News
鈥 2021聽鈥
February
- Sean has a new editorial entitled 听颈苍 the Journal of Photonics for Energy.
鈥 2020聽鈥
August
- Sean and Jake聽gave a Webinar for the MRS OnDemand Webinar Series on聽.
- Jake Perez published his paper on in the Materials Research Society Bulletin special issue on . Congratulations Jake!
The article appeared聽alongside an overview article in the same issue that Sean contributed to on聽.
July
- As of聽July 1,聽Sean is the new Editor-in-Chief of the SPIE , as announced in the .聽Thank you to the SPIE leadership and staff and the聽JPE Asociate Editors for this聽opportunity.
June
- Lauren Hurley, a B.S. student in physics at Villanova University,聽has joined the group as an REU student this summer. She will be working remotely on modeling of perovskite photovoltaic device physics. Welcome Lauren!
May
- Jun Nishida published his article 听颈苍 ACS Energy Letters as part of our collaborative work with the .
April
- Jake Perez succesfully defended his M.S. Thesis entitled "Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Use in Neuromorphic Computing: Boolean and Reversible Logic Gate Solutions". 聽Congratulations Jake!
March
- Sean and colleague Prof. Juan Restrepo of the Department of Applied Mathematics were awarded a CU RIO Seed Grant on the topic of "Organic Reservoir Computing: A Joint Theory-Experiment Study".
- Vesta Zhelyaskova was unfortunately not able to give her talk on 聽at the MRS March Meeting due to its cancellation. However, her talk can be found on the conference virtual site.
鈥 2019聽鈥
December
- Sean gave an invited talk at the MRS Fall 2019 Meeting in Boston, on the topic of "Photonic Upconversion in Organic Nanoparticles via Cooperative Energy Pooling", as part of聽.
November
- Joshua Brown successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation entitled "Efficient Computational Methods for the Study of Charge Transport in Disordered Organic Semiconductors". 聽Congratulations Dr. Brown!
September
- The group is awarded an on "Multidimensional Tracking of Local Environment-Affected Transport Pathways in Perovskite Solar Cells" in collaboration with the at the University of Denver.
- Group member Cody Sharp graduated and has taken a position at the company . 聽Congratulations Cody!
June
- Sean gave a talk at the in Ferrara Italy, entitled "Device Physics and Fast Operation of Organic Electrochemical Devices".
January
- Sean gave a public talk for the Saturday Physics Series entitled "Powered by the Sun: Turning Light into Electricity with Photovoltaic Cells".
- Graduate student in physics Vesta Zhelyaskova joined聽the group to work on organic superconductivity and related phenomena. 聽Welcome Vesta!
鈥 2018 鈥
December
- of physics,聽Sean Shaheen聽of electrical, computer and energy engineering,聽Charles Musgrave聽of chemical and biological engineering, and co-PI鈥檚 Gang Cao and Josef Michl won a three-year, $1 million award from the W.M. Keck Foundation for 鈥淗igh Temperature Superconductivity in Organic Solids.鈥
- A seed grant in the amount of $50 K聽is awarded from the CUbit Quantum Initiative聽for the project "Room Temperature Coherence and Condensation in Exciton-Polariton States: Toward Practical Quantum Phenomena in Cavity-Coupled Perovskite Materials" in collaboration with the 听颈苍 the physics.
September
- Dak's paper on 聽was published in ACS Energy Letters. 聽Congtratulations Dak!
- Joshua's path to engineering at CU 麻豆影院 is highlighted in a story for the ECEE Department: Joshua's path from Malawi to 麻豆影院.
- Sean is awarded an NSF project on Authentic Research Experiences for Teachers (ARETe). 聽A press release was published here.
April
Sean Dunfield's paper on聽聽was published in聽ACS Energy Letters. Congratulations Sean!
惭补谤肠丑听
Dak's paper on聽聽was published in the聽Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Congratulations Dak!
贵别产谤耻补谤测听
Joshua's paper on聽聽was published in the聽Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. Congratulations Joshua!
鈥 2017 鈥
狈辞惫别尘产别谤听
Alex's paper on聽聽was published in the聽Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. Congratulations Alex!
厂别辫迟别尘产别谤听
Dak's paper on聽聽was published in the聽Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Congratulations Dak!
闯耻濒测听
Sean was awarded one of this year's Provost Faculty Achievement Awards for his group's work on organic solar cells and photonics. Thank you to Provost Moore!
Sean, along with Dr. Shaw Ketels of the ECEE department, was awarded one of this year's Chancellor's Award for Excellence in STEM Education. Thank you to Chancellor DiStefano!
- Jake's paper on聽聽was published in Applied Physics Letters. Congratulations Jake!
闯耻苍别听
- Congratulations to Daniel Weingarten for successfully defending his Ph.D. Dissertation on "Experimental Verification of Photon Upconversion via Cooperative Energy Pooling". Great job Dr. Weingarten!
惭补测听
Our paper on聽聽was published in the journal聽ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. This work details the mechanisms of charge generation and transport in organic photovoltaics based on non-fullerene electron acceptors. It was a collaboration with the group of Prof. Michael Chabinyc at UC Santa Barbara and Prof. Alan Sellinger at the Colorado School of Mines. Thanks to everyone involved!
惭补谤肠丑听
- Daniel's paper on聽聽was published in the journal聽Nature Communications. Congratulations Daniel!
闯补苍耻补谤测听
Dak's paper on聽聽was published in the journal聽Nature Communications. Congratulations Dak!
鈥 2016 鈥
翱肠迟辞产别谤听
- Alex Dixon successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled "Charge Carrier Dynamics in Solution Processed Solar Cells". Congratulations Alex!
础耻驳耻蝉迟听
- Robert Nawrocki's paper on聽聽was published in the journal聽IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, in collaboration with Prof. Richard Voyles at Purdue University. Congratulations Robert!
- Visiting scholar Aniket Rana has arrived from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Delhi, India. He is supported by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and will be working on OPV materials and devices. Welcome Aniket!
- Zefram's paper on聽聽was published in聽Organic Electronics聽, in collaboration with the McLeod group and with Dr. Malik Hakook and Dr. Devatha Nair from the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.
- Jake's paper on聽聽was published in the journal聽Advanced Materials, in collaboration with the group of Prof. George Malliaras in the Department of Bioelectronics, Ecole Nationale Sup茅rieure des Mines, Gardanne, France. Congratulations Jake!
- The paper聽聽was published in the journal聽Chemistry of Materials听颈苍 collaboration with Bertrand Tremolet de Villars and other colleagues from NREL.
闯耻苍别听
- REU students Samantha Collin (Physics, Rollins College) and Robert Enright (Chemistry, Ripon College) have arrived for the summer. Welcome Sam and Robert!
鈥 2015 鈥
December
- 罢丑别听聽was held at RASEI. Thanks to all the invited speakers and participants who contributed to a nice workshop, and bravely fought the winter storm to attend.
翱肠迟辞产别谤听
- Jake's paper on聽聽was published听颈苍 the journal聽Advanced Electronic Materials, in collaboration with the group of Prof. George Malliaras in the Department of Bioelectronics, Ecole Nationale Sup茅rieure des Mines, Gardanne, France. Congratulations Jake!
- Visiting student Philipp K枚der has arrived from Erlangen, Germany (group of Prof. Christoph Brabec). He will be with us several months working on Perovskite devices in collaboration with NREL scientists Joe Berry, Joey Luther, and others. Welcome Philipp!
厂别辫迟别尘产别谤听
- New members Benny Tai (Physics graduate student - spectroscopy of novel materials), Sean Dunfield (MSE graduate student - light management in nanostructured PV devices), and Soo Park (ECEE undergraduate student - charge transport characterization in PV) have all joined the group. Welcome!
August
- At SPIE Optics + Photonics 2015, Daniel gave a talk on聽, and Jake gave an invited talk on聽.
- Daniel, Alex, and Sean all gave talks at the Telluride Science Research Center workshop on聽.
July
- Sean gave a talk on "In Defense of the Exciton: Pathways and Mechanisms to Higher Efficiencies in OPV" at the Telluride Science Research Center workshop on聽.
May
- Josh passed his Ph.D. Preliminary exam. Congratulations, Josh!
- The paper聽聽was published in collaboration with the Lusk Group (Colorado School of Mines) and NREL colleagues in the聽Journal of Physical Chemistry A. The article was chosen as the聽for the issue.
鈥 2014 鈥
October
- The paper聽聽was published in聽IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
- The paper聽聽was published in collaboration with the groups of Prof. Raymond Kostuk (U. Arizona) and Prof. Christine Luscombe (U. Washington) in聽SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9184.
September
- The paper聽聽was published in the聽Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference (PVSC).
- The paper聽聽was published in the聽Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference (PVSC).
- ECEE graduate student Joshua Brown from Louisiana Tech University joins the group. Welcome Joshua!
August
- The paper聽聽was published in collaboration with Prof. Frank Osterloh (UC Davis) and others in the聽Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
- Sean and NREL colleagues Garry Rumbles, Jao van de Lagemaat, Nikos Kopidakis, and Dana Olson organized a workshop onExcitonic Photovoltaics (XPV)聽at the Telluride Science Research Center, August 12 - 15. The program can be found here:聽
June
- Visiting scholar Santanu Pradhan has arrived from IIT Kharagpur, India. He is supported by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and will be working on fundamental studies of carrier dynamics in OPVs. Welcome Santanu!
May
- The paper聽聽was published in聽Organic Electronics.
- Postdoc David Ostrowski was awarded聽Best Postdoctoral Oral Contribution, Symposium FF: The Grand Challenges in Organic Electronics at the Spring MRS conference in San Francisco. His talk was on "Low Band Gap Small Molecule Acceptors for Organic Photovoltaics". Congratulations, Dave!
- Alex Dixon passed his Ph.D. Oral Proposal exam. Congratulations, Alex!