A round robin study of flexible large-area roll-to-roll processed polymer solar cell modules

Frederik C. Krebs*, Suren A. Gevorgyan, Bobak Gholamkhass, Steven Holdcroft, Cody Schlenker, Mark E. Thompson, Barry C. Thompson, Dana Olson, David S. Ginley, Sean E. Shaheen, Husam N. Alshareef, John W. Murphy, W. Justin Youngblood, Nathan C. Heston, John R. Reynolds, Shijun Jia, Darin Laird, Sachetan M. Tuladhar, Justin G.A. Dane, Pedro AtienzarJenny Nelson, Jan M. Kroon, Martijn M. Wienk, René A.J. Janssen, Kristofer Tvingstedt, Fengling Zhang, Mattias Andersson, Olle Inganäs, Monica Lira-Cantu, Rémi de Bettignies, Stéphane Guillerez, Tom Aernouts, David Cheyns, Laurence Lutsen, Birger Zimmermann, Uli Würfel, Michael Niggemann, Hans Frieder Schleiermacher, Paul Liska, Michael Grätzel, Panagiotis Lianos, Eugene A. Katz, Wolfgang Lohwasser, Bertrand Jannon

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Abstract

A round robin for the performance of roll-to-roll coated flexible large-area polymer solar-cell modules involving 18 different laboratories in Northern America, Europe and Middle East is presented. The study involved the performance measurement of the devices at one location (Risø DTU) followed by transportation to a participating laboratory for performance measurement and return to the starting location (Risø DTU) for re-measurement of the performance. It was found possible to package polymer solar-cell modules using a flexible plastic barrier material in such a manner that degradation of the devices played a relatively small role in the experiment that has taken place over 4 months. The method of transportation followed both air-mail and surface-mail paths.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1968-1977
Number of pages10
JournalSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Volume93
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2009

Keywords

  • Flexible packaging
  • Inter-laboratory study
  • Polymer solar cells
  • Roll-to-roll processed
  • Round robin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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