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Photoorganic Chemistry Lab
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The lab creates organic materials that convert light into electrical and chemical energy.
AboutAbout the lab
Harnessing the energy of light with molecules.
The Photoorganic Chemistry Lab (Imahori Lab) works on building artificial photosynthesis systems using organic materials, creating nanocarbon composite materials and elucidating their optical and electronic functions, and developing new π-conjugated compounds that make use of heteroatoms.
The lab also studies the mechanisms of light-induced charge separation and develops dyes and materials for dye-sensitized solar cells and organic thin-film solar cells.
Key terms
- π-conjugated compound
- A compound in which π electrons spread over the whole molecule; it can serve as a material that makes use of optical and electrical properties
- Dye-sensitized solar cell
- A solar cell that uses a light-absorbing dye to convert light into electricity
- Non-fullerene acceptor
- Among the materials that accept electrons in organic thin-film solar cells, those that do not use fullerene
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on building artificial photosynthesis systems with organic materials and developing new materials with optical and electronic functions.
*Illustrative imageCharge separation at the interface between different materials
The lab studies the mechanism of light-induced charge separation at the interface where a two-dimensional layered material is joined to small organic molecules.
*Illustrative imageDyes for dye-sensitized solar cells
Using an umbrella-shaped m-terphenyl group, the lab creates planar dyes with widely extended π-conjugation, aiming for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells.
*Illustrative imageMaterials for organic thin-film solar cells
The lab incorporates selenophene into a non-fullerene acceptor based on a thienoazacoronene skeleton and examines its effects on photophysical properties and solar cell characteristics.
*Illustrative imageCurved π-electron systems containing phosphorus
Using phosphorous acid to incorporate phosphorus atoms directly, the lab synthesizes curved polycyclic π-electron systems that contain phosphorus.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorHiroshi Imahori
- Associate ProfessorTomohiro Higashino
- Assistant ProfessorOSTERLOH William Ryan
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Grätzelzellembs” Sebastian Spohner, Dr. Dietmar Scherr / Public domain (cropped)
- Charge separation at the interface between different materials: “Fotodetector de MoS2” 3113Ian / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: “Ru dye DCSC13” DMacks (talk) / Public domain (cropped)
- Materials for organic thin-film solar cells: “6,6'-dibromoindigo 3D BS” Mplanine / CC0 (cropped)
- Curved π-electron systems containing phosphorus: “White phosphorus molecule” Cadmium at English Wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Organic Reaction Chemistry Lab): “WorkingAtFumeHood” Walkerma / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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