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Consensus stability testing protocols for organic photovoltaic materials and devices

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Procedures for testing organic solar cell devices and modules with respect to stability and operational lifetime are described and generally agreed test conditions and practices are generally agreed to allow ready comparison between laboratories and to help improving the reliability of reported values.
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This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 805 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Protocol (science).

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Efficient bulk heterojunction hybrid solar cells with graphene-silver nanoparticles composite synthesized by microwave-assisted reduction

TL;DR: In this article, a simple, eco-friendly one-step microwave-assisted reduction (MWAR) that can produce silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in the form of Ag-rGO composites for application in heterojunction hybrid solar cells was presented.
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Hill climbing hysteresis of perovskite-based solar cells: a maximum power point tracking investigation

TL;DR: In this article, an effective and inexpensive strategy to perform ageing of perovskite solar cells under maximum power point tracking was proposed, which can boost the mean power output by more than 10% in contrast to a reference crystalline silicon solar cell.
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Large crystalline domains and enhanced exciton diffusion length enable efficient organic solar cells

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied crystallinity and exciton harvesting in bulk heterojunctions of the semiconducting polymer PffBT4T-2OD and electron acceptor PC71BM that are used to make highly efficient organic solar cells.
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Flexible inverted polymer solar cells on polyethylene terephthalate substrate containing zinc oxide electron-collection-layer prepared by novel sol–gel method and low-temperature treatments

TL;DR: In this article, flexible and air-stable polymer solar cells were fabricated on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate and the cell structure was indium tin oxide (ITO) on PET/zinc oxide (ZnO)/[6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM).
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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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Accurate Measurement and Characterization of Organic Solar Cells

TL;DR: In this article, the spectral properties of organic solar cells under standard reporting conditions were measured using four types of organic test cells and two types of silicon reference cells (unfiltered and with a KG5 color filter).
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Commonly observed degradation in field-aged photovoltaic modules

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define observed degradation in field-aged photovoltaic modules, including degradation of packaging materials, adhesional loss, degradation of interconnects, degradation due to moisture intrusion, and semiconductor device degradation, and suggest that the onset and progression of degradation need to be studied to gain a more comprehensive understanding of module degradation rates and module failures.
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A round robin study of flexible large-area roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cell modules

TL;DR: A round robin for the performance of roll-to-roll coated flexible large-area polymer solarcell modules involving 18 different laboratories in Northern America, Europe and Middle East is presented in this paper.
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Determination of the degradation constant of bulk heterojunction solar cells by accelerated lifetime measurements

TL;DR: In this article, the short circuit current under white light illumination was monitored over time for different temperatures, ranging from 40 °C to 105 °C, and an Arrhenius type dependence of the degradation constant with temperature was observed and an activation energy of ∼350 meV was derived.
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