Photoactive component comprising an electrode and a counterelectrode, wherein at least one organic layer system is arranged between the electrodes, furthermore comprising at least two photoactive layer systems (4, 7) and between the photoactive layer systems (4, 7) at least two different transport layer systems (51, 52) of the same charge carrier type, such that at least one material which influences at least one of the following properties of the transport layer systems (51, 52): - energetic matching - transport properties - transparency is contained only in one of the two transport layer systems (51, 52) and, if said at least one material is a dopant, both transport layer systems (51, 52) contain another dopant, wherein one transport layer system (51 or 52) is energetically matched to one of the two photoactive layer systems (4, 7), such that a transport energy level position of the transport layer system (51 or 52) differs from a transport energy level position of said one of the two layer systems (4, 7) by less than 0.5 eV, wherein the transport energy level position of a transport layer system (51, 52) is the energetic position of the energetically highest HOMO if a p-type transport layer system (51, 52) is involved, and is the energetic position of the energetically lowest LUMO if an n-type transport layer system (51, 52) is involved, and the other transport layer system (52 or 51) is embodied as transparent, wherein a material or a material film or a transport layer system is transparent if at least one of the following conditions applies: - the energetic separation between LUMO and HOMO of the material or the material film or of the transport layer system is greater than 2.5 eV, - a 50 nm thick film of the material or of the transport layer system has a transparency of greater than 70% in the wavelength range of 400 to 900 nm, - the material or the material film or the transport layer system has an extinction coefficient ε which does not exceed the value of 0.5 × 105 cm-1 in the wavelength range of between 450 nm and 800 nm, and/or the material or the material film or the transport layer system has an absorption index k which does not exceed the value 0.1 in the wavelength range of between 450 nm and 800 nm, - the material or the material film or the transport layer system has a greater optical band gap than the photoactive layer system. - energetic matching - transport properties - transparency - the energetic separation between LUMO and HOMO of the material or the material film or of the transport layer system is greater than 2.5 eV, - a 50 nm thick film of the material or of the transport layer system has a transparency of greater than 70% in the wavelength range of 400 to 900 nm, - the material or the material film or the transport layer system has an extinction coefficient ε which does not exceed the value of 0.5 × 105 cm-1 in the wavelength range of between 450 nm and 800 nm, and/or the material or the material film or the transport layer system has an absorption index k which does not exceed the value 0.1 in the wavelength range of between 450 nm and 800 nm, - the material or the material film or the transport layer system has a greater optical band gap than the photoactive layer system.