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Functional Photoelectric Materials: Design, Synthesis and Application

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 881

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
Interests: multifunctional photoelectric materials; design and synthesis of the organic host/guest room temperature phosphorescence materials; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; biomedical electronics

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Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, China
Interests: perovskite solar cell; flexible electronics; LED; intelligent bionic structures; photothermal stability

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Energy is an important material foundation and driving force for the progress of human civilization. Today, functional photoelectric materials offer a wide range of potential applications in fields such as sensors, displays, energy devices, wearable devices, biomedical electronics, and more. However, the existing properties of materials and their device performance make it difficult to meet the growing practical application demands. This Special Issue aims to introduce the latest progress made in research on advanced photoelectric materials in the field of displays, energy devices, sensors and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: design and synthesis of photoelectric materials, perovskite solar cells, LED, flexible sensors, displays, and biomedical detection. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Prof. Dr. Zhou Yang
Dr. Xia Yang
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Keywords

  • design and synthesis of the photoelectric materials
  • perovskite solar cell
  • LED
  • flexible electronics
  • organic host/guest room temperature phosphorescence materials
  • flexible sensors
  • displays
  • biomedical detection
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Yb3+-Doped Titanate–Germanate Glasses for Near-IR Luminescence Applications: Synthesis, Characterization, and the Influence of TiO2 Concentration
by Karolina Kowalska, Joanna Pisarska and Wojciech A. Pisarski
Materials 2024, 17(23), 5874; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17235874 - 29 Nov 2024
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In the framework of luminescent rare-earth-doped glasses for near-infrared applications, TiO2-containing inorganic glasses have been recently demonstrated to be a promising alternative to commercially used high-phonon SiO2-based glasses. This study investigates the effect of TiO2 concentration on the [...] Read more.
In the framework of luminescent rare-earth-doped glasses for near-infrared applications, TiO2-containing inorganic glasses have been recently demonstrated to be a promising alternative to commercially used high-phonon SiO2-based glasses. This study investigates the effect of TiO2 concentration on the near-infrared spectroscopic properties of Yb3+ ions in multicomponent titanate–germanate glasses. A series of glass samples in the xTiO2-(60−x)GeO2-BaO-Ga2O3-Yb2O3 system (x ranging from 0 to 50 mol%) were synthesized using the melt-quenching technique. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the fully amorphous nature of the fabricated titanate–germanate samples. Fundamental spectroscopic properties of Yb3+-doped titanate–germanate system consisting of absorption spectra, near-IR emission spectra, and luminescence decay curves have been determined based on measurement using optical spectroscopy. The intensity of the emission band at 1 µm due to the 2F5/22F7/2 laser transition of Yb3+ ions increases by over 2.3-fold (TiO2 as the network former) compared to a barium gallo-germanate sample without TiO2. Our previous studies indicate that Yb3+-doped titanate–germanate glass is a promising optical material and could be successfully applied to laser technology. Full article
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