Themed collection Journal of Materials Chemistry C Advisory Board Collection
Conjugated polymers and composites for stretchable organic electronics
This review discusses recent development of conjugated polymer (CP)-based composites, hydrogels and intrinsically stretchable CPs for stretchable organic electronics.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 5534-5552
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC00709A
Hot carrier solar cells and the potential of perovskites for breaking the Shockley–Queisser limit
We review the cooling of charge carriers in metal halide perovskites for the use in hot carrier solar cells.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 2471-2486
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC04641G
Rational design and synthesis of bifunctional metal nanocrystals for probing catalytic reactions by surface-enhanced Raman scattering
This report highlights recent progress in the rational design, synthesis, and applications of bimetallic nanocrystals with integrated SERS and catalytic activities.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 5353-5362
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC01394B
What is the role of planarity and torsional freedom for aggregation in a π-conjugated donor–acceptor model oligomer?
We compare the aggregation properties of two model compounds, differing in their stiffness, in solution by a combined spectroscopic and computational approach.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 4944-4955
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TC00217H
Carbon-paste nanocomposites as unconventional gate electrodes for electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors: electrical modulation and bio-sensing
Nanocomposite carbon-paste electrodes (NC-CPEs) have been investigated for the first time in electrolyte-gated organic field-effect transistors (EGOFETs) as a replacement of conventional metal gate electrodes for bio-sensing applications.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 14993-14998
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC04929K
Balancing charge-transfer strength and triplet states for deep-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence with an unconventional electron rich dibenzothiophene acceptor
Manipulation of the emission properties of deep-blue emitters exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) through molecular design is reported.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 13224-13234
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC02175B
Enhancing the energy conversion efficiency of low mobility solar cells by a 3D device architecture
The short circuit current and energy conversion efficiency of solar cells based on semiconductor materials with low diffusion lengths like organics and amorphous silicon can be increased by a 3D device architecture.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 10289-10296
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC02358E
Explaining different experimental hole mobilities: influence of polymorphism on dynamic disorder in pentacene
The effect of polymorphism (i.e. the ability of accessing different packing structures) on the fluctuations of transfer integrals is quantified for a prototypical molecule, pentacene.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 9665-9670
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC03174J
Patterned flexible graphene sensor via printing and interface assembly
Multiresolution integrated graphene sensor with microstructures and macropatterns realizes point recognition and wrist movement monitoring.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 6317-6322
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC00910H
Two-dimensional eclipsed arrangement hybrid perovskites for tunable energy level alignments and photovoltaics
With tunable electronic properties and energy alignments of organic/inorganic components, (AEQT)BX4 opens up the possibility to theoretically tailor charge separation/recombination.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 5139-5147
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC01325C
Bis(tercarbazole) pyrene and tetrahydropyrene derivatives: photophysical and electrochemical properties, theoretical modeling, and OLEDs
The title compounds are compared to bis(carbazole) analogues. They exhibit multiple oxidations, dual fluorescence (in one case), and function as emissive layers in OLEDs.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 5009-5018
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC06266H
Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based terpolymers with tunable broad band absorption for fullerene and fullerene-free polymer solar cells
Fullerene and fullerene-free organic photovoltaics.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 3375-3384
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC06407E
Growth, morphology and structure of mixed pentacene films
This work investigates the evolution of structure and morphology of pure and co-evaporated thin films, as a function of pentacene concentration in a solid host of p-terphenyl.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 289-296
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC05525D
N-Cyanoimine as an electron-withdrawing functional group for organic semiconductors: example of dihydroindacenodithiophene positional isomers
This work focuses on a detailed structure–property relationship study, including the incorporation in n-type OFETs, of two dihydroindacenodithiophene regioisomers bearing two cyanoimine groups either in a syn- or an anti-configuration.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 13197-13210
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC04313B
Byproduct-free curing of a highly insulating polyethylene copolymer blend: an alternative to peroxide crosslinking
An alternative crosslinking concept for the insulation of HVDC power cables that uses click chemistry is presented.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 11292-11302
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC04494E
The influence of molecular conformation on the photophysics of organic room temperature phosphorescent luminophores
Tuning of photophysical properties by conformational control with dual RT phosphorescence in metal-free organic emitters.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 9238-9247
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC02987C
About this collection
To celebrate and welcome new members of the Journal Materials Chemistry C Advisoy Board, we have selected a series of papers published during recent years by these new Advisory Board members in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C.