This volume presents the results of a multi‎-year research programme funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ‎(‎German Research Council‎)‎‎,‎ which explains how organic solar cells work‎.‎ In this new promising photovoltaic technology‎,‎ carbon‎-based materials are deposited by low‎-cost methods onto flexible substrates‎,‎ thus allowing devices which open completely new applications like transparent coatings for building‎,‎ solar cells integrated into clothing or packages‎,‎ and many more‎.‎ The investigation of organic solar cells is an interdisciplinary topic‎,‎ covering physics‎,‎ chemistry and engineering‎.‎ The different chapters address topics ranging from the synthesis of new organic materials‎,‎ to the characterization of the elementary processes such as exciton transport and separation‎,‎ and the principles of highly efficient device design‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Karl Leo
• Publisher‎:‎ Springer
• ISBN‎:‎ 9783319283364