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most citedHydration of a side-chain-free n-type semiconducting ladder polymer driven by electrochemical doping

82 citations · 256 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Atomic-Scale Observation of Symmetry Breaking in Altermagnetic MnTe

Guodong Ren, Jonathan M. DeStefano, Xiao-Wei Zhang +20

The recent discovery of altermagnetism has sparked growing interest in compensated magnetic systems as promising platforms for highly scalable spintronics. Altermagnetism is a dist…

physics.app-ph2026

Degradation Dynamics of Perovskite Solar Cells Under Fixed Reverse Current Injection

Fangyuan Jiang, Haruka Koizumi, Hannah Contreras +8

Previous studies of reverse-bias stability in perovskite solar cells have focused primarily on voltage controlled reverse-bias tests. Here we instead present an investigation of pe…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 2 cited

pH Regulates Ion Dynamics in Carboxylated Mixed Conductors

Zeyuan Sun, Mengting Sun, Rajiv Giridharagopal +12

Coupled ionic and electronic transport underpins processes as diverse as electrochemical energy conversion, biological signaling, and soft adaptive electronics. Yet, how chemical e…

physics.app-ph2025

Deposition-Dependent Coverage and Performance of Phosphonic Acid Interface Modifiers in Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics

Hannah Contreras, Aidan O'Brien, Margherita Taddei +10

In this work, we study the effect of various deposition methods for phosphonic acid interface modifiers commonly pursued as self-assembled monolayers in high-performance metal hali…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Multi-Output Convolutional Neural Network for Improved Parameter Extraction in Time-Resolved Electrostatic Force Microscopy Data

Madeleine D. Breshears, Rajiv Giridharagopal, David S. Ginger

Time-resolved scanning probe microscopy methods, like time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM), enable imaging of dynamic processes ranging from ion motion in batteries…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Sub-diffraction Imaging of Carrier Dynamics in Halide Perovskite Semiconductors: Effects of Passivation, Morphology, and Ion Motion

Madeleine D. Breshears, Justin Pothoof, Rajiv Giridharagopal +1

We spatially resolve photocarrier dynamics in halide perovskites using time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM) to map surface potential equilibration during photoexcit…

quant-ph2023

Optical tuning of the diamond Fermi level measured by correlated scanning probe microscopy and quantum defect spectroscopy

Christian Pederson, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Fang Zhao +4

Quantum technologies based on quantum point defects in crystals require control over the defect charge state. Here we tune the charge state of shallow nitrogen-vacancy and silicon-…

physics.app-ph2023

Kinetic Suppression of Photoinduced Halide Migration in Wide Bandgap Perovskites via Surface Passivation

Farhad Akrami, Fangyuan Jiang, Rajiv Giridharagopal +1

In this work, we study the kinetics of photoinduced halide migration in FACsPb(IBr) wide (~1.69 eV) bandgap perovskites and show halide migratio…

physics.app-ph2023★ 61 cited

Why accumulation mode organic electrochemical transistors turn off much faster than they turn on

Jiajie Guo, Shinya E. Chen, Rajiv Giridharagopa +7

Understanding the factors underpinning device switching times is crucial for the implementation of organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) in neuromorphic computing and real-ti…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Surface Passivation Suppresses Local Ion Motion in Halide Perovskites

Justin Pothoof, Robert J. E. Westbrook, Rajiv Giridharagopal +2

We use scanning probe microscopy to study ion migration in the formamidinium (FA)-containing halide perovskite semiconductor in the pres…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 82 cited

Hydration of a side-chain-free n-type semiconducting ladder polymer driven by electrochemical doping

Jiajie Guo, Lucas Q. Flagg, Duyen K. Tran +7

We study the organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) performance of the ladder polymer, poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthroline) (BBL) in an attempt to better understand how an app…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 2 cited

(3-Aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane Surface Passivation Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Performance by Reducing Surface Recombination Velocity

Yangwei Shi, Esteban Rojas-Gatjens, Jian Wang +8

We demonstrate reduced surface recombination velocity (SRV) and enhanced power-conversion efficiency (PCE) in mixed-cation mixed-halide perovskite solar cells by using (3-aminoprop…

eess.SP2021★ 11 cited

Extraction of instantaneous frequencies and amplitudes in nonstationary time-series data

Daniel E. Shea, Rajiv Giridharagopal, David S. Ginger +2

Time-series analysis is critical for a diversity of applications in science and engineering. By leveraging the strengths of modern gradient descent algorithms, the Fourier transfor…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 26 cited

Bismuth-doping Alters Structural Phase Transitions in Methylammonium Lead Tribromide Single Crystals

Erin Jedlicka, Jian Wang, Joshua Mutch +8

We study the effects of bismuth doping on the crystal structure and phase transitions in single crystals of the perovskite semiconductor methylammonium lead tribromide, MAPbBr3. By…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 34 cited

Imaging graphene moiré superlattices via scanning Kelvin probe microscopy

Junxi Yu, Rajiv Giridharagopal, Yuhao Li +5

Moiré superlattices in van der Waals heterostructures are gaining increasing attention because they offer new opportunities to tailor and explore unique electronic phenomena when s…

physics.app-ph2020★ 8 cited

Sn4+ Precursor Enables 12.4% Efficient Kesterite Solar Cell from DMSO Solution with Open Circuit Voltage Deficit Below 0.30 V

Yuancai Gong, Yifan Zhang, Erin Jedlicka +12

The limiting factor preventing kesterite (CZTSSe) thin film solar cell performance further improvement is the large open-circuit voltage deficit (Voc,def) issue, which is 0.345V fo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 23 cited

Noncontact Imaging of Ion Dynamics in Polymer Electrolytes with Time-Resolved Electrostatic Force Microscopy

Jeffrey S. Harrison, Dean A. Waldow, Phillip A. Cox +7

Ionic transport processes govern performance in many classic and emerging devices, ranging from battery storage to modern mixed-conduction electrochemical transistors. Here, we stu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2008★ 6 cited

Interfacial charge transfer in nanoscale polymer transistors

J. H. Worne, R. Giridharagopal, K. F. Kelly +1

Interfacial charge transfer plays an essential role in establishing the relative alignment of the metal Fermi level and the energy bands of organic semiconductors. While the detail…