- Title
- Organic solar cells: evaluation of the stability of P3HT using time-delayed degredation
- Creator
- Poh, Chung-How; Poh, Chung-Kiak; Bryant, Glenn; Belcher, Warwick; Dastoor, Paul
- Relation
- Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices Conference. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 8204 (Melbourne 5-7 December, 2011)
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.903251
- Publisher
- SPIE
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- Despite the fact that the performance of organic solar cells is generally susceptible to degradation by moisture exposure, there has been suggestion that the photoactive layer (P3HT) is surprisingly resilient. This work attempts to confirm the stability of P3HT as an organic solar cell material by deliberately introducing water into the photoactive layer. A dramatic step drop in device performance during cell characterization is observed approximately one day after the device has been fabricated. The time-delayed step drop in output efficiency strongly suggests that moisture has little effect on the P3HT conducting polymer.
- Subject
- P3HT; PEDOT:PSS; ITO; moisture; hydroscopic; organic; solar cell
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1061953
- Identifier
- uon:17024
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780819488459
- Rights
- © 2011 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
- Language
- eng
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