Research at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics

About LOE

Talented researchers from all over the world join LOE to do Impactful Research by contributing to groundbreaking discoveries that address critical societal issues, work in a Collaborative Environment and be part of a dynamic team of researchers and specialists dedicated to pushing the boundaries of science and use State-of-the-Art Facilities - leveraging advanced laboratories and cutting-edge technologies to support their research.

Research at LOE spans a wide a variety of areas, most based to some degree on organic electronic materials, such as electronically conducting polymers and molecules, and ionically conducting polyelectrolytes. LOE has multiple independent research groups, each with their own areas of focus. However, our groups collaborate continuously to create internal cross-disciplinary projects to benefit from our complementary expertise and speed up innovation. Results are regularly published in leading high-impact journals (see publications below and at the individual research group pages). Major funding for LOE's research is provided by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Vinnova, the AFM Government Strategic Research Area, and the European Commission.


LOE research groups

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Organic Energy Materials

We exploit and investigate the physics and chemistry of novel organic and composite materials to design and fabricate the next generation of energy devices.

Organic Bioelectronics

We investigate the transduction between electronic signals and ionic/molecular signals in electroactive surfaces, iontronic chemical delivery and circuitry, biosensors, mimicking neural function, next-generation medical therapy, and many other areas.

Organic energy storage

Many electronic materials, in particular organic ones, can be turned into inks or pastes. This opens up exciting possibilities to fabricate electronic components and circuits by common printing methods.

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Theory and modelling for organic electronics

The theoretical simulation and modelling of the basic properties of organic materials and devices represents the main focus of the research activity of our group.

Surface Physics and Chemistry

The overall goal of our unit is to do basic science on topics that can have a positive impact on society. We do general surface physics and chemistry research related to e.g. energy materials, devices and catalytic processes.

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Organic photonics and nano-optics

We develop and study novel concepts based on the combination of unique features provided by conducting polymers and the exceptional light-matter interaction of plasmonic metal nanostructures.

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Soft Electronics

The Soft Electronics group develops composite materials, design concepts and devices, moving electronics into the realm of soft and deforming systems.

Organic nano electronics

Organic nanoelectronics

The research of the Organic Nanoelectronics group focuses on the optoelectronic and transport properties of nano-scaled organic semiconductors.

Electronic Plants

We develop bioelectronic devices for plant science focusing on more sustainable food production and on plants resistance to environmental stress. We also develop biohybrid technologies and living materials as new sustainable technological concepts.

Conjugated polymer Chemistry

We develop green chemistry & chemical functionalization of conjugated polymers and explore photo- and electroactive stimuli-responsive hybrid materials.

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Catalysis and Self-Assembly

We combine nanomaterials self-assembly and catalysis to enable more sustainable production of food, chemicals, and materials.

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Green Polymer Chemistry (GPC)

We develop new concepts in Polymer Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biopolymer Chemistry to solve Sustainable and Functional Materials Synthesis challenges.

Functional pi-materials

Functional Pi-Materials

Building functional nanostructures for clean energy technology through organic chemistry.

Recent publications

2026

Weidong Li, Xinying Wang, Heng Liu, Qilun Zhang, Xiane Li, Tong Liu, Can Liu, Xiaofeng Xu, Liangmin Yu, Xichang Bao, Xianjie Liu, Iain Mcculloch, Liming Ding, Xinhui Lu, Mats Fahlman, Chuanfei Wang (2026) Facile-processed n-p-type binary cathode interlayers: Concurrent enhancement of photovoltaic performance and mechanical robustness Nano Energy, Vol. 149, Article 111702 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sili Zhou, Xin Li, Jing Huang, Qiyu Meng, Zhen Liu, Jianrong Zeng, Yan Zhang, Lei Li, Dongbai Sun, Dan Zhao, Xavier Crispin, Peng Zhang (2026) Synergistic ionic doping for enhanced thermopower and switchable polarity in PEDOT: PSS ionic thermoelectrics Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 528, Article 172278 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Pedro Candiotto de Oliveira, Ayesha Sultana, Mingna Liao, Wenrui Zhang, Ying Liu, Hongting Ma, Nan Zhu, Thomas Ederth, Zia Khan, Reverant Crispin, Dan Zhao (2026) Thermal potential induced redox reaction enabled ionic thermoelectric generator Nano Energy, Vol. 148, Article 111648 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Sakarn Khamkaeo, Kunpot Mopoung, Kingshuk Mukhuti, Maarten W. de Dreu, Anna Dávid, Muyi Zhang, Mats Fahlman, Feng Gao, Peter C. M. Christianen, Irina A. Buyanova, Weimin M. Chen, Yuttapoom Puttisong (2026) Spin Qubits Candidate in Transition-Metal-Ion doped Halide Double Perovskites Nature Communications, Vol. 17, Article 41507169 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Juho Antti Sirvio, Mingna Liao, Donya Arjmandi, Jasmiina Haverinen, Ruijie Wu, Magnus Jonsson, Chunlin Xu, Ari Ammala, Jarkko P. Raty (2026) Fractionation of Wood Biomass With Thiolactic Acid and Choline Chloride-Based Solvent Into White Lignin for Sustainable Cooling Applications ChemSusChem, Vol. 19, Article e202502104 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Cecilia Bruschi, Asaminew Yerango Shimolo, Johanna Heimonen, Qilun Zhang, Mats Fahlman, Mikhail Vagin, Renee Kroon (2026) Autonomous aqueous H2O2 production with a carboxylate-functionalized polythiophene Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 14, p. 337-342 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Tobias Abrahamsson, Fredrik Ek, Rémy Cornuéjols, Donghak Byun, Marios Savvakis, Cecilia Bruschi, Ihor Sahalianov, Eva Miglbauer, Chiara Musumeci, Mary Donahue, Ioannis Petsagkourakis, Maciej Gryszel, Martin Hjort, Jennifer Gerasimov, Glib Baryshnikov, Renee Kroon, Daniel Simon, Magnus Berggren, Ilke Uguz, Roger Olsson, Xenofon Strakosas (2026) Visible-Light-Driven Aqueous Polymerization Enables in Situ Formation of Biocompatible, High-Performance Organic Mixed Conductors for Bioelectronics Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 65, Article e17897 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI