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Consensus stability testing protocols for organic photovoltaic materials and devices
Matthew O. Reese,Suren A. Gevorgyan,Mikkel Jørgensen,Eva Bundgaard,Sarah Kurtz,David S. Ginley,Dana C. Olson,Matthew T. Lloyd,Pasquale Morvillo,Eugene A. Katz,Andreas Elschner,Olivier Haillant,Travis Currier,Vishal Shrotriya,Martin Hermenau,Moritz Riede,Kiril R. Kirov,Gregor Trimmel,Thomas Rath,Olle Inganäs,Fengling Zhang,Mattias Andersson,Kristofer Tvingstedt,Monica Lira-Cantu,Darin W. Laird,Christine McGuiness,Srinivas (Jimmy) Gowrisanker,Michael Pannone,Min Xiao,Jens Hauch,Roland Steim,Dean M. DeLongchamp,Roland Rösch,Harald Hoppe,Nieves Espinosa,Antonio Urbina,Gülsah Yaman-Uzunoglu,Jörg-Bernd Bonekamp,Albert J.J.M. van Breemen,Claudio Girotto,Eszter Voroshazi,Frederik C. Krebs +41 more
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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.About:
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A Surlyn/magnesium oxide nanocomposite as an effective water vapor barrier for organic device encapsulation
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CdSe quantum dot cathode buffer for inverted organic bulk hetero-junction solar cells
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Optical calcium test for measurement of multiple permeation pathways in flexible organic optoelectronic encapsulation
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