Symposium S on Organic Materials and Devices for Sustainable Energy Systems: Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2009 in Boston, MA

有机半导体因其高性能以及与低成本、高通量加工技术的兼容性而在电子设备中的应用具有吸引力。有机电子的持续扩张是由学术和工业研究人员的跨学科专业知识推动的。这一伙伴关系导致对这些材料的基本了解取得重大进展，并提高了有机电子和光电设备的效率和运行稳定性。其中许多系统正在积极开发，作为下一代节能显示器和固态照明设备的一部分，以及用于低成本太阳能利用的光伏。智力优势：要充分利用这些独特的设备，必须克服在基本理解方面的重大差距以及重大的技术挑战。本次研讨会邀请介绍有机半导体在显示器、照明和光伏等可持续能源应用中的理解和实施方面的重大新进展的摘要。感兴趣的主题包括器件物理，新材料和器件结构的开发和表征，以及新的加工方法。材料研究学会(MRS)与有机电子材料和器件有关的研讨会是最近MRS会议上出席人数最多的会议之一。然而，事实证明，将所有电子和光电子器件应用以及材料研究都包括在同一研讨会上是非常困难的，因为研究社区迅速扩大，提交给这类MRS研讨会的摘要数量巨大。因此，拟议的研讨会强调可持续能源系统的有机材料的材料、器件和加工，包括有机光伏、用于显示和照明的发光器件以及其他新型光电器件。广泛影响：为了最大限度地发挥拟议研讨会的教育影响，研究生提交的摘要将优先授予口头或海报演示文稿。通过这种方式，研究生将在展示和辩护他们的研究以及接触有机电子社区方面获得宝贵的经验。专题讨论会的结果将通过会议记录传播，会议记录将由专题讨论会的共同组织者编辑并由夫人出版。最后，计划举办一次全天的辅导，以教育材料界在节能系统中应用有机半导体。本教程的题目是：有机光电材料和器件的基础，将由教授讲授。佛罗里达大学的薛建庚和明尼苏达大学的罗素·霍姆斯。

0950503MammarellaSummaryOrganic semiconductors are attractive for application in electronic devices due to their high performance, as well as their compatibility with low-cost, high-throughput processing techniques. The continued expansion of organic electronics is driven by the cross-disciplinary expertise of both academic and industrial researchers. This partnership has led to significant advances in the fundamental understanding of these materials, as well as improvements in the efficiency and operational stability of organic electronic and optoelectronic devices. Many of these systems are being actively developed as part of next generation, energy efficient displays and solid-state lighting fixtures, as well as in photovoltaics for low-cost solar energy utilization.Intellectual Merit: To fully capitalize on these unique devices, significant gaps in fundamental understanding as well as non-trivial technological challenges must be overcome. This symposium invites abstracts describing significant new developments in the understanding and implementation of organic semiconductors for sustainable energy applications including displays, lighting, and photovoltaics. Topics of interest include device physics, development and characterization of new materials and device architectures, and novel processing methods. Materials Research Society (MRS) symposia related to organic electronic materials and devices have been among the most highly attended at recent MRS meetings. However, it has proven very difficult to include all electronic and optoelectronic device applications as well as materials studies in the same symposium because of the rapidly expanding research community and the overwhelming volume of abstract submission to such MRS symposia. As such, the proposed symposium emphasizes the materials, devices, and processing of organic materials for sustainable energy systems, which include organic photovoltaics, light-emitting devices for displays and lighting, and other novel optoelectronic devices.Broader Impacts: In order to maximize the educational impact of the proposed symposium, abstracts contributed by graduate students will be given priority in awarding oral or poster presentations. In this way, graduate students will gain valuable experience in presenting and defending their research, as well as exposure to the organic electronics community. Results of the symposium will be disseminated through a conference proceeding that will be edited by the co-organizers of the symposium and published by MRS. Finally, a full-day tutorial is planned in order to educate the materials community on the application of organic semiconductors in energy efficient systems. This tutorial is entitled: Fundamentals of Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, and will be taught by Profs. Jiangeng Xue at the University of Florida and Russell Holmes at the University of Minnesota.