Synthesising Conductive Organic Materials for Energy Devices

当代合成化学家面临的挑战之一是设计能够帮助我们克服能源危机的材料。该博士项目旨在开发导电有机材料，以提高有机光伏和轻型固态电池的性能。具体地说，该项目旨在开发离子液晶介元，其半导性在物质不同相之间的转变过程中保持不变，从而能够作为液体处理，并作为液晶或固体使用。学生将设计和合成新的有机化合物，并探索它们的导电性，作为光伏和锂离子电池装置原型的一部分。

One of the contemporary challenges facing synthetic chemists is to design materials that help us overcome the energy crisis. This PhD project aims to develop conductive organic materials to improve the performance of organic photovoltaics and lightweight solid-state batteries. Specifically, this project aims to develop ionic liquid crystal mesogens whose semiconductivity persists across transitions between different phases of matter, allowing for processing as a liquid and use as a liquid crystal or solid. The student will design and synthesise new organic compounds and probe their conductivities as part of photovoltaic and lithium-ion battery device prototypes.