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Recent Developments in Conjugated Polymer Based Plastic Solar Cells

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Recent developments on photovoltaic elements based on solid state composites of conjugated, semiconducting polymers mixed with buckminsterfullerene are reviewed. The photo-induced charge transfer from donor-type semiconducting conjugated polymers onto acceptor-type conjugated polymers or acceptor molecules such as buckminsterfullerene is reversible, ultrafast (within 100fs) with a quantum efficiency approaching unity, and the charge separated state is metastable (up to ms at 80 K). This phenomenon of photoinduced electron transfer leads to a number of potentially interesting applications which include, among others, sensitization of the photoconductivity, reverse saturable absorption (optical limiting), and photovoltaic phenomena. Recent studies on the realization of photovoltaic elements with 3% power conversion efficiency are reported.

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  1. Linzer Institut für Organische Solarzellen, Abteilung für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, A-4040, Linz, Austria

    Christoph J. Brabec & Serdar N. Sariciftci

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  1. Institute of Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

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Brabec, C.J., Sariciftci, S.N. (2001). Recent Developments in Conjugated Polymer Based Plastic Solar Cells. In: Besenhard, J.O., Sitte, W., Stelzer, F., Gamsjäger, H. (eds) Electroactive Materials. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6211-8_1

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