Acceleration factor for ageing measurement of dye solar cells

被引:13
作者
Ciammaruchi, Laura [1 ]
Penna, Stefano [1 ]
Reale, Andrea [1 ]
Brown, Thomas M. [1 ]
Di Carlo, Aldo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, CHOSE, Dept Elect Engn, I-00133 Rome, Italy
关键词
LONG-TERM STABILITY; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; MODULE;
D O I
10.1016/j.microrel.2012.08.016
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Three different temperatures are used to stress Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs) under 1 Sun irradiation in order to accelerate their ageing process. A linear degradation law for the efficiency data has been supposed, deduced from the experimental efficiency vs. time curves. Based on the Arrhenius model for first order kinetics, an acceleration factor has been extracted, depending on the device stress temperature. From the semi-logarithmic plot of the acceleration factor as a function of 1/T we could also calculate an activation energy of about 1 eV for the degrading process to be activated. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:279 / 281
页数:3
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