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SYOE: Symposium Organic Thin Film Electronics: From Molecular Contacts to Devices

SYOE 8: Poster Session SYOE

SYOE 8.56: Poster

Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 18:00–20:00, Poster B

Serial Interconnection of Polymer Solar Cells: Design Rules towards Photovoltaic Modules — •Burhan Muhsin, Joachim Renz, Gerhard Gobsch, and Harald Hoppe — Institute of Physics, Ilmenau Technical University, Weimarer Str. 32, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany

We have prepared relatively large area polymer solar cells and modules based on thin film blends of poly[3-hexylthiophene] / [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT/PCBM). The size of each solar cell exceeds 5 cm2. By serial interconnection of the individual solar cells, we achieve multiples of the single cell open circuit voltage. Design rules for efficient serial interconnection are discussed.