17/18 January 2007 Wiener Neustadt - Czelo

Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), J.K.University of Linz
Address Altenbergerstrasse 69 Austria
4040 - Linz
Phone / Fax +43-732-2468 8753 / +43-732-2468 8770
www www.lios.at
Size 11-50
Organisation Type University
Contact Person
Name o.Univ.Prof.Dr.Mag. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci
Position Director
Email serdar.sariciftci@jku.at
Type of co-operation (Offered, Requested) Areas of activity
Licence agreement
Technical Co-operation (R&D) Boths
Joint research project Boths
Joint-venture agreement Boths
Manufacturing agreement
Commercial agreement Boths
Financial agreement Boths
• Electronics, Microelectronics
• Electronic engineering
• Materials Technology
• Optical Materials
• Plastics, Polymers
• Energy Production
• Sensors & Instruments
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Short description of company
The Linz Institute for organic solar cells (LIOS) at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria, is inaugrated in
June 2000 in the field of polymeric, “plastic” solar cells around Prof. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci, Chair of Physical
Chemistry Department since 1996. The Institute is the world’s first dedicated research institution which is fully
focused on the research and development of organic photovoltaic devices for terrestial solar energy conversion.
The strategical structuring of the research and development in LIOS is as follows:
1.) It is a photophysical experimental research laboratory, which specializes on the following studies of organic
semiconductors and photoactive nanostructures:
- Photoinduced UV-VIS optical absorption from cw- down to nanosecond domains
- Photoinduced Fourier transform infrared absorption in near- and mid-IR
- Photoluminescence and photocurrent detected magnetic resonance to investigate
the spin multiplicity of the excited state absorption-emission bands (ODMR)
- In situ spectroelectrochemical methods to characterize the radical states of the
donor as well as acceptor components for identification of the photoexcited radicals
- Nanostructure investigations using atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) and scanning near field optical microscopy (SNOM)
2.) It has an organic semiconductors’ thin film fabrication capability based on spin casting, doctor blading,
molecular beam epitaxy and hot wall beam epitaxy.
3.) It has a prototype development facility based on fully air free argon based systems, which are equiped with
device fabrication as well as in situ testing (under argon) with AM1.5 simulators and spectral photocurrent
facilities.
Thus, LIOS is capable of directly investigating the photophysical properties of new materials down to the testing
of prototypes which are produced also in house. Furthermore, the general facilities of the Technisch
Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät at the University of Linz are accessible directly for other research needs.
By date of September 2006, LIOS has 16 scientific members which represent and study the different aspects of
research and development as described above. LIOS is also interconnected with a large number of international
universities and research facilities through bilateral and/or multilateral research contracts. LIOS is also aiming to
transfer its innovations to the industry by means of spin-off companies which take up a specialized part of the
research and development and create a bridge to direct applications.
1. Profile: Expertise: Organic Solar Cells