Papers

2021

Blends of Polymer Semiconductor and Polymer Electrolyte for Mixed Ionic and Electronic Conductivity
Hadar Frankenstein, Eyal Stein, Mikhail Stolov, Maria Koifman, Viatcheslav Freger and Gitti L.Frey
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021
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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 ,8, 1272-1285

 

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

 

Graphical abstract: One-step processing of multilayers in organic solar cells
 

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

 

Graphical abstract: Enhancing P3HT/PCBM blend stability by thermal crosslinking using poly(3-hexylthiophene)-S,S-dioxide
 

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

 

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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)

 

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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)

 

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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)

 

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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)

 

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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 Des1594363-4371 (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).

 

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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)

 

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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)

 

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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)

 

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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)