Department - Author 1
Physics Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Physics
Date
6-2012
Primary Advisor
Robert Echols
Abstract/Summary
Multipolymer photovoltaics, single layer devices made up of multiple photoactive polymers, can create organic photovoltaics (OPVs) with a wider spectral response than single polymer systems without the difficult fabrication of a tandem. Our group has successfully created multipolymer solar devices with 2% power conversion efficiency. We have analyzed the optical and electrical properties of these devices, and found that it may be possible for polymers to assist each other with charge extraction, though combining polymers disrupts single polymer crystallinity.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/physsp/59
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