Scientific publications

• Fully solution-processed, light-weight, and ultraflexible organic solar cells
  Güler, E. N., Distler, A., Basu, R., Brabec, C. J., & Egelhaaf, H-J. (2022). Flexible and Printed Electronics DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ac66ae
• Fully Printed and Industrially Scalable Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaic Modules: Navigating through Material and Processing Constraints Wachsmuth, J., Distler, A., Liu, C., Heumüller, T., Liu, Y., Aitchison, C. M., Hauser, A., Rossier, M., Robitaille, A., Llobel, M-A., et al. (2023). Solar RRL DOI: 10.1002/solr.202300602
• n-Type organic semiconducting polymers: stability limitations, design considerations and applications
  Marks, A., Bristow, H., Griggs, S., & McCulloch, I. (2021). Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  DOI: 10.1039/d1tc02048j
• Ternary organic photodetectors based on pseudo-binaries nonfullerene-based acceptors
  Gasparini, N., Wadsworth, A., Moser, M., Bristow, H., Zhang, T., Scaccabarozzi, A. D., Jacoutot, P., Anthopoulos, T. D., & McCulloch, I. (2021). Journal of Physics: Materials
  DOI: 10.1088/2515-7639/ac0c0a
• Non-fullerene acceptor photostability and its impact on organic solar cell lifetime
  Wang, Y., Schubert, U. S., Evans, A., Wu, J., Cha, H., Durrant, J. R., et al. (2021). Cell Reports Physical Science
  DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100498
• The Effect of Glycol Side Chains on the Assembly and Microstructure of Conjugated Polymers
  Moro, S., Siemons, N., Drury, O., Warr, D. A., Moriarty, T. A., et al. (2022). ACS Nano
  DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09464
• A 19% efficient and stable organic photovoltaic device enabled by a guest nonfullerene acceptor with fibril-like morphology
  Chen, H., Jeong, S. Y., Tian, J., Zhang, Y., Naphade, D. R., Alsufyani, M., et al. (2023). Energy and Environmental Science
  DOI: 10.1039/d2ee03483b
• Air-stable bismuth sulfobromide (BiSBr) visible-light absorbers: optoelectronic properties and potential for energy harvesting
  Guo, X., Huang, Y. T., Lohan, H., Ye, J., Lin, Y., Lim, J., et al. (2023). Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  DOI: 10.1039/d3ta04491b
• CO2 snow jet cleaning as a roll-to-roll compatible method for deburring IMI substrates after laser patterning
  Wagner, M., Distler, A., Schmidt, H-D., Classen, A., Stubhan, T., Kögl, M., et al. (2023). Flexible and Printed Electronics
  DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/acb0e0
• An ordered, self-assembled nanocomposite with efficient electronic and ionic transport
  Quill, T. J., LeCroy, G., Halat, D. M., Sheelamanthula, R., Marks, A., Grundy, L. S., et al. (2023). Nature Materials
  DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01476-6
• Overcoming Moisture‐Induced Degradation in Organic Solar Cells
  Wachsmuth, J., Distler, A., Deribew, D., Salvador, M., Brabec, C. J., & Egelhaaf, H-J. (2023). Advanced Engineering Materials
  DOI: 10.1002/adem.202300595
• Solution-processable polymers of intrinsic microporosity for gas-phase carbon dioxide photoreduction
  Moruzzi, F., Zhang, W., Purushothaman, B., Gonzalez-Carrero, S., Aitchison, C. M., Willner, B., et al. (2023). Nature Communications
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39161-6
• Sustainability considerations for organic electronic products
  McCulloch, I., Chabinyc, M., Brabec, C., Nielsen, C. B., & Watkins, S. E. (2023). Nature Materials
  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11517483
• Vacuum-Deposited Donors for Low-Voltage-Loss Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells
  Kaienburg, P., Bristow, H., Jungbluth, A., Habib, I., McCulloch, I., Beljonne, D., & Riede, M. (2023). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04282
• Aerosol-Jet-Printed Encapsulation of Organic Photovoltaics
  Basu, R., Siah, K. S., Distler, A., Häußler, F., Franke, J., Brabec, C. J., & Egelhaaf, H-J. (2023). Advanced Engineering Materials
  DOI: 10.1002/adem.202300322
• Predicting Layer Thicknesses by Numerical Simulation for Meniscus-Guided Coating of Organic Photovoltaics
  Gumpert, F., Janßen, A., Brabec, C. J., Egelhaaf, H.-J., Lohbreier, J., & Distler, A. (2023). Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics
  DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2023.2242455
• Cutting “lab-to-fab” short: high throughput optimization and process assessment in roll-to-roll slot die coating of printed photovoltaics
  Wagner, M., Distler, A., Le Corre, V. M., Zapf, S., Baydar, B., Schmidt, H.-D., Heyder, M., Forberich, K., Lüer, L., Brabec, C. J., & Egelhaaf, H.-J. (2023). Energy and Environmental Science
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2305.09000
  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11491734
• Maximizing Performance and Stability of Organic Solar Cells at Low Driving Force for Charge Separation
  Lüer, L., Wang, R., Liu, C., Dube, H., Heumüller, T., Hauch, J., & Brabec, C. J. (2023). Advanced Science
  DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305948
• Photocatalytic CO2 reduction by topologically matched polymer–polymer heterojunction nanosheets
  Aitchison, C. M., Zhang, Y., Lu, W., & McCulloch, I. (2024). Faraday Discussions
  DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00143a
• Impact of water solvation on the charge carrier dynamics of organic heterojunction photocatalyst nanoparticle dispersions
  Gonzalez-Carrero, S., Kosco, J., Fei, T., McCulloch, I., & Durrant, J. R. (2024). Chemical Science
  DOI: 10.1039/d4sc04030a
• Organic Photovoltaic Materials for Solar Fuel Applications: A Perfect Match?
  Aitchison, C. M., & McCulloch, I. (2024). Chemistry of Materials
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02286
• On the theoretical framework for meniscus-guided manufacturing of large-area OPV modules
  F. Gumpert, A. Janßen, R. Basu, C. J. Brabec, H.-J. Egelhaaf, J. Lohbreier, A. Distler. (2024). Progress in Organic Coatings
  DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2024.108505
• Balancing the efficiency, stability, and cost potential for organic solar cells via a new figure of merit
  Yang, W., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Sun, R., Guo, J., Li, H., Shi, M., Guo, J., Wu, Y., Wang, T., Lu, G., Brabec, C. J., Li, Y., & Min, J. (2021). Joule
  DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2021.03.014
• Revealing photodegradation pathways of organic solar cells by spectrally resolved accelerated lifetime analysis
  Weitz, P., Le Corre, V. M., Du, X., Forberich, K., Deibel, C., Brabec, C. J., & Heumüller, T. (2022). Advanced Energy Materials
  DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202202564
• Understanding Causalities in Organic Photovoltaics Device Degradation in a Machine‐Learning‐Driven High‐Throughput Platform
  Liu, C., Lüer, L., Corre, V. M. L., Forberich, K., Weitz, P., Heumüller, T., Du, X., Wortmann, J., Zhang, J., Wagner, J., Ying, L., Hauch, J., Li, N., & Brabec, C. J. (2023). Advanced Materials
  DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300259
• Long-term outdoor performance evaluation of printed semitransparent organic photovoltaic modules for BIPV/BAPV applications
  Feroze, S., Distler, A., Dong, L., Wagner, M., Channa, I. A., Hoga, F., Brabec, C. J., & Egelhaaf, H.-J. (2024). Energy & Environmental Science
  DOI: 10.1039/d4ee04036h
• Large-area organic photovoltaic modules with 14.5% certified world record efficiency
  Basu, R., Gumpert, F., Lohbreier, J., Morin, P.-O., Vohra, V., Liu, Y., Zhou, Y., Brabec, C. J., & Egelhaaf, H.-J. (2024). Joule
  DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.02.016
• A polymer bilayer hole transporting layer architecture for high-efficiency and stable organic solar cells
  Xu, J., Heumüller, T., Le Corre, V. M., Barabash, A., Félix, R., Frisch, J., Bär, M., & Brabec, C. J. (2024). Joule
  DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.06.013
• A matter of design and coupling: high indoor charging efficiencies with organic solar modules directly coupled to a sodium-ion battery
  Kin, L.-C., Kungl, H., Karl, A., Eichel, R.-A., Rau, U., Distler, A., Brabec, C. J., Astakhov, O., Kone, B., & Merdzhanova, T. (2024). Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  DOI: 10.1039/d4ta04729j
• Single-Layer Carbon Nitride as an Efficient Metal-Free Organic Electron-Transport Material with a Tunable Work Function
  Saboor, A., Stroyuk, O., Raievska, O., Liu, C., Hauch, J., & Brabec, C. J. (2024). Advanced Functional Materials
  DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202400453
• Revealing polymerisation defects and formation mechanisms in aldol condensation for conjugated polymers via high-resolution molecular imaging
  Wu, X., Moro, S., Marks, A., Alsufyani, M., Yu, Z., Perdigão, L., Chen, X., Luci, A., Crockford, C., Spencer, S., Fox, D., Pei, J., McCulloch, I., & Costantini, G. (2024). Crossref
  DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mjnc4
• A High Throughput Platform to Minimize Voltage and Fill Factor Losses
  J. M. Haffner-Schirmer, V. M. Le Corre, K. Forberich, H. J. Egelhaaf, T. Osterrieder, J. Wortmann, C. Liu, P. Weitz, T. Heumüller, A. J. Bornschlegl, J. Wachsmuth, A. Distler, M. Wagner, Z. Peng, L. Lüer, C. J. Brabec. (2025). Advanced Energy Materials
  DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202403479
• The Influence of Alkyl Spacers and Molecular Weight on the Charge Transport and Storage Properties of Oxy-Bithiophene-Based Conjugated Polymers
  H. Yu, A. Marks, S. M. Tuladhar, N. Siemons, I. Anderson, S. Bidinger, S. T. Keene, T. J. Quill, R. Wu, O. Gough, G. Wu, F. Eisner, A. Salleo, J. Rivnay, G. G. Malliaras, P. R. F. Barnes, I. McCulloch, J. Nelson, (2025). Angewandte Chemie
  DOI: 10.1002/ange.202417897
• A High Throughput Platform to Minimize Voltage and Fill Factor Losses
  J. M. Haffner-Schirmer, V. M. Le Corre, K. Forberich, H. J. Egelhaaf, T. Osterrieder, J. Wortmann, C. Liu, P. Weitz, T. Heumüller, A. J. Bornschlegl, J. Wachsmuth, A. Distler, M. Wagner, Z. Peng, L. Lüer, C. J. Brabec, A High Throughput Platform to Minimize Voltage and Fill Factor Losses. Adv. Energy Mater. 2025, 2403479
  DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202403479
• Cobalt-Embedded Metal–Covalent Organic Frameworks for CO2 Photoreduction
  Wanpeng Lu, Claudia E. Tait, Gokay Avci, Xian’e Li, Agamemnon E. Crumpton, Paul Shao, Catherine M. Aitchison, Fabien Ceugniet, Yuyun Yao, Mark D. Frogley, Donato Decarolis, Nan Yao, Kim E. Jelfs, and Iain McCullochJournal of the American Chemical Society 2025 147 (11), 9056-9061
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c18450
• Revealing polymerisation defects and formation mechanisms in aldol condensation for conjugated polymers via high-resolution molecular imaging
  Wu X, Moro S, Marks A, Alsufyani M, Yu Z, Perdigão L, et al. ChemRxiv. 2024
  DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mjnc4 /preprint/
• Highly transparent aluminum silicon oxy nitride permeation barriers for optoelectronic devices
  P. Schlenz, C. Steiner, O. Zywitzki, et al., Surface & Coatings Technology (2024)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2025.132411