Ultrafast Charge Dynamics in Dilute-Donor versus Highly Intermixed TAPC:C60 Organic Solar Cell Blends

Quantification of Photophysical Processes in All-PolymerBulk Heterojunction Solar Cells 

Thienyl Sidechain Substitution and Backbone Fluorination ofBenzodithiophene-Based Donor Polymers Concertedly MinimizeCarrier Losses in ITIC-Based Organic Solar Cells

Impact of Cesium/Rubidium Incorporation on the Photophysics of Multiple-Cation Lead Halide Perovskites

Build-up of Triplet State Population in Operating TQ1:PC71BM Devices Does Not Limit Their Performance

Sandra P. Gonzalez Lopez and Esma Ugur, our PhD students, successfully presented UFD group at 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, which held in Boston, USA.

The UFD group members; Dr. Jafar I. Khan, Dr. Safakath Karuthedath, Dr. Ahmed H. Balawi, and PhD candidate Esma Ugur, attended NanoGe Fall Meeting 2019, which held in Berlin, Germany. They presented their work about photophysics of both perovskite and organic solar cells.

Carrier Extraction from Perovskite to Polymeric Charge Transport Layers Probed by Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

Impact of Fullerene on the Photophysics of Ternary Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells

Impact of polymorphism on the optoelectronic properties of a low-bandgap semiconducting polymer​

Direct and Energy-Transfer-Mediated Charge-Transfer State Formation and Recombination in Triangulene-Spacer-Perylenediimide Multichromophores: Lessons for Photovoltaic Applications​​

P3HT Molecular Weight Determines the Performance of P3HT:O-IDTBR Solar Cells​​

The UFD group was well represented at the MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, which was held from November 25-30 in Boston, Massachusetts. Group members Assoc. Prof. Frédéric Laquai, Dr. Jafar I. Khan, Dr. Safakath Karuthedath, and PhD candidate Esma Ugur, presented recent works in oral presentations.

Maha Alamoudi defended successfully her PhD thesis on November 22th.

Charge and Triplet Exciton Generation in Neat PC70BM Films and Hybrid CuSCN:PC70BM Solar Cell

Maha won best poster award at the ICSM 2018​

Sarah Alsaggaf defended successfully her MSc thesis on May 13th.

Mixed Domains Enhance Charge Generation and Extraction in Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells with Small-Molecule Donors

Maha Ahmed Alamoudi is invited to talk at the TV program Kalam nawaem due to the international day of woman in science.

From charge generation to extraction: fast time-resolved spectroscopic and charge extraction techniques unravel the physics and efficiencies governing photocurrent generation in polymer solar cells and how they are impacted by polymer structure and film processing conditions.