(Bio)organic Materials and Devices

Within the Stratingh Institute we are the youngest research group that is driven by technological and societal interest. Though started in April 2000 Kees Hummelen ran several research programs on fullerene chemistry aimed at their ultimate use in photo-voltaic power systems (e.g. plastic solar cells). 

Introduction
As part of our mission, which is the design, preparation, and evaluation of new (bio) molecular systems and materials for application in molecular photovoltaics. Our main fields of expertise are fullerene chemistry, photochemistry, and the application of molecular materials in photovoltaics. We collaborate heavily with a number of other research groups within the University of Groningen, within the Netherlands, and within Europe either leading or taking part in projects aiming at the development of 'plastic' solar cells. Organic Photovoltaic technology is regarded a promising sustainable manner for future, -post 2015-, energy production.

As a member of the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials of Groningen we have initiated other projects in the field of molecular electronics and conduct research at the Nanotechnology and Molecular Electronics level.