2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

(217b) Mechanically Ductile (Bio)Electronic and Energy Devices Achieved By Polymer Design and Semiconductor Film Morphology Tuning

In this presentation we report the fabrication of mechanically deformable semiconductor devices on various plastic and elastic substrates. Particularly, we describe organic thin-film and electrochemical transistors with large ductility employing a combination of properly designed polymeric building blocks and tuning the semiconductor film morphology. Furthermore, we report our latest work on stretchable inorganic (perovskite) and organic solar cells using a combination of new photoactive materials, a combination of more ductile electrodes and interlayers as well as an innovative way to pixelate the inorganic layer. These devices achieve large stretchability (>50% strain), large power conversion efficiency (>15-20%) and great stability. Finally, we demonstrate their integration into textiles.