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 are discussed. Charge transport, light absorption and emission and photoinduced charge transfer are examined. Interface properties of organic materials are examined. Archetype organic devices such as light emitting diodes, solar cells, photodetectors and transistors are described. We introduce and discuss metal halide perovskites, a class of semiconductors currently extensively researched for thin film optoelectronics application.