S16 – Molecular, Inorganic, and Hybrid Ferroelectrics for Optoelectronic and Electronic Applications

In recent years, metal-halide perovskites have enabled various optoelectronic applications such as highly-efficient solar cells and light-emitting diodes. These materials and other molecular, inorganic, and hybrid ferroelectrics are also beginning to attract significant attention for their promising ferroelectric and electromechanical properties. As we understand more about the fundamentals of these materials, strong parallels with material properties that were pioneered in metal oxide ceramics are starting to emerge. Of particular interest is the ferroelectric modulation of charge carrier transport and the influence of domain structures and topological features.

As the optoelectronic application of these materials marches forward and the ferroelectric and electromechanical possibilities continue to grow, this symposium aims at bringing together scientists from optoelectronics and energy research, with material scientists from ceramics and crystallography to discuss new opportunities in this area. The symposium will be split into two main sessions focused on optoelectronics and ferroelectric/electromechanical material properties as well as applications.

proposed sessions

• Optoelectronic functionality and applications
• Ferroelectric and electromechanical functionality and applications

symposium organizers

• Alexander Colsmann, Material Research Center for Energy Systems (MZE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, alexander.colsmann@kit.edu
• Tobias Leonhard, Material Research Center for Energy Systems (MZE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, tobias.leonhard@kit.edu
• Julian Walker, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, julian.walker@ntnu.no
• Lauren Garten, Material Science and Technology division, US Naval Research Lab, USA, Lauren.garten.ctr@nrl.navy.mil