Nanostructured Photovoltaics
Max Planck Partner Group
Band-like Charge Transport in Phytic Acid-Doped Polyaniline Thin Films
Marco Ballabio, Tao Zhang*, Chen Chen, Peng Zhang, Zhongquan Liao, Mike Hambsch, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Ehrenfried Zschech, Henning Sirringhaus, Xinliang Feng*, Mischa Bonn*, Renhao Dong*, Enrique Cánovas*
Advanced Functional Materials 2021 (just accepted)
Mingchao Wang, Mao Wang, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Marco Ballabio, Haixia Zhong, Mischa Bonn, Shengqiang Zhou, Thomas Heine, Enrique Cánovas*, Renhao Dong*, Xinliang Feng*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (52), 21622-21627, 2020.
Composition‐Dependent Passivation Efficiency at the CdS/CuIn1-xGaxSe2 Interface
Marco Ballabio, David Fuertes Marrón, Nicolas Barreau, Mischa Bonn, Enrique Cánovas*
Advanced Materials 32 (9), 1907763, 2020.
Demonstration of a Broadband Photodetector Based on a Two‐Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework
Himani Arora, Renhao Dong, Tommaso Venanzi, Jens Zscharschuch, Harald Schneider, Manfred Helm, Xinliang Feng, Enrique Cánovas*, Artur Erbe*
Advanced Materials, 1907063, 2020.
T. Heine H. Sahabudeen, H. Qi, M. Ballabio, M. Položij, S. Olthof, R. Shivhare, Y. Jing, S. Park, K. Liu, T. Zhang, J. Ma, B. Rellinghaus, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, M. Bonn, E. Cánovas, Z. Zheng, U. Kaiser, X. Feng
Angewandte Chemie 201915217, 2020.
Kaiyue Jiang, Igor A Baburin, Peng Han, Chongqing Yang, Xiaobin Fu, Yefeng Yao, Jiantong Li, Enrique Cánovas, Gotthard Seifert, Jiesheng Chen, Mischa Bonn, Xinliang Feng, Xiaodong Zhuang
Advanced Functional Materials 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201908243
Room-temperature solution-phase epitaxial nucleation of PbS quantum dots on rutile TiO 2 (100)
Stefan Kraus, Mischa Bonn, Enrique Cánovas
Nanoscale Advances 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00601J
Unveiling electronic properties in metal-phthalocyanine-based pyrazine-linked conjugated two-dimensional colvalent organic frameworks
Mingchao Wang, Marco Ballabio, Mao Wang, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Bishnu Prasad Biswal, Xiaocang Han, Silvia Paasch, Eike Brunner, Pan Liu, Mingwei Chen, Mischa Bonn, Thomas Heine, Shengqiang Zhou, Enrique Canovas*, Renhao Dong*, Xinliang Feng*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (just accepted) (2019).
A semiconducting layered metal organic framework
Chongqing Yang, Renhao Dong, Mao Wang, Petko St Petkov, Zhitao Zhang, Mingchao Wang, Peng Han, Marco Ballabio, Sascha A Bräuninger, Zhongquan Liao, Jichao Zhang, Friedrich Schwotzer, Ehrenfried Zschech, Hans-Henning Klauss, Enrique Cánovas, Stefan Kaskel, Mischa Bonn, Shengqiang Zhou, Thomas Heine, Xinliang Feng
Nature Communications 10, 63260 (2019).
Chemisorption of atomically precise 42-carbon graphene quantum dots on metal oxide films greatly accelerates interfacial electron transfer
Peng Han, Ian Cheng-Yi Hou, Hao Lu, Xiao-Ye Wang, Klaus Müllen, Mischa Bonn, Akimitsu narita and Enrique Cánovas*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10, 1431 (2019).
High-mobility band-like charge transport in a semiconducting two-dimensional metal–organic framework Renhao Dong#, Peng Han#, Himani Arora, Marco Ballabio, Melike Karakus, Zhe Zhang, Chandra Shekhar, Peter Adler, Petko St. Petkov, Artur Erbe, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Claudia Felser, Thomas Heine, Mischa Bonn, Xinliang Feng* & Enrique Cánovas*
Nature Materials 17, 1027-1032 (2018) - https://rdcu.be/9i7p
Efficient Hot Electron Transfer in Quantum Dot-Sensitized Mesoporous Oxides at Room Temperature
HI Wang*, I Infante, S Brinck, E Cánovas*, M Bonn*
Nano letters 18 (8), 5111-5115 (2018)
Direct observation of mode-specific phonon-band gap coupling in methylammonium lead halide perovskites
Heejae Kim, Johannes Hunger, Enrique Cánovas, Melike Karakus, Zoltán Mics, Maksim Grechko, Dmitry Turchinovich, Sapun H. Parekh & Mischa Bonn
Nature Communications 8, 687(2017).
Electron transfer from bi-isonicotinic acid emerges upon dye photo-oxidation in N3 sensitized TiO2 electrodes
Melike Karakus, Wen Zhang, Joachim Rader, Mischa Bonn and Enrique Cánovas*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (40), pp 35376–35382 (2017).
Dipolar Molecular Capping in Quantum Dot-Sensitized Oxides: Fermi Level Pinning Precludes Tuning Donor-Acceptor Energetics
Hai I. Wang, Hao Lu, Yuki Nagata, Mischa Bonn and Enrique Cánovas*
ACS Nano 11(5), 4760 (2017).
Boosting Biexciton Collection Efficiency at Quantum Dot-Oxide Interfaces by Hole Localization at the Quantum Dot Shell
Hai Wang, Mischa Bonn and Enrique Cánovas*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 8(12), 2654 (2017).
Correlating Carrier Dynamics and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation in Pt Decaorated CdSe Tetrapods as a Function of Cocatalyst Size
Melike Karakus, Y. Sung, Hai I. Wang, Zoltan Mics, Kookheon Char, Mischa Bonn and Enrique Cánovas*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121(24), 13070 (2017).
Coordination Polymer Framework-Based On-Chip Micro-Supercapacitors with AC Line-Filtering Performance
Chongqing Yang, Karl Sebastian Schellhammer, Frank Ortmann, Sai Sun, Renhao Dong, Melike Karakus, Zoltán Mics, Markus Löffler, Fan Zhang, Xiaodong Zhuang, Enrique Cánovas, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Mischa Bonn, Xinliang Feng
Angewandte Chemie 129 (14), 3978-3982 (2017 – VIP paper).
Controlling carrier dynamics at the nanoscale
E. Cánovas, M. Bonn
Chemical Physics 478, 1-1 (2016)
Yuezeng Su, Zhaoquan Yao, Fan Zhang, Hai Wang, Zoltan Mics, Enrique Cánovas, Mischa Bonn, Xiaodong Zhuang and Xinliang Feng
Advanced Functional Materials 26 (32), 5893-5902, (2016)
Enhanced kinetics of hole transfer and electrocatalysis during photocatalytic oxygen evolution by cocatalyst tuning
Ela Nurlaela, Hai Wang, Tatsuya Shinagawa, Sean Flanagan, Samy Ould-Chikh, Muhammad Qureshi, Zoltán Mics, Philippe Sautet, Tangui Le Bahers, Enrique Cánovas, Mischa Bonn, and Kazuhiro Takanabe
ACS Catalysis 6 (7), 4117-4126 (2016).
Hot electron transfer from PbSe quantum dots molecularly bridged to mesoporous tin and titanuium oxide films
Enrique Cánovas*, Hai Wang, Melike Karakus and Mischa Bonn
Chemical Physics 471, 54-58 (2016)
Phonon–electron scattering limits free charge mobility in methylammonium lead iodide perovskites
M Karakus, SA Jensen, F D’Angelo, D Turchinovich, M Bonn, E Canovas*
The journal of physical chemistry letters 6 (24), 4991-4996
Boosting power conversion efficiencies of quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells beyond 8% by recombination control
Ke Zhao, Zhenxiao Pan, Ivan Mora-Sero, Enrique Canovas, Hai Wang, Ya Song, Xueqing Gong, Jin Wang, Mischa Bonn, Juan Bisquert, Xinhua Zhong
Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (16), 5602-5609
Patterned electrode contacts for optoelectronic devices
E. Cánovas, M. Bonn and S. Kinge
Patent - PCT/EP2014/052358.
Process for preparing quantum dot array and quantum dot superlattice
E. Cánovas, M. Bonn and S. Kinge
Patent - PCT/EP2014/052362.
Interplay between structure, stoichiometry and electron transfer dynamics in SILAR-based quantum dot-sensitized oxides
H. Wang, I. Barceló, T. Lana-Villareal, R. Gómez, M. Bonn and E. Cánovas*
Nano Letters, 14(10), 5780-5786 (2014).
Carrier Dynamics in Photovoltaic Structures and Materials Studied by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy.
CHAPTER 11 - Solar Energy Conversion: Dynamics of Interfacial Electron and Excitation Transfer.
Cánovas, E.; Pijpers, J.; Ulbricht, R.; Bonn, M.
The Royal Society of Chemistry: 2013; pp 301-336.
Tuning electron transfer rates through molecular bridges in quantum dot sensitized oxides
H. Wang, E. R. McNellis, S. Kinge, M. Bonn and E. Cánovas*
Nano Letters, 13(11), 5311-5315 (2013).
Application of Photoreflectance to Advanced Multilayer Structures for Photovoltaics
D. Fuertes Marrón, E. Cánovas, I. Artacho, C.R. Stanley, M. Steer, T. Kaizu, Y. Shoji, N. Ahsan, Y. Okada, E. Barrigón, I. Rey-Stolle, C. Algora, A. Martí, A. Luque
Mat. Sci. and Eng. B, 178(9), 599-608 (2012).
Carrier Multiplication in Bulk Indium Nitride
S. A. Jensen, J. Versluis, E. Cánovas, J. J. H. Pijpers, I. R. Sellers and M. Bonn
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 222113 (2012).
Size-Dependent Electron Transfer from PbSe Quantum Dots to SnO2 Monitored by Picosecond Terahertz Spectroscopy
E. Cánovas*, P. Moll, S. A. Jensen, Y. Gao, A. J. Houtepen, L. D. A. Siebbeles, S. Kinge and M. Bonn
Nano Letters 11, 5234 (2011).
Photoreflectance analysis of a GaInP/GaInAs/Ge multijunction solar cell
E. Cánovas, D. Fuertes Marrón, A. Martí, A. Luque, A.W. Bett, F. Dimroth and S.P. Phillips
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 203504 (2010).
Multiple levels in intermediate band solar cells
A. Luque, P.G. Linares, E. Antolín, E. Cánovas, C. Farmer, C.R. Stanley and A. Martí.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 013501 (2010).
Lateral absorption measurements of InAs/GaAs quantum dots stacks: potential as intermediate band material for high efficiency solar cells
E. Cánovas*, A. Martí, A. Luque, C.D. Farmer, C.R. Stanley, A.M. Sánchez, T. Ben and S.I. Molina.
Energy Procedia 2(1), 27-34 (2010).
Optoelectronic evaluation of the nanostructuring approach to chalcopyrite-based intermediate band materials
D. Fuertes Marrón, E. Cánovas, M.Y. Levy, A. Martí, A. Luque, M. Afshar, J. Albert, S. Lehmann, S. Sadewasser, N. Barreau.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 94(11), 1912-1918 (2010).
Enhancement of up-conversion efficiency by combining rare earth doped phosphors with PbS quantum dots
A.C. Pan, C. del Cañizo, E. Cánovas, N.M. Santos, J.P. Leitão and A. Luque.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 94(11), 1923-1926 (2010).
Optimum Nitride concentration in multiband III-N-V alloys for high efficiency ideal solar cells
E. Cánovas, A. Martí, A. Luque and W. Walukiewicz.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 174109 (2008).
Application of the photoreflectance technique to the characterization of quantum dot intermediate band materials for solar cells
E. Cánovas, A. Martí, N. López, E. Antolín, P.G. Linares, C. Farmer, C. Stanley and A. Luque.
Thin Solid Films 516, 6943 (2008).
Low temperature characterization of the photocurrent produced by two photon transitions in a quantum dot intermediate band solar cell
E. Antolín, A. Martí, E. Cánovas, N. López, A. Luque, C. Stanley and C. Farmer.
Thin Solid Films 516, 6919 (2008).
Elements of the design and analysis of quantum dot intermediate band solar cells
A. Martí, E. Antolín, E. Cánovas, N. López, P.G. Linares, A. Luque, C. Stanley and C. Farmer.
Thin Solid Films 516, 6716 (2008).
Emitter degradation in quantum dot intermediate band solar cells
A. Martí, N. López, E. Antolín, E. Cánovas, A. Luque, C.R. Stanley, C. Farmer and P. Díaz.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 233510 (2007).
Production of Photocurrent due to Intermediate-to-Conduction-Band Transitions: A Demostration of a Key Operating Principle of the Intermediate-Band Solar Cell
A. Martí, E. Antolín, C.R. Stanley, C.D. Farmer, N. López, P. Díaz, E. Cánovas, P.G. Linares and A. Luque.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 247701 (2006).
Operation of the intermediate band solar cell under non-ideal space charge region conditions and half-filling of the intermediate band
A. Luque, A. Martí, N. López, E. Antolín, E. Cánovas, C. Stanley, C. Farmer, P. Díaz.
J. Appl. Phys. 99, 094503 (2006).
Novel Semiconductor Solar Cell Structures: the Quantum Dot Intermediate Band Solar Cell
A. Martí, N. López, E. Antolín, E. Cánovas, C. Stanley, C. Farmer, L. Cuadra and A. Luque.
Thin Solid Films 511-512, 638 (2006).
Experimental analysis of the quasi-Fermi level split in quantum dot intermediate band solar cells
A. Luque, A. Martí, N.López, E. Antolín, E. Cánovas, C. Stanley, C.Farmer, L.J. Caballero, L. Cuadra and J. L. Balenzategui.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 083505 (2005)
Cation intermixing at quantum well/barriers interfaces in aged AlGaAs-based high-power laser diodes bars
M. Pommiès, M. Avella, E. Cánovas, and J. Jiménez , T. Fillardet, M. Oudart and J. Nagle
Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 131103 (2005)
Cathodoluminescence degradation signatures of AlGaAs-based high-power laser arrays
M. Pommiès, M. Avella, E. Cánovas, J. Jiménez, M. Oudart, P. Resneau and J. Nagle.
Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 202, 625 (2005).
Spectroscopic techniques for the assessment of optoelectronic materials: application to laser diodes
J. Jiménez, E. Cánovas, M. Avella.
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 27, 67 (2004).