Syllabus

Course title: Organic Materials for Energy and Optoelectronics

Class hours and location: Term 3, Wed/Fri 12:30-15:30 (duration of lecture-only classes is 1-2h), room E-R2-2023 and Zoom

Course website: zhugayevych.me/edu/Organic

Course Canvas site: skoltech.instructure.com/courses/3742, use it to

• get nonpublic files such as lectures/notes (Files) and videos (Pages)
• submit your works (Assignments), get feedback (Files) and see grades (Grades) except for the final one
• get announcements (Announcements) and Zoom links (Zoom)

Course facilities: CEST CREI

Educational: code MA030119, 8 weeks by 10 hours, 3 ECTS, graduate level (MSc/PhD), max 10 students per TA

Skoltech address: Main Campus at 30 Bolshoy Blvd, Blue Bldg at 3 Nobel St, see also public transportation

Instructor: Andriy Zhugayevych

Office: Blue Bldg 223b (closed during COVID outbreak)

Office hours: in class after 15:30, or by appointment in class before 12:30, or other time by Zoom-appointment

Phone: 3343

E-mail: a.zhugayevych@skoltech.ru, student emails will usually be answered in class

Chat: Telegram (ask TA)

Co-Instructors: Keith Stevenson

T.A.: Igor Gorokh

Lecturers: Igor Gorokh, Roman Kapaev

Course development team: Pavel Troshin (Lead Instructor 2016-2019)

Description: The course provides an introduction to physics and chemistry of organic materials as well as an overview of their applications in optoelectronics and energy conversion and storage with a focus on the development of practical skills in materials design. Students will learn about pi-conjugated semiconductors from molecules and molecular solids to polymers and materials with 2D and 3D connectivity such as graphene and metal-organic frameworks. Students will get basic skills in the design of organic field-effect transistors, solar cells, rechargeable batteries.

Intended learning outcomes:

• Knowledge of physico-chemical properties of organic materials and understanding of relationships between properties of these materials and their functional characteristics in energy and optoelectronic applications.
• Ability to perform a review of available scientific and technological data and generate structure-property relationships with respect to specific research or engineering task.
• Skills to perform rational design of materials with predefined physico-chemical and functional characteristics.
• Experience in processing, characterization, and modeling of organic materials and devices based on them.
• Ability to communicate research results orally and through writing.

Assessment (see details here):

• 2/8=25% – 2 homeworks
• 3/8=37.5% – 3 labs
• 3/8=37.5% – final project + exam + participation
• MSc and PhD students in CMS track are differentiated by amount and complexity of work
• For each assignment students will get a written or oral feedback except for: 'A'-graded works, 'B'-graded late submissions, submissions made after grading

Prerequisites: The course relies on basic knowledge of physics, chemistry and materials science. The general background in materials science is provided by Survey of Materials course.

Textbooks:

• A Koehler, H Bassler, Electronic Processes in Organic Semiconductors: An Introduction (Wiley, 2015)
• S R Forrest, Organic Electronics: Foundations to Applications (OUP, 2020)
• See the complete list here

Course content (see details here):

1. OFET
2. Synthesis
3. Characterization
4. Modeling
5. OLED
6. Solar cells
7. Electrochemical energy storage applications
8. Other applications