Objective
1. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
1. Demonstrating lab scale photovoltaic devices based on conjugated polymers in composite with acceptors with target power conversion efficiencies of 3%. 2. Investigating techniques for fabrication of large area (>0.1 m2) cells using polymer printing techniques. Determining the production cost per unit area for different techniques.
2. TECHNICAL APPROACH
The Polymer/C60 photovoltaic devices demonstrated in the literature use materials which are not optimized at all. Due to the young age of this area of research there has not been any systematic approach to optimize the synthesis and choice of the semiconducting polymers to the solar energy conversion application. Neither there has been any systematic study of optimizing the device architecture (sandwich versus surface contacts, optimum device thickness, choice of metal electrodes, etc.), nor many different acceptor moieties has been tested for photovoltaic devices. The early success of these unoptimized devices encourages a strong improvement of efficiencies by a systematic optimization.
Since the great advantage of polymer technology lies in large scale/low cost production schemes, techniques has to be developed and/or adapted to make test productions of large area plastic solar cell prototypes. Application areas of hither to unknown territory, such as photovoltaic windows has to be technically investigated.
3. EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
1. Optimization of the synthesis and screening of the conjugated polymers towards solar energy conversion (photon harvesting)
2. Optimization of the open circuit voltage by choosing acceptors 3. Achievement of an homogenous, polymeric, photoactive thin films using innovative approaches (such as "molecular double cable approach" as well as "two cable approach")
4. Developing and adapting of know-how on polymer thin film technology for large scale/low cost production schemes of large area plastic solar cell. Prototype development.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy solar energy
- natural sciences chemical sciences polymer sciences
- engineering and technology materials engineering coating and films
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels energy conversion
- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics photons
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4040 Linz - Auhof
Austria
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