Publications

2008

Journal Papers

• S.-B. Rim, P.B. Catrysse, R. Dinyari, K. Huang and P. Peumans, "The optical advantage of curved focal plane arrays," Optics Express 16, 4965-4971 (2008). ( pdf, journal link)
  
• J. Wu, H.A. Becerril, Z. Bao and P. Peumans, "Organic solar cells with solution-processed graphene transparent electrodes," accepted in Appl. Phys. Lett.
  
• R. Dinyari, K. Huang, S.-B. Rim, P.B. Catrysse and P. Peumans, "Curved silicon focal plane arrays," Applied Physics Letters 92, 091114 (2008). ( journal link) Highlights: to be featured in Photonics Spectra.
  
• S. Fujimori, R. Dinyari and P. Peumans, "Electrically-assisted aerosol deposition of metal nanoparticles," in preparation.
  
• J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans, "Subwavelength metal grating transparent electrodes for thin-film solar cells," in preparation.
  
• O. Pincon and P. Peumans, "Aperiodic metallodielectric stacks for energy conversion applications," in preparation.
  
• S. Zhao and P. Peumans, "Simulations of carrier dynamics in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells," in preparation.
  
• S. Fujimori, R. Dinyari, J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans, "Plasmonic light concentration in organic solar cells," accepted in Nanoletters.
  
• M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, "Broadband optical absorption enhancement through coherent light trapping in thin-film photovoltaic cells," Optics Express 16, 5385-5396 (2008). (pdf, journal link)
  
• S.-B. Rim and P. Peumans, "The effects of optical interference on exciton diffusion length measurements using photocurrent spectroscopy," accepted in Journal of Applied Physics.
  
• A. Liu, S. Zhao, S.-B. Rim, M. Koenemann, P. Erk and P. Peumans, "Control of electric field strength and orientation at the donor-acceptor interface in organic solar cells," Advanced Materials 2008, 1065-1070 (2008). ( journal link)
  
• W. Gaynor and P. Peumans, "Single-layer bistable organic memory devices with nanostructured electrodes," submitted.
  
• J.-Y. Lee, S.T. Connor, Y. Cui and P. Peumans, "Solution-processed metal nanowire mesh transparent electrodes", Nanoletters 8, 689-692 (2008). ( pdf, journal link).
  
• K. Huang, R. Dinyari, G. Lanzara, J.Y. Kim, J. Feng, C. Vancura, F.-K. Chang and P. Peumans, "Large-area electronics from monolithic silicon," submitted.
  
• S. Zhao and P. Peumans, "Geminate recombination at organic semiconductor heterojunctions," submitted.

Conference Presentations

• C. Kim, J.-Y. Lee, P. Peumans and J. Kim, "Surface plasmon polariton assisted organic solar cells," NSTI Nanotech 2008, Boston, Massachussettes, June 1-5, 2008. (Conference link, Abstract)
  
• S. Zhao, A. Liu, S.-B. Rim and P. Peumans, "New insight into Carrier Recombination in Organic Solar Cells," 33rd PVSC Conference, San Diego, CA, May 11-16, 2008. (Conference link)
  
• O. Pincon, M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, "Aperiodic Metallodielectric Stacks for Thermophotovoltaic and Thermal Solar Applications," MRS Spring Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, March 24-28, 2008. [L5.3,9:00m, Wed March 26, 2008] (Conference link)
• Kevin Huang, Rostam Dinyari, Giulia Lanzara, Jong Yon Kim, Jianmin Feng, Cyril Vancura, Fu-Kuo Chang and Peter Peumans ,"Expandable and Conformable Silicon for Large Area Electronics and Curved Focal Plane Arrays," MRS Spring Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, March 24-28, 2008. [M10.3, 11:15am, Thu March 27, 2008] (Conference link)
  
• O. Pincon, M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, "Spectral control with one-dimensional non-periodic metal-dielectric media for parabolic solar trough applications," SolarPACES Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 4-7, 2008. (Conference link)
  

Invited Talks

• P. Peumans, TBD, ICEL-7, Dresden, Germany, September 2-6, 2008. (Conference link)
  
• P. Peumans, "Dielectric and plasmonic approaches to enhancing the efficiency of solar cells," IEEE LEOS, Long Beach, CA, November 9-13, 2008. ( Conference link)
  
• P. Peumans, "Nanophotonic approaches to low-cost and high-efficiency photovoltaics," SPIE Optics + Photonics 2008, San Diego, CA, August 10-14, 2008. (Conference link)
  
• P. Peumans, TBD, OSA Integrated Photonics and Nanophotonics Research and Applications (IPNRA) Topical Meeting, July 13-16, 2008, Boston, MA.
  
• P. Peumans, "Metal nanostructures for cheaper and more efficient organic photovoltaics," Organic Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Workshop, San Francisco, CA, July 8-11, 2008. (Workshop website)
• P. Peumans. TBD, Technical Innovation Colloquium at Sharp America, June 27, 2008.
  
• P. Peumans, TBD, International Workshop on Organic and Organic/Inorganic Composite Optoelectronic Devices (IWOCOMD 2008), Hangzhou, China, June 5-7, 2008. (Conference link)

• P. Peumans, "Are nanostructures of any use in solar energy conversion?," EECS Colloquium at MIT, May 7, 2008.
• P. Peumans, "Exploiting the optical properties of metal nanostructures in solar cells," Foundations of Nanoscience Conference (FNANO08), Snowbird, UT, April 22-25, 2008. (Conference website)

Tutorials

• P. Peumans, "SC797: The science and technology of organic solar cells," SPIE Optics + Photonics 2008, San Diego, CA, August 10-14.

2007

Journal Papers

• S.-B. Rim, S. Zhao, S.R. Scully, M.D. McGehee and P. Peumans, "An effective light trapping configuration for thin-film solar cells," Applied Physics Letters 91, 243501 (2007). ( journal link, pdf) Highlights: 2nd most downloaded paper from the Applied Physics Letters website in December 2007 ( link), 11th in January 2008 ( link), and 13th in February 2008 ( link). Highlighted in Photonics Spectra.

• S.-B. Rim, R. F. Fink, J.C. Schoeneboom, P. Erk and P. Peumans, "Effect of molecular packing on the exciton diffusion length in organic solar cells," Applied Physics Letters 91, 173504 (2007). ( journal link, pdf)
  
• M. Agrawal, Y. Sun, S.R. Forrest and P. Peumans, "Enhanced outcoupling from organic light-tmitting diodes using aperiodic dielectric mirrors," Applied Physics Letters 90, 241112 (2007). ( journal link, pdf) Highlights: Most downloaded paper from the Applied Physics Letters website in June ( link), July ( link) and August ( link) 2007.
  
• M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, "Design of non-periodic dielectric stacks for tailoring the enission of organic light-emitting diodes," Optics Express 15, 9715-9721 (2007). (journal link, pdf)
  

Conference Presentations

• K. Akarvardar, D. Elata, G.C. Wan, K. Yoo, J. Provine, P. Peumans, R.T. Howe, and H.-S. P. Wong, "Design considerations for complementary nanoelectromechanical logic gates," IEDM 2007, December 2007, Washington, DC. ( link)
  
• K. Huang, R. Dinyari, J.Y. Kim, G, Lanzara, J. Feng, F.-K., Chang and P. Peumans, "Large-area electronics from monolithic silicon," IEDM 2007, December 2007, Washington, DC. ( link). Highlights: Featured on the Technology Review website and print magazine. Featured in Laser Focus World.
  

• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Enhancing the efficiency of solar cells using metal nanostructures," MRS Fall 2007, November 2007, Boston, MA [GG10.1, 8:00AM, Nov. 29].
• J.-Y. Lee, S.T. Connor, Y. Cui and P. Peumans, "Solution-processed metal nanowire mesh transparent electrodes," MRS Fall 2007, November 2007, Boston, MA [GG11.2, 10:45AM, Nov. 29].
• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Improved light absorption, exciton diffusion and carrier separation in small molecular weight organic solar cells," MRS Fall 2007, November 2007, Boston, MA [H10.2, 9:00AM, Nov. 28].
• S.-B. Rim, S. Zhao, S.R. Scully, M.D. McGehee and P. Peumans, "An effective light trapping configuration for thin-film solar cells," MRS Fall 2007, November 2007, Boston, MA [H12.2, 3.45PM, Nov. 28].
• A. Liu, S. Zhao, S.-B. Rim, M. Koenemannm P. Erk and P. Peumans, "Control of Electric Field Strength and Orientation at the Donor-Acceptor Interface in Organic Solar Cells," MRS Fall 2007, November 2007, Boston, MA [H10.5, 11:00AM, Nov. 28].
• S. Fujimori, R. Dinyari, J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans, "Electric-field-assisted aerosol deposition of metal nanoparticles for surface-plasmon-enhanced organic photovoltaic cells," Electronic Materials Conference, June 20-22, 2007, University of Notre Dame, IN.
• J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans, "Subwavelength metal gratings as fleible and ransparent electrodes in organic thin-film photovoltaic cells," Electronic Materials Conference, June 20-22, 2007, University of Notre Dame, IN.
• K. Huang, R. Dinyari, J.Y. Kim, P. Peumans, J. Feng, G. Lanzara and F.-K. Chang, "Stretchable silicon wired sensor networks for smart materials," China.
  
• W. Gaynor and P. Peumans, "Single layer organic non-volatile memory elements," MRS Spring 2007, April 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Invited Talks

• P. Peumans, "Enhancing the efficiency of solar cells using metal nanostructures," MRS Fall 2007, November 2007, Boston, MA [GG10.1, 8:00AM, Nov. 29].
• P. Peumans, "Improved light absorption, exciton diffusion and carrier separation in small molecular weight organic solar cells," MRS Fall 2007, November 2007, Boston, MA [H10.2, 9:00AM, Nov. 28].
• P. Peumans, "Printing high-performance electronics using vapor jets," Printed Electronics USA, Nov. 12-15, San Francisco, CA, 2007. ( Conference website)
  
• P. Peumans, "Nano- and microscale structuring for low-cost high-efficiency solar cells," Cleantech Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China event, North America Chinese Semiconductor Association (NACSA), Santa Clara, October 3, 2007.
• P. Peumans, "Nanomaterials for low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells," 2007 Nano P2 Conference, Sep. 25-26, Arlington, VA, 2007. (Conference website)
• P. Peumans, "The importance of unintentional doping in small molecular weight organic solar cells," SPIE Optics and Photonics 2007, August 2007, San Diego, CA.
• P. Peumans, "Nanoscale carrier and light transport in organic solar cells," Colloquium in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department, University of Minnesota, May 1, 2007.
• P. Peumans, H.-S.P. Wong and C.B. Musgrave, "Improved switches using molecular conformational feedback," CNSI Workshop, March 2007, Kauai, HI.
• P. Peumans, "Stretching silicon," Large-area electronics workshop, MIT, March 5, 2007.
• P. Peumans, "Engineering organic solar cells: nanoscale carrier transport and plasmonic enhancement," MSE Colloquium, UCLA, February 9, 2007.

Conference Posters

• S.-B. Rim, Jan Schoeneboom, Peter Erk and Peter Peumans, "The effect of molecular packing on the exciton diffusion length in organic solar cells," H9.24, MRS Fall 2007, November 2007.
• J. Wu, S.-B. Rim and Peter Peumans, "Study of Subphthalocyanine chloride based solar cells," H.48, MRS Fall 2007, November 2007.

• M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, "Broadband optical absorption enhancement in thin-film photovoltaic cells using coherent light trapping," H9.16, MRS Fall 2007, November 2007.

• S. Fujimori, J.-Y. Lee, R. Dinyari and P. Peumans, "Plasmon-enhanced organic photovoltaic cells with metal-core/insulator-shell nanoparticles using an improved deposition method," GG6.19, MRS Fall 2007, November 2007.

• [BEST POSTER AWARD] S. Fujimori, R. Dinyari, J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans, "Electric-field assisted aerosol deposition for metal nanostructure-enhanced organic photovoltaics," Z7.24, MRS Spring 2007, April 10-13, 2007, San Francisco, CA. (Symposium website)
  

Tutorials

• P. Peumans, "SC797: The science and technology of organic solar cells," SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, August 2007, San Diego, CA. (pdf, SPIE Course website)
  

Patents

• “Aperiodic dielectric multilayer stack, ” P. Peumans and S.R. Forrest, US Patent #7,196,835, March 27, 2007.

2006

Conference Presentations

• M. Agrawal, Y. Sun, S.R. Forrest and P. Peumans, "Efficient organic light-emitting diodes using tapered periodic and aperiodic dielectric mirrors," MRS Fall 2006, Boston, MA, November 2006.
  
• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Solving the OLED outcoupling problem using aperiodic dielectric stacks," AIChE, San Francisco, CA, November 2006.
  
• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Solar cells based on organic pigments: device architectures and processing," SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, San Diego, CA, August 2006.
  
• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Metal nanostructure-enhanced organic solar cells," Electronic Materials Conference, University Park, PA, June 2006.
  
• K. Huang and P. Peumans, "Stretchable silicon sensor networks for structural health monitoring,"  Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6174, pp. 322-331, San Diego, February 2006. ( link)

Invited Talks

• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Solving the OLED outcoupling problem using aperiodic dielectric stacks," AIChE, San Francisco, CA, November 2006.
  
• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Solar cells based on organic pigments: device architectures and processing," SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, San Diego, CA, August 2006.
  
• [INVITED] P. Peumans, "Metal nanostructure-enhanced organic solar cells," Electronic Materials Conference, University Park, PA, June 2006.

Patents

• “Organic photosensitive optoelectronic device with an exciton blocking layer,” S.R. Forrest, V. Bulovic, and P. Peumans, April 11, 2006.
• “Smart card composed of organic processing elements,” S.R. Forrest and P. Peumans, US Patent #7,025,277, April 11, 2006.

2005

Conference Presentations

• M. Agrawal and P. Peumans, “Molding the emission of OLEDs using non-periodic dielectric photonic structures,” MRS Fall Meeting 2005, Boston, MA, November 2005.
• J.-Y. Lee and P. Peumans, “Organic photovoltaic cells incorporating metal nanoparticles,” MRS Fall Meeting 2005, Boston, MA, November 2005.
• [INVITED] P. Peumans, “Small molecular weight organic solar cells,” Plastic Electronics Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, October 2005.
• [BEST PAPER AWARD] K. Huang and P. Peumans, “Large sensor networks built from monolithic silicon,” International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, CA, September 2005.
  
• S. Zhao and P. Peumans, “Geminate charge separation in organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells,” Materials Research Society 2005 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2005.

Tutorials

• P. Peumans, Tutorial on Organic Photovoltaics, MRS Fall Meeting 2005, Boston, MA, November 2005.

Patents

• “Organic triodes with novel grid structures and method of production,” M.A. Baldo, P. Peumans, S.R. Forrest and C.K. Kim, US Patent #6,884,093, April 26, 2005.
• “Method of fabricating an organic photosensitive optoelectronic device with exciton blocking layer,” S.R. Forrest, V. Bulovic and P. Peumans, US Patent #6,884,025, January 18, 2005.

2004 and Earlier

 Journal Papers

• B.P. Rand, P. Peumans and S.R. Forrest, “Long-range absorption enhancement in organic tandem thin-film solar cells containing silver nanoclusters,” J. Appl. Phys. 96, 7519-7526 Dec 2004.
• M. Shtein, P. Peumans, J.B. Benziger and S.R. Forrest, “Direct, mask- and solvent-free printing of molecular organic semiconductors,” Adv. Mater. 16, 1615-1620, Sep. 2004.
• P. Peumans and S.R. Forrest, “Separation of geminate charge-pairs at donor-acceptor interfaces in disordered solids,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 398, 27-31, Nov 2004.
• M. Shtein, P. Peumans, J. B. Benziger and S.R. Forrest,” Direct mask-free patterning of molecular organic semiconductors using organic vapor jet printing,” J. Appl. Phys. 96, 4500-4507, Oct 2004.
• P. Peumans, S. Uchida and S.R. Forrest, “Efficient bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells using small-molecular-weight organic thin films,” Nature 425, 158, Sep 2003.
• M. Shtein, P. Peumans, J.B. Benzinger and S.R. Forrest, “Micropatterning of small molecular weight organic semiconductor thin filoms using organic vapor phase deposition,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 4005, Apr 2003.
• [INVITED REVIEW] P. Peumans, A. Yakimov and S.R. Forrest, “Small molecular weight organic thin-film photodetectors and solar cells,” J. Appl. Phys. 93, 3693, Apr 2003. Highlights: 15th most-cited paper in solar cells 1997-2007 (link).
  
• P. Peumans and S.R. Forrest, “Very-high-efficiency double-heterostructure copper phthalocyanine/C60 photovoltaic cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 126, Jul 2001. Highlights: 20th most-cited paper in solar cells 1997-2007 (link).
• P. Peumans, V. Bulovic and S.R. Forrest, “Efficient, high-bandwidth multilayer organic photodetectors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3855, Jun 2000.
• P. Peumans, V. Bulovic and S.R. Forrest, “Efficient photon harvesting at high optical intensities in ultrathin organic double-heterostructure photovoltaic diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 2650, May 2000.

Conference Presentations

• P. Peumans, S. Uchida and S.R. Forrest, "Small molecular weight bulk heterojunction solar cells," Material Research Society 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA, November 2003.
• P. Peumans, S. Uchida, and S.R. Forrest, “Influence of device architecture and interface morphology on the power conversion efficiency of small molecular photovoltaic cells,” NCPV2003, Denver, CO, March 2003.
  
• [INVITED] P. Peumans and S.R. Forrest, “Efficient organic photovoltaic cells and photodetectors,” IEEE International Electron Device Meeting 2001, Washington DC, December 2001.
• [INVITED] P. Peumans and S.R. Forrest, “High performance organic solar cells and photodetectors,” Optical Society of America Annual Meeting 2001, Long Beach CA, October 2001.
• P. Peumans, V. Bulovic and S.R. Forrest, “Thin film multilayer photodetectors grown by organic molecular beam deposition: physics and applications,” 10th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Princeton NJ, July 2000.
• P. Peumans, V. Bulovic and S.R. Forrest, “Efficient photovoltaic diodes and high-bandwidth photodetectors based on organic heterojunctions,” SPIE International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, San Diego CA, August 2000.
• P. Peumans, V. Bulovic and S.R. Forrest, “Efficient, high-bandwidth multilayer organic photodetectors,” Material Research Society 2000 Spring Meeting, San Francisco CA, April 2000.
• P. Peumans, V. Bulovic and S.R. Forrest, “Efficient photon harvesting at high optical intensities in ultrathin organic double-heterostructure photovoltaic diodes,” Material Research Society 1999 Fall Meeting, Boston MA, December 1999.
• H. Boeve, J. Das, L. Lagae, P. Peumans, C. Bruynseraede, K. Dessein, L.V. Melo, R.C. Sousa, P.P. Freitas, G. Borghs, “Technology assessment for MRAM cells with magnet/semiconductor bits,” Digests of the Intermag Conference, p. GA-04, May 1999.
  

Patents

• “Organic photosensitive optoelectronic device with a charge blocking layer,” S. R. Forrest, V. Bulovic and P. Peumans, US Patent #6,692,820, February 17, 2004.
• “Solar cells using fullerenes,” S.R. Forrest and P. Peumans, U.S. Patent #6,580,027, June 17, 2003.
• “Organic photosensitive optoelectronic device with an exciton blocking layer,” S.R. Forrest, V. Bulovic,  and P. Peumans, U.S. Patent #6,451,415, September 17, 2002.
• “Photovoltaic device with optical concentrator and method of making the same,”  P. Peumans, S.R. Forrest, and V. Bulovic, U.S. Patent #6,440,769, August 27, 2002.
• “Highly efficient multiple reflection photosensitive optoelectronic device with optical concentrator,” S.R. Forrest, V. Bulovic,  and P. Peumans, U.S. Patent #6,333,458, November 26, 1999.