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2269-29
Workshop on New Materials for Renewable Energy
Teketel Yohannes ANSHEBO
17 - 21 October 2011
Chemistry Dept., Addis Ababa University Ethiopia
Conducting polymers based photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion
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Teketel Yohannes
Chemistry DepartmentAddis Ababa University
P. O. Box 1176Addis Ababa, [email protected]
Conducting Polymers Based Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion
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1.Background
2.PECs Research
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene
-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
-DSSC using Natural Dyes
3.Conclusions
Outline
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1.Background
2.PECs Research
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene
-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
-DSSC using Natural Dyes
3.Conclusions
Outline
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Conducting polymers based studies Optical Electrochemical Spectroelectrochemical Electrochromic Electrocatalysis Photovoltaic (Bulk hetro-junction) Photoelectrochemical
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
What we do?
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What are PECs?PECs convert energy from the sun to electrical energy
or to storable energy (chemical fuel)
Basic structure of the PECs
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Conti...
Narrow band-gap semiconductors whose photo-response matches the solar spectrum are in generalunstable in contact with electrolytes.
When a hole reaches the interface an oxidationreaction occur with the semiconductor itself. This isan example of photocorrosion.
One of the earlier application of conducting polymerswas photocorrosion prevention.
Wide band-gap semiconductors are more stable butabsorb only the small portion of the solar radiation.
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Photoactive materials: Semiconductors with appropriateband gap and high absorption coefficient
Inorganic Semiconductor:Si, Ge, CdS, GaAs, CdTe, TiO2, CuInSe2, etc.
Organic Semiconductors:Small molecules
phthalocyanines, porphyrins, etc. Conducting polymers
Polythiophenes, polypyrrole, polyaniline, poly(p-phenylene), etc.
Our work is based mainly on conducting polymers.Synthesis: Chemical or electrochemical
Materials
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NH
n S n
polypyrrole polythiophene
N
H
n
polyaniline
n
poly(p-phenylene)n
poly(p-phenylenevinylene)
n
polyfluorene
Chemical structures of some conjugated polymers
Electronically Conducting Polymers
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 “For the Discovery and Development of Conductive Polymers”
Hideki ShirakawaUniversity of Tsukuba
Alan MacDiarmidUniversity ofPennsylvania
Alan HeegerUniversity of California
at Santa Barbara
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Electrolyte: liquid or polymer electrolytes
Polymer electrolytes: Ion conductors by solvation of salts in polymer matrix.
Polymer matrix:– Poly(ethylene oxide) – Poly(propylene oxide) – Poly(ethylene imine)– Polysiloxane, ...Ions:– Li, Na, K, ... salts with counter-ions: I-, ClO4
-, CF3SO3-, ...
– NH4+ salts
Ion-Conducting Polymers
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O
O
OO
O
O
OO
O
OO
O
O
O
Intrachain hopping
O
O
OO
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
Interchain hopping
– Cation motion coupled with segmental motion of polymer chain– Anion is more mobile than cation
Ionic Motion in Polymer Electrolytes
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Redox couple• Iodide/triiodide• Eu3+/Eu2+
• Sulphide salt/sulphur• Fe(CN)64-/Fe(CN)63-
• etc.
Redox couple & Counter Electrode
Counter electrode: Electrochemically stable materialsUsually: ITO, Au, Ag, etc.
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1.Background
2.PECs Research
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene
-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
-DSSC using Natural Dyes
3.Conclusions
Outline
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Two classes of polymeric materials:
•electronically conducting polymers
•ion-conducting polymers
•possibilities for application of both classes of material incombination with each other.
Eliminate problems encountered in liquid–junction PECs such as:
•Packaging
•Leakage
•Portability
•handling
Solid-State PECs
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Polymer Electrolyte: -(CH2O[CH2CH2O]9 )-Redox Couple: I3
-/I-
• Power Supply• Lamp housing• Monochromator • Sample holder• Out-put measuring instrument
Device Structure and Experimental Set-up Conjugated Polymers: P3MT, P3HT, P3OT, POPT, PTOPT, PANI, MEH-PPV, Co-polymers...
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• ChemicalSynthesis
• Electrochemicalsynthesis
Semiconductor Polymers
S
C8H17
nS
C8H17
S
C8H17
nS
H3C
n S
C6H13
n
Sn
S
O
n
O
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(V) (VI)
I. P3MTII. P3HTIII. P3OTIV. PEDOTV. POPTVI. PTOPT
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Irreversibility on Bare ITO
a) ITO, LiClO4-ACNb) ITO, KI/I2-LiClO4-ACNC) ITO/PEDOT, KI/I2-ACN
Teketel Yohannes, O. Inganäs, Solar Materials and Solar Cells, 51(1998) 193.
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-600 -400 -200 0 200 400
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
(b)
(a)
Cur
rent
/A
Potential/mV
Current density-voltage Characteristics of ITO│ poly(3-MT-co-3OT)│POMOE:I3
-/I-│ PEDOT│ITO in the dark and under illumination
Current-Voltage Characteristics
ISC = 0.21 A/cm2
VOC = 165 mV
Tesfalidet Lemma and Teketel Yohannes, J.Braz. Chem. Soc., 18 (2007) 818.
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Operation Principles of the Solid-State PECs
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300 400 500 600 700 800
0,0
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
0,5
(b)
(a)
IPC
E%
Wavelength/nm
)2/()()2/(1240(%) SC
mWInmcmAIIPCE
Photocurrent action spectrum of ITO/ poly(3-MT-co-3OT)/I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO for illumination through a) front side b) back side.
Spectral Response
Tesfalidet Lemma and Teketel Yohannes,J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 18 (2007) 818.
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a) Normalized optical absorption spectrum of poly(3-MT-co-3OT) deposited on ITO and normalized action spectrum of ITO/poly(3-MT-co-3OT)/I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO for illumination through b) front side c) back side.
Spectral Response
300 400 500 600 700 800
0,0
0,2
0,4
0,6
0,8
1,0
(c)
(b)
(a)
Nor
malized
Opt
ical A
bsob
ance
& I
PCE%
Wavelength (nm)
Tesfalidet Lemma and TeketelYohannes, J. Braz. Chem. Soc.,18 (2007) 818.
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Transient and Steady State Photocurrent
ITO/P3MT/POMOE, I3¯/I¯/Pt/ITO
Teketel Yohannes, Theodros Solomon, O. Inganäs, Synth. Met., 82(1996)215.
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Effect of Redox Couple Concentration
ITO/P3OT/POMOE, I3¯/I¯/Pt/ITO
Teketel Yohannes, O. Inganäs, J. Electrochem. Soc., 143 (1996) 2310.
[I3¯]/[I¯] Voc (mV) Isc
(nA/cm2) 10 - -1.0 223.0 53.30.1 250.0 31.00.01 523.3 32.3
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CV of ITO/POMOE/ITO a) no redox couple and �b) POMOE complexed with EuCl3.
Teketel Yohannes, O. Inganäs, Synth. Met., 107 (1999) 97.
Effect of Redox Couple
ITO/PTOPT/POMOE, .../Pt/ITORedox couple Voc (mV) Isc(A/cm2) I3
¯/I¯ 250 0.04Eu2+/Eu3+ 600 0.10
Eu2+/Eu3+ redox couple
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Solid-state PEC Isc (μA/cm2) Voc (mV) Ref. ITO/P3MT/POMOE, I3
¯/I¯/Pt/ITO 0.35 140 [1]ITO/P3OT/POMOE, I3
¯/I¯/Pt/ITO 0.04 250 [2]ITO/POPT/POMOE, I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO 0.20 166 [3]ITO/PTOPT/POOE, I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO 0.40 240 [4]ITO/P3HT/POMOE, I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO 0.47 130 [5]ITO/P3HT:C60/POMOE, I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO 7.28 98 [6]ITO/poly(3MT-co-3OT)/POMOE, I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO 0.21 165 [7]ITO/MEH-PPV/POMOE, I3
¯/I¯/PEDOT/ITO 0.14 310 [8]
[1] Teketel Yohannes, Theodros Solomon, O. Inganäs, Synth. Met., 82(1996)215.[2] Teketel Yohannes, O. Inganäs, J. Electrochem. Soc., 143 (1996) 2310.[3] Teketel Yohannes,, O. Inganäs, Solar Materials and Solar Cells, 51(1998) 193.[4] Teketel Yohannes, O. Inganäs, Synth. Met., 107 (1999) 97.[5] Mosissa Adi, Teketel Yohannes, Theodros Solomon, Solar Mater. and Solar Cells, 83 (2004) 301.[6] Ushula Mengesha, Teketel Yohannes, Solar Materials and Solar Cells, 90 (2006) 3508.[7] Tesfalidet Lemma and Teketel Yohanness, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 18 (2007) 818.[8] Ashenafi Asrat, Assefa Sergawie, Teketel Yohannes, SINET: Ethiopian J. Sci., 30 (2007) 85 .
Isc and Voc of the Various Solid-State PECs Studied
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1.Background
2.PECs Research
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene
-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
-DSSC using Natural Dyes
3.Conclusions
Outline
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P3HT:Fullerene
POMOE + I3-/I-
PEDOT-coated on ITO
S
C6H13
n S n
OO
ITO
(a) (b)
(d)
(c)
-(CH2O[CH2CH2O]9 )-
The chemical structure of (a) poly(3-hexylthiophene). P3HT, (b) poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophe), PEDOT, and (c) fullerene, C60, and (d) the basic structure of the solid state PEC.
Solid-State Conducting Polymer/C60 PEC
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Photocurrent response to continuous illumination with light intensity of 100 mW/cm�2 for P3HT:C60 based solid-state PEC
Ushula Mengesha and TeketelYohannes, Solar Energy Materials andSolar Cells, 90 (2006) 3508.
Solid-State Conducting Polymer/C60 PEC
0,0 5,0x103 1,0x104 1,5x104 2,0x104 2,5x104 3,0x104-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
Phot
ocur
rent
[A
cm
-2]
Time [s]
Photoactive layer Voc (mV) Isc (A/cm2) Pure P3HT 130 0.47P3HT:C
6098 7.28
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1.Background
2.PECs Research
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene
-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
-DSSC using Natural Dyes
3.Conclusions
Outline
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The device structure of the liquid-state PEC
Working Electrode:ITO/Polymer or ITO/TiO2/Polymer
•A。Sergawie, Teketel Yohannes, S. Guenes, H. Neugebauer, and N. S. Sariciftci, , J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 18(2007) 1189.•A。 Sergawie, S。 Admassie, W。 Mammo, Teketel Yohannes and T。Solomon, Synth. Met.,158 (2008) 307.•A。 Sergawie, Teketel Yohannes and T。 Solomon, Synth. Met. 157 (2007) 75.•A。Sergawie, Teketel Yohannes and 。T。 Solomon, Bull. Chem. Soc. Eth., 21 (2007) 281.•A。 Sergawie, S。Admassie, W。 Mammo, Teketel Yohannes and T。 Solomon, Bull. Chem. Soc. Eth.,, 21 (2007) 405.
Liquid State Organic/Inorganic PECs
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I- I3-
TiO2SemiconductingPolymer
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ITO-glass Counterelectrode
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.Vac
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Operation Principle
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rent
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sity
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rent
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sity
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Voltage (V)
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ITO/P3HT ITO/TiO2/P3HTA。 Sergawie, Teketel Yohannes, and T。 Solomon, Synth. Met. 157 (2007) 75.
Current-Voltage Characteristics
Chemically synthesised P3HT
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The photoelectrochemical devices parameters containing P3HT and TiO2/P3HT photoactive electrodes. Light intensity of 100 mW/cm2.
0.10.51510320TiO2/P3HT
1.6x10-4 0.421602.4P3HT
(%) FFVoc (mV) Isc (A/cm2) Photoactive layer
Devices Parameters: TiO2/P3HT Versus P3HT
A。 Sergawie, Teketel Yohannes and T。 Solomon, Synth. Met. 157 (2007) 75.
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O
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S
O
O
(a)
(b)
(c)
Monomers: a) 3-(2’,5’-dioctyloxyphenyl)thiophene, DOOPT b) 3-(2’,5’-diheptyloxyphenyl)thiophene, DHOPT
c) 3-(2’,5’-dibutyloxyphenyl)thiophene, DBOPT
Method: cyclic voltammetry Substrates: ITO-glass, TiO2 coated ITO-glass and glassy carbon in a three-electrode cell.Electrodes: RE (quasi) = Ag/AgCl, CE = Pt Solution: 1 mM of the monomers in 0.1 M LiClO4/CH3CN.
For solar cell applications, the polymers were dedoped to their neutral states.
Electrochemical Synthesis
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Working electrode: Conductive polymer coated potentiostaticallyCell filled with
electrolyte solution
Quasi reference electrode: Ag wire coated with AgCl
Counter electrode: Pt foil
PDOOPT PDHOPT PDBOPT
Electrochemical Cell
Electrochemical synthesis of polymers:
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Cyclic voltammogram for the electropolymerization of DHOPT on glassy carbon disk electrode in CH3CN solution containing 1 mM of the monomers and 0.1 M of TEATFB recorded at a scan rate of 10 mV/s.
Cyclic Voltammogram of Monomer Oxidation
0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2
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-20
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60
80
Current (A)
Voltage (V) vs. Ag/AgCl
0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2
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Current (A)
Voltage (V) vs. Ag/AgCl
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0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2-15
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b
a
Curr
ent
(A/c
m2 )
Voltage (V) vs. quasi Ag/AgCl
Cyclic voltammogram of (a) PDOOPT(b) PDHOPT and (c) PDBOPT
On glassy carbon disk electrode recorded in a 0.1 M TEATFB/CH3CN solution at a scan rate of 10 mV/s.
Cyclic Voltammogram of Polymers
A。 Sergawie, S。 Admassie, W。Mammo, Teketel Yohannes and T。Solomon, Synth. Met., 158 (2008) 307.
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-0,6 -0,4 -0,2 0,0-60
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nt d
ensi
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A/c
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Applied potential (V)
I-V characteristics of the polymer/TiO2 based PEC under white light illumination from the backside with light intensity of 80 mW/cm2:
PDHOPT (Blue line),PDOOPT (Black line) and PDBOPT (Red line).
Current-Voltage Characteristics
A。 Sergawie, S。 Admassie, W。 Mammo, Teketel Yohannes and T。Solomon, Synth. Met., 158 (2008) 307.
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PEC performance parameters of PDOOPT/TiO2,PDHOPT/TiO2 and PDBOPT/TiO2 based devices
Photoactive VOC ISCElectrode (mV) (A/cm2)
PDOOPT/TiO2 -520 32
PDHOPT/TiO2 -520 28
PDBOPT/TiO2 -560 45
PEC Performance Parameters
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1.Background
2.PECs Research
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene
-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
-DSSC using Natural Dyes
3.Conclusions
Outline
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DSSC using Natural Dyes Extracted from Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flowers
Electrical contact
Front side
Back side
Electrical contact
PEDOTITO
PVP+I3-/NaI+EMImI in AcNNc‐TiO2+ dye
ITO
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0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6-1.0
-0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5J/
mA
cm-2
potential/V
(a)
(b)
DSSC using Natural Dyes
J-V characteristics of ITO/nc-TiO2:SH-dye/PVP:CH3CN:I3-
:EMImI/PEDOT/ITO cell (a) in the dark and (b) under illumination
Voc = 517 mV
Jsc = 2.24 mA/cm2
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DSSC using Natural Dyes
Current density-voltage characteristics of ITO/nc-TiO2:SH-dye/PVP:CH3CN:I3-
:EMImI/PEDOT/ITO cell (a) in the dark and (b) under illumination with light intensity of 100 mWcm-2.
300 400 500 600 700 8000
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IPC
E%
Wave length/nm
Photocurrent action spectra for ITO/nc-TiO2:SH-dye/ PVP:CH3CN:I3
-:EMImI/PEDOT/ITO solid-state PEC.
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1.Background
2.PECs Research
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer
-Solid-State Conducting Polymer/Fullerene
-Liquid and Solid-State Organic/Inorganic
-DSSC using Natural Dyes
3.Conclusions
Outline
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Conclusions
Solid-State PEC: -prevent problems encountered in liquidstate PEC such as leakage, packaging etc.
Fullerene: improves PEC performance
Conducting polymers: possible sensitizer
Natural dyes: possible sensitizer
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– Prof. Olle Inganas, IFM Department of Physics, Linkopings Univeristy, Linkopings, Sweden
– Prof. Serdar Sariciftci, Linz Institute of Organic Solar Cell, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria
– Prof. Yasuhiko Shirota research group, Department of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
– Prof. Etienne Goovaerts, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
– Chemistry Department, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia– ICTP, Trieste, Italy– MSc and PhD students, Chemistry Department, AAU
Funding from:– RPO, Addis Ababa University– ESTC, Ethiopia– TWAS, Trieste, Italy– SIDA/SAREC, Sweden
Acknowledgements
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