Molecular Design of Opto-Electronic Materials

From Single Molecules to Molecular Aggregates
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-527-34939-5
Verlag: Wiley-VCH GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

Provides an overview of molecular packing in different fields, affording the guideline to the molecular design of opto-electronic materials.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Zhen

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Solarenergie, Photovoltaik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER 01 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO MOLECULAR AGGREGATES
1.1. Introduction
1.2 Motivation
1.3 A brief history
1.4 Basic knowledge of organic compounds in aggregated states
1.5 Overview of topics covered
 
CHAPTER 02 THE MOLECULAR ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION PROCESSES FOR MOLECULAR AGGREGATES
2.1 Crystal engineering
2.2 Self-assembly system
2.3 Gel system
2.4 Cross-linking System
2.5 Host-guest system
2.6 Conclusion
 
CHAPTER 03. THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY OF MOLECULAR AGGREGATION SCIENCE
3.1 The theoretical calculation
3.2 General methods
3.3 Other methods
 
CHAPTER 04 PHOTOLUMINESCENCE OF MOLECULAR AGGREGATES
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Fluorescence
4.3 Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)
4.4 Phosphorescence
 
CHAPTER 5 MECHANOLUMINESCENCE OF MOLECULAR AGGREGATES
5.1 The emission mechanism of mechanoluminescence
5.2 Organic crystals with fluorescent mechanoluminescence
5.3 Organic crystals with phosphorescent mechanoluminescence
5.4 Mechanoluminescence from doping system
5.5 Special mechanoluminescence phenomena
5.6 Summary
 
CHAPTER 06 MOLECULAR AGGREGATES AS CHARGE TRANSPORT LAYERS IN PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Construction and work principle
6.3 Small molecules as hole transport layers in HPSCs
6.4 Small molecules as ETLs in HPSCs
 
CHAPTER 07 MOLECULAR AGGREGATES AS ACTIVE LAYERS IN ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Effects of donor aggregates
7.3 Effects of acceptor aggregates
 
CHAPTER 08 MOLECULAR AGGREGATES FOR SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECT
8.1 Microscopic and macroscopic nonlinearities of organic systems
8.2 Organic molecules for second-order nonlinear optics
8.3 Polymers for second-order nonlinear optics
8.4 Summary and perspective
 
CHAPTER 09 OTHER OPTO-ELECTRONIC MATERIALS IN AGGREGATE
9.1 Magnetic Materials
9.2 Metal-Organic Frameworks
9.3 Covalent-Organic Frameworks
9.4 Radical materials
 
CHAPTER 10 CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK

Über Autor(innen)

Zhen Li received his BSc and PhD degrees from Wuhan University (WHU) in China in 1997 and 2002, respectively, under the supervision of Prof. Jingui Qin. In 2003-2004, he worked at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the group of Prof. Ben Zhong Tang. In 2010, he worked at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the group of Prof. Seth Marder. He has been a full professor at WHU since 2006 and a chair professor at Tianjin University since 2018. His research interests are in the development of organic molecules and polymers with new structures and new functions for organic electronics and photonics. He has authored over 200 scientific publications and has received numerous scientific awards, including Chinese Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Young Chemist (2007), National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars (2013), Young and Middle-aged Innovation Leading Talents (2015), Ten Thousand People Plan of Central Organization Department (2017), and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2017).