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Organic Thin-Film Solar Cell Research at Stanford University

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Part 1 of this article appeared in the November issue and introduced the need for new low-cost, lightweight, flexible thin-film solar cells based on abundant and easy-to-process organic materials. It included a tutorial on how organic thin-film solar cells work and how their performance is measured, and it concluded with a description of the research on polymer organic solar cells being conducted at Stanford by Michael McGehee’s group.

Gary C. Bjorklund and Thomas M. Baer, Stanford Photonics Research Center

Although extremely simple in concept, successful photovoltaic devices for solar energy production will require the optimization of many different parameters involving material electron donor properties, electrode configurations, substrate mechanics and fabrication methods. A multidisciplinary approach will be required to achieve the necessary performance and cost improvements. Progress depends on the close collaboration of talented researchers with a broad range of skills that span a multitude of disciplines, ranging from synthetic chemistry to chemical engineering to materials science to...Read full article

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    Published: December 2007
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