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Congratulations to Andreas and Adrian for publishing their research work on highly efficient n-type OECTs involving acceptor-acceptor linkage strategy in Adv. Electron. Mater. 2023, 2300026; DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202300026. Two different acceptor moieties were so selected that there is negligible torsional angle between them leading to high planarity and excellent mixed ion-electron conduction properties.
Congrats to Alexander on publication of the Clickable multifunctional SPEs for the application in all solid state Lithium Metal Batteries, published in Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.107348).
Congrats to Adrian and Andreas for the Adv. Funct. Mater. (https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300614) paper on a new and facile route for n-doping of conjugated acceptor copolymers and for the detailed elucidation of doping mechanism. The doped system is successfully tested for thermoelectrics.
Dr. Aruna from Rathinam College, Coimbatore is a specialist for electrocatalysis using diverse semiconductors. She spends three weeks in our group.
Welcome to Applied Functional Polymers group at University of Bayreuth!
We are an interdisciplinary group covering fields of Chemistry, Physics and Material Science.
Our objectives are
- to design and develop novel tailor made functional molecules, polymers and block copolymers,
- to combine organics with other functional inorganics to get hybrid systems and
- to contribute conceptually to solar energy conversion and storage.
Our tools include diverse thin film preparation techniques, self-assembly and device preparation and characterization in addition to elaborate synthetic methods.