Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V.

Cambridge Enterprise Limited

Enerthing Gmbh

Michael Niggemann

Hans-Frieder Schleiermacher

Andreas Georg

Andreas Hinsch

Birger Zimmermann

Jurjen Frederik Winkel

Birger Zimmerman

Jurjen Winkel

An apparatus for patterning an article that comprises a first layer of a first material. The apparatus includes a thread, at least one thread guide for guiding the thread such that at least a portion of the thread engages with the article, a unit for moving the thread relative to the at least one thread guide means, and a unit for applying a solvent to the thread before the thread contacts the article, wherein the first material is soluble in the solvent.

Apparatus for patterning an article

A method for patterning an article, the article comprising a first layer of a first material, the method comprising providing a thread carrying a first species, e.g. a solvent in which the first material is soluble, and contacting the thread with the first layer to remove at least part of the first layer.

Patterning

A method for patterning an article, the article comprising a first layer of a first material, a first major surface of the first layer being in intimate contact with some or all of a first major surface of a second layer of a second different material the method comprising providing a first thread carrying a first species to remove at least a portion of the first layer, and providing a second thread aligned with and adjacent the first thread and contacting the first and second threads with the first layer to remove at least part of the first layer.

Disclosed is a solar cell having at least one photovoltaic layer made of an organic material, in particular a polymer material, which absorbs light and in which electron-hole pairs can be produced, said solar cell having two opposite layer surfaces of which one is connected with at least one hole-receiving layer produced inside said photovoltaic layer and the other is connected with at least one electron-receiving layer produced inside said photovoltaic layer, as well as having electrode areas En and Ep, of which one said electrode area is electrically contacted to said hole-receiving layer and the other said electrode area is electrically connected to said electron receiving layer.

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Michael Niggemann