Highly Efficient Tandem Polymer Photovoltaic Cells

A tandem polymer photovoltaic device includes a first bulk hetero-junction polymer semiconductor layer, a second bulk hetero-junction polymer semiconductor layer spaced apart from the first bulk hetero-junction polymer semiconductor layer, and a metal-semiconductor layer between and in contact with the first and second bulk hetero junction polymer semiconductor layers. The first and second bulk hetero-junction polymer semiconductor layers have complementary photon absorption spectra.

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