Publications

Latest FAU Solar Publications

Toward Self-Driven Autonomous Material and Device Acceleration Platforms (AMADAP) for Emerging Photovoltaics Technologies

23. April 2024

Zhang, J., Hauch., J.A., Brabec, C.J. Acc. Chem. Res. 2024 In the ever-increasing renewable-energy demand scenario, developing new photovoltaic technologies is important, even in the presence of established terawatt-scale silicon…

Controlling Interchromophore Coupling in Diamantane-Linked Pentacene Dimers To Create a “Binary” Pair

5. April 2024

Greißel, P.M., Schroeder, Z.W., Thiel, D., Ferguson, M.J., Clark, T., Guldi, D.M., Tykwinski, R.R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 15, 10875–10888 Two isomeric pentacene dimers, each linked by a…

Suppression of phase segregation in wide-bandgap perovskites with thiocyanate ions for perovskite/organic tandems with 25.06% efficiency

29. March 2024

Zhang, Z., Chen, W., Jiang, X., Cao, J., Yang, H., Chen, H., Yang, F., Shen, Y., Yang, H., Cheng, Q., Chen, X., Tang, X., Kang, S., Ou, X., Brabec, C.J.,…

Large-area organic photovoltaic modules with 14.5% certified world record efficiency

6. March 2024

Basu, R., Gumpert, F., Lohbreier, J., Morin, P.-O., Vohra, V., Liu, Y., Zhou, Y., Brabec, C.J., Egelhaaf, H.-J., Distler, A. Joule 8, 1–9, April 17, 2024 Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are…

Polymer-acid-metal quasi-ohmic contact for stable perovskite solar cells beyond a 20,000-hour extrapolated lifetime

5. March 2024

Luo, J., Liu, B., Yin, H., Zhou, X., Wu, M., Shi, H., Zhang, J., Elia, J., Zhang, K., Wu, J., Xie, Z., Liu, C., Yuan, J., Wan, Z., Heumueller, T.,…

Cradle-to-cradle recycling in terawatt photovoltaics: A vision of perpetual utility

14. February 2024

Peters I.M., Hauch, J., Brabec C.J. Joule, 2024 As the world races toward carbon neutrality, the photovoltaic (PV) industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections indicating a need for multi-10-terawatt…

Accelerating Photostability Evaluation of Perovskite Films through Intelligent Spectral Learning-Based Early Diagnosis

30. January 2024

Liu, Z., Zhang, J., Rao, G., Peng, Z., Huang, Y., Arnold, S., Liu, B., Deng, C., Li, C., Li, H., Zhi, H., Zhang, Z., Zhou, W., Hauch, J., Yan, C.,…

A Digital Twin to Overcome Long-time Challenges in Photovoltaics

12. January 2024

Lüer L., Peters I.M., Smith A.S., Dorschky E., Eskofier B., Liers-Bergmann F., Franke J., Sjarov M., Brossog M., Guldi D.M., Maier A., Brabec C.J. Joule 8 (2024), 1-17 The recent…

Bypassing the Single Junction Limit with Advanced Photovoltaic Architectures

31. December 2023

Lüer, L., Peters, M., Le Corre, V. M., Forberich, K., Guldi, D., Brabec, C. J. – Advanced Materials, 2308578, 2023 Multijunction devices and photon up- and down conversion are prominent…

Intramolecular Triplet Diffusion Facilitates Triplet Dissociation in a Pentacene Hexamer

13. December 2023

Greißel, P.M., Thiel, D., Gotfredsen, H., Chen, L., Krug, M., Papadopoulos, I., Miskolzie, M., Torres, T., Clark, T., Nielsen, M.B., Tykwinski, R.R., Guldi, D.M. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 63(8), e202315064.…

The contribution of AI in Solar Energy – Teamwork for Solar Power

22. November 2023

Limited efficiency, difficult to recycle— the expansion of photovoltaics has hit a roadblock. Christoph Brabec, Ian Marius Peters, and Verena Tiefenbeck have joined forces to change that. Christoph Brabec is…

Optimizing Perovskite Thin-Film Parameter Spaces with Machine Learning-Guided Robotic Platform for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

1. November 2023

Zhang, J., Liu, B., Liu, Z., Wu, J., Arnold, S., Shi, H., Osterrieder, T., Hauch, J. A., Wu, Z., Luo, J., Wagner, J., Berger, C. G., Stubhan, T., Schmitt, F.,…

29.9%-efficient, commercially viable perovskite/CuInSe2 thin-film tandem solar cells

1. November 2023

Liang, H., Feng, J., Rodríguez-Gallegos, C. D., Krause, M., Wang, X., Alvianto, E., Guo, R., Liu, H., Kothandaraman, R. K., Carron, R., Tiwari, A. N., Peters, I. M., Fu, F.,…

Homogenizing out-of-plane cation composition in perovskite solar cells

1. November 2023

Liang, Z., Zhang, Y., Xu, H., Chen, W., Liu, B., Zhang, J., Zhang, H., Wang, Z., Kang, D.-H., Zeng, J., Gao, X., Wang, Q., Hu, H., Zhou, H., Cai, X.,…

A Positive Semidefinite Safe Approximation of Multivariate Distributionally Robust Constraints Determined by Simple Functions

9. October 2023

Jana Dienstbier, Frauke Liers, Jan Rolfes https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.05612 Single-level reformulations of (non-convex) distributionally robust optimization (DRO) problems are often intractable, as they contain semiinfinite dual constraints. Based on such a semiinfinite…

A Safe Approximation Based on Mixed-Integer Optimization for Non-Convex Distributional Robustness Governed by Univariate Indicator Functions

9. October 2023

Jana Dienstbier, Frauke Liers, Jan Rolfes https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11185 In this work, we present algorithmically tractable safe approximations of distributionally robust optimization (DRO) problems. The considered ambiguity sets can exploit information on…

Elevating PV Inspection with Aerial Photoluminescence Imaging (PLAI)

18. September 2023

We’re thrilled to introduce a groundbreaking innovation that’s set to redefine the way we inspect photovoltaic (PV) modules: Aerial Photoluminescence Imaging, or PLAI. Developed by Marius Peters, Larry Lüer and…

Revolutionizing Solar: Autonomous 4D Optimization of Organic Solar Cells

7. September 2023

Optimizing solution-processed organic solar cells (OSCs) is challenging due to the multidimensional parameter space involved. Traditional one-variable-at-a-time (OVAT) methods are slow and often suboptimal. To address this, researchers have implemented…

Dark State of the Thiele Hydrocarbon: Efficient Solvatochromic Emission from a Nonpolar Centrosymmetric Singlet Diradicaloid

6. September 2023

Punzi, A., Dai, Y., Dibenedetto, C. N., Mesto, E., Schingaro, E., Ullrich, T., Striccoli, M., Guldi, D. M., Negri, F., Farinola, G. M., Blasi, D., Journal of the American Chemical…

Breaking New Ground in Small-Molecule Semiconductor Synthesis: FAU Solar’s High-Throughput Advancement

4. September 2023

The synthesis of solution-processable small-molecule semiconductors presents a unique opportunity for accelerating innovation in solution processed photovoltaics (PV). This recent breakthrough in small-molecule semiconductor research by FAU Solar members has…

A Universal Strategy of Perovskite Ink – Substrate Interaction to Overcome the Poor Wettability of a Self-Assembled Monolayer for Reproducible Perovskite Solar Cells

4. September 2023

Kulkarni, A., Sarkar, R., Akel, S., Häser, M., Klingebiel, B., Wuttig, M., Wiegand, S., Chakraborty, S., Saliba, M., Kirchartz, T. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2305812 Perovskite solar cells employing…

Towards understanding the competition of electron and energy transfer in “molecular” nanographenes on the example of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene

24. August 2023

Beneventi, G. M., Krug, M., Reger, D., Jux, N., Guldi, D. M., Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 2023, 56, 100602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2023.100602 Bottom-up strategies have allowed the synthesis…

Tetracene Dimers: A Platform for Intramolecular Down- and Up-conversion

2. August 2023

Bo, Y., Hou, Y., Thiel, D., Weiß, R., Clark, T., Ferguson, M. J., Tykwinski, R. R., Guldi, D. M., Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 18260-18275. 10.1021/jacs.3c02417 Photon…

How Charge Carrier Exchange between Absorber and Contact Influences Time Constants in the Frequency Domain Response of Perovskite Solar Cells

2. August 2023

Ravishankar, S., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Kirchartz, T., Rau, U. PRX Energy 2, 033006 – Published 2 August 2023 A model is derived for the frequency and time domain optoelectronic…

Sustainability covering the entire life cycle of photovoltaics

20. July 2023

Organic electronics can make a decisive contribution to decarbonization and at the same time help save rare and valuable raw materials. To achieve this, it is necessary not only to…

Characterizing the Influence of Charge Extraction Layers on the Performance of Triple-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells

10. July 2023

Siekmann, J., Kulkarni, A., Akel, S., Klingebiel, B., Saliba, M., Rau, U., Kirchartz, T. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13(32), 2300448 Selecting suitable charge transport layers and suppressing non-radiative recombination at…

Transforming characterization data into information in the case of perovskite solar cells

6. July 2023

Kirchartz, T., Das, B. J. Phys. Energy 2023, 5 031001 In many emerging solar cell technologies, it is a significant challenge to extract the electronic properties of materials and interfaces…

Aerosol-Jet-Printed Encapsulation of Organic Photovoltaics

16. June 2023

Basu, R., Siah, K. S., Distler, A., Häußler, F., Franke, J., Brabec, C. J., Egelhaaf, H. J. Advanced Engineering Materials, 25(17), 2300322, 2023 Organic electronic devices (OEDs) are prone to…

Interfullerene Electronic Interactions and Excited-State Dynamics in Fullerene Dumbbell Conjugates

13. June 2023

Chai, Y., Liu, L., Xu, Y., Liu, X., Wang, C., Bo, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, Z., Weng, Y., Guldi, D. M., Wu, B., Wang, C., Journal of the American Chemical…

One-Pot Synthesis and Excited-State Dynamics of Null Exciton-Coupled Diketopyrrolopyrroles Oligo-Grids

8. June 2023

Bo, Y., Hou, P., Wan, J., Cao, H., Liu, Y., Xie, L., Guldi, D. M., Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2302664. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202302664 Exciton coupling in molecular aggregates plays a vital role…

Monolithic two-terminal tandem solar cells using Sb2S3 and solution-processed PbS quantum dots achieving an open-circuit potential beyond 1.1 V

12. May 2023

Selina Kern, Gyusang Yi, Pascal Büttner, Florian Scheler, Minh-Hoa Tran, Sofia Korenko, Katharina E. Dehm, Ivan Kundrata, Steve Albrecht, Julien Bachmann, Ryan W. Crisp – 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-f4k03 Multijunction solar cells show the…

A Digital Twin to overcome long-time challenges in Photovoltaics

12. May 2023

Larry Lüer, Marius Peters, Ana Sunčana Smith, Eva Dorschky, Bjoern M. Eskofier, Frauke Liers, Jörg Franke, Martin Sjarov, Mathias Brossog, Dirk Guldi, Andreas Maier and Christoph J. Brabec accepted for…

Unlocking the Potential of Multijunction Solar Cells: Insights from FAU Solar Members

6. May 2023

Solar energy stands as one of the most promising solutions to address the world’s growing energy needs while reducing our carbon footprint. A pivotal aspect of harnessing solar power efficiently…

Quantifying Charge Extraction and Recombination Using the Rise and Decay of the Transient Photovoltage of Perovskite Solar Cells

5. May 2023

Krückemeier, L., Liu, Z., Kirchartz, T. and Rau, U. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2300872 The extraction of photogenerated charge carriers and the generation of a photovoltage belong to the fundamental…

Sensitized Singlet Fission in Rigidly Linked Axial and Peripheral Pentacene-Subphthalocyanine Conjugates

21. April 2023

Gotfredsen, H., Thiel, D., Greißel, P. M., Chen, L., Krug, M., Papadopoulos, I., Ferguson, M. J., Nielsen, M. B., Torres, T., Clark, T., Guldi, D. M., Tykwinski, R. R., Journal…

Air Processing of Thick and Semitransparent Laminated Polymer: Non-Fullerene Acceptor Blends Introduces Asymmetric Current-Voltage Characteristics

28. March 2023

Rodríguez-Martínez, X., Hartnagel, P., Riera-Galindo, S., Beket, G., Österberg, T., Gao, F., Kirchartz, T., Inganäs, O. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2301192 Non-fullerene acceptors have recently revolutionized indoor organic photovoltaics…

Relevance of Long Diffusion Lengths for Efficient Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

9. March 2023

Akel, S.; Kulkarni, A.; Rau, U.; Kirchartz, T. PRX Energy 2023, 2, 013004 Diffusion lengths are abundantly mentioned as a key enabler of high performance in lead-halide perovskite solar cells…

Comparing Methods of Characterizing Energetic Disorder in Organic Solar Cells

2. March 2023

Hartnagel, P., Ravishankar, S., Klingebiel, B., Thimm, O., Kirchartz, T. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, 2300329 The energetic disorder has been known for decades to limit the performance of structurally…

Understanding the Thickness and Light-Intensity Dependent Performance of Green-Solvent Processed Organic Solar Cells

25. January 2023

Lübke, D.; Hartnagel, P.; Hülsbeck, M.; Kirchartz, T. ACS Materials Au 2023, 3, 215 For indoor light harvesting, the adjustable band gap of molecular semiconductors is a significant advantage relative…

Enhancing Built-in Electric Fields for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Encapsulating C60 Fullerene into Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks

14. January 2023

Liu, L., Meng, H., Chai, Y., Chen, X., Xu, J., Liu, X., Liu, W., Guldi, D. M., Zhu, Y., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202217897. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202217897 High-efficiency photocatalysts based…

FAU Solar Members’ Publication List

View individual publication lists in FAU Solar members’ buisness cards