Dr Dinesh Kabra

Herchel Smith Research Fellow

Optoelectronics Group

Cavendish Laboratory

University of Cambridge

Research Interests:

• Hybrid Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Photovoltaics
• Hybrid Single layer Polymer Photovoltaics

Coherent Optical Sources using Macromolecular Ordered Structures (COSMOS):

• Hybrid Polymer Light Emitting Diodes
• Optically Pumped Polymer Lasers

Biography

2003-2007 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India.

• Ph.D. in Physics
• Dissertation: “Studies of Length Scales in Semiconducting Polymers using Scanning Photocurrent Contrast Microscopy”, Advisor: Prof. K. S. Narayan.

2001-2003 Devi Ahilya University, Indore – India.

• Master of Technology, Laser Science & Applications

1999-2001 Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur- India.

• Master of Science, Physics.

Selected Publications

• " Efficient Single Layer Polymer Light Emitting Diodes" D. Kabra, Li-Ping Lu, M. H. Song, H. J. Snaith, R. H. Friend Advanced Materials (2010) (in press DOI: 10.1002/adma.201000317)
• "Improved Photoinduced Charge Carriers Separation in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaic Device" Y. Vaynzof, Dinesh Kabra, L. Zhao, P. K. H. Ho, A. Wee and R. H. Friend Appl. Phys. Lett. Accepted (2010).
• "Optically-Pumped Lasing in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Light Emitting Diodes" M. H. Song, D. Kabra, B. Wenger, R. H. Friend and H. J. Snaith Advanced Functional Materials 19, p2130 (2009).
• "High Efficiency Composite Metal Oxide-Polymer Electroluminescent Devices: A Morphological and Material Based Investigation" D. Kabra, M. H. Song, B. Wenger, R. H. Friend and H. J. Snaith Advanced Materials 20, p3447 (2008).
• "Direct Estimation of Transport Length Scales in Semiconducting Polymers" D. Kabra and K. S. Narayan Advanced Materials Vol 19, p1465 (2007).
• "Charge Carrier Dynamics in Organic Semiconductors Using Position Dependent Optical-Probing" D Kabra, S. Shriram, N. S. Vidhyadhiraja, K. S. Narayan J. Appl. Phys. Vol 101, 64510 (2007).
• "Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cell based on Energy Transfer in Graded Band-gap MEH-PPV Polymers" D. Gupta, D. Kabra, K. Nagesh, S. Ramakrishnan , K. S. Narayan Adv. Funct. Mater. Vol 17, p226 (2007).
• "Semiconducting Polymer Based Position Sensitive Detectors" D. Kabra, Th. B. Singh and K. S. Narayan Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol 85, p5073 (2004).

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