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Journal of Biotechnology and Phytochemistry
Volume 1 Issue 3
Chemistry World 2017
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November 13-15, 2017 Athens, Greece
7
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World Congress on
Chemistry
Development of nature-inspired conjugated
materials for plastic electronics
Mirna Maklad
Texas A&M University, Qatar
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nnovative developments of organic conjugated polymers
have been reported to present future potential alternatives to
supply photovoltaic energy. Present-day solar energy production
is costly due to requiring the expensively processed crystalline
silicon, therefore, we are working on developing nanostructured
materials that would be low-cost. There have been some recent
ongoing advances of using solar cells that are based on the earth-
abundant, cheap, non-toxic organic active materials that also
are light weight, flexible and its layers makes it versatile. Our
research group aims to prepare efficient organic solar energy
materials, which can absorb light and transfer to electric energy.
This project was inspired by the natural dye, indigo, for its narrow
energy band gap, intensive color (high absorbance), and planar
structure. Indigo has been accepted among various optoelectronic
devices for decades. Its isomer, isoindigo, has better properties,
it is fully conjugated, providing more space to be functionalized
and the ability to install side groups for better solubility. Our
target is the synthesis of thienoisoindigo, which provides even a
coplanar structure via the S-O interaction and a lower band gap,
with maximum absorbance at a higher wavelength. Our aim in
this research, is to test and reach optimum results to develop new
organic materials containing isoindigo, thienoisoindigo, or their
derivatives units for use in plastic electronic and solar energy
applications.
Biography
Mirna Maklad is an undergraduate Chemical Engineering student at Texas A&M
University at Qatar.
mirna.maklad@qatar.tamu.eduMirna Maklad, J Biotech and Phyto 2017