Advances in Organic and Hybrid Opto-Electronics
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D1: Advanced Energy Materials".
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
For the worldwide scientific and technological community, semiconducting organic and hybrid materials and their use in different electronic devices have been the focus of a great deal of attention in recent years. Modifying the molecular structure of organic and hybrid materials allows us to manipulate their optoelectronic properties with endless versatility, thus improving the existing related technologies. For instance, organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) (for full-color displays already in the market and solid-state lighting), photovoltaic cells (OSCs, DSSCs and PSCs) and different sensors are being developed for the commercial market, while other technologies are emerging and growing rapidly, e.g. bioelectronics and nanoelectronics. Recent progress in the synthesis of new materials, device architectures and postreatment processs have led to excellent performance for the electronic devices: power conversion efficiencies above 18% for OSCs, around 15% for DSSC and over 25% for PSCs. Substantial progress has been achieved not only in designing novel materials, but also in supramolecular control, molecular packing and film morphology as efficient tools of improving device performance. Bioelectronics is an emerging field where the knowledge accumulated in organic electronics is applied to biological systems such as implantable electronic devices, artificial muscles, electronic devices and circuits that mimic some of the computational features of the brain.
This Special Issue in Energies, “Advances in Organic and Hybrid Opto-Electronics” will focus on an interdisciplinary approach where chemistry, physics, material sciences, optics and engineering disciplines are combined to address the fundamental aspects of organic and hybrid opto-electronic materials and their integration in electronic devices. You are cordially invited to submit contributions to this Special Issue in Energies.
The topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:
- New conjugated building blocks and new synthetic approaches to organic and hybrid semiconductors;
- Synthesis of new π-functional organic materials: from small molecules to polymers;
- Supramolecular control in organic and hybrid semiconductors;
- Novel photo-physical and electrical phenomena of organic and hybrid devices;
- New trends in electroluminescent devices (WOLED, SMOLED, TADF, etc.);
- Progress in organic and hybrid solar cells (OSCs, DSSC and PSCs, new concept devices);
- Organic electronics for biological applications (sensing, biointegration, electronic skin, etc.);
- Industrial processing of organic and hybrid electronic devices (printed & flexible electronics);
- Theoretical calculations in organic and hybrid electronics;
- Role of surfaces and interfaces in organic and hybrid devices;
- Nanoelectronics.
Dr. José-Luis Maldonado
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Organic and hybrid semiconductors
- Organic and hybrid electronic devices
- Organic solar cells (OSCs) and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC)
- Perovskite solar cells (PSCs)
- Organic and hybrid electro-luminescence devices (OLEDs)
- Organic and hybrid electronics for biological applications
- Printed and flexible electronics
- Theoretical calculations
- Surfaces and interfaces
- Nanoelectronics
- Bioelectronics
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