New Material Based on Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) Is
Suited for Photovoltaics/Publication in the Journal Angewandte Chemie
International Edition
(June 19, 2015) Researchers
at KIT have developed a material suited for photo-voltaics. For the first time,
a functioning organic solar cell con-sisting of a single component has been
produced on the basis of metal-organic framework compounds (MOFs). The material
is highly elastic and might also be used for the flexible coating of clothes
and deformable components. This development success is presented on the front
page of the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
“We have opened the door to a new room,” says Professor
Christof Wöll, Director of KIT Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG). “This
new application of metal-organic framework compounds is the be-ginning only.
The end of this development line is far from being reached,” the physicist
emphasizes.