Analysis of the stability of organic photovoltaic cells under indoor illumination

Abstract

In this study, we analyze the degradation behavior of conventional polymeric solar cells (PSCs) under constant indoor light illumination. A LED lamp with a color temperature of 2700 K, was used for the indoor light illumination conditions. We compare the results obtained with encapsulated and non-encapsulated devices. The performance of the PTB7:PC70BM-based cell showed an initial maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 12.0% under the luminance of 1000 lux and maximum power density (MPP) of 45.7 μW/cm2. The work describes the results of the measurements and analysis of the degradation process, performed by a current density – voltage (J–V) characteristic curve study under LED light. The analyzed performance parameters were PCE, short circuit current density (JSC), open-circuit voltage (VOC) and fill factor (FF). The PCE of encapsulated devices remained above 80% of the initial value after 624 h.

Keywords

• Degradation Analysis
• encapsulated solar cells
• organic solar cells
• PTB7:PC70BM
• indoor illumination