Author: Anastasiia Barabash

Liu, C., Zuo, C., Xue, Q., Lin, D., Liu, T., Luo, J., Huang, H., Chen, K., Gao, Y., Zeng, J., Zhang, Y., Xu, B., Yang, T., Mai, Y., Zou, B., Brabec, C.J., Hu, X. Advanced Materials, 2025, 2417251. A strong n-type perovskite layer is crucial in achieving high open-circuit voltage (VOC) and pow...

Congratulations to Kaicheng for successfully passing the PhD exam! His research primarily focused on investigating energy losses in perovskite-based tandem configurations, developing efficient strategies to mitigate energy deficits, and enhancing device stability. This work contributes to the advan...

Congratulation to Huan on getting the Energiepreis for his thesis "Two-colored organic photovoltaic modules enabled by laser annealing" (Supervisors: PD Dr. Hans-Joachim Egelhaaf, Dr. Andreas Distler). The research focused on developing a novel CO2-laser annealing method for the thermal process...

Congratulations to Rong on successfully passing her PhD exams with distinction on December 17, 2024! During her PhD, she focused on understanding the correlation between the microstructure and photophysical properties of organic photovoltaic materials and devices. Rong will continue her work at HIE...

Wu, X., Xiao, B., Sun, R., Yang, X., Zhang, M., Gao, Y., Xiao, B., Papkovskaya, E.D., Luponosov, Y., Brabec, C.J., Min, J. Energy Environ. Sci., 2025,18, 1812-1823 Morphology control has been critical engineering in establishing rapid charge transfer channels and enhancing the solidification ...

Bornschlegl, A.J., Duchstein, P., Wu, J., Rocha-Ortiz, J.S., Caicedo-Reina, M., Ortiz, A., Insuasty, B., Zahn, D., Lüer, L., Brabec, C.J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 2, 1957–1967 Emerging photovoltaics for outer space applications are one of the many examples where radiation hard molecul...

Tian, J., Liu, C., Forberich, K., Barabash, A., Xie, Z., Qiu, S., Byun, J., Peng, Z., Zhang, K., Du, T., Sathasivam, S., Macdonald, T.J., Dong, L., Li, C., Zhang, J., Halik, M., Le Corre, V.M., Osvet, A., Heumüller, T., Li, N., Zhou, Y., Lüer, L., & Brabec, C.J. Nat Commun 16, 154 (2025)...

Zhang, J., Le Corre, V.M., Wu, J., Du, T., Osterrieder, T., Zhang, K., Zhang, H., Lüer, L., Hauch, J., Brabec, C.J. Advanced Energy Materials (2025): 2404957 Traditional optimization methods often face challenges in exploring complex process parameter spaces, which typically result in subopti...

Wu, J., Torresi, L.†, Hu, M.†, Reiser, P.†, Zhang, J., Rocha-Ortiz, J.S., Wang, L., Xie, Z., Zhang, K., Park, B.-w., Barabash, A., Zhao, Y., Luo, J., Wang, Y., Lüer, L., Deng, L.-L., Hauch, J.A., Guldi, D.M., Pérez-Ojeda, M.E., Seok, S.I., Friederich, P., Brabec, C.J. Science, 386(6727), 1256-12...

Feroze, S., Distler, A., Dong, L., Wagner, M., Channa, I.A., Hoga, F., Brabec, C.J., Egelhaaf, H.-J. Energy Environ. Sci., 2025,18, 674-688 Recently, organic photovoltaics (OPV) have achieved power conversion efficiencies (PCE) above 20% thus coming closer to market entry. Building-integrated...