Organic/inorganic hybrids for intelligent sensing and wearable clean energy applications

Abstract

With the rapid development of wearable electronics and the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) era, it is imperative to research and explore the basic components to meet the application scenarios. In particular, it is becoming increasingly difficult to impart suitable properties to individual materials and realize appropriate physical dimensions in order to satisfy increasing demands of multifunctionality for fundamental studies, device designs, and performance optimization. Therefore, these challenges and opportunities can be addressed by designing (optical) electronic and energy devices with unique functionality and versatility through the combined advantages of multidimensional integration or hybridization of inorganic semiconductors, especially inorganic two-dimensional semiconductor materials, with various types of organic materials with potentially novel functions and unique properties. Herein, a comprehensive review of emerging integration or hybridization of inorganic semiconductor materials with organic materials from their individual components, and assembly fabrication to their state-of-the-art electronic, optoelectronic, magnetic, and energy applications is presented. Future opportunities and challenges associated with these organic/inorganic hybrids are highlighted.