Trevor Smith

The role of conformational heterogeneity in the excited state dynamics of linked diketopyrrolopyrrole dimers dagger

Siobhan J Bradley, Ming Chi, Jonathan M White, Christopher R Hall, Lars Goerigk, Trevor A Smith, Kenneth P Ghiggino

Journal article  |  2021  |  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) derivatives have been proposed for both singlet fission and energy upconversion as they meet the energe..

A sandwich-like structural model revealed for quasi-2D perovskite films dagger

Fei Zheng, Christopher R Hall, Dechan Angmo, Chuantian Zuo, Sergey Rubanov, Zhenchuan Wen, Siobhan J Bradley, Xiao-Tao Hao, Mei Gao, Trevor A Smith, Kenneth P Ghiggino

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C

The excellent performance and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on quasi-2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites (RPPs) ho..

Morphological Requirements for Nanoscale Electric Field Buildup in a Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell

Kyra N Schwarz, Valerie D Mitchell, Saeed-Uz-Zaman Khan, Calvin Lee, Adam Reinhold, Trevor A Smith, Kenneth P Ghiggino, David J Jones, Barry P Rand, Gregory D Scholes

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

The morphology of organic semiconductors is critical to their function in optoelectronic devices and is particularly crucial in th..

Light-induced reversal of ion segregation in mixed-halide perovskites

Wenxin Mao, Christopher R Hall, Stefano Bernardi, Yi-Bing Cheng, Asaph Widmer-Cooper, Trevor A Smith, Udo Bach

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE MATERIALS

Bandgap instability due to light-induced phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskites presents a major challenge for their future..

Chemical vapor deposition growth of phase-selective inorganic lead halide perovskite films for sensitive photodetectors

Weilong Xu, Mengsi Niu, Xiaoyu Yang, Haiyue Chen, Xiaohong Cai, Trevor A Smith, Kenneth P Ghiggino, Xiaotao Hao

Journal article  |  2021  |  CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS

Inorganic lead halide perovskites are attractive optoelectronic materials owing to their relative stability compared to organic ca..

Highly efficient radiative recombination in intrinsically zero-dimensional perovskite micro-crystals prepared by thermally-assisted solution-phase synthesis

Wei-Long Xu, Siobhan J Bradley, Yang Xu, Fei Zheng, Christopher R Hall, Kenneth P Ghiggino, Trevor A Smith

Journal article  |  2020  |  RSC ADVANCES

Zero-dimensional (0D) quantum confinement can be achieved in perovskite materials by the confinement of electron and hole states t..

Bilirubin analogues as model compounds for exciton coupling

Igor Lyskov, Andre Anda, Yee X Wong, Andrew J Tilley, Christopher R Hall, Joel Thia, Salvy P Russo, Wallace WH Wong, Jared H Cole, Trevor A Smith

Journal article  |  2020  |  PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A series of phycobilin analogues have been investigated in terms of coupled excitonic systems. These compounds consist of a monome..

FRET-enhanced photoluminescence of perylene diimides by combining molecular aggregation and insulation

Bolong Zhang, Igor Lyskov, Lachlan J Wilson, Randy P Sabatini, Anjay Manian, Hamid Soleimaninejad, Jonathan M White, Trevor A Smith, Girish Lakhwani, David J Jones, Kenneth P Ghiggino, Salvy P Russo, Wallace WH Wong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Materials Chemistry C

The photoluminescence quantum yield (ϕPL) of perylene diimide derivatives (PDIs) is often limited by aggregation caused quenching ..

Revealing the Role of Methylammonium Chloride for Improving the Performance of 2D Perovskite Solar Cells

Fei Zheng, Chuantian Zuo, Mengsi Niu, Chunhua Zhou, Siobhan J Bradley, Christopher R Hall, Weilong Xu, Xiaoming Wen, Xiaotao Hao, Mei Gao, Trevor A Smith, Kenneth P Ghiggino

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Layered perovskite films, composed of two-dimensional (2D) Ruddlesden–Popper perovskites (RPPs), show improved stability compared ..

Competitive Triplet Formation and Recombination in Crystalline Films of Perylenediimide Derivatives: Implications for Singlet Fission

Saghar Masoomi-Godarzi, Christopher R Hall, Bolong Zhang, Mark A Gregory, Jonathan M White, Wallace WH Wong, Kenneth P Ghiggino, Trevor A Smith, David J Jones

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C

Developing photostable compounds that undergo quantitative singlet fission (SF) is a key challenge. As SF necessitates electron tr..