TY - GEN
T1 - EU COST Action MP1307 - Unravelling the degradation mechanisms of emerging solar cell technologies
AU - Aernouts, Tom
AU - Brunetti, Francesca
AU - De La Fuente, Jesus
AU - Espinosa, Nieves
AU - Urbina, Antonio
AU - Fonrodona, Marta
AU - Lira-Cantu, Monica
AU - Galagan, Yulia
AU - Hoppe, Harald
AU - Katz, Eugene
AU - Ramos, Marta
AU - Riede, Moritz
AU - Vandewal, Koen
AU - Veenstra, Sjoerd
AU - Von Hauff, Elizabeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/6/20
Y1 - 2016/6/20
N2 - Organic and hybrid perovskite based solar cells have a huge potential to significantly contribute to a clean electricity supply of the future. However, so far they exhibit complex and hierarchical degradation paths and their understanding can only be acquired through the application of complementary chemical and physical characterization techniques. This limited device stability is the main hurdle for a successful and large scale market introduction of these emerging solar cell technologies. Our StableNextSol Action has created a highly interdisciplinary network of laboratories, as well as corresponding industry, overall more than 120 partners, with complementary analytical techniques for the study and understanding of the degradation mechanisms occurring in state-of-the-art devices. Our Action integrates and generates fundamental knowledge and expertise to foster disruptive innovations targeted to mitigate device failure and to propose and develop new concepts for more stable solar cells. Value is added to the entire value chain of photovoltaic research at European and international level, as well as variety decision makers in the public sector by supporting specialisation policy and standards still lacking in this research field. The outcome of the Action will contribute to resolve the global challenges facing the industry and this COST Action initiative has brought together all these expertises and resources to promote the cooperation between different sectors, academia, public authorities and industry.
AB - Organic and hybrid perovskite based solar cells have a huge potential to significantly contribute to a clean electricity supply of the future. However, so far they exhibit complex and hierarchical degradation paths and their understanding can only be acquired through the application of complementary chemical and physical characterization techniques. This limited device stability is the main hurdle for a successful and large scale market introduction of these emerging solar cell technologies. Our StableNextSol Action has created a highly interdisciplinary network of laboratories, as well as corresponding industry, overall more than 120 partners, with complementary analytical techniques for the study and understanding of the degradation mechanisms occurring in state-of-the-art devices. Our Action integrates and generates fundamental knowledge and expertise to foster disruptive innovations targeted to mitigate device failure and to propose and develop new concepts for more stable solar cells. Value is added to the entire value chain of photovoltaic research at European and international level, as well as variety decision makers in the public sector by supporting specialisation policy and standards still lacking in this research field. The outcome of the Action will contribute to resolve the global challenges facing the industry and this COST Action initiative has brought together all these expertises and resources to promote the cooperation between different sectors, academia, public authorities and industry.
KW - COST Action
KW - degradation mechanisms
KW - organic solar cells
KW - perovskite solar cells
KW - photovoltaic
KW - solar cell
KW - stability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979239843&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1109/MELCON.2016.7495310
DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/MELCON.2016.7495310
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference: Intelligent and Efficient Technologies and Services for the Citizen, MELECON 2016
BT - Proceedings of the 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference
A2 - Mavromoustakis, Constandinos
A2 - Louca, Soulla
A2 - Pattichis, Constantinos S.
A2 - Georgiou, Julius
A2 - Michael, Despina
A2 - Paschalidou, A.
A2 - Kyriacou, Efthyvoulos
A2 - Vassiliou, Vasos
A2 - Panayiotou, Christos
A2 - Kyriakides, Elias
A2 - Ellinas, Georgios
A2 - Hadjichristofi, George
A2 - Loizou, C.
T2 - 18th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, MELECON 2016
Y2 - 18 April 2016 through 20 April 2016
ER -