Download or read book Relating Nanoscale Structure to Electronic Function in Organic Semiconductors Using Time resolved Spectroscopy written by Christopher Grieco and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molecular packing arrangements at the nanoscale level significantly contribute to the ultimate photophysical properties of organic semiconducting materials used in solar energy conversion applications. Understanding their precise structure-function relationships will provide insights that can lead to chemical and structural design rules for the next generation of organic solar cell materials. In this work, two major classes of materials were investigated: Singlet fission sensitizers and semiconducting block-copolymers. By exploiting chemical design and film processing techniques, a variety of controllable nanoscale structures could be developed and related to their subsequent photophysical properties, including triplet and charge transport. Time-resolved optical spectroscopies, including both absorption and emission techniques, were used to measure the population dynamics of excited states and charge carriers following photoexcitation of the semiconducting materials. Singlet fission, an exciton multiplication reaction that promises to boost solar cell efficiency by overcoming thermalization loss, has been characterized in several organic molecules. If the energetics are such that the excited state singlet energy is at least twice the triplet energy, then a singlet exciton may split into two triplet excitons through an intermolecular energy-sharing process. The thin film structure of a model singlet fission compound was exploited by modulating its crystallinity and controlling polymorphism. A combination of visible, near-infrared, and mid-infrared transient absorption spectroscopies were used to investigate the precise singlet fission reaction mechanism. It was determined that the reaction intermediates consist of bound triplet pairs that must physically separate in order to complete the reaction, which results in multiplied, independent triplet excitations. Triplet transfer, which is modulated by molecular packing arrangements that control orbital overlap coupling, was found to determine the efficacy of triplet pair separation. Furthermore, the formation of these independent triplets was found to occur on longer (picosecond) timescales than previously believed, indicating that any kinetically competing relaxation processes, such as internal conversion, need to be controlled. Last, it was found that the diffusion of the multiplied triplet excitons, and thus their harvestability in devices, is highly influenced by the crystallinity of the material. In particular, the presence of even a small amount of contaminant amorphous phase was determined to be detrimental to the ultimate triplet diffusion length. Future research directions are outlined, which will be used to develop further chemical and structural design rules for the next generation of singlet fission chromophores. Semiconducting block-copolymers, because of their natural tendency to self-assemble into ordered nanoscale structures, offer an appealing strategy for controlling phase segregation between the hole and electron transport materials in organic solar cells. Such phase segregation is important for both ensuring efficient conversion of the photogenerated excitons into charge carriers, and for creating percolation pathways for efficient transport of the charges to the device electrodes. Time-resolved mid-infrared spectroscopy was developed for monitoring charge recombination kinetics in a series of block-copolymer and polymer blend films possessing distinct, controlled nanoscale morphologies. In addition to explaining previous work that correlated film structure to device efficiency, it was revealed how the covalent linkage in block-copolymers can be carefully designed to prevent rapid recombination losses. Furthermore, novel solution-phase systems of block-copolymer aggregates and nanoparticles were developed for future fundamental spectroscopic work. Future studies promise to explain precisely how polymer chain organization, including intrachain and interchain interactions, governs their ultimate charge photogeneration and transport properties in solar cells.

Download or read book Electronic Processes in Organic Electronics written by Hisao Ishii and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nanoscale Interface For Organic Electronics written by Young-soo Kwon and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scope of this book will be focused on the interface issues and problems in organic materials as electronic device applications. The organic material electronics is a rapidly progressing field for potential applications in flexible field effect transistors, plastic solar cells, organic luminescent devices, etc.However, the performance of these organic devices is still not sufficient. To enhance the understanding and practical applications of organic devices, we need to understand the fundamental organic device physics which is somewhat different from the conventional inorganic device physics. This book will discuss the detailed progress in these topics.

Download or read book Electron Dynamics in Nanoscale Metals written by Hongjun Zheng and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACTThe focus of my graduate research has been to study how size, composition, and structure, influence the optical-electronic properties of nanoscale systems. Towards this goal, I have utilized ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy to study a series of monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) and plasmonic nanoparticles in order to elucidate carrier relaxation gold nano-systems in the hope of providing insight for improvement. As a first research accomplishment, I determined the transition size (~1.7 nm) between non-metallic and metallic electron behavior for gold nanoclusters. Having determined this characteristic transitional point, I divided subsequent research into three thrusts. The first was to expand the understanding of composition and structure domain dependence of carrier dynamics in ~1.7 nm size regime using ultrafast transient extinction spectroscopy. The second was to explore the ultrafast carrier dynamics in larger metallic nano-systems that are used widely in photo-driven applications. Primarily, my focus was to understand electron-electron scattering processes which relax in less than 500 fs. A fundamental understanding of this electron-electron scattering process is essential for understanding the quantum efficiency of utilizing the hot electrons. The last was to develop spatially resolved ultrafast spectroscopies in order to push our ability in studying structurally complicated systems such as layer materials which contain interesting optical-electronic properties but also have inherent heterogeneity problems that hinder the correlation of specific properties to the structure information. Explicitly, I developed spatially resolved two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy to fulfill this purpose.After the investigation of structure-dependent carrier relaxation dynamics at this transition point, the influence of structural modifications was characterized at the transition point. Specifically, the influence of Ag alloying on the relaxation pathways of the Au144(SR)60 cluster were studied. It was observed that the efficiency of electron-phonon coupling increased as a function of increasing silver alloying. These structure domain-dependent carrier dynamics studies were achieved by employing a state-selective pump-probe technique. Different vibration-assisted carrier relaxation channels were identified. In chapter 5, I demonstrate that excited carriers in Au144 cluster relax through three observable vibration-assisted channels, 2 THz, 1.44 THz, and 0.67 THz depends on where those carriers were located domain-dependent after excitation. These findings provided insight into carrier relaxation in the 144-atom gold cluster, and potential pathway in the modification of the carrier relaxation through structure engineer in MPCs.After the identification and characterization of the transitional point between metallic and nonmetallic nanoscale gold, two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) was developed and utilized to study carrier relaxation in purely metallic systems. Here, plasmonic gold nanorods (NRs) were chosen as a model system of study. Leveraging the ultrafast time resolution and the ability to retrieve the homogeneous linewidth of the sample, I was able to determine the electron-electron scattering time constant to be around 150 fs for the NRs we studied. The process observed in Chapter 6 represents the build-up process of Fermi-Dirac distribution from athermal electron gas.Having observed the sensitive correlation between structural and electronic properties of nanoscale systems, I worked to develop a method designed to better directly probe structural influences. In chapter 7, I described the work of developing a spatially resolved two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (sr-2DES), which facilitated our correlation of linear extinction and nonlinear sr-2DES signals. As a prototype experiment, thin films of aggregated CdSe nanocrystals were studied to demonstrate the combined spectral, temporal, and imaging capabilities of this method. The structural influence, i.e., the conjugation of the nanocrystal, was observed to result in a redshift of steady absorption and accelerated carrier relaxation dynamics.

Download or read book Nanoscale Properties of Low Dimensional Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Films written by Alexander Buyanin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The self-assembly and optoelectronic properties of model crystalline organic semiconductor films was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. Small molecule organic semiconductors serve as model systems for the active materials in organic electronic devices. Applications such as organic solar cells and light-emitting diodes rely on organic polymers and small molecules for their properties but the performance of these organic devices could still yet be improved compared to the inorganic-based devices. The aim of this work is to study different structure-property relationships in model organic systems to gain a better understanding for designing organic electronic material. Other spectroscopic and structural techniques are used to complement the spatial mapping capability of AFM, providing a more comprehensive view of the fundamental processes governing organic semiconductor films. First, self-assembled oligothiophenes with different surface functionalization are studied for the role humidity has on the electronic properties of a monolayer film. In-situ AFM and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) show that the water vapor is found to change the electronic properties of films with hydrophilic surface termination groups leaving hydrophobic films unaffected. Next, different indigo small molecules are self-assembled at the air-water interface into crystalline structures. The role of intermolecular interactions is found to play a critical role in the indigo crystal morphology. The self-assembled indigo crystals are studied by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy revealing the presence of H-aggregate formation during self-assembly. Further studies of the electronic properties of the indigo crystal films are performed using electrical AFM techniques and field-effect transistors. Finally, a scheme for the fabrication of flat field-effect transistors using graphene photolithography is presented. Graphene field-effect transistors are fabricated and tested providing a platform to study more accurately thin organic semiconducting films. This dissertation demonstrates the advantage of studying model systems of organic semiconductors with nanoscale precision with the aim of designing better performing organic electronic devices.

Download or read book Electronic Processes in Organic Semiconductors written by Anna Köhler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first advanced textbook to provide a useful introduction in a brief, coherent and comprehensive way, with a focus on the fundamentals. After having read this book, students will be prepared to understand any of the many multi-authored books available in this field that discuss a particular aspect in more detail, and should also benefit from any of the textbooks in photochemistry or spectroscopy that concentrate on a particular mechanism. Based on a successful and well-proven lecture course given by one of the authors for many years, the book is clearly structured into four sections: electronic structure of organic semiconductors, charged and excited states in organic semiconductors, electronic and optical properties of organic semiconductors, and fundamentals of organic semiconductor devices.

Download or read book Length and Sequence Controlled Organic Semiconductors written by Amir Mazaheripour and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic semiconductors have shown promise not only as alternative materials for silicon- based devices, but also as a gateway to a new paradigm of printable, biocompatible, wearable, and generally ubiquitous electronics. Considerable research effort has been devoted to elucidating structure-function relationships and charge transport phenomena in organic materials at the sub-20 nm length scale, where various key device-relevant electronic processes occur. However, the construction of precisely defined model systems at these length scales, which emulate the properties of pi-stacked or single molecule organic semiconductors remains as an important unmet challenge. To address this challenge, we have developed novel methodology for constructing length- and sequence-controlled molecular wires that can self-assemble into well- defined interfaces for charge transport studies. We have characterized the electronic structure and charge transfer dynamics at these interfaces with various techniques, including electrochemistry, synchrotron-based spectroscopy, and scanning tunneling microscopy. Our findings hold broad general relevance for understanding structure-function relationships in arbitrary organic electronic materials, nanoscale charge transfer phenomena at device-relevant organic/inorganic interfaces, and electrical conductivity in biological and bioinspired systems.

Download or read book Towards Understanding Nanoscale and Mesoscale Order in Organic Semiconductors written by Camila Arantxa Cendra Guinassi and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic semiconductors are emerging as promising semiconductor materials for a wide range of electronic and electrochemical device applications including displays, electronics, solar cells, chemical sensors, and energy storage. Recent advances in molecular structure-property relationships and backbone and side chain engineering have enabled significant progress in improving their charge transport properties and carrier mobilities, which are now competitive with amorphous silicon. Moreover, over the past few years, a series of conjugated polymers with polar side chains have been developed to operate as mixed ionic/electronic conductors in aqueous media. Despite these advances, an understanding of the multiscale mechanism for ionic and electronic charge transport remains elusive, limiting further progress in materials development. Charge transport requires continuous coupling across all length scales (i.e., atomic to mesoscale). Understanding the local environments where ionic and electronic charges reside in a semiconducting polymer and the energetic landscape for charge transport are key questions to address in the search for designing better materials. The focus of this dissertation has been on attempting to improve our understanding of the relationship between structure and its impact on macroscopic properties. In this dissertation, I present several methods to characterize the structure of semiconducting polymers and discuss the role of structure on optoelectronic and electrochemical properties. In the first part of this dissertation, I present a series of methods to extract and measure the nanoscale and mesoscale order of semiconducting polymers using low-dose, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images and data analytics. These results showcase the applicability of developing novel methods to characterize the rich, complex mesoscale structure of conjugated polymers with unprecedented detail. In the second part of this dissertation, I combine a series of electrochemical and structural characterization techniques to study polymer volumetric charging in a series of aqueous electrolytes. These novel semiconducting polymers have been specifically designed for electrochemical device applications that leverage ionic/electronic charge transport. This work elucidates complex polymer- and electrolyte- dependent structure-property relationships, which will help further developments on the rational design and understanding of this new family of materials. Overall, these studies suggest design principles to continue to advance the field of organic electronics.

Download or read book Nanoscale Insight and Control of Structural and Electronic Properties of Organic Semiconductor Metal Interfaces written by Bret Maughan and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organic semiconductor interfaces are promising materials for use in next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices. Current models for metal-organic interfacial electronic structure and dynamics are inadequate for strongly hybridized systems. This work aims to address this issue by uncovering the dominant factors important for understanding interface formation, with an eye towards tuning the interfacial properties. Here, I present the results of my research on chemisorbed interfaces formed between thin-films of phthalocyanine molecules grown on monocrystalline Cu(110). Using atomically-resolved nanoscale imaging in combination with surface-sensitive photoemission techniques, I show that single-molecule level interactions control the structural and electronic properties of the interface. I then demonstrate that surface modifications aimed at controlling interfacial interactions are an effective way to tailor the physical and electronic structure of the interface.

Download or read book Advanced EPR written by A.J. Hoff and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced EPR: Applications in Biology and Biochemistry provides an up-to-date survey of existing EPR techniques and their applications in biology and biochemistry, and also provides a wealth of ideas for future developments in instrumentation and theory. The material is broadly organized into four parts. In the first part (chapters 1 to 6) pulsed EPR is discussed in detail. The second part (chapters 7 to 12) provides detailed discussions of a number of novel and experimental methods. The third part comprises seven chapters on double-resonance techniques, five on ENDOR and two on optically- and reaction yield-detected resonance. The final part is devoted to a thorough discussion of a number of new developments in the application of EPR to various biological and biochemical problems. Advanced EPR will interest biophysicists, physical biochemists, EPR spectroscopists and others who will value the extensive treatment of pulsed EPR techniques, the discussion of new developments in EPR instrumentation, and the integration of theory and experimental details as applied to problems in biology and biochemistry.

Download or read book Organic Optoelectronic Materials written by Yongfang Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews the latest trends in organic optoelectronic materials. Each comprehensive chapter allows graduate students and newcomers to the field to grasp the basics, whilst also ensuring that they have the most up-to-date overview of the latest research. Topics include: organic conductors and semiconductors; conducting polymers and conjugated polymer semiconductors, as well as their applications in organic field-effect-transistors; organic light-emitting diodes; and organic photovoltaics and transparent conducting electrodes. The molecular structures, synthesis methods, physicochemical and optoelectronic properties of the organic optoelectronic materials are also introduced and described in detail. The authors also elucidate the structures and working mechanisms of organic optoelectronic devices and outline fundamental scientific problems and future research directions. This volume is invaluable to all those interested in organic optoelectronic materials.

Download or read book Quantitative EPR written by Gareth R. Eaton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing need in both industrial and academic research to obtain accurate quantitative results from continuous wave (CW) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments. This book describes various sample-related, instrument-related and software-related aspects of obtaining quantitative results from EPR expe- ments. Some speci?c items to be discussed include: selection of a reference standard, resonator considerations (Q, B ,B ), power saturation, sample position- 1 m ing, and ?nally, the blending of all the factors together to provide a calculation model for obtaining an accurate spin concentration of a sample. This book might, at ?rst glance, appear to be a step back from some of the more advanced pulsed methods discussed in recent EPR texts, but actually quantitative “routine CW EPR” is a challenging technique, and requires a thorough understa- ing of the spectrometer and the spin system. Quantitation of CW EPR can be subdivided into two main categories: (1) intensity and (2) magnetic ?eld/mic- wave frequency measurement. Intensity is important for spin counting. Both re- tive intensity quantitation of EPR samples and their absolute spin concentration of samples are often of interest. This information is important for kinetics, mechanism elucidation, and commercial applications where EPR serves as a detection system for free radicals produced in an industrial process. It is also important for the study of magnetic properties. Magnetic ?eld/microwave frequency is important for g and nuclear hyper?ne coupling measurements that re?ect the electronic structure of the radicals or metal ions.

Download or read book Semiconductor Photonics of Nanomaterials and Quantum Structures written by Arash Rahimi-Iman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the wider field of functional nanomaterials sciences, with a strong emphasis on semiconductor photonics. Whether you are studying photonic quantum devices or just interested in semiconductor nanomaterials and their benefits for optoelectronic applications, this book offers you a pedagogical overview of the relevant subjects along with topical reviews. The book discusses different yet complementary studies in the context of ongoing international research efforts, delivering examples from both fundamental and applied research to a broad readership. In addition, a hand-full of useful optical techniques for the characterization of semiconductor quantum structures and materials are addressed. Moreover, nanostructuring methods for the production of low-dimensional systems, which exhibit advantageous properties predominantly due to quantum effects, are summarized. Science and engineering professionals in the interdisciplinary domains of nanotechnology, photonics, materials sciences, and quantum physics can familiarize themselves with selected highlights with eyes towards photonic applications in the fields of two-dimensional materials research, light–matter interactions, and quantum technologies.

Download or read book Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 2785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Introduction: Nanotechnology and its underpinning sciences are progressing with unprecedented rapidity. With technical advances in a variety of nanoscale fabrication and manipulation technologies, the whole topical area is maturing into a vibrant field that is generating new scientific research and a burgeoning range of commercial applications, with an annual market already at the trillion dollar threshold. The means of fabricating and controlling matter on the nanoscale afford striking and unprecedented opportunities to exploit a variety of exotic phenomena such as quantum, nanophotonic and nanoelectromechanical effects. Moreover, researchers are elucidating new perspectives on the electronic and optical properties of matter because of the way that nanoscale materials bridge the disparate theories describing molecules and bulk matter. Surface phenomena also gain a greatly increased significance; even the well-known link between chemical reactivity and surface-to-volume ratio becomes a major determinant of physical properties, when it operates over nanoscale dimensions. Against this background, this comprehensive work is designed to address the need for a dynamic, authoritative and readily accessible source of information, capturing the full breadth of the subject. Its six volumes, covering a broad spectrum of disciplines including material sciences, chemistry, physics and life sciences, have been written and edited by an outstanding team of international experts. Addressing an extensive, cross-disciplinary audience, each chapter aims to cover key developments in a scholarly, readable and critical style, providing an indispensible first point of entry to the literature for scientists and technologists from interdisciplinary fields. The work focuses on the major classes of nanomaterials in terms of their synthesis, structure and applications, reviewing nanomaterials and their respective technologies in well-structured and comprehensive articles with extensive cross-references. It has been a constant surprise and delight to have found, amongst the rapidly escalating number who work in nanoscience and technology, so many highly esteemed authors willing to contribute. Sharing our anticipation of a major addition to the literature, they have also captured the excitement of the field itself in each carefully crafted chapter. Along with our painstaking and meticulous volume editors, full credit for the success of this enterprise must go to these individuals, together with our thanks for (largely) adhering to the given deadlines. Lastly, we record our sincere thanks and appreciation for the skills and professionalism of the numerous Elsevier staff who have been involved in this project, notably Fiona Geraghty, Megan Palmer and Greg Harris, and especially Donna De Weerd-Wilson who has steered it through from its inception. We have greatly enjoyed working with them all, as we have with each other.

Download or read book Theoretical Concepts of Photocatalysis written by Mohammad Mansoob Khan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical Concepts of Photocatalysis offers a systematic overview of photocatalysis while also exploring the theory and experimental studies of charge carrier dynamics. Introducing the fundamental concepts of photocatalytic reactions involving different types of photocatalysts for various applications, including the treatment of water and air, in food packaging, and in the biomedical and medical fields, the book shows different classes of photocatalysts for novel energy and environmental related applications. In addition, significant advantages, such as its low cost, high efficiency, harmlessness and stability are discussed alongside future perspectives and challenges related to photocatalysis. Focusing on nanostructure control, synthesis methods, activity enhancement strategies, environmental applications, and perspectives of semiconductor-based nanostructures, this book offers guidelines for designing new semiconductor-based photocatalysts with low cost and high efficiency to meet the demands of the efficient utilization of solar energy in the area of energy production and environment remediation. - Covers the different types of photocatalysts and related photocatalytic reactions - Offers theoretical and practical concepts of energy and environmental applications - Summarizes the fundamentals of semiconductor-based nanomaterials

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Theoretical Chemistry for Advanced Nanomaterials written by Taku Onishi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects recent topics of theoretical chemistry for advanced nanomaterials from the points of view of both computational and experimental chemistry. It is written for computational and experimental chemists, including undergraduate students, who are working with advanced nanomaterials, where collaboration and interplay between computation and experiment are essential. After the general introduction of nanomaterials, several computational approaches are explained in Part II. Each chapter presents not only calculation methods but also concrete calculation results for advanced nanomaterials. Hydride ion conducting nanomaterials, high-k dielectric nanomaterials, and organic electronics are focused on. In Part III, the interplay between computational and experimental approaches is explained. The chapters show calculation results, combined with corresponding experimental data. Dimensionality of nanomaterials, electronic structure of oligomers and nanorods, carbon nanomaterials, and the electronic structure of a nanosized sandwich cluster is looked at carefully. In Part IV, functionality analysis is explained from the point of view of the experimental approach. The emphasis is on the mechanism of photoluminescence and hydrogen generation using silicon nanopowder, the superionic conducting mechanism of glass ceramics, nanoclusters formation on the surface of metal oxides, and the magnetic property of an organic one-dimensional nanochannel. Finally, forthcoming theoretical methods for excited states and quantum dynamics are introduced in Part V.