Electronics with molecules – photosynthesis, OLEDs and solar cells
Many carbon-based molecules behave as semiconductors when they have similar electronic structure to graphene. Nature has developed these to harvest energy from sunlight in photosynthetic systems. Much more recently, synthetic organic semiconductors have been developed and are now successfully used in semiconductor devices such as LEDs for OLED displays. I will outline some of the scientific surprises along the route from discovery to practical applications, and discuss the scope for engineering efficient solar cells.
Date: 17 November 2022, 17:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Prof. Richard Friend (University of Cambridge)
Organiser contact email address: scientific.society@studentclubs.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Lorenzo Piersante