Applied Functional Polymers, Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator

Tailored synthesis of functional molecules, polymers, block copolymers and their structure/morphology studies and application in diverse devices. Specifically, we are interested in:

• Functional chromophores and photoswitches:
  Synthesis of fluorescent dyes, combination with photoswitchable units and optical transistors.
• Conjugated polymeric mixed conductors and bioelectronics:
  Synthesis of well-ordered conjugated polylmeric mixed ion-electron conductors and application in electrochemical transistors to detect and assay biological molecules and cells.
• Fully functionalized / amphiphilic diblock copolymers for solar cell applications:
  Polymerization methods such as NMRP, RAFT, KCTP to obtain tailored block copolymers to study microstructures and orientation of domains towards application in organic and hybrid solar cells.
• Tailored solid-state polyelectrolyte ion-conductors towards all solid-state batteries:
  Synthesis of bottlebrushes and “beyond PEO” electrolytes and fabrication of diverse cell geometries to study electrochemical properties as well as battery parameters using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cell cycling.
• Device preparation and analysis:
  Prototype Solar cells, Organic field effect transistors, Organic electrochemical transistors, and batteries and full device characterization of each.
  

Applied Functional Polymers, Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator

10 selected publications

A complete list of publications of Prof. Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat is available here.

pi-Conjugated Donor Polymers: Structure Formation and Morphology in Solution, Bulk and Photovoltaic Blends
Hildner, R.; Koehler, A.; Mueller-Buschbaum, P.; Panzer, F.; Thelakkat, M.
Adv. Energy Mater. 2017, 7, 1700314

High Bulk Electron Mobility Diketopyrrolopyrrole Copolymers with Perfluorothiophene
Mueller C.J.; Singh C.R.; Fried M.; Hüttner S.; Thelakkat M.
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2015, 25, 2725

Macroscopic Vertical Alignment of Nanodomains in Thin Films of Semiconductor Amphiphilic Block Copolymers
Brendel J.C.; Liu F.; Lang A.S.; Russell T.; Thelakkat M.
ACS Nano 2013, 7, 6069

Toward Perfect Control of End Groups and Polydispersity in Poly(3-hexylthiophene) via Catalyst Transfer Polymerization
Lohwasser R.H.; Thelakkat M.
Macromolecules 2011, 44, 3388

Donor-acceptor block copolymers for photovoltaic applications
Sommer M.; Huettner S.; Thelakkat M.
J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 10788

Self-Assembly of Semiconductor Organogelator Nanowires for Photoinduced Charge Separation
Wicklein A.; Ghosh S.; Sommer M.; Würthner F.; Thelakkat M.
ACS Nano 2009, 3, 1107

Crystalline-crystalline donor-acceptor block copolymers
Sommer M.; Lang A.S.; Thelakkat M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7901

Microphase-separated donor-acceptor diblock copolymers: Influence of HOMO energy levels and morphology on polymer solar cells
Sommer, M.; Lindner, S. M.; Thelakkat, M.
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 1493-150

Charge Separation at Self-assembled Nanostructured Bulk Interface in Block Copolymers
Lindner S.M.; Hüttner S.; Chiche A.; Thelakkat M.; Krausch G.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 3364

Nanostructures of n-type Organic Semiconductor in a p-type Matrix via Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers
Stefan M. Lindner and Mukundan Thelakkat
Macromolecules 2004, 37, 8832

Applied Functional Polymers, Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry I
University of Bayreuth | KeyLab coordinator

Prof. Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat
University of Bayreuth
KeyLab coordinator

Universitätsstrasse 30
95447 Bayreuth

Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3108
E-mail: mukundan.thelakkat@uni-bayreuth.de
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