European Conference on Organic Solar Cells Cadarache, France, December 3-5, 1998 The Conference was organised by EUROSCI the European Organic Solar Cell Initiative formed in a project financed by the European Comission under the guidance of EUREC-AGENCY, Leuven, Belgium.

Chairman's Message

Dieter Meissner

List of Contributions

1. Large Area Flexible Photocells from Fullerene - Conjugated Polymer-Blends
   Christoph J. Brabec, N. Serdar Sariciftci
   CD Laboratory for Plastic Solar Cells, J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria
2. Electrical Properties in the Dark and under Illumination of Polythiophene-Based Schottky Junctions
   Nadia Camaioni, G. Casalbori-Miceli, G. Breggiato, A. Geri, M. Cristani
   Instituto die Fotochimica e Radiazioni d'Alta Energi, CNR-FRAE, Bologna, Italy
3. Towards an all Thin Film Hybrid Organic Inorganic Solar Cell
   Pierre Chartier, Hoan Nguyen Cong
   Faculté de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
4. Photoexcited Spins In Polymer / Fullerene Photo - Active Layers
   Vladimir Dyakonov (1), Jürgen Parisi (1), Christoph Brabec (2), N. Serdar Sariciftci (2), Rene A. J. Janssen (3), Jan C. Hummelen (4)
   (1) Energy and Semiconductor Research, University of Oldenburg, Germany
   (2) CD Laboratory for Plastic Solar Cells, J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria
   (3) Organic Chemistry, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
   (4) Org. and Molec. Inorg Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
5. Photovoltaic Effect in PPV / C60 Heterostructures and Blend Systems
   Stefan Forero, Thomas Stuebinger, Karlheinz Feldrapp, Wolfgang Bruetting, Markus Schwoerer
   Experimentalphysik II, University of Bayreuth, Germany
6. Analytical Study of PPV - Oligomer- and C60 Based Devices for Optimizing Organic Solar Cells
   Wim Geens (1), Jef Poortmans (1), Suresh C. Jain (1), Johan Nijs (1), Robert Mertens (1), Sjoerd C. Veenstra (2), Viktor V. Krasnikov (2), Georges Hadziioannou (2) (1) IMEC, Leuven, The Netherlands
   (2) Dpt. of Polymer Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
7. Sensitization of TiO2 with p-Type Semiconductor Polymers
   Albert Goossens, Barbara van der Zanden, Joop Schoonman
   Interfaculty Res. Center: Renewable Energy, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
8. The Photovoltaic Cells Based on the Nanocomposites of Conductive Polymers, Semiconductor CdS Particles and Fullerene Layers
   D. Yu. Godovsky (1), A. V. Varfolomeev (1), D. F. Zaretsky (1), A. V. Volkov (2), A. Kundig (3), W. Caseri (3)
   (1) RRC "Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia (2) Chemistry Department, Moscow State Unversity, Russia (3) ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
9. Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Conjugated Polymers onto Nanocrystalline TiO2
   René A. J. Janssen (1), Paul. A. van Hal (1), Martijn M. Wienk (2), Jan M. Kroon (2)
   (1) Lab. for Macromol. and Org. Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
   (2) ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
10. Photovoltaic Devices Based on Ladder Type Polyparaphenylene and a New Perylene Containing Oligomers
    G. Meinhardt (1), W. Graupner (1), G. Freistritzer (1), G. Leising (1), K. Müllen (2)
    (1) Solid State Physics, Technical University of Graz, Austria
    (2) MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
11. Porphyrine - Quinone Systems in Langmuir-Blodgett Films - Photoinduced Inter- and Intramolecular Electron Transfer
    Beate Röder (1), Olof Korth (1), Thomas Hanke (1), Jörg von Gersdorff (2), Harry Kurreck (2)
    (1) Institute of Physics, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    (2) Institute of Organic Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
12. Demonstration of Antenna-Effect in Porphyrin Sensitized Solar Cell
    Tjeerd Schaafsma, Rob Koehorst, Harry Donker
    Dpt. of Biomolecular Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
13. Photovoltaic Properties of Poly-Para-Phenylene - Vinylene - Polyaniline Blends and Influence of Encapsulation on the Photooxidation
    Raoul Schröder (1), G. Freistritzer (1), W. Graupner (1), Peter Preishuber-Pflügl (2), D. Faiman (2), F. Stelzer (3), B. Weßling (4), G. Leising (1)
    (1) Solid State Physics, Technical University of Graz, Austria
    (2) Inst. for Chemic. Technol. of Inorg. Compounds, Technical University of Graz, Austria
    (3) National Solar Energy Center, Ben-Gurion University, Sede Boquer, Israel
    (4) Ormecon Chemie, Ammersbek, Germany
14. Determination of the Quantum Efficiency of Charge Separation in an lnorganic Semiconductor / Conducting Polymer Bilayer using the Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity Technique (TRMC)
    Tom Savenije, Martien J. W. Vermeulen, Matthijs P. de Haas, John M. Warman
    Radiation Chemistry Dpt., Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
15. A New Class of Processable Low Band Gap Polymers: Interesting Materials for Organic Solar Cells ?
    Dirk Vangeneugden, Ralf Kiebooms, Dirk Vanderzande, Jan Gelan
    Inst. for Materials Research, Limburg University, Belgium
16. Crystal Formation in Conjugated Polymer / Dye Blend Photovoltaic Cells
    J. J. Dittmer (1), R. Lazzaroni (2), Ph. Leclère (2), P. Moretti (2), J.-L. Bredas (2), Klaus Petritsch (1), M. Granström (1), A. Marseglia (1), R. H. Friend (1)
    (1) Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
    (2) Centre de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveau, University of Mons-Hainaut, Belgium
17. Design and Stability Aspects of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
    A. Hinsch, J. Kroon, J. Wienke, J. A. M. van Roosmalen
    ECN, Petten, The Netherlands
18. A Single Layer Liquid Crystalline Photovoltaic Cell
    Klaus Petritsch (1), Richard H. Friend (1), A. Lux (2), G. G. Rozenberg (2), S. C. Moratti (2), A. B. Holmes (2)
    (1) Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
    (2) Melville Lab. for Polymer Synthesis, Cambridge, UK
19. Controlled Doping of Organic Dyes: Basic Mechanisms and Application in Diodes and Solar Cells
    M. Pfeiffer, A. Beyer, J. Blochwitz, M. Hoffmann, A. Nollau, T. Fritz, K. Leo
    Inst. for Applied Photophysics, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
20. Long-Term Stability of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
    J. M. Kroon (1), E. Rijnberg (1), J. Wienke (1), A. Hinsch (1), J. A. M. van Roosmalen (1), W. C. Sinke (1), B. J. R. Scholtens (2), J. G. de Vries (2), C. G. de Koster (2), A. L. L. Duchateau (2), I. C. H. Maes (2), H. J. W. Henderickx (2)
    (1) ECN Solar and Wind Energy, Petten, The Netherlands
    (2) DSM Research, Geleen, The Netherlands
21. The Status of Molecular Organic Solar Cells as Investigated in the EUROSCI Project
    Giampiero Ruani (1), Jean-Michel Nunzi (2), Carlo Tagliani (1), Paul Lane (3), Donal Bradley (3), Christine Videlot (4), Denis Fichou (4), Jörn Rostalski (5) and Dieter Meissner (5)
    (1) ISM, CNR Bologna, Italy
    (2) DTA-LETI-DEIN-SPE, CEA Saclay, France
    (3) Department of Physics, The University of Sheffield, UK
    (4) Laboratoire des Matériaux Moléculaires, CNRS Thiais, France
    (5) IWV-3, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
22. Metal Cluster Enhanced Organic Solar Cells
    Michael Westphalen (1), Uwe Kreibig (2), Jörn Rostalski (1), Hans Lüth (3), Dieter Meissner (1)
    (1) IWV-3, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
    (2) Department of Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany
    (3) ISI, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
23. Monochromatic versus Solar Efficiencies of Organic Solar Cells
    Jörn Rostalski, Dieter Meissner
    IWV-3, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
24. Water Influence on Molecular Organic Solar Cells
    Thomas Haueisen, Jörn Rostalski, Dieter Meissner
    IWV-3, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
25. Photoelectric Conversion Using Titanyl Phthalocyanine
    Toshimitsu Tsuzuki, Naoki Noma, and Yasuhiko Shirota
    Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
26. Electrophotography, Commercial Application of Organic Materials in Electrooptic Devices
    Manfred Lutz
    AEG - Elektrofotografie GmbH, Warstein, Germany
27. Photoinduced FTIR spectroscopy and CW-Photocurrent Measurements of Conjugated Polymers and Fullerenes Blended into a Conventional Polymer Matrix
    Christoph J. Brabec (1), H. Johannson (1), F. Padinger (1), Helmut Neugebauer (1), Jan C. Hummelen (2), N. Serdar Sariciftci (1)
    (1) CD Laboratory for Plastic Solar Cells, J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria
    (2) Org. and Molec. Inorg Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
28. Stability Studies and Analysis of Degradation Mechanisms of Conjugated Polymer / Fullerene Plastic Solar Cell Components
    Helmut Neugebauer, Christoph J. Brabec, N. Serdar Sariciftci
    CD Laboratory for Plastic Solar Cells, J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria
29. Characterization of Photovoltaic Devices Based on Para-Hexaphenyl / C60 Bilayers
    Gebhard Matt (1), Christoph J. Brabec (1), Helmut Neugebauer (1), Helmut Sitter (2) and N. Serdar Sariciftci (1)
    (1) CD Laboratory for Plastic Solar Cells, J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria
    (2) Inst. of Semiconductor Physics, J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria
30. Electric Fields in Molecular Organic Solar Cells Investigated by Electroabsorption Spectroscopy
    P. Lane (1), J. Rostalski (2), D. Bradley (1), D. Meissner (2)
    (1) Department of Physics, The University of Sheffield, UK
    (2) IWV-3, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
31. Influence of molecular orientation on the photovoltaic behavior of oligothiophenes
    Christine Videlot and Denis Fichou
    Laboratoire des Matériaux Moléculaires, CNRS Thiais, France
32. Organic solar cells based on rare earth bisphtalocyanine complexes
    Christine Videlot, Denis Fichou and Francis Garnier
    Laboratoire des Matériaux Moléculaires, CNRS Thiais, France
33. Nanoscale photovoltaics on organic single crystals
    S. Quemener, Fabrice Charra, Denis Fichou, and A. Gusev
    Laboratoire des Matériaux Moléculaires, CNRS Thiais, France
34. Dye sensitized polythiophene solar cells
    Lionel Sicot, Céline Fiorini, André Lorin, Jean-Michel Nunzi, Paul Raimond and Carole Sentein
    DTA-LETI-DEIN-SPE, CEA Saclay, France
35. Orientation induced molecular rectification in polymer films: improvement of organic-semiconductor devices efficiency
    Carole Sentein, Céline Fiorini, André Lorin, Jean-Michel Nunzi, Paul Raimond, Lionel Sicot
    DTA-LETI-DEIN-SPE, CEA Saclay, France
36. Chemical aspects of plastic solar cells
    Joop Knol, Bea M.W. Langeveld-Voss, Rene A.J. Janssen, and Jan C.Hummelen
    Org. and Molec. Inorg Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
37. Photovoltaic Cells of Polycyclic Aromatic Semiconductors
    Dieter Wöhrle, S. Hiller, N. Trombach
    Institute for Org. and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Bremen, Germany
38. Photovoltaic Properties of Organic Materials
    Yasuhiko Shirota
    Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Fac. of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
39. Conjugated Polymer Based Photovoltaic Devices
    Christoph Brabec (1), Jan Kees Hummelen (2) and N. Serdar Sariciftci (1)
    (1) CD Laboratory for Plastic Solar Cells, J. Kepler University, Linz, Austria
    (2) Org. and Molec. Inorg Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
40. Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Development and Prospects
    Klaus Peter Hanke
    Institut für Angewandte Photovoltaik GmbH (INAP), Gelsenkirchen, Germany
41. Design of Photoactive Molecular Devices Based on Quantum Chemical Investigations of Phenylenediamine, Carbazole, Tetracianoquinodimethane and Benzene Molecules
    Jelena Tamuliene, Arvydas Tamulis, Mindaugas L. Balevicius, Nick A. Kotov
    (1) Inst. of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius, Lithuania
    (2) Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Lithuania
    (3) Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
42. Dye-Sensitized Solid State Photovoltaic cell with Novel Organic Hole Transport Materials
    M. Thelakkat, J. Hagen, M. Denzler and D. Haarer
    Makromolekulare Chemie I, University of Bayreuth, Germany
43. INAP-Poster 1
    Klaus Peter Hanke
    Institut für Angewandte Photovoltaik GmbH (INAP), Gelsenkirchen, Germany
44. INAP-Poster 2
    Klaus Peter Hanke
    Institut für Angewandte Photovoltaik GmbH (INAP), Gelsenkirchen, Germany
45. On the Origin of Limited Photocurrent Efficiencies in Molecular Organic Solar Cells
    Jörn Rostalski, Stefan Günster, Andreas Bertram, Dieter Meissner
    IWV-3, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
46. Photoelectric Conversion Using Titanyl Phthalocyanine
    Yasuhiko Shirota
    Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Fac. of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
47. Morphology of Thin Film Organic Semiconductors for Solar Cell Applications
    Renate Hiesgen (1), Dieter Meissner (2)
    (1) Physics Department E19, Technische Universität München, Germany
    (2) IWV-3, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
48. Sensitizing organic solar cells with organized dye layers
    Rob B. Koehorst, Huub Maas, Tjeerd J. Schaafsma
    Dpt. of Biomolecular Sciences, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
49. Polymer Structural Modification Effects on Organic Conducting Polymer-Inorganic Semiconductor Photovoltaic Junctions
    Hoan Nguyen Cong (1), Cheikh Sène (2), Moustapha Dieng (2), Pierre Chartier (1)
    (1) Faculté de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
    (2) Département de Physique, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal
50. Tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane (TCAQ) and TCAQ-C60 Derivatives as Electron Acceptors in Photoinduced Electron Transfer Systems
    Rafael Gomez, Nazario Martin and Jose L. Segura
    Dpto. de Qimica Organica, Facultad de Qimica, Universidad Complutense, Spain
51. Limits to Energy Conversion Efficiency for Polymer Photovoltaic cells based on photoinduced charge transfer between donor-acceptor molecules
    D. Godovsky, O. Inganäs
    IFM, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
52. Directed Interconnected Networks for Organic Photovoltaic Cells
    Klaus Kohrs
    Schweinitz, Germany