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Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308

Evaluation of Lifetime of High 

Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic 

Devices

Cooperative Research and Development 

Final Report

CRADA Number: CRD-10-379

NREL Technical Contact: Dana Olson

CRADA Report

NREL/TP-7A10-58234

April 2013
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Cooperative Research and Development Final Report

In accordance with Requirements set forth in Article XI.A(3) of the CRADA document, this 

document is the final CRADA report, including a list of Subject Inventions, to be forwarded to 

the Office of Science and Technical Information as part of the commitment to the public to 

demonstrate results of federally funded research.

CRADA Number: CRD-10-379 

CRADA Title: Evaluation of Lifetime of High Efficiency Organic Photovoltaic Devices 

Parties to the Agreement: Solarmer Energy

Joint Work Statement Funding Table showing DOE commitment: 

Estimated Costs NREL Shared Resources

Year 1 $ 25,000.00 

Year 2 $ 00.00 

Year 3 $ 00.00 

TOTALS $ 25,000.00 

Abstract of CRADA work: 

As a part of this joint work, Solarmer and NREL will investigate the lifetime and stability of 

Organic Photovoltaic Devices based on Solarmer high efficiency active layer materials.

Summary of Research Results: 

We performed initial evaluation of the device lifetime characteristics of polymer systems. In 

addition we aided in efficiency testing of high performance polymer systems. 

Subject Inventions Listing: 

None 

Report Date: 3/18/2013 Responsible Technical Contact at Alliance/NREL: Dana Olson

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