[pt] Os nanomateriais à base de TiO2 sensíveis à luz visível estão entre as alternativas mais promissoras para aplicações fotocatalíticas, como remediação ambiental. Os complexos de transferência de carga (CTCs) entre nano-TiO2 e ligantes bidentados, uma alternativa, têm sido amplamente estudados. No entanto, a eficiência da fotodegradação e o papel das espécies oxidantes reativas (ROS) não são totalmente compreendidos. Além disso, o desenvolvimento de CTCs baseados em TiO2 modificado com ácido malônico (MoA) ainda não foi investigado, até onde é sabido. Neste estudo, CTCs de TiO2-Acetilacetona (ACAC) e TiO2-MoA com alta área superficial foram sintetizados via sol-gel. Ambos os CTCs à base de TiO2preparados foram submetidos a testes de fotodegradação de tetraciclina e clorofenolcom e sem sequestrantes de ROS sob luz visível de baixa potência (26 W). Os CTCs TiO2-MoA foram totalmente caracterizadas por análises de DRX, MS-TGA, FTIR, adsorção-dessorção de N2, DRS, PL, EPR e XPS. A síntese sol-gel e o processo de calcinação adotado produziram CTCs de anatásio fortemente ligados (ligação covalente) com acetilacetona e ácido malônico, capazes de absorver ao longo do espectro visível quando calcinados a 300 graus C (TiO2-A300) e 270 graus C (TiO2-MoA270). Ambos os CTCs calcinados apresentam um único elétron preso na vacância de oxigênio (SETOV / centro de cores F+). Os CTCs TiO2-MoA-270 apresentaram áreas superficiais (>306 m2.g-1), volumes de mesoporos (>0,339 mL.g-1) e atividadefotocatalítica extremamente elevados, degradando aproximadamente 100 por cento de TC após 6 h. Os CTCs TiO2-MoA-270 e TiO2-A300 são uma fonte eficiente de geração de radicais *O2- e ineficientes geradores de radicais OH*. Os resultados desta pesquisa podem ser aplicados à síntese, via sol-gel, de outros CTCs, como os ácidos dicarboxílicos, e explorados em estudos posteriores sobre purificação do ar e produção de hidrogênio. / [en] Visible light-sensitive TiO2-based nanomaterials are among the most promising alternatives for photocatalytic applications, such as environmental remediation. The charge transfer complexes (CTCs) between nano-TiO2 and bidentate ligands, an alternative, have been widely studied. However, the photodegradation efficiency and role of reactive oxidizing species (ROS) are not fully understood. In addition, the development of CTCs based on TiO2 modified with malonic acid (MoA) have not yet been investigated, as far as the authors know. In this study, TiO2-Acetylacetone (ACAC) and TiO2-MoA CTCs with high surface area were synthesized via sol-gel route. Both as-prepared TiO2-based CTCs were subjected to tetracycline and chlorophenol photocatalytic degradation tests with and without ROS scavengers under low-power visible light (26 W). The TiO2-MoA CTCs were fully characterized by XRPD, MS-TGA, FTIR, N2 adsorption-desorption, DRS, PL, EPR and XPS analysis. The sol-gel synthesis and the calcination process adopted produced CTCs of nano-TiO2 anatase strongly bond (covalent bond) with acetylacetone and malonic acid, capable of absorbing along the visible spectrum when calcined at 300 degrees C (TiO2-ACAC-300) and 270 degrees C (TiO2- MoA-270). Both calcined CTCs present single electron trapped in oxygen vacancy (SETOV / F +color center). The TiO2-MoA-270 CTCs showed very high surface areas (>306 m2.g-1), mesopore volumes (>0.339 mL.g-1) and the highest photocatalytic activity, degrading approximately 100 percent of the TC after 6 h. The TiO2-MoA-270 and TiO2-A300 CTCs were an efficient source of *O2- radicals and inefficient generation of OH* radicals. The findings of this research can be applied to the synthesis, via sol-gel, of other CTCs, such as dicarboxylic acids, and explored in further studies on air purification and hydrogen production.

Hybride anorganisch/organischen Systeme können die individuellen Vorteile, etwa eine hohe elektronische Mobilität in anorganischen und starke Licht-Materie-Wechselwirkung in organischen Halbleitern, kombinieren. Ein sinnvoller Nutzen dieser Heterostrukturen benötigt ein umfassendes Verständnis der Grenzfläche. Zwei Grenzflächenprozesse werden in dieser Arbeit behandelt. Förster-Resonanzenergietransfer (FRET) wird zwischen einem InGaN/GaN Quantengraben und dem Polymer Cn-ether PPV untersucht. Trotz des hohen internen elektrischen Feldes im Quantengraben, ist effizienter Energietransfer möglich, solange andere nicht-strahlende Zerfallsprozesse unterdrückt werden. Dies wird mittels temperaturabhängiger PL und PLE Spektroskopie gezeigt. PLE demonstriert eine eindeutige Erhöhung der Emission des Akzeptors. Bei höheren Temperaturen dominieren nicht-strahlende Zerfallskanäle. Ladungstransfer wird zwischen MoS2 und dem Molekül H2Pc untersucht. Die Kombination mit organischen Molekülen kann die Funktionalität von MoS2 erweitern. Photoelektronenspektroskopie (PES) zeigt einen Typ-II Heteroübergang an der MoS2/H2Pc Grenzfläche. Angeregte Elektronen gehen von den H2Pc Molekülen in die MoS2 Monolage über, wie mittels einer Verkürzung der PL Lebenszeit von H2Pc gezeigt wird. Photostrommessungen demonstrieren zudem, dass die transferierten Elektronen zu einer erhöhten Photoleitfähigkeit beitragen. Zusätzlich werden auch einzelne 2D Übergangsmetall Dichalkogenide (TMDCs) untersucht. Um TMDCs von hoher Qualität herzustellen, wurde intern eine Wachstumsmethode entwickelt. Mittels PL Spektroskopie werden die so hergestellten Schichten charakterisiert. Die Vielseitigkeit der Methode wird anhand des Wachstums von Mischkristallen und Heterostrukturen gezeigt. Der Einfluss der dielektrischen Funktion des Substrates wird erforscht. Durch die Kombination von PES und Reflexionsmessungen kann eine gleichzeitige Abnahme sowohl der Bandlücke als auch der Exzitonen Bindungsenergie gezeigt werden. / Hybrid inorganic/organic systems can combine the advantages of both materials such as high carrier mobilities in inorganic semiconductors and large light-matter interaction in organic ones. In order to benefit from these heterostructures, a thorough understanding of the interface is needed. Two processes occurring at the interface are looked at in this thesis. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is studied between a single InGaN/GaN quantum well and the polymer Cn-ether PPV. Despite the large internal electric fields in the quantum well, efficient FRET is possible as long as other non-radiative decay channels are suppressed. This is shown by temperature dependent PL and PLE spectroscopy. PLE spectra clearly demonstrate an enhanced light emission from the acceptor. At elevated temperatures, non-radiative decay pathways become dominant. Excited-state charge transfer is studied on MoS2 in combination with the molecule H2Pc. The combination with molecules can extend the functionality of MoS2. Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) reveals a type II energy level alignment at the MoS2/H2Pc interface. Excited electrons are transferred from H2Pc to MoS2, deduced from a shortening of the H2Pc PL decay time. Photocurrent spectra further show that the transferred electrons contribute to an enhanced photoconductivity. Additionally, bare 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are studied. In order to fabricate high-quality TMDC monolayers, a growth method was developed in-house. The grown monolayers are characterised by optical spectroscopy. The versatility of the method is demonstrated by the growth of alloys and heterostructures. The influence of the substrate dielectric function is investigated by comparing band-gaps measured by PES with the exciton transition energies obtained by reflectance measurements. An almost equal reduction in both energies with the substrate dielectric constant is seen.

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The globally increasing energy demand that results from the rapid development of modern society has created intensive attention towards the importance of energy efficiency. The areas of energy storage and energy conversion have become one of the most important topics in scientific community at present. As new generation energy storage elements, supercapacitors have exhibited promising practical prospects in the information, transportation, electronics and other sectors due to their charge and discharge performance at high rate, high power density as well as long cycle life. Energy density, including gravimetric energy density, areal energy density and volumetric energy density, is one of the most critical indicator evaluating the performance of supercapacitors. The electrochemical performance of supercapacitors depends mainly on the electrochemical activities and kinetic properties of electrode materials. Carbonaceous materials are deemed to be highly promising, and therefore are extensively investigated energy storage materials for supercapacitors because of their environmental friendliness, low-cost production and outstanding chemical inertness during charging-discharging processes. The specific surface area has been long thought to be the main factor influencing the capacitance of carbonaceous materials. However, the pore structure is of similar importance. High specific surface areas are always arising from a high content of micropores. However, pore radii in the sub-nanometer range impede the ionic charge transfer ability significantly and thus cause a damping of capacitance. In this thesis, hierarchical porous carbons and their composite materials were fabricated by using polyacrylonitrile as carbon precursor for a tailored step-by-step pore forming method, including phase inversion, CaCO3 activation and KOH activation. The materials were thoroughly characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, BET, XPS and Raman spectroscopy to ascertain the chemical and structural features. The electrochemical properties were studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in detail to analyze the pore effect, which strongly influence their electrochemical properties. Porous carbons with high specific surface areas up to 2315 m2 g-1 and high pore volume of 1.9 cm3·g-1 were prepared. A step-wise pore forming method was employed to ensure a high specific surface area and high content of macro/mesopore at the same time. The relationship between pore structure, electrochemical capacitance and rate capability was investigated by changing the content of micropores. For a same specific surface area, a higher micropore content led to a lower capacitance and poorer rate capability. Based on these results, the capacitance was optimized to be 286.8 F g-1. The areal energy density of the supercapacitors can be improved by increasing the mass loading in a certain area directly. However, insufficient electrochemical reaction may be caused by a lack of unhindered electrical and ionic charge transfer routes, resulting in inefficient material utilization. This problem is addressed by designing hierarchical pore structures with embedded conductive additives. Thus, hierarchical porous carbons were modified by embedding carbon nanotubes (CNTs), followed by coverage with thin layers of birnessite. Owing to the hierarchical pore design and the very high pore volume, the birnessite coverage did not cause pore blocking. At the same time, an intimate contact between carbon and birnessite was established. A high area energy density of 627.8 μWh·cm-2 was obtained based on an optimized mass loading of 13.9 mg cm-2. The volumetric energy density of supercapacitors was determined by the density and porosity of active materials. Similarly, the dense active materials not always generate high specific capacitance because of an increased dead mass. However, too porous active materials do not provide sufficient volumetric capacitance due to a waste of space. Thus, density and porosity must be balanced by hierarchical pore structure design so that all pores are interconnected and can be accessed by ions. At the same time, the content of these pores should be as low as possible to save space. Based on the results, highly hierarchical porous carbons were synthesized and embedded into conductive carbon foam to combine electronic conductivity with ionic transfer. In that way, a volumetric energy density as high as 19.44 µWh cm-3 at a volumetric power density of 500 mW cm-3 was generated.

Die Entwicklung optoelektronischer Geräte wurde stark durch organische Donor-Akzeptor-Komplexe beeinflusst, die eine zentrale Rolle in der modernen Optoelektronik spielen. Diese Materialien ermöglichen ein komplexes Zusammenspiel elektronischer, optischer und phononischer Eigenschaften. Frühe Arbeiten zu konjugierten Polymeren in OLEDs und Bulk-Heterojunktionen in organischen Photovoltaikzellen legten das Fundament für praktikable OLEDs und verbesserten die Effizienz in OPVs. Kürzlich hat sich das Forschungsfeld auf hybride anorganisch-organische Systeme ausgeweitet. Diese Materialien kombinieren die hohe Ladungsträgerdichte und -mobilität der anorganischen Komponenten mit den Lichtausbeute- und Emissionscharakteristika organischer Moleküle. Die Integration von Übergangsmetall-Dichalcogenid-Monoschichten hat bedeutende Fortschritte gebracht, besonders für die Feineinstellung der Ladungstransferdynamik. Diese Entwicklungen stellen neue Herausforderungen dar, insbesondere bei der Modellierung laserinduzierter, ultraschneller Ladungstransferdynamik. RT-TDDFT hat sich als effizientes und genaues Werkzeug erwiesen, das für die Untersuchung großer Systeme geeignet ist und die Simulation zeitaufgelöster Phänomene ermöglicht. Diese Dissertation analysiert die laserinduzierte Ladungstransferdynamik in vollständig organischen und hybriden anorganisch-organischen Grenzflächen. Sie untersucht die Komplexität stark und schwach gebundener Grenzflächen und deren Verhalten unter externen Laserpulsen sowie den Temperatureffekten auf die Ladungstransferdynamik. Die Nutzung von RT-TDDFT zur Modellierung ultraschneller Elektronendynamik und vibronischer Kopplung hat das Verständnis in diesem Feld vertieft und die Effektivität bei der Modellierung optoelektronischer Geräte demonstriert. / The development of optoelectronic devices has been significantly influenced by organic donor-acceptor complexes, which play a central role in modern optoelectronics. These materials enable a complex interplay of electronic, optical, and phononic properties. Early work on conjugated polymers in OLEDs and bulk heterojunctions in organic photovoltaic cells laid the foundation for practical OLEDs and improved efficiency in OPVs. Recently, the field of research has expanded to hybrid inorganic-organic systems. These materials combine the high charge carrier density and mobility of inorganic components with the light yield and emission characteristics of organic molecules. The integration of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers has brought significant advances, particularly in fine-tuning charge transfer dynamics. These developments present new challenges, especially in modeling laser-induced, ultrafast charge transfer dynamics. RT-TDDFT has proven to be an efficient and accurate tool suitable for studying large systems and enabling the simulation of time-resolved phenomena. This dissertation analyzes the laser-induced charge transfer dynamics in fully organic and hybrid inorganic-organic interfaces. It investigates the complexity of strongly and weakly bound interfaces and their behavior under external laser pulses, as well as the temperature effects on charge transfer dynamics. The use of RT-TDDFT to model ultrafast electron dynamics and vibronic coupling has deepened the understanding in this evolving field and demonstrated its effectiveness in modeling optoelectronic devices.

We present a theoretical and experimental study on the lowest electronically excited states in quasi-one-dimensional molecular crystals. The specific calculations and the experiments are performed for the model compounds MePTCDI (N-N'-dimethylperylene-3,4:9,10-dicarboximide) and TCDA(3,4:9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride). The intermolecular interactions between nearest neighbors are quantum chemically analyzed on the basis of semi-empirical (ZINDO/S) Hartree-Fock calculations and a singly excited configuration interaction scheme. Supermolecular dimer states are projected onto a basis set of localized excitations. The nature of the lowest states is then completely explained as a superposition of molecular and low lying charge-transfer excitations. The CT excitations show a significant intrinsic transition dipole, which is oriented approximately parallel to the molecular planes and has a large component along the molecular M-axis. The exciton states in the one-dimensional stacks are described by a model Hamiltonian that includes interactions between three vibronic levels of the lowest molecular excitation and nearest-neighbor CT excitations. The three-dimensional crystal structure is considered by Frenkel exciton transfer between arbitrary molecules. This model is compared to polarized absorption spectra. With a small set of parameters, we can describe the key features of the absorption spectra, the polarization behavior, and the Davydov splitting. The variation of the polarization ratio for the various exciton states is analyzed as a direct qualitative proof for the mixing between Frenkel and charge-transfer excitons.

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Delta-Sigma (ΔΣ) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are traditionally used in high quality audio systems, instrumentation and measurement (I&M) and biomedical devices. With the continued downscaling of CMOS technology, they are becoming popular in wideband applications such as wireless and wired communication systems,high-definition television and radar systems. There are two general realizations of a ΔΣ modulator. One is based on the discrete-time (DT) switched-capacitor (SC) circuitry and the other employs continuous-time (CT) circuitry. Compared to a CT structure, the DT ΔΣ ADC is easier to analyze and design, is more robust to process variations and jitter noise, and is more flexible in the multi-mode applications. On the other hand, the CT ΔΣ ADC does not suffer from the strict settling accuracy requirement for the loop filter and thus can achieve lower power dissipation and higher sampling frequency than its DT counterpart. In this thesis, both DT and CT ΔΣ ADCs are investigated. Several design innovations, in both system-level and circuit-level, are proposed to achieve lower power consumption and wider signal bandwidth. For DT ΔΣ ADCs, a new dynamic-biasing scheme is proposed to reduce opamp bias current and the associated signal-dependent harmonic distortion is minimized by using the low-distortion architecture. The technique was verified in a 2.5MHz BW and 13bit dynamic range DT ΔΣ ADC. In addition, a second-order noise coupling technique is presented to save two integrators for the loop filter, and to achieve low power dissipation. Also, a direct-charge-transfer (DCT) technique is suggested to reduce the speed requirements of the adder, which is also preferable in wideband low-power applications. For CT ΔΣ ADCs, a wideband low power CT 2-2 MASH has been designed. High linearity performance was achieved by using a modified low-distortion technique, and the modulator achieves higher noise-shaping ability than the single stage structure due to the inter-stage gain. Also, the quantization noise leakage due to analog circuit non-idealities can be adaptively compensated by a designed digital calibration filter. Using a 90nm process, simulation of the modulator predicts a 12bit resolution within 20MHz BW and consumes only 25mW for analog circuitry. In addition, the noise-coupling technique is investigated and proposed for the design of CT ΔΣ ADCs and it is promising to achieve low power dissipation for wideband applications. Finally, the application of noise-coupling technique is extended and introduced to high-accuracy incremental data converters. Low power dissipation can be expected. / Graduation date: 2010

Les fichiers additionnels sont les données cristallographiques en format CIF. Voir le site de la Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre pour un visualiseur: http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk / Ce projet de recherche vise l’élaboration de systèmes métallosupramoléculaires artificiels imitant le processus naturel de la photosynthèse. Idéalement, ces systèmes seraient capables de fournir l’énergie et la séparation de charge nécessaire pour catalyser des réactions à transfert multiélectroniques, tel que l’hydrolyse de l’eau ou la réduction du gaz carbonique. La réalisation d’un tel système catalytique créerait une source d’énergie renouvelable, sous forme d’énergie chimique, crée directement à partir de l’énergie solaire. Le système envisagé, schématisé sous la forme d’une antenne, possède trois parties distinctes. Tout d’abord, des chromophores forment un état excité en captant l’énergie de la lumière visible du soleil. Vient ensuite un centre de liaison qui lie tous les chromophores et qui collecte l’énergie de cet état excité à travers un transfert d’électron. Cet électron est de nouveau transféré vers la dernière partie, un centre réactionnel catalytique. Cet assemblage permet de créer une séparation de charge entre le chromophore et le centre réactionnel qui sont séparés par le centre de liaison, évitant ainsi la recombinaison de charge. Le projet se focalise sur la synthèse, la caractérisation et l’application en photocatalyse d’assemblages chromophore–centre de liaison–catalyseur. Tout d’abord, une étude de chromophores à base de fluorène et de rhénium a été effectuée dans le but d’évaluer le transfert électronique entre ces deux composants. Ensuite, des centres de liaisons à base de dimère de rhodium tétraamidinate ont été créés et étudiés afin d’établir leurs caractéristiques photophysiques et électrochimiques. Puis un d’entre eux a été assemblé avec des chromophores de rhénium, créant ainsi des espèces moléculaires discrètes contenant d’un à quatre chromophores. Et pour finir, ces assemblages ont été combinés avec un catalyseur à base de cobalt, puis ont été testés dans des expériences de photoproduction d’hydrogène. Cette dernière partie a requis l’élaboration d’un photoréacteur qui est aussi décrite en détail dans cet ouvrage. / This research project involves synthetic metallosupramolecular systems developed to mimic the natural process of photosynthesis. Ideally, these systems would be able to provide the energy and the charge separation needed to catalyze multielectron-transfer reactions, such as water-splitting or carbon dioxide reduction. The realization of such a catalytic system would create a renewable energy source, in the form of chemical energy, created directly from solar energy. The system envisioned has three distinct parts in the form of an antenna. First of all, chromophores go into an excited state, while capturing the visible light energy of the Sun. Then comes a hub which binds all the chromophores and collects this excited state energy through an electron transfer. This electron is then transferred again to the last part, a catalytic reaction center. This assembly creates a charge separation between the chromophore and the reaction center which are separated by the hub, thus avoiding the recombination of charge. The project focuses on the synthesis, characterization and application in photocatalysis of chromophore-hub-catalyst assemblies. First of all, a study of fluorene and rhenium based chromophores was made to assess the electronic transfer between these two components. Then, tetraamidinate rhodium dimer based hubs have been created and studied in order to establish their photophysical and electrochemical characteristics. Then one of these assemblies was formed with chromophores of rhenium, thus creating discrete molecular species containing one to four chromophores. And finally, these assemblies were combined with a cobalt-based catalyst and were tested for hydrogen photoproduction. The latter required the development of a photoreactor which is also described in detail in this thesis.