Hi All,

Please join the postdoc candidate talk tomorrow at 2:30pm at division room.

See bellow for her title and abstract.

Best,

Dennis

Reverse engineering: from device to photoactive molecule

Dr. Jenya Vestfrid

University of Toronto, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, 200 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3E5

Organic photovoltaic holds a great promise as additional (and alternative) sustainable energy solution. Understanding basic working principles of the device, along with fabrication and testing, is desirable to use as additional guidelines during the synthetic process. Moreover, as the final goal is the application, aspects of simplicity and scalability are crucial. In my talk I will describe the effect of chemical modifications on specific properties of the molecules within the above mentioned rational. The first example is focused on assessment of structure-device performance relationship, while the second example suggests additional parameters to take into account while evaluating performance of solar cells.