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Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308

Exploration of Novel Materials for 

Development of Next Generation 

OPV Devices

Cooperative Research and Development 

Final Report

CRADA Number: CRD-10-398

NREL Technical Contact: Dana Olson

CRADA Report

NREL/TP-7A10-55835

September 2012
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Cooperative Research and Development Final Report

CRADA Number: CRD-10-398

CRADA Title: Exploration of Novel Materials for Development of Next Generation OPV 

Devices

Parties to the Agreement: Conoco-Phillips

Joint Work Statement Funding Table showing DOE commitmen

Estimated Costs

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NREL Shared Resources

Year 1 $ 25,000.00

Year 2 $ 45,000.00

Year 3 $ 00.00

TOTALS $ 70,000.00

Abstract of CRADA work

Organic-based solar cells offer the potential for low cost, scalable conversion of solar energy. This 

project will try to utilize the extensive organic synthetic capabilities of ConocoPhillips to produce novel 

acceptor and donor materials as well potentially as interface modifiers to produce improved OPV 

devices with greater efficiency and stability. The synthetic effort will be based on the knowledge base 

and modeling being done at NREL to identify new candidate materials.

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Summary of Research Results

New structures for organic semiconductors with potential for improved solar cell performance were 

evaluated computationally with initial synthetic preparations of new materials.

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Subject Inventions Listing: None at this time

Report Date: 7/30/12 Responsible Technical Contact at Alliance/NREL: Dana Olson

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