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    Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are more flexible and aesthetically pleasing than traditional silicon-based solar panels, and are cheaper to produce due to their high optical absorption coefficient. However, OPVs have lower efficiency, stability, and strength than inorganic solar cells. The concept behind OPVs involves light absorption generating excitons that diffuse to an interface, where charge separation and transport occurs before charge collection.

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    Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are more flexible and aesthetically pleasing than traditional silicon-based solar panels, and are cheaper to produce due to their high optical absorption coefficient. However, OPVs have lower efficiency, stability, and strength than inorganic solar cells. The concept behind OPVs involves light absorption generating excitons that diffuse to an interface, where charge separation and transport occurs before charge collection.

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    Organic Photovoltaics: Cheaper, Flexible Solar Power Alternative

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    Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are more flexible and aesthetically pleasing than traditional silicon-based solar panels, and are cheaper to produce due to their high optical absorption coefficient. However, OPVs have lower efficiency, stability, and strength than inorganic solar cells. The concept behind OPVs involves light absorption generating excitons that diffuse to an interface, where charge separation and transport occurs before charge collection.

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    Organic Photovoltaics

    By: Hanan Zulfiqar


    Why the need to produce OPV’s ?
    • Traditional Silicon based not flexible.
    • Esthetical Reasons (Pleasing view)
    • OPV’s much cheaper compared to traditional
    Silicon based PV’s
    • Optical absorption coefficient for OPVs are high
    relative to its counterpart.
    Drawbacks
    • Organic photovoltaic cells have low efficiency
    • low stability
    • low strength compared to inorganic photovoltaic
    cells.
    Concept
    • Absorption of light and generation of excitons
    • Diffusion of excitons to an active interface
    • Charge separation
    • Charge transport
    • Charge collection
    Thank you.

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