Summary: We demonstrate the use of polyisobutene (PIB) in a glass encapsulation method suitable for organic devices. The PIB viscosity at environmental temperatures provides a fast and non‐aggressive passivant layer formation method for device protection with glass. Due to its fully aliphatic character, PIB is suitable for passivating organic light‐emitting and photovoltaic devices. The observed preservation of encapsulated Ca films demonstrates the PIB suitability for air‐unstable metals passivation. Stable I(V) characteristics and increased operational lifetime were observed in PIB‐encapsulated organic devices. This encapsulation method is cheap, simple, and dispenses intensive equipment use, so that it is appropriate even for laboratories with restricted experimental facilities.
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