Stability and Degradation of Organic and Polymer Solar Cells; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1. The Different PV Technologies and How They Degrade; 1.1 The Photovoltaic Effect and the Overview; 1.2 The Photovoltaic Technologies; 1.3 Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Stability; 1.3.1 Intrinsic Stability; 1.3.2 Extrinsic Stability; 1.4 Degradation -- The Culprits, the What, the Why and the How; 1.5 Some Representative Technologies and How They Degrade; 1.5.1 Mono- and Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells; 1.5.2 Amorphous, Micro- and Nanocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells
Summary
Organic photovoltaics (OPV) are a new generation of solar cells with the potential to offer very short energy pay back times, mechanical flexibility and significantly lower production costs compared to traditional crystalline photovoltaic systems. A weakness of OPV is their comparative instability during operation and this is a critical area of research towards the successful development and commercialization of these 3rd generation solar cells. Covering both small molecule and polymer solar cells, Stability and Degradation of Organic and Polymer Solar Cells summarizes the state of the art unde
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