Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs
Organic electronics has developed rapidly over the past 40 years. In 1977, a seminal discovery was reported that showed that a polymer known as polyacetylene could conduct electricity as well as metals could. This was a groundbreaking discovery that led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000. The pol...
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| author | Luscombe Christine K. Maitra Uday Walter Michael Wiedmer Susanne K. |
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| description | Organic electronics has developed rapidly over the past 40 years. In 1977, a seminal discovery was reported that showed that a polymer known as polyacetylene could conduct electricity as well as metals could. This was a groundbreaking discovery that led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000. The polymers that are used in organic electronics have now been widely studied for use in organic solar cells (OSCs), organic field effect transistors (OFETs), printable electronics, flexible electronics, antistatic coatings, actuators, and more recently in bioelectronics. In particular, the utility of organic electronics is seen in the commercial success of using organic electronic materials in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) where OLED displays can be seen in mobile phones and as flat panel displays. In this paper, we provide a tutorial targeting upper secondary students describing how these special classes of polymers function, and how they can be synthesized. The paper further discusses the use of these materials in two applications: organic solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes. The paper ends with a brief discussion about hands-on activities that can be carried out in the upper secondary student science classroom. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-610aef151ead4b5a9bd1f719db744c8b2022-12-22T03:08:45ZengDe GruyterChemistry Teacher International2569-32632021-03-013216918310.1515/cti-2020-0020Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDsLuscombe Christine K.0Maitra Uday1Walter Michael2Wiedmer Susanne K.3Materials Science and Engineering Department, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USADepartment of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina – Charlotte, 9201 University City, Blvd, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USADepartment of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O.B. 55, 00014, Helsinki, FinlandOrganic electronics has developed rapidly over the past 40 years. In 1977, a seminal discovery was reported that showed that a polymer known as polyacetylene could conduct electricity as well as metals could. This was a groundbreaking discovery that led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000. The polymers that are used in organic electronics have now been widely studied for use in organic solar cells (OSCs), organic field effect transistors (OFETs), printable electronics, flexible electronics, antistatic coatings, actuators, and more recently in bioelectronics. In particular, the utility of organic electronics is seen in the commercial success of using organic electronic materials in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) where OLED displays can be seen in mobile phones and as flat panel displays. In this paper, we provide a tutorial targeting upper secondary students describing how these special classes of polymers function, and how they can be synthesized. The paper further discusses the use of these materials in two applications: organic solar cells and organic light-emitting diodes. The paper ends with a brief discussion about hands-on activities that can be carried out in the upper secondary student science classroom.https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2020-0020light-emitting diodesorganic electronicssemiconducting polymerssolar cells |
| spellingShingle | Luscombe Christine K. Maitra Uday Walter Michael Wiedmer Susanne K. Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs Chemistry Teacher International light-emitting diodes organic electronics semiconducting polymers solar cells |
| title | Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs |
| title_full | Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs |
| title_fullStr | Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs |
| title_short | Theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to OSCs and OLEDs |
| title_sort | theoretical background on semiconducting polymers and their applications to oscs and oleds |
| topic | light-emitting diodes organic electronics semiconducting polymers solar cells |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2020-0020 |
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