Organic Materials for Photonics & Electronics

An introduction to organic materials with application to active electronic and photonic devices. Basic concepts and terminology in organic materials, and electronic and optical structure-property relationships. Molecular doping is introduced. Charge transport, light absorption and emission and photoinduced charge transfer are examined as well as interface properties of organic materials. Archetype organic devices such as light emitting diodes, solar cells, photodetectors and transistors are described. We discuss metal halide perovskites, a class of semiconductors currently extensively researched for thin film optoelectronics application.