The Influence of Contact Properties on Device Performance in Organic Solar Cells (Printed Electronics Asia 2012)

Dr. Dana C. Olson received his Bachelors degree in chemistry from Carleton College, his Masters degree in materials science from The

Pennsylvania State University, and his Ph.D. in materials science from the Colorado School of Mines. He spent two years as an intelligence community (IC) postdoctoral fellow at Sandia

National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. He is a research scientist at NREL and oversees much of the organic photovoltaic research in the National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV). He

has over ten years of experience in organic electronics and eight years with organic and hybrid photovoltaics. During his graduate research at NREL, he focused on hybrid organic/inorganic

photovoltaics. He successfully demonstrated the first hybrid photovoltaic devices based on polymer/ZnO nanorod composites as well as demonstrating inverted bulk heterojunction devices

based on ZnO hole blocking layers. During his time at Sandia National Laboratories, he focused his research on enhancing the interfacial interactions between the polymer and the

metal oxide in order to enhance polymer infiltration, charge generation, and device performance. He developed inorganic metal oxide interfacial layers as well and organic self

assembled monolayers between the polymer and ZnO that enhance the photovoltage, enhance the crystallinity of the polymer at the interface, and decrease carrier recombination. Since returning to NREL, he has returned his focus to interfacial modification and the development of electron and hole blocking layers for use in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices. He has published more than 33 scientific papers and given numerous invited presentations at international conferences.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is one of the Department of Energy's national laboratories. NREL advances the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation, and renewable power technologies and provides the knowledge to integrate and optimize energy systems.