The Max Planck Research Group for Organic Optoelectronics (MPRG-OE) started in August 2008 at the MPIP. The group receives independent funding from the Max Planck Research Group programme of the Max Planck Society. The research of the MPRG-OE focuses on studying the photophysical properties of conjugated materials, i.e. their excited state dynamics and charge transport properties, with respect to applications in optoelectronic devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic solid state lasers (OLAS). Novel spectroscopic techniques are being developed and applied to conjugated materials and optoelectronic devices using combinations of electrical, optical and optoelectronic experiments. A major part of the research is devoted towards a better understanding of the charge generation, transport and recombination processes in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).

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