The Mechanism of Burn-in Loss in a High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cell

Peters CH; Sachs-Quintana IT; Mateker WR; Heumueller T; Rivnay J; Noriega R; Beiley ZM; Hoke ET; Salleo A; McGehee MD

Advanced Materials, Vol.24, No.5, 663-663, 2012

DOI10.1002/adma.201103010 Export Citation

The Mechanism of Burn-in Loss in a High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cell

Peters CH, Sachs-Quintana IT, Mateker WR, Heumueller T, Rivnay J, Noriega R, Beiley ZM, Hoke ET, Salleo A, McGehee MD

Degradation in a high efficiency polymer solar cell is caused by the formation of states in the bandgap. These states increase the energetic disorder in the system. The power conversion efficiency loss does not occur when current is run through the device in the dark but occurs when the active layer is photo-excited.

Keywords:solar cells;photovoltaic devices;conjugated polymers;conducting polymers;organic electronics