Research

The OzdemirLAB group conducts multidisciplinary research to develop novel carbon-based optoelectronic materials. We employ organic synthesis in combination with various characterization techniques, including NMR, MALDI-TOF, absorption/emission profiling, cyclic voltammetry, GI-XRD, and AFM. Our research addresses four major objectives:

  1. Development of small-molecule hole transport materials for perovskite solar cells (PSCs) to enhance long-term operational stability
  2. Theoretical design and synthesis of n-type, ambient-stable semiconductors used in solution-processed organic thin film transistors (OTFTs)
  3. Development of durable covalent organic framework (COF) structures for capturing CO2 from open air
  4. Mechanistic understanding of molecule sensitive organic surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (o-SERS) platforms

Research Grants:

  • Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK), 1001, 123F395, Role: Principal Investigator, Budget: 1.647.874,00 TL, 2024-2026
    “Development of New Generation Solution-Processable Dopant-Free Organic Small Molecules to be Used as Hole Transport Layer (HTL) in Highly Stable Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs)”
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Scientific Research Projects Unit (BAP), Priority Area Research Project (ÖNAP), FOA-2024-3055, Role: Principal Investigator, Budget: 909.974,08 TL, 2024-2026 
    "Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Air-Stable N-type Dicyanovinylbenzothiadiazole-Based Molecular Semiconductors for Organic Field Effect Transistor Applications"

Scientific Collaborations:

  • Prof. Hakan Usta, Abdullah Gul University, Kayseri, Turkey
  • Prof. Zeger Hens, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  • Prof. Mursel Arici, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
  • Assoc. Prof. Seckin Akin, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
  • Assoc. Prof. Gokhan Dikmen, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey
  • Asst. Prof. Fatih Turan, Eskisehir Technical University, Eskisehir, Turkey
  • Dr. Ibrahim Deneme, Abdullah Gul University, Kayseri, Turkey