XLIM

Carnot Institute which incorporates the XLIM laboratory (Limoges, France), where the photovoltaic work is being conducted, is an integral part of the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS), and is. Activities of the laboratory consist mainly of (i) information and engineering sciences and technologies-microwaves, electromagnetism, optics; (ii) mathematics, computer sciences and imagery; and (iii) micro and nano technologies and instrumentation (MINACOM Dept). This last axis is where organic photovoltaics are being developed as a part of a set of research efforts in organic optoelectronics. There are currently more than 400 research personnel at the XLIM laboratory with more than 50 people involved in optoelectronics.