Optoelectronic Components and Materials Group

Prof. Stephen Forrest

A photograph of the text book'Organic Electronics' opened to a page detailing spin-robit coupling overlaid on an image of the book cover

New Textbook on Organic Electronics, covering topics from Foundations to Applications

Prof. Forrest has published a comprehensive textbook titled Organic Electronics: Foundations to Applications. It is now available for purchase! For more information about this book, please visit its website.

You can read about this and other projects on our research page.

A photograph of the view of the Bob and Betty Beyster building through a color-neutral solar cell next to the same view through a green-tinted solar cell

High Efficiency Semi-transparent Organic Photovoltaic Cells

The University of Michigan's North campus as seen through a color-neutral transparent solar cell (>8% efficiency, >43% transmittance), and a green-tinted solar cell (>10% efficiency, >45% transmittance).

You can read about this and other projects on our research page.

A close-up photo of a 1cm long oled rolled into a cylinder lying on an optical table

Ultra-thin, Light-weight and Flexible OLED with Enhanced Outcoupling

A rolled up array of OLED devices fabricated on a flexible parylene substrate that also demonstrates optical outcoupling capabilities.

You can read about this and other projects on our research page.

A computer-rendered image of a rectangular air bridge next to an SEM image of the same structure.

Air-bridge Thermophotovoltaic cells with Near-perfect Photon Utilization

Top: An artistic rendering of an air-bridge thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell. Bottom: Scanning electron microscope image of an air-bridge within a TPV.

You can read about this and other projects on our research page.

Computer graphic of the inside of a rectangular chamber with six material source boats on the bottom, underneath a deposition stage and patterning mask. Above this are five cylinders that move a flexible material to the top of the chamber and around a tube containing the OVPD source.

Roll-to-Roll Fabrication System

Cross-section schematic of the roll-to-roll (R2R) system integrating vacuum thermal evaporation (VTE) and organic vapor phase deposition (OVPD). Inset: a magnified view of OVPD source barrel containing the organic source boat and plug valve.

You can read about this and other projects on our research page.