Unlike its inorganic counterparts, organic solar cell technology is a promising candidate for solar energy conversion due to its low cost, light weight and use in flexible devices. EU-funded scientists successfully developed organic wide-bandgap semiconductors compatible with roll-to-roll methods and excellent photovoltaic properties.
High efficiency and low cost are crucial to ensuring wider adoption of solar cell technology. As of 2013, organic photovoltaics' inefficiency and stability problems combined with their promise of low cost and increased efficiency made them a popular field in solar cell research.
Further details: New semiconductor materials for efficient organic photovoltaics