Grant: Canada Research Chairs

The devices underpinning our modern world largely rely on elements like silicon, indium, transition metals, and rare earths that typically require energy-intensive processing. In todays world, not only is there a desire to reduce energy costs, but also to find new materials and devices to generate, transmit and store renewable energy. Nanoscale and carbon-based materials offer exciting alternatives, largely utilizing low-energy solution-based synthesis and processing, while also offering unique new functionality. We seek to understand and control the electronic and optoelectronic properties of small molecules, polymers and graphene for future device applications in energy and information technology.