Emerging Optoelectronics for a Sustainable Future

A Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Marcus Wallenberg Symposium. The symposium is supported by the Tage Erlander Prize.

Emerging optoelectronics, exemplified by devices based on organic semiconductors, semiconducting perovskites, and colloidal nanocrystals, are at the frontier of physics, chemistry, and materials science. They play a key role in developing next-generation technologies that promise to revolutionize industries such as renewable energy and consumer electronics. For example, emerging optoelectronic materials are gaining significant attention for applications in next-generation photovoltaics, which are crucial for harnessing sunlight more efficiently and cost-effectively. Additionally, these materials hold great promise for energy-efficient displays, which are in high demand in industries ranging from smartphones and televisions to virtual reality systems. They are also enabling new-generation detectors, such as photodetectors and X-ray detectors, which are crucial for applications in consumer electronics, health diagnostics, and security checks.

These emerging semiconductors are often more flexible and lightweight, making them ideal for new applications such as wearable electronics, flexible displays, and foldable solar cells. Furthermore, many of these materials, especially organic semiconductors, are made from abundant and environmentally friendly elements, contributing to a lower environmental impact throughout their lifecycle.

Through this symposium, we aim to inspire new ideas and strategies to tackle critical challenges in advancing sustainable optoelectronic technologies, such as next-generation photovoltaics, cost-effective displays, and environmentally friendly detectors. We also aim to create a dynamic platform for networking and professional development, enhancing opportunities for the engagement of Swedish researchers with global experts and industry leaders.

Registration
Registration is required. Participants travelling to Stockholm for the symposium are expected to arrange and pay for their own travel and hotel reservations. Lunch and coffee during the symposium will be covered for all registered participants.

Poster
Please let us know if you would like to present a poster at the symposium. It is possible to submit a short abstract when you register. All abstracts will be reviewed and those accepted to bring a poster will be notified by the organiser. Deadline for abstracts is 29 March.

Organizing Committee

Feng Gao, Linköping University, Olle Inganäs, Linköping University and Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Ellen Moons, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Tönu Pullerits, Lund University and Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Programme

Tuesday 28 April

08:50
Welcome remarks

09:00
Spin Radical Molecular Semiconductors
Richard Friend, University of Cambridge, UK

09:40
Advanced Organic Optoelectronic Devices by Controlling Precise Charge
Transfer Phenomena
Chihaya Adachi, Kyushu University, Japan

10:20
Efficient single-layer OLEDs by defect free charge transport
Paul W.M. Blom, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

11:00
Coffee break

11:20
Sustainable Semiconductors for Emerging Optoelectronics
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA

12:00
Molecular Design and Applications of OPV Materials
Jianhui Hou, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

12:40
Lunch

13:40
Modelling solar energy conversion in molecular electronic materials
Jenny Nelson, Imperial College London, UK

14:20
Disentangling exciton dissociation pathways in the non fullerene acceptor Y6
Anna Köhler, University of Bayreuth, Germany

15:00
Design Rules towards Sustainable and Resilient Organic Photovoltaics
Derya Baran, Materials King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

15:40
Coffee break

16:00
Organic semiconductors: Opening new perspectives in sustainable (opto)electronics
Karl Leo, Dresden University of Technology, Germany

16:40
Discovering multifunctional materials for green energy applications
Christoph J. Brabec, FAU and Forschungszentrum Jülich Germany

17:20
End of Day 1

Wednesday 29 April

09:00
Tunable Hybrid Perovskites: Symmetry Breaking and Phase Transitions for Spin and Optoelectronic Response
David B. Mitzi, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

09:40
About Halide Perovskite Fables, Facts and what’s in-between
David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Sciences, Israel

10:40
Defects Activity in Metal Halide Perovskites
Annamaria Petrozza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Milan, Italy

11:00
Coffee break

11:20
Perovskite LEDs for Lighting and Displays
Jianpu Wang, Nantong University/Nanjing Tech University, China

12:00
Halide Perovskites as Next-Generation Light Emitters
Tae-Woo Lee, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

12:40
Lunch

13:40
Lead Halide Perovskites as Quantum Light Sources
Maksym Kovalenko, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland and Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland

14:20
Colloidal Nanocrystals of Halide Perovskite and III-V Semiconductors: Synthesis and Applications in Light Emitting Devices
Liberato Manna, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

15:00
Coffee break

15:20
Advancing interface molecular engineering for perovskite solar cells
Tsutomu Miyasaka, Toin University of Yokohama, Japan

16:00
Discovery of Practical Perovskite Solar Cells and Their Evolution
Nam-Gyu Park, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

16:40
Molecular Photovoltaics and the Rise of Perovskite Solar Cells
Michael Graetzel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

17:20
End of Symposium

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