Organic Charge Transfer Applications

Project Information

OCTA

Grant agreement ID: 778158

DOI

10.3030/778158

Project closed

EC signature date 17 October 2017

Start date 1 January 2018

End date 31 October 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 1 156 500,00

EU contribution

€ 832 500,00

Coordinated by

POLITECHNIKA SLASKA
Poland

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - OCTA (Organic Charge Transfer Applications)

Reporting period: 2020-01-01 to 2023-10-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Organic molecules are everywhere, they are integral to life, from every living species to new technologies like organic electronics. Organic molecules can be made with infinite variety but what happens when they are excited by light is more important. Molecular shape and molecular interactions are important in their application but what happens to them once excited is more critical and defines the function of that molecular within a more complex system. One of very interesting phenomena in organic molecules is electron transfer (ET) to form stable Charge Transfer excited states (CT). We may observe CT state everywhere, from living tissue to organic solar cell or organic light emitting diode. It is believed that birds use CT states to navigate. It is therefore crucial to understand the ET process and the CT state. CT states, bound electron and hole pairs, separated in space on different parts of a molecules or different molecules play an ever increasing role in organic optoelectronic devices be they OPV or OLED or in bioimaging.

Our OCTA project will form a new EU-Japan-Taiwan-Brazil network of leading groups and will train a new generation of materials scientists for the development and application of Charge Transfer based materials who can apply their expertise directly in future applications.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Our project covers several aspects of discovering many aspects of the Charge Transfer processes in our life through training and research in our OCTA network.
At present, we have trained 24 scientists, including 12 young researchers from our network.
Additionally, we have published 10 high impact papers in the research area Charge Transfer based organic materials including novel highly efficient Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) and Room Temperature Phosphorescence organic light-emitting diodes.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The knowledge gain by the project by itself will have a significant impact on the both scientific and non-scientific community. Scientific, because of showing discoveries in the organic electronics area. non-scientific, because those discoveries can be employed in future, cheaper, environmental friendly market products. We will also train our researcher and researchers from outside of the network in breaking through new technologies of flexible electronics.

Designed OLED emitters