Organic Photovoltaics: Small Molecules and Non-Conjugated in Polymers in Printed Solar Cells

Dr Scott Watkins, Research Scientist

CSIRO, Australia

Australia

This presentation was given at Printed Electronics & Photovoltaics Europe 2010 on Apr 14, 2010.

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Presentation Summary

New materials for use in bulk heterojunction solar cells including small molecules and well-defined block co-polymers.
Analysis of energy levels and interfaces by photoelectron spectroscopy in air and the importance of this information for device design.
Progress on developing printing methods for solar cells based on these new materials. This will include a discussion of the application of the technology developed for printing Australia's polymer banknotes to plastic electronics.
An overview of research and commerical partnerships as well as funding for Australian Organic Solar Cell research and development.

Speaker Biography (Scott Watkins)

Dr Scott Watkins is the Stream Leader for Organic Photovoltaics in CSIRO's Future Manufacturing Flagship and is based in the Division of Molecular and Health Technologies, Melbourne, Victoria. Scott has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Between 2000 and 2004 Scott worked with Opsys Ltd and Cambridge Display Technologies in the UK on the development of light-emitting polymers for display and lighting applications. Scott joined CSIRO in 2004 to work on materials and applications in the field of plastic electronics and has led projects on both OLEDs and OPVs.

Company Profile (CSIRO)

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian based science and research agency, employing 6,500 staff members at more than 50 sites, Australia wide and overseas. CSIRO's expertise is organised into 16 divisions with topics of national challenge or opportunities are handled in Flagship programmes. The projects are usually funded by the government as well as from industry. The focus of CSIRO is in delivering great science and innovative solutions for academia, industry, society and the environment.