ABSTRACT
Today’s optoelectronic devices are based on crystalline inorganic materials, but their rigidness and negative environmental impacts caused by the way they are manufactured, used and disposed of call for the search for alternatives. The use of flexible, semi-transparent and eco-friendly organic materials that can be unobtrusively integrated with the environment is a promising route to meeting the growing needs of the world. In this talk, I will discuss recent advances in the development of organic optoelectronic devices for solar cell and photodetection applications. I will particularly highlight my recent works that use time-resolved optical methods to reveal the underlying charge separation mechanism that enables organic solar cells to operate close to the thermodynamic limit.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Philip Chow received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Cambridge working with Prof. Richard Friend at the Cavendish Laboratory. He was awarded the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship in 2016 to work with Prof. Takao Someya at the University of Tokyo. He joined HKUST as Research Assistant Professor in 2017. His research focuses on the study of optoelectronic processes in novel semiconducting materials and their device applications.
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