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Gekoppelte organisch-anorganische Nanostrukturen: Von maßgeschneiderten elektronischen Eigenschaften über selektiven Ladungstransport zu optoelektronischen Bauteilen

Fachliche Zuordnung Physikalische Chemie von Festkörpern und Oberflächen, Materialcharakterisierung
Förderung Förderung von 2016 bis 2021
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 282208125
 
Erstellungsjahr 2021

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

This project has investigated the structure and charge-carrier transport properties of hybrid nanomaterials that arise from combining semiconducting PbS nanocrystals with conjugated organic molecules into hybrid thin films. It was demonstrated that arrays of the same PbS nanocrystal can exhibit p- or n-type transport behavior depending on the type of the conjugated organic molecule attached to the surface. This could be attributed to the electronic structure at the NC/molecule interface, which was tailored to be either resonant with the hole (p-type) or electron states (n-type). With this novel concept for tuning the electric properties of nanocrystal arrays, it is now possible to design more complex devices, such as p-n diodes, on the basis of the same nanocrystals by merely altering the surface molecule. A persistent challenge in this regard is the fabrication of homogeneous, fully closed thin films of such hybrid nanomaterials on millimeter-sized areas to allow for the fabrication of vertically stacked devices with several layers of different materials without electrical shortcuts. A key advantage of the approach demonstrated in this project is the ability to design nanocrystal arrays with long-range order and tailored electrical properties. This was enabled by the relatively large size of the molecules, which is crucial for maintaining long-range structural order. To this end, the project has pioneered the development of a ligand exchange procedure at the liquid-gas interface for superior structural homogeneity in the final hybrid nanomaterial. The insights from a variety of structural studies have greatly deepened our understanding of the formation and structure of conductive PbS nanocrystal ensembles with long-range order, so-called superlattices. This has included the demonstration of the specific advantages of X-ray scattering at liquid interfaces as well as the merits of X-ray diffraction with a nanofocused beam. Overall, the project has established that coupled organic-inorganic nanocrystals exhibit large structural coherence and tailored electronic interfaces from which new optoelectronic effects emerge, such as photon upconversion or dye-sensitized photodetection.

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