Topic description
The PhD work will focus on electrochemical characterizations and mechanistic elucidation of novel organic electrophores, with two main objectives:
Electrochemical characterization. Systematically investigate the behavior of synthesized organic electron carriers by varying key parameters such as the scan rate (cyclic voltammetry), nature and concentration of counter-ions, solvent type, substituent effects (electron-donating or -withdrawing groups), and temperature. Mechanistic modelling. Formulate and validate mechanistic models explaining the experimental electrochemical behavior. Mechanisms will be supported by electrochemical theories and refined through numerical simulation of cyclic voltammograms using DigiElch or COMSOL Multiphysics. A key frontier at the interface between molecular chemistry and energy storage is the design of advanced molecular electron carriers, so called , that can reversibly load and release m...