Introduction to polymer solar cells
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New photovoltaic (PV) energy technologies can contribute to environmentally friendly, renewable energy production, and the reduction of the carbon dioxide emission associated with fossil fuels and biomass. One new PV technology, plastic solar cell technology, is based on conjugated polymers and molecules. Polymer solar cells have attracted considerable attention in the past few years owing to their potential of providing environmentally safe, cells consisting of a mixture of a conjugated donor polymer with a methanofullerene acceptor are considered as a promising approach. Here a brief introduction and overview is given of the field of polymer solar cells.-1
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