Conjugated Polymers in Solution and in the Solid State

两个重要的方向提供了本研究的重点。 一个目标是实现高量子效率的光致发光 从溶液和固体薄膜中的共轭聚合物。 等 高效发光聚合物膜旨在用于 由导电聚合物制成的发光二极管（LED）。 二是研究高量子效率的电荷分离 在共轭聚合物-“巴基球”复合材料和p-n 由共轭聚合物-“巴基球”双层制成的异质结。 光诱导电荷转移类似于 人工光合作用 更深入地了解科学 提供了低成本高效太阳能转换的潜力 由这种异质结制造的太阳能电池。 导电聚合物现在可作为具有独特的 性质：重要的电子和光学性质， 半导体和金属与有吸引力的 聚合物的机械性能和加工优势。 这项研究将为量子力学提供基础科研研究 共轭聚合物中π电子的化学和物理 用于LED和人工光合作用。

Two important directions provide the focus of this research. One goal is to achieve high quantum efficiency photoluminescence from conjugated polymers in solution and in solid thin films. Such highly efficient luminescent polymer films are intended for use in light-emitting diodes (LEDs) fabricated from conducting polymers. The other is to study high quantum efficiency charge separation in conjugated polymer-"buckyball" composites and in p-n heterojunctions made from conjugated polymer-"buckyball" bilayers. The photoinduced charge transfer is analogous to the key step in artificial photosynthesis. A deeper understanding of the science offers the potential for low-cost efficient solar energy conversion from solar cells fabricated from such heterojunctions. Conducting polymers are now available as materials with unique properties: the important electronic and optical properties of semiconductors and metals in combination with the attractive mechanical properties and the processing advantages of polymers. The research will provide basic scientific research on the quantum chemistry and physics of the pi-electrons in conjugated polymers for LEDs and artificial photosynthesis.