Silesian University of Technology 5 articles published in JoVE Chemistry Time-resolved Photophysical Characterization of Triplet-harvesting Organic Compounds at an Oxygen-free Environment Using an iCCD Camera Piotr Pander1, Przemyslaw Data1,2,3, Fernando B. Dias1 1Department of Physics, University of Durham, 2Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 3Center of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences Here, we present a method of the spectroscopic characterization of organic molecules by means of time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy on the nanosecond-to-millisecond timescale in oxygen-free conditions. Methods to efficiently remove oxygen from the samples and, thus, limit luminescence quenching are also described. Engineering Production and Characterization of Vacuum Deposited Organic Light Emitting Diodes Daniel de Sa Pereira1, Andrew P. Monkman1, Przemyslaw Data1,2,3 1Physics Department, Durham University, 2Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, 3Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Science A protocol for the production of simple structured organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is presented. Chemistry Using Cyclic Voltammetry, UV-Vis-NIR, and EPR Spectroelectrochemistry to Analyze Organic Compounds Sandra Pluczyk1, Marharyta Vasylieva1, Przemyslaw Data1,2,3 1Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Silesian University of Technology, 2Department of Physics, Durham University, 3Center of Polymer and Carbon Materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences In this article, we describe electrochemical, electron paramagnetic resonance, and ultraviolet-visible and near-infrared spectroelectrochemical methods to analyze organic compounds for application in organic electronics. Chemistry Raman and IR Spectroelectrochemical Methods as Tools to Analyze Conjugated Organic Compounds Agata Blacha-Grzechnik1, Krzysztof Karon1, Przemyslaw Data1,2,3 1Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Silesian University of Technology, 2Department of Physics, Durham University, 3Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences A protocol of step-by-step Raman and IR spectroelectrochemical analysis is presented. Chemistry Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Electrochemical Rate Constant Estimation Pavel Chulkin1, Przemyslaw Data1,2,3 1Factulty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers, Silesian University of Technology, 2Department of Physics, Durham University, 3Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials of the Polish Academy of Sciences Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) of species that undergo reversible oxidation or reduction in solution was used for determination of rate constants of oxidation or reduction.