Characterization of organically capped Si and group 14 alloy nanoparticle heterojunctions

• Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Klaus Meerholz
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Physikalische Chemie von Festkörpern und Oberflächen, Materialcharakterisierung
• Förderung: Förderung von 2010 bis 2015
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 181945350

Applications such as solar energy conversion are faced with fundamental challenges in device architecture that limits efficiencies. Recently, inorganic/organic hybrids have entered the focus of research in this field. This proposal combines the PI’s expertise in nanomaterials synthesis, their structural characterization, and physical characterization of electron transport in thin films: Susan Kauzlarich (UC Davis-Chemistry): chemical synthesis and characterization; Klaus Meerholz (UCologne, Physical Chemistry): optoelectronic characterization of hybrid materials. This International Collaboration in Chemistry (ICC) proposal aims to synthesize Si and Si1-xGex alloy NPs with hole conducting organic molecules to study charge transport/transfer between inorganic semiconductors typically exhibiting a band-like electronic structure and organic semiconductors featuring localized electronic states.

• DFG-Verfahren: Sachbeihilfen
• Internationaler Bezug: USA
• Beteiligte Person: Professorin Dr. Susan M. Kauzlarich