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Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics

Part of the book series: Advances in Polymer Science ((POLYMER,volume 272))

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Planar and bulk heterojunctions of organic donor and acceptor molecules are used to understand elementary processes in photovoltaic cells. The electronic structure, interface and film morphology, excitonic behavior, device characteristics, and correlations between these properties are reviewed here using a wide range of material combinations.

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    J. PflaumExperimental Physics VI, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Am Hubland,97074 Würzburg, GermanyBavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern e.V.), Magdalene-Schoch-Straße 3,97074 Würzburg, Germanyemail: Jens.Pflaum@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de

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  1. Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Andreas Opitz, Andreas Wilke & Norbert Koch

  2. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Norbert Koch

  3. Institut für Angewandte Physik, Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Rupak Banerjee, Alexander Hinderhofer, Christopher Lorch & Frank Schreiber

  4. Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 1, 86135, Augsburg, Germany

    Stefan Grob, Mark Gruber, Ulrich Hörmann, Julia Kraus, Theresa Linderl & Wolfgang Brütting

  5. Experimental Physics VI, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany

    Andreas Steindamm, Anna Katharina Topczak & Jens Pflaum

  6. Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE Bayern e.V.), Magdalene-Schoch-Straße 3, 97074, Würzburg, Germany

    Jens Pflaum

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Opitz, A. et al. (2017). Charge Separation at Nanostructured Molecular Donor–Acceptor Interfaces. In: Leo, K. (eds) Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 272. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28338-8_4

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