@inproceedings{068170a74c0d49eca416ab2c04d012f0,
title = "In-situ testing of organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules to examine modes of degradation in an arid-hot climate",
abstract = "The AzRISE-TEP Solar Test Yard is a 600-module capacity test bed that provides the environment for in-situ testing of PV module performance, with real-time data collection of module power production and local weather conditions. This work involves the examination of flexible, semi-transparent, organic photovoltaic (OPV) modules in an outdoor testing environment to study degradation in the hot, arid, Tucson, AZ climate. The work reports on changes in the I-V performance and efficiency of a string of two OPV modules in order to estimate degradation experienced by the OPV modules. The study finds that the module string under test dropped to below 80% of its initial power conversion efficiency (PCE) after 54.58 days, and predicts that the PCE will drop below 50% of its initial state after 114.53 days from deployment. ",
keywords = "Degradation, Field testing, OPV, Organic Photovoltaics, Outdoor, Reliability",
author = "Manuelito Chief and Kyle Boyer and Kelly Simmons-Potter",
note = "Funding Information: This work was partially supported by the Arizona Research Initiative for Solar Energy (AzRISE), Tucson Electric Power (TEP),andtheUniversityofArizonaAlfredP.SloanFoundationIndigenousGraduatePartnership. Thismaterialis based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant #DGE1735173. Funding Information: This work was partially supported by the Arizona Research Initiative for Solar Energy (AzRISE), Tucson Electric Power (TEP), and the University of Arizona Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Indigenous Graduate Partnership. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant #DGE1735173. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XXI 2020 ; Conference date: 24-08-2020 Through 04-09-2020",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1117/12.2568685",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Kafafi, {Zakya H.} and Lane, {Paul A.} and Kwanghee Lee and Ade, {Harald W.} and Yueh-Lin Loo",
booktitle = "Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XXI",
}