@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.; 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",
}