7. Other points to consider for the mass industrialization of organic photovoltaics

Some important points for verifying the economic interest of organic photovoltaics have been described in the literature. For example, the ability to synthesize large quantities of active layer materials has been quantified by a synthetic complexity (SC) index. . This SC index increases with increasing synthesis complexity, including the number of synthesis steps and the hazardousness of the products used for synthesis. Ultimately, SC reflects the estimated cost of the active layer material. SC can be divided by the...