The invention relates to an organic photoactive component, in particular, an organic photovoltaic cell, comprising a contact and a counter-contact, in addition to an organic area which is electrically connected to the contact and the counter contact. A photoactive area which is provided with a photoactive volume-hetero transition or a flat hetero-transition is formed between an electron-conducting organic material and a hole-conducting organic material in the organic area. The hole-conducting material and/or the electron-conducting organic material is/are formed according to one of the following types of oligomers: conjugated acceptor-donor-acceptor-oligomer (A-D-A'-oligomer) comprising an acceptor unit (A) and an additional acceptor unit (A'), which are connected, respectively, to a donor unit (D), and conjugated donor-acceptor-donor-oligomer (D-A-D -oligomer) comprising a donor-unit (D) and an additional donor unit (D'), which are connected, respectively to an acceptor unit (A).