighted and an overview of possible instability issues due to electrical, atmospheric, heat, and light stresses is provided and the different implications to the most commonly used device architectures are discussed.
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Reducing the efficiency–stability–cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells
Derya Baran,Derya Baran,Derya Baran,Raja Shahid Ashraf,Raja Shahid Ashraf,David Hanifi,Maged Abdelsamie,Nicola Gasparini,Jason A. Röhr,Sarah Holliday,Andrew Wadsworth,Sarah Lockett,Marios Neophytou,Christopher J. M. Emmott,Jenny Nelson,Christoph J. Brabec,Aram Amassian,Alberto Salleo,Thomas Kirchartz,Thomas Kirchartz,James R. Durrant,Iain McCulloch,Iain McCulloch +22 more
TL;DR: This work demonstrates highly efficient and stable solar cells using a ternary approach, wherein two non-fullerene acceptors are combined with both a scalable and affordable donor polymer, poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), and a high-efficiency, low-bandgap polymer in a single-layer bulk-heterojunction device.
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Versatile ternary organic solar cells: a critical review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize the recent progress of ternary solar cells and try to concise out the scientific issues in preparing high performance TSSs, which is the best candidate due to the cell with a high power conversion efficiency, easy fabrication and low cost.
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Organic - Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells: A Comparative Review
Matthew Wright,Ashraf Uddin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art for bulk heterojunction organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells is presented. But, the design of the inorganic material used as the electron acceptor, particularly the electronic structure, is crucial to the performance of the device and there exists an optimal electronic structure design for an inorganic acceptor.
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The Revision of ISO Standards 14040-3 - ISO 14040: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework - ISO 14044: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Requirements and guidelines
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Stability/degradation of polymer solar cells
TL;DR: In this article, the current understanding of stability/degradation in organic and polymer solar cell devices is presented and the methods for studying and elucidating degradation are discussed Methods for enhancing the stability through the choice of better active materials, encapsulation, application of getter materials and UV-filters are also discussed
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A roll-to-roll process to flexible polymer solar cells: model studies, manufacture and operational stability studies
TL;DR: In this article, an inverted polymer solar cell geometry comprising a total of five layers was optimized using laboratory scale cells and the operational stability was studied under model atmospheres, where the inverted devices were compared to model devices with a normal geometry where the order of the layers was substrate-ITO-PEDOT:PSS-(active layer)-aluminium.
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Upscaling of polymer solar cell fabrication using full roll-to-roll processing.
TL;DR: The presented devices are thus competitive for consumer electronics but ill-suited for on-grid electricity production in their current form.
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Polymer solar cell modules prepared using roll-to-roll methods: Knife-over-edge coating, slot-die coating and screen printing
TL;DR: In this article, a complete polymer solar cell module was constructed using all-solution processing with no vacuum steps and full roll-to-roll (R2R) processing.