NOVELTY - Organic photovoltaic cell (20) comprises: (a) a cathode (25); (b) an anode (26); (c) an organic active region (24) for absorbing photons and generating excitons disposed between the cathode and the anode; and (d) comprising (a1) a cathode dipole region generally disposed between the organic active region and the cathode, where the cathode dipole region exhibits a positive charge near the organic active region and/or (b1) an anode dipole region (21) generally disposed between the organic active region and anode, where anode dipole region exhibits a negative charge near organic active region.    USE - Used as an organic photovoltaic cells.    ADVANTAGE - The organic photovoltaic cells utilize dipole regions that increases the power conversion efficiency of the cells.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) an organic photovoltaic cell comprising: (a) and (b) as above per se; (c1) a heterogenic organic active region disposed between the cathode and the anode that comprises a mixture of an electron acceptor material and an electron donor; and the anode dipole region generally disposed between the organic active region and the anode that comprises permanent dipole nanorods aligned and fixed in an anode dipole-region cross-linked matrix that comprises a hole transport material so that the anode dipole region exhibits a negative charge near the organic active region;    (2) an organic photovoltaic cell comprising: (a), (b) and (c1) as above per se; the cathode dipole region generally disposed between the organic active region and the cathode, where cathode dipole region comprises a cathode-dipole-region ferroelectric polymer , the molecules of which are aligned and fixed so that cathode dipole region exhibits a positive charge near the organic active region; and the anode dipole region generally disposed between the organic active region and the anode, where the anode dipole region comprises an anode-dipole-region ferroelectric polymer, the molecules of which are aligned and fixed so that the anode dipole region exhibits a negative charge near the organic active region;    (3) an organic photovoltaic cell comprising: (a), (b) and (c1) as above per se; the cathode dipole region generally disposed between the organic active region and the cathode, where cathode dipole region comprises cations dispersed within a cathode-dipole-region polymer; and the anode dipole region generally disposed between the organic active region and the anode, where the anode dipole region comprises anions dispersed within an anode-dipole-region polymer; and    (4) a process of making the organic photovoltaic cell, where the organic photovoltaic cell comprises (a)-(d) as above per se, comprising: forming the dipole region(s) by delivering permanent dipoles; applying an electric field to the permanent dipoles to align the permanent dipoles; and fixing the position of the aligned permanent dipoles.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure depicts an organic photovoltaic cell that comprises an anode dipole region that comprises permanent dipole nanorods aligned and fixed in a cross-linked organic matrix.    Organic photovoltaic cell (20)    Anode dipole region (21)    Active region (24)    Cathode (25)    Anode (26)