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It is all in the Pattern—High‐Efficiency Power Extraction from Polymer Solar Cells through High‐Voltage Serial Connection
Author(s) -
SommerLarsen Peter,
Jørgensen Mikkel,
Søndergaard Roar R.,
Hösel Markus,
Krebs Frederik C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
energy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2194-4296
pISSN - 2194-4288
DOI - 10.1002/ente.201200055
Subject(s) - indium tin oxide , materials science , optoelectronics , stack (abstract data type) , photovoltaic system , solar cell , voltage , yield (engineering) , polymer solar cell , electrical engineering , nanotechnology , thin film , computer science , engineering , composite material , programming language
To infinity and beyond! Large‐scale deployment methods for polymer solar cells are demonstrated through the near‐infinite serial connection of individual solar cells by printing an indium‐tin‐oxide‐free solar cell stack outside of vacuum. A careful choice of pattern ensures a high device yield of 16 000 solar cells to yield a total voltage of 8.2 kV. A robustness towards partial shadowing or poorly performing individual solar cells in the array is a unique property of polymer solar cells.