Project Grant W911NF0910396

This $131,977 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Colorado Boulder to develop new dimeric molecular n- and p-dopants and apply them in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The research aims to understand the mechanism, scope, practicalities, and limitations of using photoactivation to extend the effective strength of dimeric n-dopants for OLED applications beyond their thermodynamic limits. Researchers will synthesize and characterize new dopants,...

This $196,201 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems will support research into single photon emission in lanthanide-doped two-dimensional materials and devices. The University of Texas at Dallas, in partnership with the University of Texas System, will evaluate the impact of incorporating rare-earth elements like cerium and erbium into two-dimensional semiconductors and explore tuning their properties for controllable light...

This $275,999 National Science Foundation Project Grant supports the development of an environmentally friendly rare earth element extraction process from recycled fluorescent light bulb powder. The awardee, IM Technologies LLC, will engineer a prototype reactor system that uses precision ultra-high temperature heating to evaporate and subsequently condense targeted rare earth constituents from light bulb waste. Research tasks include optimizing thermal energy applications to efficiently extract...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award of $420,000 to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) supports the development of stable and efficient electroluminescent devices based on 3D/0D perovskite bulk/nanocrystal emission layers. The project aims to address the stability issues of perovskite-based electronic devices such as LEDs and solar cells by creating heterostructures composed of perovskite nanocrystals embedded in a...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $134,855 to Princeton University for research on electrically pumped transient charge-carrier dynamics of metal halide perovskite light-emitting diodes. The University will study the transient charge-carrier dynamics of metal halide perovskite LEDs under ultrashort electrical excitation to advance understanding of their...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's $303,000 Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) funds research at Penn State University from June 2022 to May 2025 related to single photon emission in lanthanide-doped two-dimensional materials and devices. The researchers will evaluate incorporating rare-earth elements like cerium and erbium into two-dimensional semiconductors to enable a quantum optical platform compatible with optical communications. Objectives include controlling doping...

This $524,480 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at New York University (NYU) on developing novel semiconductor crystal materials and manufacturing processes for advanced optoelectronic applications. The key focus is on understanding how to fabricate "twisted" organic semiconductor crystals that can spontaneously form into aligned networks, enabling them to outperform single crystal materials in properties like...

This Project Grant award of $398,065.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems supports research at New York University (NYU) to develop a novel doping process for organic semiconductor materials used in devices like perovskite solar cells. The project aims to enhance the conductivity, uniformity, and stability of these materials by investigating the mechanisms of molecular and photo-assisted doping, including the effects of cationic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $323,000 in funding to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany. The goal of the project is to develop highly conductive p-type aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) semiconductor materials through the use of beryllium (Be) co-doping. The research team plans to fabricate conductive p-type AlGaN using in-situ...

This $585,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research into charge transfer exciton dynamics at the interface between diamond and hexagonal boron nitride materials. The research team at the University of Michigan, the awardee organization, will theoretically and experimentally investigate the formation, relaxation, and transport properties of these...