A significant challenge for the successful commercialization of organic devices, is their limited lifetime. Extrinsic as well as intrinsic factors cause deterioration of device performances during operation and these therefore needs to be thoroughly investigated to minimize their influence. The extrinsic degradation is generally the result of oxygen and moisture diffusion from ambient into the device causing a reaction with the active layers or the cathode in both light-emitting diodes and solar cells. The intrinsic degradation is arising from intrinsic processes, in which the device materials change structure with time during normal device operation. This can e.g. be morphological or chemical changes in the active layers that lead to trapped charges, which can alter both the charge carrier profiles and recombination rates. The problems induced by both extrinsic and intrinsic factors are NOT straightforwardly solved and thus represent a principle obstacle for use and commercialization of hybrid and organic devices.

In the framework of the THINFACE project, we  propose  a workshop on lifetime and stability of hybrid and organic energy devices that includes all involved experts and younger researchers from the THINFACE network together with external experts from the community in France and abroad.

The aim of the workshop is to discuss common strategies and solutions for improving the lifetime and stability of organic devices and hybrid systems such as perovskite.

Researchers, private companies, PhD candidates and master students are welcome to register to the event.

Download the poster poster_workshop_file

Speakers

Session Organics : thursday april 21st	Session Perovskite: friday april 22nd
Christoph Brabec , University of Erlangen, Germany Photostability and photodegradation mechanisms in organic semiconducting BHJ composites	Aldo Di Carlo, University of Rome II, Italy Large area Perovskite Solar Cells: Fabrication and Stability
Tom Aernouts, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium Reliability of emerging PV technologies: identifying degradation mechanisms in a plethora of device architectures	Shahzada Ahmad, Abengoa, Sevilla, Spain
Roger Hiorns,  Institut des sciences analytiques et de physico-chimie pour l'environnement et les matériaux, Pau, France	Ruediger Berger, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany Unbalanced Charge Distribution Inside a Perovskite- Sensitized Solar Cell in Real Space
Vida Engmann, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark Stabilizing Organic Solar Cells by Ternary Blending Active Layers with Additives	Jacky Even, University of Rennes, France Carrier processes and photostability in perovskites materials and solar cells
Sylvain Chambon, University of Bordeau, France Degradation Mechanisms in Organic Solar Cells: The Role of Interfaces	Bertrand Philippe, University of Uppsala, Sweden  How Photoelectron Spectroscopy can be used to investigate organic-inorganic perovskites? Chemical, Electronic Structure Characterization and Stability Behavior
Benedikt Gburek, Heliatek, Dresden, Germany Efficiency and Lifetime of Small-Molecules OPV from Lab to Fab

Important dates

Submit your abstract, 30th january 2016 to 1st april 2016

Registration, 30th january 2016 to  21st april 2016

Workshop,  21st april 2016 at 14h00 - 22nd april 2016 16h30

Registration fees

Registration fees of 50 euros apply for regular participants that include the cocktail on april 21st and the lunch of april 22nd.

Master students are waived from fees and will not be supported for the lunch.

Only bank transfer are accepted, no payment will be accepted at the workshop place, in case of cancellation no refund will be possible.

Registration is mandatory in any cases and will be confirmed for regular participant after receiving the bank transfer.

Organizing committee

The workshop is sponsored by Sorbonne Universités (Séminaires internationaux de recherche), Institut Français du Danemark (Programme IFD), Framework Programme 7 from EU (ITN THINFACE)