Knowledge Transfer Involving HQP

Optimization of Nanoscale Interfaces in Organic PV Active Layers

Journal Publications

  • D. Pathak, T. Wagner, T. Adhikari, J.M. Nunzi, “Photovoltaic performance of AgInSe2 conjugated polymer hybrid System bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells”, Synthetic Metals 199, 87–92 (2015)
  • D. Pathak, T. Wagner, T. Adhikari, J.M. Nunzi, “AgInSe2.PCBM.P3HT inorganic organic blends for hybrid bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics”, Synthetic Metals 200, 102–108 (2015)
  • D. Pathak, T. Wagner, T. Adhikari, J.M. Nunzi, « Inverted hybrid photovoltaic device based on AgInSe2 polymer blend as absorber and PEDOT: PSS as hole transport layer », Advanced Materials Letters (2015)
  • Françoise Provencher, Nicolas Bérubé, Anthony W. Parker, Gregory M. Greetham, Michael Towrie, Christoph Hellmann, Michel Côté, Natalie Stingelin, Carlos Silva & Sophia C. Hayes, ‘Direct observation of ultrafast long-range charge separation at polymer–fullerene heterojunctions’ Nature Communications 5, 4288 (2014). doi:10.1038/ncomms5288
  • ‘Three Photon Absorption Detection Using Polymer Photo-Diodes’ S.M.A. Mirzaee, B.S. Rao, J.M. Nunzi, Proc. SPIE 8915, 891514 (2013)
  • Two-dimensional spatial coherence of excitons in semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors: The effect of molecular weight. F. Paquin, H. Yamagata, N. Hestand, M. Sakowicz, N. Bérubé, Michel Côté, L.X. Reynolds, S.A. Haque, N. Stingelin, F.C. Spano, C. Silva. Physical Review B 88, 155202 (2013).
  • Controlling the Interaction of Light with Semiconductor Polymers. C. Hellmann, F. Paquin, N.D. Treat, A. Bruno, L.X. Reynolds, S.A. Haque, P. Stavrinou, C. Silva, N. Stingelin. Advanced Materials 25, 4906–4911 (2013).
  • “Organic solar cells’ materials and active layer designs, improvements with carbon nanotubes: a review”, B. Ratier, J.M. Nunzi, M. Aldissi, T.M. Kraft, E. Buncel, Polym. Int. 61, 342–354 (2012).
  • “Enhanced Organic Light Emitting Diode and Solar Cell Performances using Silver Nano-clusters“, F. Liu, J.M. Nunzi, Organic Electronics 13, 1623–1632 (2012).
  • Imin, P.; Imit, M.; Adronov, A. “Supramolecular Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) with a Photoisomerizable Conjugated Polymer” Macromolecules 2012, 45, 5045–5050.
  • “Organic solar cells’ materials and active layer designs, improvements with carbon nanotubes: a review”, B. Ratier, J.M. Nunzi, M. Aldissi, T.M. Kraft, E. Buncel, Polym. Int. 61, 342–354 (2012).
  • “An air stable hybrid Inverted tandem solar cell design”, F. Liu, J.M. Nunzi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 063301 (2011) (top 20 downloaded paper).
  • “Metal plasmon enhanced luminescence of rhodamine B”, F. Liu, B.S. Rao, G. Aldea, J.M. Nunzi, Proc SPIE 8113, 81130C (2011).
  • Imin, P.; Imit, M.; Adronov, A. “Supramolecular Functionalization of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) with Dithieno[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole (DTP) Containing Conjugated Polymers”, Macromolecules, 2011.
  • Charge separation in semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors by photoexcitation: Is the mechanism intrinsic or extrinsic? F. Paquin, G. Latini, M. Sakowicz, P.-L. Karsenti, L. Wang, D. Beljonne, N. Stingelin, C. Silva. Physical Review Letters 106, 197401 (2011).
  • “An air stable hybrid Inverted tandem solar cell design”, F. Liu, J.M. Nunzi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 063301 (2011) (top 20 downloaded paper).
  • Charge separation in semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors by photoexcitation: Is the mechanism intrinsic or extrinsic? F. Paquin, G. Latini, M. Sakowicz, P.-L. Karsenti, L. Wang, D. Beljonne, N. Stingelin, C. Silva. Physical Review Letters 106, 197401 (2011).
  • F. Liu, B. S. Rao, J.M. Nunzi, “A novel dye functionalized silver-silica core-shell NPs and its application in organic light emitting diodes“, Organic Electronics 12, 1279–1284 (2011).
  • Francis Paquin, Gianluca Latini, Maciej Sakowicz, Paul-Ludovic Karsenti, Linjun Wang, David Beljonne, Natalie Stingelin, Carlos Silva, “Charge separation by photoexcitation in semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors: An intrinsic or extrinsic mechanism?” Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 197401 (2011).

Journal Publications (Submitted)

  • Skupov, K., Adronov, A “Effect of carbon nanotube incorporation into polythiophene-fullerene based organic solar cells” Synthetic Metals, 2012, submitted.

Presentations (Invited)

  • C. Silva, Ultrafast long-range charge separation at polymer :fullerene heterojunctions, Work- shop Photovoltaics : New frontiers and applications, Lecce, Italie, October 2014
  • C. Silva, Photocarrier generation dynamics on polmer solar cells, Excitonic photovoltaics (XPV) Conference, Telluride, Colorado, August 2014
  • C. Silva, Direct photocarrier generation at polymeric semiconductor heterojunctions, International conference on nanophotonics, Beijing, China, May 2014
  • Claudio Cristoferi (presenter), Thomas Kraft, Jean-Michel Nunzi and Bernard Ratier. (2014). Equivalent electrical circuit of the parallel diode model in colour-tuned ternary polymer solar cells. The 14th International Symposium on Advanced Organic Photonics (ISAOP-14), Osaka, Japan
  • JM. Nunzi (2014). Les nanotechnologies pour l’énergie. Colloque sur L’Energétique et la Ville du Futur, EPMI, Cery-Pontoise, France (keynote)
  • J.M Nunzi (2014). Nanotechnologies pour l’énergie. Enjeux Stratégiques de la Formation et de la Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement et la Résilience des Territoires, Oran, Algeria (keynote)
  • Somayeh M.A Mirzaee, Yiwei Zhang, Matthew Schuster, JM. Nunzi (2014). Design of ultimate efficiency plasmonic antenna solar cells. Technologies for Polymer Electronics, TPE14, Illmenau, Germany
  • Somayeh M. A. Mirzaee, JM. Nunzi (2014). Nonlinear optical solar cells for the ultimate conversion efficiency limits. Physics Departmental Seminar, University of Hong-Kong, Hong-Kong, Hong Kong
  • Somayeh Mirzaee, Matt Schuster, J.M. Nunzi (2014). Plasmonic high efficiency nonlinear solar cells. INTERNATIONAL conference on optics, photonics & photosciences, Havana, Cuba
  • Somayeh Mirzaee, Matt Schuster, J.M. Nunzi (2014). Ultimate efficiency nonlinear plasmonic antenna solar cells. 13th International Conference · Electrical and Related Properties of Organic Solids, Swierad́ow Zdrój, Poland

Presentations (Oral)

  • C. Silva, Two-dimensional coherent photocurrent spectroscopy, Symposium on Exciton Processes in Molecular Materials, The Rank Prize Funds, Grasmere, Cumbria, Royaume-Uni, Septembre 2015.
  • C. Silva, Two-dimensional photocurrent excitation coherence spectroscopy in polymer :fullerene solar cells, 11th International Conference on Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers and Organic Nanostructures (OP 2015), Hong Kong, June 2015
  • C. Silva, Ultrafast Carrier Photogeneration Dynamics in Polymer : Fullerene Solar Cells Probed by Photocurrent- Detected Two-Dimensional Coherence Spectroscopy, Photonics North, Ottawa, ON, May 2015.
  • C. Silva, Ultrafast Carrier Photogeneration Dynamics in Polymer : Fullerene Solar Cells, Institut canadien des recherches avancées, Bio-Inspired Solar Energy Program Meeting, Toronto, ON, May 2015.
  • C. Silva, Ultrafast Carrier Photogeneration Dynamics in Polymer : Fullerene Solar Cells Probed by Photocurrent- Detected Two-Dimensional Coherence Spectroscopy, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2015.
  • Somayeh M. A. Mirzaee, J.M. Nunzi (2014). Nonlinear optical photovoltaics. Light Manipulating Organic Materials and Devices, San Diego, United States
  • Somayeh M. A. Mirzaee, JM. Nunzi (2014). Nonlinear nanophotonic solar cells. SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering – Nanophotonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium
  • Somayeh M. A. Mirzaee, JM. Nunzi (2014). Ultimate efficiency nonlinear-optical solar cells. Canadian association of Physicists Congress, Sudbury, Canada
  • T. M. Kraft, B. Ratier, and J.M. Nunzi. “Polymer solar cells doped with functionalized carbon nanotubes”, 13th International Symposium on Advanced Organic Photonic, Kingston ON, September 2013, abstract #O19.
  • F. Provencher, Nicolas Bérubé,Anthony Parker, Gregory M. Greetham, Christoph Hellmann, Michel Côté, Natalie Stingelin, Carlos Silva and Sophia Hayes, “Polaron resonance-Raman signatures develop within 100 fs at polymer:fullerene heterojunctions”, 12th European Conference on Molecular Electronics, London, UK, September 2013.
  • Fei Dou, Ester Buchaca-Dormingo, Maciej Sakowicz, Xinping Zhang, Natalie Stingelin, Carlos Silva, “The nature of long-lived charges in co-crystallised and phase-segregated semiconductor polymer:fullerene blends”, OP106, Nanoscience + Engineering, Optics + Photonics SPIE Conference, San Diego CA, August 2013.
  • C. Silva, “Coherent Control of Photocurrent in Polymer Solar Cells”, 10th International Conference on Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers and Organic Nanostructures (OP2013), Durham, United Kingdom, July 2013.
  • C. Silva, “Multi-Phase Semicrystalline Microstructures Drive Extrinsic Charge Photogeneration in Plastic Semiconductors”, Organic Solar Cells : Theory and Experiment, from Description to Prediction, Santa Fe, NM, USA, May 2013.
  • “Noble Metal Nanoparticle Enhanced Organic Light Emitting Diodes”, F. Liu, J.M. Nunzi, Proc SPIE 8424, 84243E (2012).
  • “Metal plasmon enhanced luminescence of rhodamine B”, F. Liu, B.S. Rao, G. Aldea, J.M. Nunzi, Proc SPIE 8113, 81130C (2011).

Presentations (Poster)

  • T. M. Kraft, J.M. Nunzi, and B. Ratier “Novel Ink Formulation for Large Area Inkjet Printing of Organic Solar Cells” 3ème Workshop Doctorants- XLIM, Limoges France, September 2013, abstract pg 24.
  • F. Provencher, C. Silva, “Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy study of excited states dynamics in PCDTBT:PCBM in the solid state”, Organic solar cells: theory and experiment, from description to prediction, Santa Fe, NM, May 2013.
  • T. M. Kraft, J.-M. Nunzi, and B. Ratier “Carbon Nanotube-doped Polymer Solar Cells” 11th International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems, Arcachon France, November 2012, P107.
  • T. M. Kraft, J.-M. Nunzi, and B. Ratier “Incorporation of Functionalized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Inverted Polymer Solar Cells” 5ème congrès National Dispositifs Electroniques Organiques, Limoges France, November 2012, poster abstract pg 61.

 

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Journal  Publications

  • H. Derbal-Habak, C. Bergeret, J. Cousseau, JM. Nunzi, “Incorporation of functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes increases the open circuit voltage of a polymer bulk heterojunction solar cell”, Advanced Device Materials (01/06/2015) DOI : 10.1179/2055031615Y.0000000001
  • Eric R. Bittner and Carlos Silva, ‘Noise-induced quantum coherence drives photo-carrier generation dynamics at polymeric semiconductor heterojunctions’, Nature Communications 5, 3119 (2014). doi:10.1038/ncomms4119
  • Spano, F. C.; Silva, C., ‘H- and J-Aggregate Behavior in Polymeric Semiconductors’, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 65, 477-500 (2014). DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040513-103639
  •  “Organic Materials for photovoltaic applications: Review and Mechanism”, N. Kaur, M. Singh, D. Pathak, T. Wagner, J.M. Nunzi, Synthetic Metals 190, 20-26 (2014)