This is a joint effort of research teams at Princeton University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Humboldt-Berlien University, recently published in the journal Nature Materials.
In recent years, organic semiconductors have been widely used in the field of soft electronic devices, displays, solar energy, etc. because of their natural, environmental friendly and good flexibility, etc. However, the electronic properties of these organic materials are generally not good.
The team found a powerful chemical admixture that adds electrons to carbon-based organic materials, raising the conductivity of organic materials about a million times.
The new type of admixture, made up of pairs of ruthenium-containing molecules that need to be activated by UV, has thrilled researchers that once activated, these components remain activated, even with UV light turned off.
This new admixture is not only very stable but also suitable for both solid and liquid organic semiconductor materials.
Xin Lin, a Ph.D. student at Princeton University who is a member of the research team and said at the results briefing, said: "Organic semiconductors are the ideal material for producing soft equipment, making the machinery production process cooler and more energy efficient."
Organic semiconductors have immeasurable uses in many emerging industries, such as bringing revolutionary changes to medical devices, dramatically increasing solar energy technology, etc. Many organic materials are favored, such as DNA, silk, and some even have self Repair function.
These emerging technologies will improve the performance of many devices, making them more environmentally friendly or more comfortable to wear, and perhaps in the not-too-distant future one will find themselves perfectly aligned with the electronics!