Researchers “spill” coffee on semiconductors and they earn faster

Researchers formed a thin layer of caffeic acid on a gold electrode inside an organic

semiconductor using a process knownlike vacuum deposition. This reportedly allowed the semiconductor current to be increased by up to 100 times, measured using a process called the Kelvin probe method.

According to the study, afterIf a thin layer of caffeic acid formed on the electrode surface, the caffeic acid molecules spontaneously lined up on the electrode surface, resulting in a faster current.

Of course, this does not mean that you canspilling coffee on your mobile workstation to speed up rendering, but Japanese researchers think the breakthrough could have some practical applications. These include the development of fully sustainable organic semiconductor devices that can be created from biomass-derived materials.

Although organic semiconductors already exist,such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic solar cells (OPVs), researchers point to the environmental impacts of recycling these technologies, including ocean ecosystems.

Using caffeic acid, which can be derived entirely from plants, can reduce the need to use unsustainable chemicals in semiconductor production.

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