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20152026
most citedA Universal Urbach Rule for Disordered Organic Semiconductors

235 citations · 697 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

physics.app-ph2026

Capacitance of Undoped Thin-Film Diodes

Oskar J. Sandberg, Mathias Nyman, Stefan Zeiske +3

The capacitance of thin-film diodes based on undoped semiconductors are dominated by injected charge carriers rather than doping-induced carriers. However, an analytical framework…

physics.app-ph2026

What Photocurrent Versus Effective Voltage Tells Us About Charge Generation in Organic Solar Cells

Ardalan Armin, Austin M. Kay, Drew B. Riley +2

The photocurrent of an organic solar cell is routinely plotted against an effective voltage and used to extract an exciton dissociation probability, and through it a free-charge ge…

physics.app-ph2026

Limits of Trap-assisted Photomultiplication Gain

Ardalan Armin

Photodiodes based on trap-assisted current injection can exhibit internal photomultiplication with apparent quantum efficiencies far exceeding unity, raising the question of whethe…

physics.app-ph2023★ 33 cited

Roadmap on Photovoltaic Absorber Materials for Sustainable Energy Conversion

James C. Blakesley, Ruy S. Bonilla, Marina Freitag +83

Photovoltaics (PVs) are a critical technology for curbing growing levels of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and meeting increases in future demand for low-carbon electricit…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

A Unified Diode Equation for Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Oskar J Sandberg, Ardalan Armin

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are promising candidates for future sustainable technologies, including applications within the renewable energy sector, such as solar cells and indoor…

physics.app-ph2023★ 1 cited

The Thermodynamic Limit of Indoor Photovoltaics Based on Energetically-Disordered Molecular Semiconductors

Austin M. Kay, Maura E. Fitzsimons, Gregory Burwell +3

Due to their tailorable optical properties, organic semiconductors show considerable promise for use in indoor photovoltaics (IPVs), which present a sustainable route for powering…

physics.app-ph2021

Quantifying the Excitonic Static Disorder in Organic Semiconductors

Austin M. Kay, Oskar J. Sandberg, Nasim Zarrabi +5

Organic semiconductors are disordered molecular solids and as a result, their internal charge dynamics and ultimately, the performance of the optoelectronic devices they constitute…

quant-ph2021★ 2 cited

Quantum trajectories, interference, and state localisation in dephasing assisted quantum transport

Kiran E. Khosla, Ardalan Armin, M. S. Kim

Dephased quantum transport of excitations occurs when energetic fluctuations in a system are sufficient to suppress the built-up of coherent amplitudes. While this has been extensi…

physics.app-ph2021★ 1 cited

A quasi steady-state measurement of exciton diffusion lengths in organic semiconductors

Drew B. Riley, Oskar J. Sandberg, Wei Li +2

Understanding the role that exciton diffusion plays in organic solar cells is a crucial to understanding the recent rise in power conversion effciencies brought about by non-fuller…

physics.app-ph2021★ 37 cited

Energetics and Kinetics Requirements for Organic Solar Cells to 2 Break the 20% Power Conversion Efficiency Barrier

Oskar J Sandberg, Ardalan Armin

The thermodynamic limit for the efficiency of solar cells is predominantly defined by the energy bandgap of the used semiconductor. In case of organic solar cells both energetics a…

physics.app-ph2021★ 22 cited

Direct quantification of quasi-Fermi level splitting in organic semiconductor devices

Drew B. Riley, Oskar J. Sandberg, Nora M. Wilson +6

Non-radiative losses to the open-circuit voltage are a primary factor in limiting the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic devices. The dominant non-radiative loss i…

physics.optics2021★ 235 cited

A Universal Urbach Rule for Disordered Organic Semiconductors

Christina Kaiser, Oskar J. Sandberg, Nasim Zarrabi +3

In crystalline semiconductors, absorption onset sharpness is characterized by temperature dependent Urbach energies. These energies quantify the static, structural disorder causing…

physics.app-ph2019★ 58 cited

Determining Ultra-low Absorption Coefficients of Organic Semiconductors from the Sub-bandgap Photovoltaic External Quantum Efficiency

Christina Kaiser, Stefan Zeiske, Paul Meredith +1

Energy states below the bandgap of a semiconductor, such as trap states or charge transfer states in organic donor acceptor blends, can contribute to light absorption. Due to their…

physics.app-ph2019★ 96 cited

A Theoretical Perspective on Transient Photovoltage and Charge Extraction Techniques

Oskar J. Sandberg, Kristofer Tvingstedt, Paul Meredith +1

Transient photovoltage (TPV) is a technique frequently used to determine charge carrier lifetimes in thin-film solar cells such as organic, dye sensitized and perovskite solar cell…

physics.app-ph2019★ 41 cited

On the effect of surface recombination in thin film solar cells, light emitting diodes and photodetectors

Oskar J. Sandberg, Ardalan Armin

Radiative and non-radiative charge carrier recombination in thin-film diodes plays a key role in determining the efficiency of electronic devices made of next generation semiconduc…

quant-ph2018★ 152 cited

Precision ultrasound sensing on a chip

Sahar Basiri-Esfahani, Ardalan Armin, Stefan Forstner +1

Ultrasound sensors have wide applications across science and technology. However, improved sensitivity is required for both miniaturisation and increased spatial resolution. Here,…

quant-ph2015★ 19 cited

An integrated quantum photonic sensor based on Hong-Ou-Mandel interference

Sahar Basiri-Esfahani, Casey R. Myers, Ardalan Armin +2

Photonic-crystal-based integrated optical systems have been used for a broad range of sensing applications with great success. This has been motivated by several advantages such as…