Authors
Morten V. Madsen, Technical University of Denmark
Suren A. Gevorgyan, Technical University of Denmark
R Pacios, Microsystems
J Ajuria, Microsystems
I Etxebarria, Microsystems
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, Federal University of Parana
Teketel Yohannes, Addis Ababa University
Andrea Cester, University of Padova
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, CSIRO
Kenrick Anderson, CSIRO
Martin Hermenau, Technical University of Dresden
Davide Bartesaghi, Zernicke Institute for Advanced Materials
L Jan Anton Koster, Zernicke Institute for Advanced Materials
Florian Machui, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Irene Gonzalez-Valls, Institut Catala De Nanociencia I Nanotecnologia
Monica Lira-Cantu, Institut Catala De Nanociencia I Nanotecnologia
Petr P. Khlyabich, University of Southern California
Barry C. Thompson, University of Southern California
Ritu Gupta, St George Cancer Care Centre Kogarah Australia
Kiruthika Shanmugam, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Giridhar U. Kulkarni, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Yulia Galagan, Holst Centre
Antonio Urbina, Technical University of Cartagen
Jose Abad, Technical University of Cartagen
Roland Roesch, Ilmenau University of Technology
Harald Hoppe, Ilmenau University of Technology
P Morvillo, ENEA
E Bobeico, ENEA
Eugen Panaitescu, Northeastern University
Latika Menon, Northeastern University
Qun Luo, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenwu Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changqii Ma, Chinese Academy of SciencesFollow
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, Institute For Energy And Transport
Harald Mullejans, Institute For Energy And Transport
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 Academy of Science & Technology
Shinichi Magaino, Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology
Hidenori Saito, Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology
Daisuke Aoki, Kanagawa Academy of Science & Technology
Paul M. Sommeling, ECN Solar Energy
Jan M. Kroon, ECN Solar Energy
Tim Vangerven, University of Hasselt
Jean Manca, University of Hasselt
Jurgen Kesters, University of Hasselt
Wouter Maes, University of Hasselt
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 Rohr, Imperial College London
Jenny Nelson, Imperial College London
Jiangbin Xia, Wuhan University
Elif Alturk Parlak, Chemistry Institute
Tulay Alsi Tumay, Chemistry Institute
Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf, BELECTR OP
David M. Tanenbaum, Pomona College
Gretta Mae Ferguson, Pomona College
Robert Carpenter, Inside2Outside Ltd
Hongzheng Chen, Zhejiang University
Birger Zimmermann, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Lionel Hirsch, Institut Polytechnique De Bordeaux
Guillaume Wantz, Universite De Bordeaux
Ziqi Sun, University of WollongongFollow
Pradeep Singh, Print and Media Technology
Chaitnya Bapat, Print and Media Technology
Ton Offermans, CSEM Muttenz
Frederik C. Krebs, Technical University of Denmark
Abstract
Accurate characterization and reporting of organic photovoltaic (OPV) device performance remains 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.
Publication Details
Madsen, M. V., Gevorgyan, S. A., Pacios, R., Ajuria, J., Etxebarria, I., Kettle, J., Bristow, N. D., Neophytou, M., Choulis, S. A., Stolz, L., Yohannes, T., Cester, A., Cheng, P., Zhan, X., Wu, J., Xie, Z., Tu, W., He, J., Fell, C. J., Anderson, K., Hermenau, M., Bartesaghi, D., Jan Anton Koster, L., Machui, F., Gonzalez-Valls, I., Lira-Cantu, M., Khlyabich, P. P., Thompson, B. C., Gupta, R., Shanmugam, K., Kulkarni, G. U., Galagan, Y., Urbina, A., Abad, J., Roesch, R., Hoppe, H., Morvillo, P., Bobeico, E., Panaitescu, E., Menon, L., Luo, Q., Wu, Z., Ma, C., Hambarian, A., Melikyan, V., Hambsch, M., Burn, P. L., Meredith, P., Rath, T., Dunst, S., Trimmel, G., Bardizza, G., Mullejans, H., Goryachev, A. E., Misra, R. K., Katz, E. A., Takagi, K., Magaino, S., Saito, H., Aoki, D., Sommeling, P. M., Kroon, J. M., Vangerven, T., Manca, J., Kesters, J., Maes, W., Bobkova, O. D., Trukhanov, V. A., Paraschuk, D. Yu., Castro, F. A., Blakesley, J., Tuladhar, S. M., Rohr, J. Alexander., Nelson, J., Xia, J., Parlak, E. Alturk., Tumay, T. Asli., Egelhaaf, H., Tanenbaum, D. M., Ferguson, G. Mae., Carpenter, R., Chen, H., Zimmermann, B., Hirsch, L., Wantz, G., Sun, Z., Singh, P., Bapat, C., offermans, T. & Krebs, F. C. (2014). Worldwide outdoor round robin study of organic photovoltaic devices and modules. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 130 281-290.