Synthesis of self-assembled non-centrosymmetric ferroelectric architectures to boost the efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices

During the last decades, we have witnessed an intense research activity and development of devices based on organic electronics. However, although the appealing attributes of organic materials, such as light weight or flexibility, indicate that they have the potential to compete effectively with alternative inorganic technologies, most experts coincide that the morphology of the material at the micro- and nanoscale is probably the most crucial parameter to optimize. In this context, we aim to program molecular building blocks with the appropriate chemical information in order to prepare the next-generation of macro- and nanostructured OPVs with minimized energy losses by means of selfassembled conjugates that demonstrate both a permanent dipole moment and semiconductive properties.