ORGANIC ELECTRONICS DEVICES

COURSE OUTLINE

1. GENERAL

SCHOOL School of Engineering
ACADEMIC UNIT Department of Electronic Engineering
LEVEL OF STUDIES Undergraduate
COURSE CODE 8000.1.022.0 SEMESTER 255th
COURSE TITLE Organic Electronics Devices
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course 		WEEKLY
TEACHING HOURS		 CREDITS
2 4
Total 2 4
COURSE TYPE
general background, special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development		 Erasmus
PREREQUISITE COURSES None
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS English
OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the subject, students will be able to:

  • Understand the physics behind organic semiconductors
  • Understand electronc transport mechanism in the organic semiconductors.
  • Identify the molecules that can be used for different functions in organic electronics
  • Chose a proper method (or different methods) for fabricating particular component
  • Understand the importance of interfaces and morphology for organic electronics
  • Gain an introductory knowledge on organic solar cells and organic LEDs
General Competences

Understanding Organic Semiconductor Physics, Operating Principles of Key Devices, Structure-Property Relationships, Fabrication & Processing Techniques, Device Characterization, Multidisciplinary Communication, Technical English Fluency.

3. SYLLABUS

  • Introduction to Organic Electronic
  • Electronic transport in crystalline organic materials and conductive polymers
  • Conducting Polymers, small molecules organic semiconductors,
  • Polymer organic semiconductor,
  • Electrical and optical properties of organic semiconductors.
  • Basic Organic LED structure, thin film layers: Hole injection, hole transport, emissive, electron transport and electron injection layers used in organic LEDs.
  • Fabrication and characterization techniques.
  • Recent advances in organic solar cells and LEDs

4. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

DELIVERY
Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.		 Project
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students
TEACHING METHODS
The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.
Activity Semester workload
Course total
STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Description of the evaluation procedure

Oral Presentation (50%)

Final Exam (50%)

5. ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, HELLENIC MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY