Publications of Thomas Kirchartz

    2024

  • Akel, Samah; Wang, Yueming; Yan, Genghua; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Charge Carrier Collection Losses in Lead-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials (2024) 2401800 in press
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Dreessen, Chris; Gil-Escrig, Lidón; Hülsbeck, Markus; Sessolo, Michele; Bolink, Henk J.; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Effective Steady-State Recombination Decay Times in Comparison to Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Decay Times in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Solar RRL (2024) 2400504 in press
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Casademont-Viñas, Miquel; Capolat, Daniel; Quesada-Ramírez, Arianna; Reinfelds, Matiss; Trimmel, Gregor; Sanviti, Matteo; Martín, Jaime; Goñi, Alejandro R.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano
    Combinatorial screening of wide band-gap organic solar cell materials with open-circuit voltage between 1.1 and 1.4 V
    In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability (2024)
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kim, Eunchi; Christen, Leonard; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Correlating the Photoshunt with Charge-Collection Losses in Organic Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials (2024) 2403129 in press
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Yan, Genghua; Yuan, Ye; Kaba, Mory; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Visualizing Performances Losses of Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules : From Laboratory to Industrial Scales
    In: Advanced Energy Materials (2024) 2403706 in press
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Almora, Osbel; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Castriotta, Luigi A.; Erten-Ela, Sule; Forberich, Karen; Fukuda, Kenjiro; Guo, Fei; Hauch, Jens; Ho-Baillie, Anita W.Y.; Jacobsson, T. Jesper; Janssen, Rene A.J.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Lunt, Richard R.; Mathew, Xavier; Mitzi, David B.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.; Nelson, Jenny; Nogueira, Ana F.; Paetzold, Ulrich. W.; Rand, Barry P.; Rau, Uwe; Someya, Takao; Sprau, Christian; Vaillant-Roca, Lídice; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 5)
    In: Advanced Energy Materials (2024) in press
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zia, Waqas; Malekshahi Byranvand, Mahdi; Rudolph, Toby; Rai, Monika; Kot, Małgorzata; Das, Chittaranjan; Kedia, Mayank; Zohdi, Mohammadreza; Zuo, Weiwei; Yeddu, Vishal; Saidaminov, Makhsud I.; Flege, Jan Ingo; Kirchartz, Thomas; Saliba, Michael
    MAPbCl₃ Light Absorber for Highest Voltage Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 9 (2024) pp. 1017 - 1024
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Shcherbachenko, Sergey; Astakhov, Oleksandr; Liu, Zhifa; Kin, Li-Chung; Zahren, Christoph; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas; Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina
    High-Bandgap Perovskites for Efficient Indoor Light Harvesting
    In: Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research Vol. 5 (2024) Nr. 5, 2400032
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Yuan, Ye; Yan, Genghua; Dreessen, Chris; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Understanding Power-Law Photoluminescence Decays and Bimolecular Recombination in Lead-Halide Perovskites
    In: Advanced Energy Materials (2024) in press
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Yang, Qing; Duan, Weiyuan; Eberst, Alexander; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Wang, Yueming; Kulkarni, Ashish; Lambertz, Andreas; Bittkau, Karsten; Zhang, Yongqiang; Vitusevich, Svetlana; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas; Ding, Kaining
    Origin of sputter damage during transparent conductive oxide deposition for semitransparent perovskite solar cells
    In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability Vol. 12 (2024) Nr. 24, pp. 14816 - 14827
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Almora, Osbel; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Erten-Ela, Sule; Forberich, Karen; Fukuda, Kenjiro; Guo, Fei; Hauch, Jens; Ho-Baillie, Anita W. Y.; Jacobsson, T. Jesper; Janssen, Rene A. J.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Loi, Maria A.; Mathew, Xavier; Mitzi, David B.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.; Paetzold, Ulrich W.; Rand, Barry P.; Rau, Uwe; Someya, Takao; Unger, Eva; Vaillant-Roca, Lídice; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 4)
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 14 (2024) Nr. 4, 2303173
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Suchan, Klara; Jacobsson, T. Jesper; Rehermann, Carolin; Unger, Eva L.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Wolff, Christian M.
    Rationalizing Performance Losses of Wide Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells Evident in Data from the Perovskite Database
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 14 (2024) Nr. 5, 2303420
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Yuan, Ye; Yan, Genghua; Dreessen, Chris; Rudolph, Toby; Hülsbeck, Markus; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Ye, Jiajiu; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Shallow defects and variable photoluminescence decay times up to 280 µs in triple-cation perovskites
    In: Nature Materials Vol. 23 (2024) Nr. 3, pp. 391 - 397
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Wang, Yueming; Akel, Samah; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Hole Transporting Bilayers for Efficient Micrometer-Thick Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 14 (2024) Nr. 5, 2302614
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2023

  • Kulkarni, Ashish; Sarkar, Ranjini; Akel, Samah; Häser, Maria; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Wuttig, Matthias; Wiegand, Simone; Chakraborty, Sudip; Saliba, Michael; Kirchartz, Thomas
    A Universal Strategy of Perovskite Ink - Substrate Interaction to Overcome the Poor Wettability of a Self-Assembled Monolayer for Reproducible Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Functional Materials Vol. 33 (2023) Nr. 47, 2305812
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Rau, Uwe; Krückemeier, Lisa; Ravishankar, Sandheep; Kirchartz, Thomas
    The Rise and the Decay of the Photovoltage in Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: IEEE Conference Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC) / IEEE Conference Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC), 11-16 June 2023, San Juan, PR, USA 2023
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Rau, Uwe; Komoll, Felix; Helder, Tim; Zinßer, Mario; Kanevce, Ana; Kirchartz, Thomas; Friedlmeier, Theresa Magorian
    Analysis of Cu(In, Ga)Se₂ Heterojunction Solar Cells in Terms of their Balance of Thermodynamic Potentials
    In: IEEE Conference Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC) / IEEE Conference Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC), 11-16 June 2023, San Juan, PR, USA 2023
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Liang, Zheng; Zhang, Yong; Xu, Huifen; Chen, Wenjing; Liu, Boyuan; Zhang, Jiyao; Zhang, Hui; Wang, Zihan; Kang, Dong-Ho; Zeng, Jianrong; Gao, Xingyu; Wang, Qisheng; Hu, Huijie; Zhou, Hongmin; Cai, Xiangbin; Tian, Xingyou; Reiss, Peter; Xu, Baomin; Kirchartz, Thomas; Xiao, Zhengguo; Dai, Songyuan; Park, Nam-Gyu; Ye, Jiajiu; Pan, Xu
    Homogenizing out-of-plane cation composition in perovskite solar cells
    In: Nature Vol. 624 (2023) Nr. 7992, pp. 557 - 563
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Xu, Huifen; Liang, Zheng; Ye, Jiajiu; Zhang, Yong; Wang, Zihan; Zhang, Hui; Wan, Changmao; Xu, Guangkun; Zeng, Jie; Xu, Baomin; Xiao, Zhengguo; Kirchartz, Thomas; Pan, Xu
    Constructing robust heterointerfaces for carrier viaduct via interfacial molecular bridges enables efficient and stable inverted perovskite solar cells
    In: Energy and Environmental Science Vol. 16 (2023) Nr. 12, pp. 5792 - 5804
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Das, Basita
    Transforming characterization data into information in the case of perovskite solar cells
    In: JPhys Energy Vol. 5 (2023) Nr. 3, 031001
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Krückemeier, Lisa; Liu, Zhifa; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe
    Quantifying Charge Extraction and Recombination Using the Rise and Decay of the Transient Photovoltage of Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Materials Vol. 35 (2023) Nr. 35, 2300872
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Rodríguez-Martínez, Xabier; Hartnagel, Paula; Riera-Galindo, Sergi; Beket, Gulzada; Österberg, Thomas; Gao, Feng; Kirchartz, Thomas; Inganäs, Olle
    Air Processing of Thick and Semitransparent Laminated Polymer : Non-Fullerene Acceptor Blends Introduces Asymmetric Current–Voltage Characteristics
    In: Advanced Functional Materials Vol. 33 (2023) Nr. 27, 2301192
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Siekmann, Johanna; Kulkarni, Ashish; Akel, Samah; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Saliba, Michael; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Characterizing the Influence of Charge Extraction Layers on the Performance of Triple-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 13 (2023) Nr. 32, 2300448
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Lübke, Dana; Hartnagel, Paula; Hülsbeck, Markus; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Understanding the Thickness and Light-Intensity Dependent Performance of Green-Solvent Processed Organic Solar Cells
    In: ACS Materials Au Vol. 3 (2023) Nr. 3, pp. 215 - 230
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Almora, Osbel; Baran, Derya; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Erten-Ela, Sule; Forberich, Karen; Guo, Fei; Hauch, Jens; Ho-Baillie, Anita W. Y.; Jacobsson, T. Jesper; Janssen, Rene A. J.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Kopidakis, Nikos; Loi, Maria A.; Lunt, Richard R.; Mathew, Xavier; McGehee, Michael D.; Min, Jie; Mitzi, David B.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.; Nelson, Jenny; Nogueira, Ana F.; Paetzold, Ulrich W.; Rand, Barry P.; Rau, Uwe; Snaith, Henry J.; Unger, Eva; Vaillant-Roca, Lídice; Yang, Chenchen; Yip, Hin-Lap; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 3)
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 13 (2023) Nr. 1, 2203313
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zinßer, Mario; Helder, Tim; Magorian Friedlmeier, Theresa; Bauer, Andreas; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe; Wächter, Rolf; Powalla, Michael
    Holistic yield modeling, top-down loss analysis, and efficiency potential study of thin-film solar modules
    In: Communications Physics Vol. 6 (2023) Nr. 1, 55
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Hossain, Kashimul; Kulkarni, Ashish; Bothra, Urvashi; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Kirchartz, Thomas; Saliba, Michael; Kabra, Dinesh
    Resolving the Hydrophobicity of the Me-4PACz Hole Transport Layer for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency >20%
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 8 (2023) Nr. 9, pp. 3860 - 3867
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Hartnagel, Paula; Ravishankar, Sandheep; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Thimm, Oliver; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Comparing Methods of Characterizing Energetic Disorder in Organic Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 13 (2023) Nr. 15, 2300329
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2022

  • Yang, Chenchen; Atwater, Harry A.; Baldo, Marc A.; Baran, Derya; Barile, Christopher J.; Barr, Miles C.; Bates, Matthew; Bawendi, Moungi G.; Bergren, Matthew R.; Borhan, Babak; Brabec, Christoph J.; Brovelli, Sergio; Bulović, Vladimir; Ceroni, Paola; Debije, Michael G.; Delgado-Sanchez, Jose-Maria; Dong, Wen-Ji; Duxbury, Phillip M.; Evans, Rachel C.; Forrest, Stephen R.; Gamelin, Daniel R.; Giebink, Noel C.; Gong, Xiao; Griffini, Gianmarco; Guo, Fei; Herrera, Christopher K.; Ho-Baillie, Anita W.Y.; Holmes, Russell J.; Hong, Sung-Kyu; Kirchartz, Thomas; Levine, Benjamin G.; Li, Hongbo; Li, Yilin; Liu, Dianyi; Loi, Maria A.; Luscombe, Christine K.; Makarov, Nikolay S.; Mateen, Fahad; Mazzaro, Raffaello; McDaniel, Hunter; McGehee, Michael D.; Meinardi, Francesco; Menéndez-Velázquez, Amador; Min, Jie; Mitzi, David B.; Moemeni, Mehdi; Moon, Jun Hyuk; Nattestad, Andrew; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.; Nogueira, Ana F.; Paetzold, Ulrich W.; Patrick, David L.; Pucci, Andrea; Rand, Barry P.; Reichmanis, Elsa; Richards, Bryce S.; Roncali, Jean; Rosei, Federico; Schmidt, Timothy W.; So, Franky; Tu, Chang-Ching; Vahdani, Aria; van Sark, Wilfried G.J.H.M.; Verduzco, Rafael; Vomiero, Alberto; Wong, Wallace W.H.; Wu, Kaifeng; Yip, Hin-Lap; Zhang, Xiaowei; Zhao, Haiguang; Lunt, Richard R.
    Consensus statement : Standardized reporting of power-producing luminescent solar concentrator performance
    In: Joule Vol. 6 (2022) Nr. 1, pp. 8 - 15
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kin, Li-Chung; Liu, Zhifa; Astakhov, Oleksandr; Shcherbachenko, Sergey; Kungl, Hans; Kirchartz, Thomas; Eichel, Rüdiger-A; Rau, Uwe; Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina
    Efficient indoor light harvesting with CH₃NH₃Pb(I₀.₈Br₀.₂)₃ solar modules and sodium-ion battery
    In: Cell Reports Physical Science Vol. 3 (2022) Nr. 11, 101123
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Das, Basita; Aguilera, Irene; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Effect of Doping, Photodoping, and Bandgap Variation on the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Optical Materials Vol. 10 (2022) Nr. 13, 2101947
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas
    Picturing charge carrier diffusion
    In: Nature Materials Vol. 21 (2022) Nr. 12, pp. 1344 - 1345
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Tian, Jingjing; Zhang, Kaicheng; Xie, Zhiqiang; Peng, Zijian; Zhang, Jiyun; Osvet, Andres; Lüer, Larry; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe; Li, Ning; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Quantifying the Energy Losses in CsPbI₂Br Perovskite Solar Cells with an Open-Circuit Voltage of up to 1.45 v
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 7 (2022) Nr. 11, pp. 4071 - 4080
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Grabowski, David; Liu, Zhifa; Schöpe, Gunnar; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Fill Factor Losses and Deviations from the Superposition Principle in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Solar RRL Vol. 6 (2022) Nr. 11, 2200507
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Eberst, Alexander; Zamchiy, Alexandr; Qiu, Kaifu; Winkel, Peter; Gebrewold, Habtamu T.; Lambertz, Andreas; Duan, Weiyuan; Li, Shenghao; Bittkau, Karsten; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe; Ding, Kaining
    Optical Optimization Potential of Transparent-Passivated Contacts in Silicon Solar Cells
    In: Solar RRL Vol. 6 (2022) Nr. 6, 2101050
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Yuan, Ye; Yan, Genghua; Hong, Ruijiang; Liang, Zongcun; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Quantifying Efficiency Limitations in All-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Materials Vol. 34 (2022) Nr. 21, 2108132
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Ravishankar, Sandheep; Bisquert, Juan; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Interpretation of Mott-Schottky plots of photoanodes for water splitting
    In: Chemical Science Vol. 13 (2022) Nr. 17, pp. 4828 - 4837
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Ünlü, Feray; Deo, Meenal; Mathur, Sanjay; Kirchartz, Thomas; Kulkarni, Ashish
    Bismuth-based halide perovskite and perovskite-inspired light absorbing materials for photovoltaics
    In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics Vol. 55 (2022) Nr. 11, 113002
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Hüpkes, Jürgen; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Dielectric Junction : Electrostatic Design for Charge Carrier Collection in Solar Cells
    In: Solar RRL Vol. 6 (2022) Nr. 1, 2100720
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2021

  • Das, Basita; Liu, Zhifa; Aguilera, Irene; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Defect tolerant device geometries for lead-halide perovskites
    In: Materials Advances Vol. 2 (2021) Nr. 11, pp. 3655 - 3670
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Almora, Osbel; Baran, Derya; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Berger, Christian; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Catchpole, Kylie R.; Erten-Ela, Sule; Guo, Fei; Hauch, Jens; Ho-Baillie, Anita W. Y.; Jacobsson, T. Jesper; Janssen, Rene A. J.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Kopidakis, Nikos; Li, Yongfang; Loi, Maria A.; Lunt, Richard R.; Mathew, Xavier; McGehee, Michael D.; Min, Jie; Mitzi, David B.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.; Nelson, Jenny; Nogueira, Ana F.; Paetzold, Ulrich W.; Park, Nam-Gyu; Rand, Barry P.; Rau, Uwe; Snaith, Henry J.; Unger, Eva; Vaillant-Roca, Lídice; Yip, Hin-Lap; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 2)
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 48, 2102526
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Lübke, Dana; Hartnagel, Paula; Angona, Johanna; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Comparing and Quantifying Indoor Performance of Organic Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 34, 2101474
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Lin, Weyde M. M.; Yazdani, Nuri; Yarema, Olesya; Yarema, Maksym; Liu, Mengxia; Sargent, Edward H.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Wood, Vanessa
    Recombination Dynamics in PbS Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Solar Cells Studied through Drift-Diffusion Simulations
    In: ACS Applied Electronic Materials Vol. 3 (2021) Nr. 11, pp. 4977 - 4989
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Liu, Jingjing; Qu, Junle; Kirchartz, Thomas; Song, Jun
    Optoelectronic devices based on the integration of halide perovskites with silicon-based materials
    In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability Vol. 9 (2021) Nr. 37, pp. 20919 - 20940
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Schmidt-Mende, Lukas; Dyakonov, Vladimir; Olthof, Selina; Ünlü, Feray; Lê, Khan Moritz Trong; Mathur, Sanjay; Karabanov, Andrei; Lupascu, Doru C.; Herz, Laura M.; Hinderhofer, Alexander; Schreiber, Frank; Chernikov, Alexey; Egger, David A.; Shargaieva, Oleksandra; Cocchi, Caterina; Unger, Eva; Saliba, Michael; Byranvand, Mahdi Malekshahi; Kroll, Martin; Nehm, Frederik; Leo, Karl; Redinger, Alex; Höcker, Julian; Kirchartz, Thomas; Warby, Jonathan; Gutierrez-Partida, Emilio; Neher, Dieter; Stolterfoht, Martin; Würfel, Uli; Unmüssig, Moritz; Herterich, Jan; Baretzky, Clemens; Mohanraj, John; Thelakkat, Mukundan; Maheu, Clément; Jaegermann, Wolfram; Mayer, Thomas; Rieger, Janek; Fauster, Thomas; Niesner, Daniel; Yang, Fengjiu; Albrecht, Steve; Riedl, Thomas; Fakharuddin, Azhar; Vasilopoulou, Maria; Vaynzof, Yana; Moia, Davide; Maier, Joachim; Franckevičius, Marius; Gulbinas, Vidmantas; Kerner, Ross A.; Zhao, Lianfeng; Rand, Barry P.; Glück, Nadja; Bein, Thomas; Matteocci, Fabio; Castriotta, Luigi Angelo; Di Carlo, Aldo; Scheffler, Matthias; Draxl, Claudia
    Roadmap on organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite semiconductors and devices
    In: APL Materials Vol. 9 (2021) Nr. 10, 109202
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Siekmann, Johanna; Ravishankar, Sandheep; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Apparent Defect Densities in Halide Perovskite Thin Films and Single Crystals
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 6 (2021) Nr. 9, pp. 3244 - 3251
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Krückemeier, Lisa; Liu, Zhifa; Krogmeier, Benedikt; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Consistent Interpretation of Electrical and Optical Transients in Halide Perovskite Layers and Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 46, 2102290
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Li, Shenghao; Pomaska, Manuel; Lambertz, Andreas; Duan, Weiyuan; Bittkau, Karsten; Qiu, Depeng; Yao, Zhirong; Luysberg, Martina; Steuter, Paul; Köhler, Malte; Qiu, Kaifu; Hong, Ruijiang; Shen, Hui; Finger, Friedhelm; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe; Ding, Kaining
    Transparent-conductive-oxide-free front contacts for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells
    In: Joule Vol. 5 (2021) Nr. 6, pp. 1535 - 1547
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Krückemeier, Lisa; Krogmeier, Benedikt; Liu, Zhifa; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Understanding Transient Photoluminescence in Halide Perovskite Layer Stacks and Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 19, 2003489
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Chen, Xian-Kai; Qian, Deping; Wang, Yuming; Kirchartz, Thomas; Tress, Wolfgang; Yao, Huifeng; Yuan, Jun; Hülsbeck, Markus; Zhang, Maojie; Zou, Yingping; Sun, Yanming; Li, Yongfang; Hou, Jianhui; Inganäs, Olle; Coropceanu, Veaceslav; Bredas, Jean-Luc; Gao, Feng
    A unified description of non-radiative voltage losses in organic solar cells
    In: Nature Energy Vol. 6 (2021) pp. 799 - 806
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Ünlü, Feray; Kulkarni, Ashish; Lê, Khan; Bohr, Christoph; Bliesener, Andrea; Öz, Seren Dilara; Jena, Ajay Kumar; Ando, Yoichi; Miyasaka, Tsutomu; Kirchartz, Thomas; Mathur, Sanjay
    Single- or double A-site cations in A₃Bi₂I₉ bismuth perovskites : What is the suitable choice?
    In: Journal of Materials Research (JMR) Vol. 36 (2021) Nr. 9, pp. 1794 - 1804
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Köhler, Malte; Pomaska, Manuel; Procel, Paul; Santbergen, Rudi; Zamchiy, Alexandr; Macco, Bart; Lambertz, Andreas; Duan, Weiyuan; Cao, Pengfei; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Li, Shenghao; Eberst, Alexander; Luysberg, Martina; Qiu, Kaifu; Isabella, Olindo; Finger, Friedhelm; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe; Ding, Kaining
    A silicon carbide-based highly transparent passivating contact for crystalline silicon solar cells approaching efficiencies of 24%
    In: Nature Energy Vol. 6 (2021) pp. 529 - 537
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Ravishankar, Sandheep; Unold, Thomas; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Comment on “Resolving spatial and energetic distributions of trap states in metal halide perovskite solar cells”
    In: Science Vol. 371 (2021) Nr. 6532, eabd8014
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Liu, Zhifa; Siekmann, Johanna; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Interface Optimization via Fullerene Blends Enables Open-Circuit Voltages of 1.35 V in CH₃NH₃Pb(I₀.₈Br₀.₂)₃ Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 16, 2003386
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Almora, Osbel; Baran, Derya; Bazan, Guillermo C.; Berger, Christian; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Catchpole, Kylie R.; Erten-Ela, Sule; Guo, Fei; Hauch, Jens; Ho-Baillie, Anita W. Y.; Jacobsson, T. Jesper; Janssen, Rene A. J.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Kopidakis, Nikos; Li, Yongfang; Loi, Maria A.; Lunt, Richard R.; Mathew, Xavier; McGehee, Michael D.; Min, Jie; Mitzi, David B.; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K.; Nelson, Jenny; Nogueira, Ana F.; Paetzold, Ulrich W.; Park, Nam-Gyu; Rand, Barry P.; Rau, Uwe; Snaith, Henry J.; Unger, Eva; Vaillant-Roca, Lídice; Yip, Hin-Lap; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 1)
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 11, 2002774
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Almora, Osbel; Cabrera, Carlos I.; Garcia-Cerrillo, Jose; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Quantifying the Absorption Onset in the Quantum Efficiency of Emerging Photovoltaic Devices
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 11 (2021) Nr. 16, 2100022
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Guillemoles, Jean-Francois; Kirchartz, Thomas; Cahen, David; Rau, Uwe
    Reply to ‘Ideal solar cell efficiencies’
    In: Nature Photonics Vol. 15 (2021) Nr. 3, pp. 165 - 166
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  • Beuel, Sebastian; Hartnagel, Paula; Kirchartz, Thomas
    The Influence of Photo-Induced Space Charge and Energetic Disorder on the Indoor and Outdoor Performance of Organic Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Theory and Simulations Vol. 4 (2021) Nr. 3, 2000319
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    • 2020

  • Haddad, Jinane; Krogmeier, Benedikt; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Krückemeier, Lisa; Melhem, Stephanie; Liu, Zhifa; Hüpkes, Jürgen; Mathur, Sanjay; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Analyzing Interface Recombination in Lead-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells with Organic and Inorganic Hole-Transport Layers
    In: Advanced Materials Interfaces Vol. 7 (2020) Nr. 16, 2000366
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Staub, Florian; Anusca, Irina; Lupascu, Doru C.; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Effect of reabsorption and photon recycling on photoluminescence spectra and transients in lead-halide perovskite crystals
    In: JPhys Materials Vol. 3 (2020) Nr. 2, pp. 025003
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Stolterfoht, Martin; Grischek, Max; Caprioglio, Pietro; Wolff, Christian M.; Gutierrez-Partida, Emilio; Peña-Camargo, Francisco; Rothhardt, Daniel; Zhang, Shanshan; Raoufi, Meysam; Wolansky, Jakob; Abdi-Jalebi, Mojtaba; Stranks, Samuel D.; Albrecht, Steve; Kirchartz, Thomas; Neher, Dieter
    How To Quantify the Efficiency Potential of Neat Perovskite Films : Perovskite Semiconductors with an Implied Efficiency Exceeding 28%
    In: Advanced Materials Vol. 32 (2020) Nr. 17, 2000080
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  • Kaienburg, Pascal; Krückemeier, Lisa; Lübke, Dana; Nelson, Jenny; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    How solar cell efficiency is governed by the αμτ product
    In: Physical Review Research Vol. 2 (2020) Nr. 2, 023109
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  • Lee, Minoh; Ding, Xinyu; Banerjee, Swarnendu; Krause, Florian; Smirnov, Vladimir; Astakhov, Oleksandr; Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Kirchartz, Thomas; Finger, Friedhelm; Rau, Uwe; Haas, Stefan
    Bifunctional CoFeVOx Catalyst for Solar Water Splitting by using Multijunction and Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Materials Technologies Vol. 5 (2020) Nr. 12, pp. 2000592
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  • Jung, Eunhwan; Budzinauskas, Kestutis; Öz, Senol; Ünlü, Feray; Kuhn, Henning; Wagner, Julian; Grabowski, David; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Cherasse, Marie; Dong, Jingwei; Aversa, Pierfrancesco; Vivo, Paola; Kirchartz, Thomas; Miyasaka, Tsutomu; Van Loosdrecht, Paul H. M.; Perfetti, Luca; Mathur, Sanjay
    Femto-to Microsecond Dynamics of Excited Electrons in a Quadruple Cation Perovskite
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 5 (2020) Nr. 3, pp. 785 - 792
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Cahen, David
    Minimum doping densities for p–n junctions
    In: Nature Energy Vol. 5 (2020) Nr. 12, pp. 973 - 975
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kohler, Malte; Finger, Friedhelm; Rau, Uwe; Ding, Kaining; Pomaska, Manuel; Zamchiy, Alexandr; Lambertz, Andreas; Duan, Weiyuan; Lentz, Florian; Li, Shenghao; Smirnov, Vladimir; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Optimization of Transparent Passivating Contact for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
    In: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics Vol. 10 (2020) Nr. 1, pp. 46 - 53
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  • Xiao, Biao; Calado, Philip; MacKenzie, Roderick C.I.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Yan, Jun; Nelson, Jenny
    Relationship between fill factor and light intensity in solar cells based on organic disordered semiconductors : The role of tail states
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 14 (2020) Nr. 2, pp. 024034
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  • Hutter, Eline M.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Ehrler, Bruno; Cahen, David; Von Hauff, Elizabeth
    Pitfalls and prospects of optical spectroscopy to characterize perovskite-transport layer interfaces
    In: Applied Physics Letters (APL) Vol. 116 (2020) Nr. 10, pp. 100501
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Lee, Minoh; Turan, Bugra; Becker, Jan-Philipp; Welter, Katharina; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Neumann, Elmar; Sohn, Yoo Jung; Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina; Kirchartz, Thomas; Finger, Friedhelm; Rau, Uwe; Haas, Stefan
    A Bias-Free, Stand-Alone, and Scalable Photovoltaic–Electrochemical Device for Solar Hydrogen Production
    In: Advanced Sustainable Systems Vol. 4 (2020) Nr. 8, pp. 2000070
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  • Kin, Li-Chung; Liu, Zhifa; Astakhov, Oleksandr; Agbo, Solomon N.; Tempel, Hermann; Yu, Shicheng; Kungl, Hans; Eichel, Rüdiger-A.; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas; Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina
    Efficient area matched converter aided solar charging of lithium ion batteries using high voltage perovskite solar cells
    In: ACS Applied Energy Materials Vol. 3 (2020) Nr. 1, pp. 431 - 439
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Krückemeier, Lisa; Rau, Uwe; Stolterfoht, Martin; Kirchartz, Thomas
    How to Report Record Open-Circuit Voltages in Lead-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 10 (2020) Nr. 1, 1902573
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  • Hartnagel, Paula; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Understanding the Light-Intensity Dependence of the Short-Circuit Current of Organic Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Theory and Simulations Vol. 3 (2020) Nr. 10, 2000116
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Ünlü, Feray; Jung, Eunhwan; Haddad, Jinane; Kulkarni, Ashish; Öz, Senol; Choi, Heechae; Fischer, Thomas; Chakraborty, Sudip; Kirchartz, Thomas; Mathur, Sanjay
    Understanding the interplay of stability and efficiency in A-site engineered lead halide perovskites
    In: APL Materials Vol. 8 (2020) Nr. 7, 070901
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Márquez, José A.; Stolterfoht, Martin; Unold, Thomas
    Photoluminescence-Based Characterization of Halide Perovskites for Photovoltaics
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 10 (2020) Nr. 26, 1904134
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Azzouzi, Mohammed; Calado, Philip; Telford, Andrew M.; Eisner, Flurin; Hou, Xueyan; Kirchartz, Thomas; Barnes, Piers R. F.; Nelson, Jenny
    Overcoming the Limitations of Transient Photovoltage Measurements for Studying Recombination in Organic Solar Cells
    In: Solar RRL Vol. 4 (2020) Nr. 5, pp. 1900581
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Das, Basita; Aguilera, Irene; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    What is a deep defect? Combining Shockley-Read-Hall statistics with multiphonon recombination theory
    In: Physical Review Materials Vol. 4 (2020) Nr. 2, pp. 024602
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/

    • 2019

  • Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Charge Carrier Collection and Contact Selectivity in Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Materials Interfaces Vol. 6 (2019) Nr. 20, 1900252
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Gallet, Thibaut; Grabowski, David; Kirchartz, Thomas; Redinger, Alex
    Fermi-level pinning in methylammonium lead iodide perovskites
    In: Nanoscale Vol. 11 (2019) Nr. 36, pp. 16828 - 16836
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Vezie, Michelle S.; Azzouzi, Mohammed; Telford, Andrew M.; Hopper, Thomas R.; Sieval, Alexander B.; Hummelen, Jan C.; Fallon, Kealan; Bronstein, Hugo; Kirchartz, Thomas; Bakulin, Artem A.; Clarke, Tracey M.; Nelson, Jenny
    Impact of Marginal Exciton-Charge-Transfer State Offset on Charge Generation and Recombination in Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 4 (2019) Nr. 9, pp. 2096 - 2103
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • deQuilettes, Dane W.; Frohna, Kyle; Emin, David; Kirchartz, Thomas; Bulovic, Vladimir; Ginger, David S.; Stranks, Samuel D.
    Charge-carrier recombination in halide perovskites
    In: Chemical Reviews Vol. 119 (2019) Nr. 20, pp. 11007 - 11019
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Lin, Weyde M. M.; Yazdani, Nuri; Yarema, Olesya; Volk, Sebastian; Yarema, Maksym; Kirchartz, Thomas; Wood, Vanessa
    Simulating nanocrystal-based solar cells : A lead sulfide case study
    In: The Journal of Chemical Physics (JCP) Vol. 151 (2019) Nr. 24, pp. 241104
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Liu, Zhifa; Krückemeier, Lisa; Krogmeier, Benedikt; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Márquez, José A.; Levcenko, Sergiu; Öz, Senol; Mathur, Sanjay; Rau, Uwe; Unold, Thomas; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Open-Circuit Voltages Exceeding 1.26 v in Planar Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 4 (2019) Nr. 1, pp. 110 - 117
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Steele, Julian A.; Puech, Pascal; Monserrat, Bartomeu; Wu, Bo; Yang, Ruo Xi; Kirchartz, Thomas; Yuan, Haifeng; Fleury, Guillaume; Giovanni, David; Fron, Eduard; Keshavarz, Masoumeh; Debroye, Elke; Zhou, Guofu; Sum, Tze Chien; Walsh, Aron; Hofkens, Johan; Roeffaers, Maarten B. J.
    Role of Electron-Phonon Coupling in the Thermal Evolution of Bulk Rashba-Like Spin-Split Lead Halide Perovskites Exhibiting Dual-Band Photoluminescence
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 4 (2019) Nr. 9, pp. 2205 - 2212
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Electron-Beam-Induced Current Measurements of Thin-Film Solar Cells
    In: ACS Applied Energy Materials Vol. 2 (2019) Nr. 9, pp. 6127 - 6139
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Azzouzi, Mohammed; Kirchartz, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny
    Factors Controlling Open-Circuit Voltage Losses in Organic Solar Cells
    In: Trends in Chemistry Vol. 1 (2019) Nr. 1, pp. 49 - 62
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zonno, Irene; Zayani, Hayat; Grzeslo, Marcel; Krogmeier, Benedikt; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Extracting Recombination Parameters from Impedance Measurements on Organic Solar Cells
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 11 (2019) Nr. 5, pp. 054024
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Wu, Jiaying; Luke, Joel; Lee, Harrison Ka Hin; Shakya Tuladhar, Pabitra; Cha, Hyojung; Jang, Soo-Young; Tsoi, Wing Chung; Heeney, Martin; Kang, Hongkyu; Lee, Kwanghee; Kirchartz, Thomas; Kim, Ji-Seon; Durrant, James R.
    Tail state limited photocurrent collection of thick photoactive layers in organic solar cells
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 10 (2019) Nr. 1, pp. 5159
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas
    High open-circuit voltages in lead-halide perovskite solar cells: Experiment, theory and open questions
    In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Vol. 377 (2019) Nr. 2152,
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Guillemoles, Jean-Francois; Kirchartz, Thomas; Cahen, David; Rau, Uwe
    Guide for the perplexed to the Shockley–Queisser model for solar cells
    In: Nature Photonics Vol. 13 (2019) Nr. 8, pp. 501 - 505
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas
    Photon Management in Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Vol. 10 (2019) Nr. 19, pp. 5892 - 5896
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  • Mock, Jan; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Schillings, Diana; Nuys, Maurice; Flohre, Jan; Wang, Shuo; Kirchartz, Thomas; Carius, Reinhard
    Vacancy doping and charge transport in B i2 S3 nanoparticle films for photovoltaic applications
    In: Physical Review Materials Vol. 3 (2019) Nr. 10, pp. 105406
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    • 2018

  • Azzouzi, Mohammed; Yan, Jun; Kirchartz, Thomas; Liu, Kaikai; Wang, Jinliang; Wu, Hongbin; Nelson, Jenny
    Nonradiative Energy Losses in Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaics
    In: Physical Review X Vol. 8 (2018) Nr. 3, 031055
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Krogmeier, Benedikt; Staub, Florian; Grabowski, David; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Quantitative analysis of the transient photoluminescence of CH3NH3PbI3/PC61BM heterojunctions by numerical simulations
    In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels Vol. 2 (2018) Nr. 5, pp. 1027 - 1034
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Röhr, Jason A.; Shi, Xingyuan; Haque, Saif A.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny
    Charge Transport in Spiro-OMeTAD Investigated through Space-Charge-Limited Current Measurements
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 9 (2018) Nr. 4, pp. 044017
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Wang, Yuming; Qian, Deping; Cui, Yong; Zhang, Huotian; Hou, Jianhui; Vandewal, Koen; Kirchartz, Thomas; Gao, Feng
    Optical Gaps of Organic Solar Cells as a Reference for Comparing Voltage Losses
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 8 (2018) Nr. 28, 1801352
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Krückemeier, Lisa; Kaienburg, Pascal; Flohre, Jan; Bittkau, Karsten; Zonno, Irene; Krogmeier, Benedikt; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Developing design criteria for organic solar cells using well-absorbing non-fullerene acceptors
    In: Communications Physics Vol. 1 (2018) 27
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Röhr, Jason A.; Moia, Davide; Haque, Saif A.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny
    Exploring the validity and limitations of the Mott-Gurney law for charge-carrier mobility determination of semiconducting thin-films
    In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Vol. 30 (2018) Nr. 10,
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Bittkau, Karsten; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe
    Optical design of spectrally selective interlayers for perovskite/silicon heterojunction tandem solar cells
    In: Optics Express (OpEx) Vol. 26 (2018) Nr. 18, pp. A750
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe
    What Makes a Good Solar Cell?
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 8 (2018) Nr. 28, 1703385
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Ramírez Quiroz, César Omar; Shen, Yilei; Salvador, Michael; Forberich, Karen; Schrenker, Nadine; Spyropoulos, George D.; Heumüller, Thomas; Wilkinson, Benjamin; Kirchartz, Thomas; Spiecker, Erdmann; Verlinden, Pierre J.; Zhang, Xueling; Green, Martin A.; Ho-Baillie, Anita; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Balancing electrical and optical losses for efficient 4-terminal Si-perovskite solar cells with solution processed percolation electrodes
    In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability Vol. 6 (2018) Nr. 8, pp. 3583 - 3592
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Ho-Baillie, Anita; Heumüller, Thomas; Salvador, Michael; Forberich, Karen; Ramírez Quiroz, César Omar; Green, Martin A.; Schrenker, Nadine; Verlinden, Pierre J.; Spyropoulos, George D.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Wilkinson, Benjamin; Shen, Yilei; Brabec, Christoph J.; Zhang, Xueling; Spiecker, Erdmann
    Correction: Balancing electrical and optical losses for efficient 4-terminal Si-perovskite solar cells with solution processed percolation electrodes
    In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for Energy and Sustainability Vol. 6 (2018) Nr. 21, pp. 10149 - 10149
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Linking structural properties with functionality in solar cell materials – the effective mass and effective density of states
    In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels Vol. 2 (2018) Nr. 7, pp. 1550 - 1560
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Kaienburg, Pascal; Baran, Derya
    Figures of Merit Guiding Research on Organic Solar Cells
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces Vol. 122 (2018) Nr. 11, pp. 5829 - 5843
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Korgitzsch, Sophie; Hüpkes, Jürgen; Quiroz, César O.R.; Brabec, Christoph J.; Ramírez Quiroz, César Omar
    Performance Evaluation of Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells for Application in Four-Terminal Tandem Cells
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 3 (2018) Nr. 8, pp. 1861 - 1867
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kaienburg, Pascal; Hartnagel, Paula; Pieters, Bart E.; Yu, Jiaoxian; Grabowski, David; Liu, Zhifa; Haddad, Jinane; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    How Contact Layers Control Shunting Losses from Pinholes in Thin-Film Solar Cells
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces Vol. 122 (2018) Nr. 48, pp. 27263 - 27272
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Krückemeier, Lisa; Unger, Eva L.
    Research Update: Recombination and open-circuit voltage in lead-halide perovskites
    In: APL Materials Vol. 6 (2018) Nr. 10, pp. 100702
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Markvart, Tom; Rau, Uwe; Egger, David A.
    Impact of Small Phonon Energies on the Charge-Carrier Lifetimes in Metal-Halide Perovskites
    In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Vol. 9 (2018) Nr. 5, pp. 939 - 946
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  • Staub, Florian; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Statistics of the Auger Recombination of Electrons and Holes via Defect Levels in the Band Gap - Application to Lead-Halide Perovskites
    In: ACS Omega Vol. 3 (2018) Nr. 7, pp. 8009 - 8016
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kaienburg, Pascal; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Spin-coated planar Sb2S3 hybrid solar cells approaching 5% efficiency
    In: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology Vol. 9 (2018) pp. 2114 - 2124
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Baran, Derya; Gasparini, Nicola; Wadsworth, Andrew; Tan, Ching Hong; Wehbe, Nimer; Song, Xin; Hamid, Zeinab; Zhang, Weimin; Neophytou, Marios; Kirchartz, Thomas; Brabec, Christoph J.; Durrant, James R.; McCulloch, Iain
    Robust nonfullerene solar cells approaching unity external quantum efficiency enabled by suppression of geminate recombination
    In: Nature Communications Vol. 9 (2018) pp. 2059
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Lee, Harrison Ka Hin; Telford, Andrew M.; Röhr, Jason A.; Wyatt, Mark F.; Rice, Beth; Wu, Jiaying; De Castro Maciel, Alexandre; Tuladhar, Sachetan M.; Speller, Emily; McGettrick, James; Searle, Justin R.; Pont, Sebastian; Watson, Trystan; Kirchartz, Thomas; Durrant, James R.; Tsoi, Wing C.; Nelson, Jenny; Li, Zhe
    The role of fullerenes in the environmental stability of polymer : fullerene solar cells
    In: Energy and Environmental Science Vol. 11 (2018) Nr. 2, pp. 417 - 428
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  • Egger, David A.; Bera, Achintya; Cahen, David; Hodes, Gary; Kirchartz, Thomas; Kronik, Leeor; Lovrincic, Robert; Rappe, Andrew M.; Reichman, David R.; Yaffe, Omer
    What Remains Unexplained about the Properties of Halide Perovskites?
    In: Advanced Materials Vol. 30 (2018) Nr. 20, pp. 1800691
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  • Wang, Shuo; Kaienburg, Pascal; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Schillings, Diana; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Understanding Thermal Admittance Spectroscopy in Low-Mobility Semiconductors
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces Vol. 122 (2018) Nr. 18, pp. 9795 - 9803
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    • 2017

  • Staub, Florian; Kirchartz, Thomas; Bittkau, Karsten; Rau, Uwe
    Manipulating the Net Radiative Recombination Rate in Lead Halide Perovskite Films by Modification of Light Outcoupling
    In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Vol. 8 (2017) Nr. 20, pp. 5084 - 5090
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Carius, Reinhard; Flohre, Jan; Muthmann, Stefan; Nuys, Maurice; Klingebiel, Benjamin; Kirchartz, Thomas; Mock, Jan; Köhler, Florian
    Oxygen vacancy doping of hematite analyzed by electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power measurements
    In: Physical Review Materials Vol. 1 (2017) pp. 065407
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Baran, Derya; Ashraf, Raja Shahid; Hanifi, David A.; Abdelsamie, Maged; Gasparini, Nicola; Röhr, Jason A.; Holliday, Sarah; Wadsworth, Andrew; Lockett, Sarah; Neophytou, Marios; Emmott, Christopher J. M.; Nelson, Jenny; Brabec, Christoph J.; Amassian, Aram; Salleo, Alberto; Kirchartz, Thomas; Durrant, James R.; McCulloch, Iain
    Reducing the efficiency-stability-cost gap of organic photovoltaics with highly efficient and stable small molecule acceptor ternary solar cells
    In: Nature Materials Vol. 16 (2017) Nr. 3, pp. 363 - 369
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  • Rau, Uwe; Blank, Beatrix; Müller, Thomas C. M.; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Efficiency Potential of Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Unveiled by Detailed-Balance Analysis
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 7 (2017) Nr. 4, pp. 044016
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  • Kumar, Naresh; Zoladek-Lemanczyk, Alina; Guilbert, Anne A. Y.; Su, Weitao; Tuladhar, Sachetan M.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Schroeder, Bob C.; McCulloch, Iain; Nelson, Jenny; Roy, Debdulal; Castro, Fernando A.
    Simultaneous topographical, electrical and optical microscopy of optoelectronic devices at the nanoscale
    In: Nanoscale Vol. 9 (2017) Nr. 8, pp. 2723 - 2731
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  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe
    Decreasing Radiative Recombination Coefficients via an Indirect Band Gap in Lead Halide Perovskites
    In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Vol. 8 (2017) Nr. 6, pp. 1265 - 1271
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Blank, Beatrix; Kirchartz, Thomas; Lany, Stephan; Rau, Uwe
    Selection metric for photovoltaic materials screening based on detailed-balance analysis
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 8 (2017) Nr. 2, pp. 024032
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  • Zonno, Irene; Martinez-Otero, Alberto; Hebig, Jan-Christoph; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Understanding Mott-Schottky Measurements under Illumination in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 7 (2017) Nr. 3, pp. 034018
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Röhr, Jason A.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny
    On the correct interpretation of the low voltage regime in intrinsic single-carrier devices
    In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Vol. 29 (2017) Nr. 20, 205901
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  • Wheeler, Scot; Bryant, Daniel; Troughton, Joel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Watson, Trystan; Nelson, Jenny; Durrant, James R.
    Transient Optoelectronic Analysis of the Impact of Material Energetics and Recombination Kinetics on the Open-Circuit Voltage of Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces Vol. 121 (2017) Nr. 25, pp. 13496 - 13506
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • 2016

  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Abou-Ras, Daniel; Rau, Uwe
    Introduction to Thin-Film Photovoltaics
    In: Advanced characterization techniques for thin film solar cells / Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe (Eds.) 2016, pp. 3 - 40
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Christian, Thomas; Müller, Mathias; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Absorption and Photocurrent Spectroscopy with High Dynamic Range
    In: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells / Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe (Eds.) 2016, pp. 189 - 214
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Abou-Ras, Daniel; Schmidt, Sebastian S.; Schäfer, Norbert; Kavalakkatt, Jaison; Rissom, Thorsten; Unold, Thomas; Mainz, Roland; Weber, Alfons; Kirchartz, Thomas; Simsek Sanli, Ekin; van Aken, P.A.; Ramasse, Q.M.; Kleebe, H.-J.; Azulay, D.; Balberg, I.; Millo, O.; Cojocaru-Miredin, O. et al
    Compositional and Electrical Properties of Line and Planar Defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Films for Solar Cells : a Review
    In: Physica Status Solidi (RRL): Rapid Research Letters Vol. 10 (2016) Nr. 5, pp. 363 - 375
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Huhn, Vito; Gerber, Andreas; Pieters, Bart E.; Rau, Uwe
    Electroluminescence Analysis of Solar Cells and Solar Modules
    In: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells / Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe (Eds.) 2016, pp. 71 - 92
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  • Hebig, J. C.; Kühn, Irina; Flohre, Jan; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Optoelectronic Properties of (CH3NH3)3Sb2I9 Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 1 (2016) Nr. 1, pp. 309 - 314
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  • Baran, Derya; Kirchartz, Thomas; Wheeler, Scot; Dimitrov, Stoichko D.; Abdelsamie, Maged; Gorman, J.; Ashraf, Raja Shahid; Holliday, Sarah; Wadsworth, Andrew; Gasparini, Nicola; Kaienburg, Pascal; Yan, He; Amassian, Aram; Brabec, Christoph J.; Durrant, James Robert; McCulloch, Iain
    Reduced voltage losses yield 10% efficient fullerene free organic solar cells with > 1 V open circuit voltages
    In: Energy and Environmental Science Vol. 9 (2016) Nr. 12, pp. 3783 - 3793
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Zonno, Irene; Krogmeier, Benedikt; Katte, Verena; Lübke, Dana; Martinez-Otero, Alberto; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Discriminating between surface and bulk recombination in organic solar cells by studying the thickness dependence of the open-circuit voltage
    In: Applied Physics Letters (APL) Vol. 109 (2016) Nr. 18, pp. 183301
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  • Tuladhar, S.; Azzouzi, M.; Delval, F.; Yao, J.; Guilbert, A.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Montcada, N.; Dominguez, R.; Langa, F.; Palomares, E.; Nelson, J.
    Low Open-Circuit Voltage Loss in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 1 (2016) Nr. 1, pp. 302 - 308
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Staub, Florian; Rau, Uwe
    Impact of Photon Recycling on the Open-Circuit Voltage of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    In: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 1 (2016) Nr. 4, pp. 731 - 739
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe
    Preface of the First Edition
    In: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells / Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe (Eds.) (2016) pp. XXIX - XXXI
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  • Kaienburg, Pascal; Rau, Uwe; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Extracting Information about the Electronic Quality of Organic Solar-Cell Absorbers from Fill Factor and Thickness
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 6 (2016) Nr. 2, pp. 024001
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Ding, Kaining; Rau, Uwe
    Fundamental Electrical Characterization of Thin-Film Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells / Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe (Eds.) Vol. 1-2 2016, pp. 43 - 69
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  • Pieters, Bart E.; Decock, Koen; Burgelman, Marc; Stangl, Rolf; Kirchartz, Thomas
    One-Dimensional Electro-Optical Simulations of Thin-Film Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells / Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe (Eds.) 2016, pp. 633 - 657
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  • Staub, Florian; Hempel, Hannes; Hebig, Jan-Christoph; Mock, Jan; Paetzhold, Ulrich W.; Rau, Uwe; Unold, Thomas; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Beyond Bulk Lifetimes : Insights into Lead Halide Perovskite Films from Time-Resolved Photoluminescence
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 6 (2016) Nr. 4, pp. 044017
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  • Lopez-Varo, Pilar; Bertoluzzi, Luca; Bisquert, Juan; Alexe, Marin; Coll, Mariona; Huang, Jinsong; Antonio Jimenez-Tejada, Juan; Kirchartz, Thomas; Nechache, Riad; Rosei, Frederico; Yuan, Yongbo
    Physical aspects of ferroelectric semiconductors for photovoltaic solar energy conversion
    In: Physics Reports Vol. 653 (2016) pp. 1 - 40
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)
  • Öz, Senol; Hebig, Jan-Christoph; Eunhwan, Jung; Trilok, Singh; Ashish, Lepcha; Olthof, Selina; Flohre, Jan; Yajun, Gao; German, Raphael; van Loodsrecht, Paul H. M.; Meerholz, Klaus; Kirchartz, Thomas; Mathur, Sanjay
    Zero-dimensional (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9 perovskite for optoelectronic applications
    In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Vol. 158 (2016) Nr. Part 2, pp. 195 - 201
    Online Full Text: dx.doi.org/
  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny; Rau, Uwe
    Reciprocity between Charge Injection and Extraction and Its Influence on the Interpretation of Electroluminescence Spectra in Organic Solar Cells
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 5 (2016) Nr. 5, pp. 054003
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  • Deibel, Carsten; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Transient Optoelectronic Characterization of Thin-Film Solar Cells
    In: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells / Abou-Ras, Daniel; Kirchartz, Thomas; Rau, Uwe (Eds.) 2016, pp. 147 - 162
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    • 2015

  • Wheeler, Scot; Deledalle, Florent; Tokmoldin, Nurlan; Kirchartz, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny; Durrant, James R.
    Influence of surface recombination on charge-carrier kinetics in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells with nickel oxide interlayers
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 4 (2015) Nr. 2, pp. 024020
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  • Kirchartz, Thomas; Bisquert, Juan; Mora-Sero, Ivan; Garcia-Belmonte, Germa
    Classification of solar cells according to mechanisms of charge separation and charge collection
    In: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics (PCCP) Vol. 17 (2015) Nr. 6, pp. 4007 - 4014
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  • Baran, Derya; Vezie, Michelle S.; Gasparini, Nicola; Deledalle, Florent; Yao, Jizhong; Schroeder, Bob C.; Bronstein, Hugo; Ameri, Tayebeh; Kirchartz, Thomas; McCulloch, Iain; Nelson, Jenny; Brabec, Christoph J.
    Role of polymer fractionation in energetic losses and charge carrier lifetimes of polymer : Fullerene solar cells
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces Vol. 119 (2015) Nr. 34, pp. 19668 - 19673
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  • Schneemann, Matthias; Kirchartz, Thomas; Carius, Reinhard; Rau, Uwe
    Electric properties and carrier multiplication in breakdown sites in multi-crystalline silicon solar cells
    In: Journal of Applied Physics Vol. 117 (2015) Nr. 20, pp. 205703
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  • Yao, Jizhong; Kirchartz, Thomas; Vezie, Michelle S.; Faist, Mark A.; Gong, Wei; He, Zhicai; Wu, Hongbin; Troughton, Joel; Watson, Trystan; Bryant, Daniel; Nelson, Jenny
    Quantifying losses in open-circuit voltage in solution-processable solar cells
    In: Physical Review Applied Vol. 4 (2015) Nr. 1, pp. 014020
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  • Deledalle, Florent; Kirchartz, Thomas; Vezie, Michelle S.; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano; Tuladhar, Pabitra S.; Nelson, Jenny; Durrant, James R.
    Understanding the Effect of Unintentional Doping on Transport Optimization and Analysis in Efficient Organic Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells
    In: Physical Review X Vol. 5 (2015) Nr. 1, 011032
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  • Emmott, Christopher J. M.; Röhr, Jason A.; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano; Kirchartz, Thomas; Urbina, Antonio; Ekins-Daukes, Nicholas J.; Nelson, Jenny
    Organic photovoltaic greenhouses : a unique application for semi-transparent PV?
    In: Energy and Environmental Science Vol. 8 (2015) Nr. 4, pp. 1317 - 1328
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    • 2014

  • Müller, Thomas Christian Mathias; Pieters, Bart Elger; Kirchartz, Thomas; Carius, Reinhard; Rau, Uwe
    Effect of localized states on the reciprocity between quantum efficiency and electroluminescence in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and Si thin-film solar cells
    In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Vol. 129 (2014) pp. 95 - 103
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  • Frost, Jarvist; Kirkpatrick, James; Kirchartz, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny
    Parameter free calculation of the subgap density of states in poly(3-hexylthiophene)
    In: Faraday Discussions Vol. 174 (2014) pp. 255 - 266
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  • Guilbert, Anne A. Y.; Schmidt, Malte; Bruno, Annalisa; Yao, Jizhong; King, Simon; Tuladhar, Sachetan M.; Kirchartz, Thomas; Alonso, M. Isabel; Goni, Alejandro R.; Stingelin, Natalie; Haque, Saif A.; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano; Nelson, Jenny
    Spectroscopic Evaluation of Mixing and Crystallinity of Fullerenes in Bulk Heterojunctions
    In: Advanced Functional Materials Vol. 24 (2014) Nr. 44, pp. 6972 - 6980
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  • Foster, Sam; Deledalle, Florent; Mitani, Akiko; Kimura, Toshio; Kim, Ki-Beom; Okachi, Takayuki; Kirchartz, Thomas; Oguma, Jun; Miyake, Kunihito; Durrant, James; Doi, Shuji; Nelson, Jenny
    Electron Collection as a Limit to Polymer:PCBM Solar Cell Efficiency : Effect of Blend Microstructure on Carrier Mobility and Device Performance in PTB7:PCBM
    In: Advanced Energy Materials Vol. 4 (2014) Nr. 14, 1400311
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  • Deledalle, Florent; Tuladhar, Pabitra Shakya; Nelson, Jenny; Durrant, James R.; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Understanding the Apparent Charge Density Dependence of Mobility and Lifetime in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
    In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces Vol. 118 (2014) Nr. 17, pp. 8837 - 8842
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  • Rau, Uwe; Paetzold, Ulrich W.; Kirchartz, Thomas
    Thermodynamics of light management in photovoltaic devices
    In: Physical Review B: Condensed matter and materials physics Vol. 90 (2014) Nr. 3, pp. 035211
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