TK827 : Measurment of Effeciancy Variation of Organic Solar Cells under Mechanical Strain and Tension
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Electrical Engineering > MSc > 2021
Authors:
Mahya Ghorab [Author], Ali Fattah[Author]
Abstarct: In the past few years, there have been impressive breakthroughs to enhance the structure of organic solar cells (OSCs) in order to improve the performance. Resulting in increment of the power conversion efficiency (PCE) from 5% to 18% in OSCs and up to 25% in OSCs module. The Developments cause these thin and flexible, echo-friendly, and low-cost photovoltaic devices to be promising technology for wide range of applications such as internet of things (IOT), sensors, architecture, and wearable electronics. Portable application would expose the OSC modules to different types of mechanical tensions including strain, bending, shear and twisting. Considering the environmental and outdoor condition in material choice and device design architecture is a necessity. Noticeable numbers of studies have been done on the organic material mechanical and interlaxyer adhesion properties as well as a few investigations on module stability and I-V characteristics. Considering wide range of OSCs application in portable electronics, still there is the need for more research and do further studies in device model and characteristics under applied mechanical stress. In this study, we extracted and discussed the external electrical characteristics (Voc, Isc, PCE, FF) as well as model parameters (Rsh, Rs, ideality factor, Isat) variations of an industrial OSC from its I-V response under illumination and applied mechanical strain. Moreover, by applying dark-CELIV as mobility measuring method, the alterations of this variable under the same condition have been reviewed. The simultaneous effect of tension and heat for two different strain and at 5 temperature point have studied. The investigation showed an improvement in electrical responses of the OSC and increment in the parameter after settling the strain structural effect in higher magnitude of applied tension. Also the results from dark-CELIV method depict an enhancement in mobility in higher strains after its initial reduction. Moreover, heat and strain test revealed a growth in electrical parameter until the 390 K. By passing this temperature, the OSC degraded and lost most of its electrical characteristics.
Keywords:
#organic solar cells #tensile strain #external electrical parameter #circuit model #mobility #termal test. Keeping place: Central Library of Shahrood University
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