Photochemical toolkit based on tetracyanoquinodimethane metal-organic semiconducting hybrids

该项目旨在开发用于柔性电子产品、可穿戴传感器、抗菌织物和高活性催化剂的低成本光活化材料。将开发一个光化学工具包，包括紫外线活性氧化锌、可见光活性金属和可见光/红外线活性电荷转移半导体材料。这些组分的杂化将产生在整个太阳光谱中具有光活性的材料，从而导致光氧化还原催化和光活化抗菌应用。预计这些材料将导致具有成本效益的工业流程，有效的环境监测，工业污染水流的清理，伤口和医疗环境中的感染控制，以及先进的消费者技术平台。

This project aims to develop low-cost light-activated materials for flexible electronics, wearable sensors, antimicrobial fabrics and highly active catalysts. A photochemical toolkit will be developed comprising ultraviolet-active zinc oxide, visible-active metals and visible/infrared-active charge transfer semiconducting materials. Hybridisation of these components will create materials photoactive across the solar spectrum, leading to photo-redox catalysis and light-activated antimicrobial applications. These materials are expected to lead to cost-effective industrial processes, efficient environmental monitoring, clean-up of industrially-contaminated water streams, infection control in wounds and healthcare settings, and advancing consumer technology platforms.