Papers – Organic and Hybrid Materials and Devices

2021

Bridging the thermodynamics and kinetics of temperature-induced morphology evolution in polymer/fullerene organic solar cell bulk heterojunction
A. Levitsky, S. Schneider, E. Rabkin, M. F. Toney and G. L. Frey
Mater. Horiz., 2021

2020

Tuning Intra and Intermolecular Interactions for Balanced Hole and Electron Transport in Semiconducting Polymers Tanmoy Sarkar, Sebastian Alexander Schneider, Guy Ankonina, Arthur D. Hendsbee, Yuning Li, Michael F. Toney, and Gitti L. Frey Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 17, 7338-7346
Towards fast screening of organic solar cell blends Artem Levitsky, Giovanni Maria Matrone, Aditi Khirbat, Ilaria Bargigia, Xiaolei Chu, Oded Nahor, Tamar Segal-Perez, Adam J. Moulé, Lee J. Richter, Carlos Silva, Natalie Stingelin and Gitti L. Frey Adv. Sci., 2020, 7, 2000960
One-step Processing of multilayers in organic electronic devices Basel Shamieh, Tanmoy Sarkar, and Gitti L. Frey J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 8992-8998
Enhancing P3HT/PCBM blend stability by thermal crosslinking using poly(3-hexylthiophene)-S,S-dioxide M. Milanovich, T. Sarkar, Y. Popowski, J. Z. Lowc, L. M. Camposc, S. Kenig, G. L. Frey and E. Amir J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 7698-7707
Tuning Contact Resistance in Top‐Contact p‐Type and n‐Type Organic Field Effect Transistors by Self‐Generated Interlayers Tanmoy Sarkar, Basel Shamieh, Roy Verbeek, Auke Jisk Kronemeijer, Gerwin H. Gelinck and Gitti L. Frey Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1805617

2019

Atomic layer deposition of ZnO electron transporting layers directly onto the active layer of organic solar cells Hadar Frankenstein, Collen Z. Leng, Mark D. Losego and Gitti L. Frey Organic Electronics 64, 37-46 (2019)
Fully Solution‐Processed Photonic Structures from Inorganic/Organic Molecular Hybrid Materials and Commodity Polymers Stefan Bachevillier, Hua‐Kang Yuan, Andrew Strang, Artem Levitsky, Gitti L. Frey, Andreas Hafner, Donal D. C. Bradley, Paul N. Stavrinou and Natalie Stingelin Adv. Funct. Mater., 1808152 (2019)
Nanocomposite of nickel oxide nanoparticles and polyethylene oxide as printable hole transport layer for organic solar cells Marta Ruscello, Tanmoy Sarkar, Artem Levitsky, Giovanni Maria Matrone, Nikolaos Droseros, Stefan Schlisske, Eleni Sachs, Patrick Reiser, Eric Mankel, Wolfgang Kowalsky, Natalie Banerji, Natalie Stingelin, Gitti L. Frey and Gerardo Hernandez-Sosa Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 3, 1418-1426 (2019)
Augmenting n-type Performance of ambipolar Top-Contact Organic Thin-film Transistors by Self-generated Interlayers Tanmoy Sarkar, Jane Vinokur, Basel Shamieh, Victoria Savikhin, Michael F. Toney and Gitti L. Frey Chem. Mater. 31 (17), 7046-7053 (2019)
Little probe, big data Gitti L. Frey and Yaron Kauffmann News & Views, Nat. Mater. 18, 776–777 (2019)

2018

Interlayers Self-Generated by Additive-Metal Interactions in Organic Electronic Devices
Jane Vinokur, Igal Deckman, Tanmoy Sarkar, Liza Nuzman, Basel Shamieh, and Gitti L Frey
Adv. Mater. 30 (41), 1706803 (2018)

Correlating the effective work function at buried organic/metal interfaces with organic solar cell characteristics
Basel Shamieha, Ana S. Anselmob, Uwe Vogelb, Eirini Larioud, Sophia C. Hayesd, Norbert Kochb and Gitti L. Frey
J. Mater Chem C 6, 8060 – 8068 (2018)

2017

Morphology visualization of P3HT:Fullerene blends by using subsurface atomic layer deposition
Stas Obuchovsky, Matan Levin, Artem Levitsky, Gitti L. Frey
Organic Electronics 49, 234-241 (2017)

Dynamics of Additive Migration to Form Cathodic Interlayers in Organic Solar Cells
Jane Vinokur, Stas Obuchovsky, Igal Deckman, Lishai Shoham, Tom Mates, Michael L. Chabinyc, Gitti L. Frey
Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9 (35), 29889–29900 (2017)

Directed migration of additives to form top interlayers in polymer light emitting diodes.
L. Nouzman and G. L. Frey
J. Mater Chem C 5, 12744 –12751 (2017)

2016

Spontaneous generation of interlayers in OPVs with silver cathodes: enhancing Voc and lifetime B. Shamieh, S. Obuchovsky and G. L. Frey J. Mater Chem C 4, 1821-1828 (2016)
The mechanism of metal oxide deposition from ALD inside non-reactive polymer matrices: Effects of polymer crystallinity and temperature Stas Obuchovsky, Hadar Frankenstein, Jane Vinokur, Anna K. Hailey, Yueh-Lin Loo and Gitti L. Frey Chem. Mater. 28 (8), 2668–2676 (2016)
Self-assembled block copolymer templates for atomic layer deposition: The effect of processing solvent Moshe Moshonov, Yaron Kauffmann, Gitti L. Frey Polymer 105, 214-220 (2016)
Mechanisms for Spontaneous Generation of Interlayers in Organic Solar Cells (Review) Jane Vinokur , Basel Shamieh , Igal Deckman , Avni Singhal , and Gitti L Frey Chem. Mater. 28 (24), 8851–8870 (2016)

2015

Hexagonal patterns in thin films: experiments and modeling Basila Kattouf, Christine Warwar, Itamar Balla, Hila Shasha, Dov Sherman and Gitti L. Frey Extreme mechanics Letters, 2, 65–71 (2015)
Plasmonic nanoparticle incorporation into inverted hybrid organic-inorganic solar cells Tamar Segal-Peretz, Igal Deckman, Meir Orenstein and Gitti L. Frey Organic electronics, 23, 144–150 (2015)
The chemical composition of additives to spontaneously form cathode interlayers in OPVs Igal Deckman, Stas Obuchovsky, Moshe Moshonov and Gitti L. Frey Langmuir, 31 (24), 6721–6728 (2015)
Harnessing ALD to directly map the morphology of organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunctions Stas Obuchovsky, Basel Shamieh, Igal Deckman, Guy Ankonina and Gitti L. Frey Solar Energy and Solar materials, 143 280-283 (2015)
The Amide-templated iodoplumbates: extending lead-iodide based hybrid semiconductors Sagi Eppel, Natalia Fridman, Gitti L. Frey Cryst. Growth Des. 15, 9, 4363-4371 (2015)
The effect of thermal annealing on additive migration to the organic/metal interface in OPVs J. Vinokur, I. Deckman, S. Obuchovsky, K. Weinfeld and G. L. Frey Proc. SPIE 9567, doi:10.1117/12.2189895 a (2015)
Directing hybrid structures by combining self-assembly of functional block copolymers and ALD: a demonstration on hybrid photovoltaics Moshe Moshonov and Gitti L. Frey Langmuir, 31 (46), 12762-12769 (2015)

2014

Free Standing Silica Thin Films with Highly Ordered Perpendicular Nanopores Jifang Cheng, Somilkumar J. Rathi, Paul Stradins, Gitti L. Frey, Reuben T. Collins and S. Kim Ratanathanawongs Williams RSC Advances, 4, 7627 (2014)
Controlling morphology and charge transfer in ZnO/polythiophene photovoltaic films Oded Nahor, Tamar Segal-Peretz, Lior Neeman, Dan Oron, and Gitti L. Frey J. Mater Chem. C, 21, 4167-4176 (2014)
Spontaneous interlayer formation in OPVs by additive migration due to additive-metal interactions Igal Deckman, Moshe Moshonov, Stas Obuchovsky, Reuven Brener, and Gitti L. Frey J. Mater Chem A, 2, 16746-16754 (2014)
Atomic Layer Deposition of Zinc Oxide onto and into P3HT for Hybrid Photovoltaics S. Obuchovsky, I. Deckman, M. Moshonov, T. Segal-Peretz, G. Ankonina, T. J. Savenije, and G. L. Frey J. Mater Chem C, 2, 8903-8910 (2014)
Understanding and Promoting Molecular Interactions and Charge Transfer in Dye-Mediated Hybrid Photovoltaic Materials Tamar Segal-Peretz, Justin P. Jahnke, Alexander Berenson, Lior Neeman, Dan Oron, Brad F. Chmelka and Gitti L. Frey J. Phys. Chem. C,118, 25374–25391, (2014)

2013

Hybrid Mesostructured Electrode for Fast-Switching Proton-Based solid state Electrochromic Devices
Basila Kattouf, Yair Ein-Eli, Arnon Siegmann, Gitti L. Frey
J. Mater. Chem. C, 1 151-159 (2013)

Control Over In-channel Mesostructure Orientation through AAM Surface Modification
Keller, Avigail; Segal Peretz, Tamar; Kauffmann, Yaron; Frey, Gitti L.
PhysChem ChemPhys 15, 13637-13645 (2013)

Thermal metal deposition induces segregation in polymer thin films: a demonstration on OPVs
Igal Dekman, Reuven Brener and Gitti L. Frey
J. Mater. Chem. C, 1, 6522–6525 (2013) (communication)

2012

On the origin of charge generation in hybrid TiOx/conjugated polymer photovoltaic devices
Segal-Peretz, Tamar; Leman, Olga; Nardes, Alexandre and Frey, Gitti
J Phys Chem C 116, 2024–2032, (2012)

Mesostructured Silica Containing Conjugated Polymers Formed within the Channels of Anodic Alumina Membranes from Tetrahydrofuran-Based Solution
Keller, Avigail; Kirmayer, Saar; Segal-Peretz, Tamar and Frey, Gitti
Langmuir 28, 1506−1514, (2012)

2011

Highly ordered Mesostructured TiOx-based Hybrid Materials from Tetrahydrofuran Solutions
Shany Neyshtadt and Gitti L. Frey
Journal of Macroporous and Mesoporous Materials, 142, 708–715 (2011)

Understanding and controlling organic/inorganic interfaces in mesostructured hybrid photovoltaic materials
S. Neyshtadt, J. P. Jahnke, A. Rawal, T. Segal Peretz, D. Huppert, B. F. Chmelka, and G. L. Frey
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 10119–10133 (2011)

Facile infiltration of semiconducting polymer into mesoporous electrodes for polymer-oxide solar cells
A. Abrusci, I.K. Ding, M. Al-Hashimi, T. Segal-Peretz, M. D. McGehee, M. Heeney, G. L. Frey and H. J. Snaith
Energy Environ. Sci. 4, 3051 (2011)

2010

Tailoring tri-block copolymers for dispersion of individual, pristine, single walled carbon nanotubes in organic solvents
Racheli Itzhak, Daniel Raichman, Zahi Shahar, Gitti L. Frey, Joseph Frey, Rachel Yerushalmi – Rozen
J. Phys Chem C, 114, 3748 (2010)

2009

Decoupling 2D inter- and intra-chain energy transfer in conjugated polymers Shashank Shekhar,Eyal Aharon, Nan Tian,Frank Galbrecht,Ullrich Scherf,Elisabeth Holder,and Gitti L. Frey ChemPhysChem 10, 576-581 (2009)
*“Towards understanding paleosols in Southern Levantine eolianites: Integration of micromorphology, environmental magnetism and minerolagy”* Tsatskin A,* Gendler TS, Heller F, Dekman I, Frey GL Journal of Mountain Science, 6(2), 113-124 (2009)
*“Encapsulation of conjugated polymers in block copolymer-templated mesostructured oxides: a co-solvent assisted approach”* Saar Kirmayer, Shany Neyshtadt, Avigail Keller, Dina Okopnik, Gitti L Frey Chem Mater, 21(19), 4387-4396 (2009)
*Enhances Reversible Electrochromism via in-situ Phase Transformation of Tungstate Mono-Hydrate* Basila Kattuf, Gitti L. Frey, Arnon Siegmann, Yair Ein-Eli Chem Comm 47, 7396-7398 (2009).
*Patterned Electrode Vertical FET Fabricated Using Block co-Polymer Nano-Templates* Ariel J. Ben-Sasson, Eran Avnon, Elina Ploshnik, Oded Globerman, Roy Shenhar, Gitti L. Frey, Nir Tessler Appl. Phys Lett. 95, 213301 (2009).

2008

Self-assembled conjugated polymer/surfactant/silica mesostructures and their integration into light-emitting diodes Ekaterina Dovgolevsky, Saar Kirmayer, Evgeny Lakin, Yi Yang, C. Jeffrey Brinker and Gitti L. Frey J. Mater. Chem. 18, 423-436 (2008) paper featured on cover of Feb 2008 issue
Syntheses of mesostructured silica films containing conjugated polymers from tetrahydrofuran-water solutions S. Kirmayer, E. Dovgolevsky, M. Kalina, E. Lakin, S. Cadars, J.D. Epping, A. Fernández-Arteaga, C. Rodríguez-Abreu, B.F. Chmelka and G. L. Frey Chem. Mater.20(11), 3745-3756 (2008)
*Self-organized semiconducting polymer-incorporated mesostructured titania for photovoltaic applications* S. Neyshtadt, M. Kalina and G. L. Frey Adv. Mater. 20 (13) 2541-2546 (2008)
*Effect of solvent on the conformation of isolated MEH-PPV chains intercalated into SnS₂* Eyal Aharon, Steffen Breuer, Frank Jaiser, Anna Köhler and Gitti L. Frey ChemPhysChem 9, 1430-1436 (2008)
Enhanced tungstate electrochromism via formation of transparent conductive networks O. Lavi, G.L. Frey, A. Siegmann and Y. Ein-Eli Electrochemistry Communication 10, 1096-1099, (2008)

2007

Self-assembled lamellar MoS₂, SnS₂ and SiO₂ semiconducting polymer nanocomposites
Saar Kirmayer, Eyal Aharon, Ekaterina Dovgolevsky, Michael Kalina and Gitti L Frey
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 365, 1489-1508 (2007)

Dimensionality-dependent energy transfer in polymer-intercalated SnS₂ nanocomposites
P. Parkinson, E. Aharon, M. H. Chang, C. Dosche, G. L. Frey, A. Köhler and L. M. Herz
Phys Rev B 75, 165206 (2007)

2006

Stable blue emission from a polyfluorene/layered compound guest/host nanocomposite
Eyal Aharon, Michael Kalina and Gitti L Frey
adv. Funct. Mater. 16, 980-986 (2006)

Inhibition of energy transfer between conjugated polymer chains in host/guest nanocomposites generates white photo and electroluminescence
Eyal Aharon, Michael Kalina and Gitti L Frey
J. Am. Chem. Soc. (communication) 128, 15968-15969 (2006)