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Polarizing Organic Photovoltaics

  1. Rui Zhu,
  2. Ankit Kumar,
  3. Yang Yang*

Article first published online: 9 AUG 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201101514

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 23, Issue 36, pages 4193–4198, September 22, 2011

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Zhu, R., Kumar, A. and Yang, Y. (2011), Polarizing Organic Photovoltaics. Adv. Mater., 23: 4193–4198. doi: 10.1002/adma.201101514

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

*Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 SEP 2011
  2. Article first published online: 9 AUG 2011
  3. Manuscript Revised: 29 JUN 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 20 APR 2011

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Keywords:

  • organic electronics;
  • photovoltaic devices;
  • liquid crystals;
  • polymer orientation
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Polarizing organic photovoltaic (ZOPV) technology is demonstrated as a novel concept for energy harvesting and recycling technology. Novel, inverted quasi-bilayer device architecture is utilized to realize the ZOPV device. An anisotropic photovoltaic effect is obtained.

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