DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.pvspace.2022.012
Publication date: 8th June 2022
The class of organic-based photovoltaics, which ranges from all-organic to hybrid perovskites, has the potential of becoming a disruptive technology in space applications, thanks to the unique combination of appealing intrinsic properties (e.g. record high specific power, tunable absorption window) and processing possibilities. With the launch of the ESA-stratospheric mission OSCAR, we demonstrated for the first time organic-based solar cell operation in extra-terrestrial conditions. Since extra-terrestrial conditions can be very extreme with regards to temperature, we further explored the thermal window of operation of organic solar cells in order to assess their suitability for operation at extreme temperatures on earth and in space.
The authors would like to acknowledge FWO (Flanders Research Organisation) for the financial support with project G089918N and the ESA-BEXUS program.
The presented work is the result of a collaboration with many partners, and therefore thanks is also due to : Ilaria Cardinaletti, Dieter Schreurs, Tim Vangerven, Rob Cornelissen, Zewdneh Genene, Dasalegn Yilma, Michiel Mathijs, Jori Liesenborgs, Frank van Reeth, Koen Vandewal, Wendimagegn Mammo, Shimelis Admassie, Wouter Maes and the entire OSCAR-TEAM.
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