Project Details
Description
The potential advantages of an all-polymer heterojunction solar cell include: low cost (large scale production using existent polymer processing technology) large area (plastic thin films can be produced at macroscopic dimensions) flexible (mechanical properties of polymers) The materials used are hydrocarbon based, non-toxic molecules and production of these thin film solar cells are done at room temperature without any dangerous exhausts. Our expected technical achievements and verifiably realistic objectives within the proposed research are:
1. to increase the power conversion efficiencies
2. to increase the stability and lifetime of the cells towards ambient degradation
3. to develop techniques for fabrication of large area cells using polymer technology
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 01.07.1998 → 30.06.2000 |
Collaborative partners
- Johannes Kepler University Linz (lead)
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center (Project partner)
- Linköping University, Department of Physics and Measurement Technology (Project partner)
- Quantum Solar Energy Linz, Forschungs- und Entwicklungsges.m.b.H. (Project partner)
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Laboratorium voor Macromoleculaire >en Organische Chemie (Project partner)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Quimica Organica 1 Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Laboratorio de Materiales Moleculares Organicos (Project partner)
- Universita` degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Chimica Organica (Project partner)
Fields of science
- 103 Physics, Astronomy
- 104005 Electrochemistry
- 104016 Photochemistry
- 104017 Physical chemistry
- 103040 Photonics
- 103011 Semiconductor physics
- 104 Chemistry
JKU Focus areas
- Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management
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A soluble donor/acceptor double/cable polymer: polythiophene with pendant fullerenes
Maggini, M., Neugebauer, H., Cravino, A., Zerza, G., Bucella, S., Sariciftci, S. N., Svensson, M., Andersson, M. R. & Brabec, C., Apr 2003, In: Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 134, 4, p. 519-527 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optical- and photocurrent-detected magnetic resonance studies on conjugated polymer/fullerene composites
Schultz, N., Brabec, C., Sariciftci, S. N. & Scharber, M. C., 07 Feb 2003, In: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 67, 8, p. 085202 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of electrochemical and spectroscopic data of the low-bandgap polymer PTPTB
Mühlbacher, D., Neugebauer, H., Cravino, A., Sariciftci, S. N., van Duren, J., Dhanabalan, A., van Hal, P., Janssen, R. A. J. & Hummelen, J. C., 2002, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. PART II ed. Vol. 385. p. 85-92 8 p. (Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceedings › peer-review