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Improving Polymer Based Photovoltaic Devices by Reducing the Voltage Loss at the Donor-Acceptor Interface

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This paper discusses the characterization and optimization of organic solar cells based on a bulk heterojunction consisting of an alternating copolymer, containing a fluorene and a benzathiadiazole unit with two neighboring thiophene rings, and a fullerene derivative (PCBM). The resulting power conversion efficiency amounts 3.9±0.2 % (AM1.5, 100 mW/cm2) and these polymer solar cells are therefore considered auspicious for further research.

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  1. Solar Energy, ECN, P.O. Box 1, Petten, NL, 1755ZG, Netherlands

    Date J. D. Moet, Lenneke H. Slooff, Jan M. Kroon & Sjoerd C. Veenstra

  2. Dutch Polymer Institute, Eindhoven, AX, NL-5600, Netherlands

    Jan M. Kroon, Svetlana S. Chevtchenko, Joachim Loos, Marc M. Koetse, Jorgen Sweelssen & Sjoerd C. Veenstra

  3. Laboratory of Polymer Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, MB, 5600, Netherlands

    Svetlana S. Chevtchenko & Joachim Loos

  4. Holst Centre / TNO, Hightech Campus 48, Eindhoven, AE, 5656, Netherlands

    Marc M. Koetse

  5. Science and Industry, TNO, P.O. Box 6235, Eindhoven, HE, 6500, Netherlands

    Jorgen Sweelssen

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Moet, D.J.D., Slooff, L.H., Kroon, J.M. et al. Improving Polymer Based Photovoltaic Devices by Reducing the Voltage Loss at the Donor-Acceptor Interface. MRS Online Proceedings Library 974, 309 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-0974-CC03-09

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