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August 22, 2014

Organic photovoltaic cells of the future
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2014
Organic photovoltaic cells - a type of solar cell that uses polymeric materials to capture sunlight - show tremendous promise as energy conversion devices, thanks to key attributes such as flexibility and low-cost production. But one giant hurdle holding back organic photovoltaic technologies have been the complexity of their power conversion processes, which involve separate charge formation and transport processes. To maneuver around this problem, a team of researchers in Japan has devel ... read more

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