A custom designed apparatus to enable HQP to fabricate thin film organic electronic devices with a low sample mass requirement.

在多伦多大学，我们在新型有机半导体材料的分子设计方面做出了重大努力，主要关注其在有机太阳能电池（OSC）中的应用。OSC是直接将阳光转化为电荷的电子设备。其中有机材料是“活性材料”，定义为负责将光直接转化为电荷的材料。OSC最近达到了8.4%的基准效率，是硅基太阳能电池的一半，但成本只有预计的1/10。有机活性材料是通用的，并且可以是多种多样的，并且它们的功能通过有机化学反应的通用性来设计。因此，OSC有可能成为下一代太阳能电池技术。

At the University of Toronto we have significant efforts on the molecular design of novel organic semi-conducting materials with a primary focus on their application in organic solar cells (OSCs). OSCs are electronic devices that directly convert sunlight into electric charge. whereby organic materials are the ‘active materials’, defined as the materials responsible for the direct conversion of light to electric charge. OSCs recently achieved a benchmark efficiency of 8.4%, half of that of a silicon based solar cell but at a projected 1/10 of the cost. Organic active materials are versatile and can be varied and their functions engineered through the versatility of organic chemical reactions. Therefore OSCs have the potential to be the next generation of solar cell technologies.