Supporting data for publication. Data consists of a range of Electron Microscopy images and current - voltage measurements from fresh and aged organic solar cells. Most of the data was acquired 01/10/2014 - 27/01/15. Device fabrication and measurement was done in the Kroto Research Institute, University of Sheffield. Electron Microscopy was done at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. Further details about the data is included in the Metadata.docx file.This record supports publication available at: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/250470This work was supported by the EPSRC [grant number EP/I029257/1]

Buckley, Alastair R.

Donald, Athene M.

Glen, Tom S.

Iraqi, Ahmed

Kingsley, James

Lidzey, David G.

Scarratt, Nicholas W.

Wang, Tao

Yi, Hunan

PubMed

Electron microscopy has been used to study the degradation of organic solar cells when exposed to humid air. Devices with various different combinations of commonly used organic solar cell hole transport layers and cathode materials have been investigated. In this way the ingress of water and the effect it has on devices could be studied. It was found that calcium and aluminum in the cathode both react with water, causing voids and delamination within the device. The use of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) was found to increase the degradation by easing water ingress into the device. Replacing these materials removed these degradation features. © 2015 The Authors. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016, 54, 216-224.This work was funded by the EPSRC (grant: EP/I029257/1).This is the final published version of the article. It was originally published in the Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics (Glen, T. S., Scarratt, N. W., Yi, H., Iraqi, A., Wang, T., Kingsley, J., Buckley, A. R., Lidzey, D. G. and Donald, A. M., J. Polym. Sci. B Polym. Phys., 2015, doi: 10.1002/polb.23905). The final version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/polb.2390

Glen, Tom S

Scarratt, Nicholas W

Buckley, Alastair R

Lidzey, David G

Donald, Athene M

Apollo (Cambridge)

Dependence on material choice of degradation of organic solar cells following exposure to humid air.

Research data supporting "Dependence on Material Choice of Degradation of Organic Solar Cells Following Exposure to Humid Air"

Electron microscopy has been used to study the degradation of organic solar cells when exposed to humid air. Devices with various different combinations of commonly used organic solar cell hole transport layers and cathode materials have been investigated. In this way the ingress of water and the effect it has on devices could be studied. It was found that calcium and aluminum in the cathode both react with water, causing voids and delamination within the device. The use of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) was found to increase the degradation by easing water ingress into the device. Replacing these materials removed these degradation features

Glen, T.S.

Scarratt, N.W.

Yi, H.

Iraqi, A.

Wang, T.

Kingsley, J.

Buckley, A.R.

Lidzey, D.G.

Donald, A.M.

White Rose Research Online

Dependence on Material Choice of Degradation of Organic Solar Cells Following Exposure to Humid Air

Research data supporting "Dependence on Material Choice of Degradation of Organic Solar Cells Following Exposure to Humid Air"

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

Apollo (Cambridge)

Apollo (Cambridge)

White Rose Research Online