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Optoelectronics

Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
 

Last updated:27-Jun-2025 RWG

"Modular perovskite-BiVO4 artificial leaves towards syngas synthesis on a m2 scale." V. Andrei, Y. H. Chiang, M. Rahaman, M. Anaya, T. H. Kang, E. Ruggeri, S. D. Stranks and E. Reisner 2025 Energy & Environmental Science 18(8). WOS:001407668300001
or DOI:10.1039/d4ee05780e
"Magnetically and optically active edges in phosphorene nanoribbons." A. Ashoka, A. J. Clancy, N. A. Panjwani, A. Cronin, L. Picco, E. S. Y. Aw, N. J. M. Popiel, A. G. Eaton, T. G. Parton, R. R. C. Shutt, S. Feldmann, R. Carey, T. J. Macdonald, C. Liu, M. E. Severijnen, S. Kleuskens, L. A. Muscarella, F. R. Fischer, H. B. de Aguiar, R. H. Friend, J. Behrends, P. C. M. Christianen, C. A. Howard and R. Pandya 2025 Nature 639(8054). WOS:001445255400026
or DOI:10.1038/s41586-024-08563-x
"Re-defining Non-tracking Solar Cell Efficiency Limits with Directional Spectral Filters." A. R. Bowman, S. D. Stranks and G. Tagliabue 2025 Acs Photonics 12(4): 1739-1745. WOS:001446655200001
or DOI:10.1021/acsphotonics.4c02181
"Nanoscale heterophase regulation enables sunlight-like full-spectrum white electroluminescence." J. W. Chen, K. Y. Ji, L. J. Dai, H. Y. Xiang, Z. Z. Yu, A. N. Iqbal, J. Wang, X. Y. Ma, R. J. Guo, M. Anaya, X. F. Song, Y. Lu, Y. H. Chiang, W. J. Li, Y. L. Shen, X. Y. Luo, A. Mirabelli, Y. Z. Cheng, X. R. Chen, D. X. Ma, Z. Y. Fan, Y. R. Yang, L. Duan, S. D. Stranks and H. B. Zeng 2025 Nature Communications 16(1): 3621. WOS:001470317300022
or DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-58743-0
"Elucidating contact-limited temperature dependence of charge transport in 2D tin halide perovskite field-effect transistors." H. Choi, S. Pecorario, Y. C. Zhang, H. Sirringhaus and K. H. Kang 2025 Journal of Physics-Materials 8(2): 025012. WOS:001456062900001
or DOI:10.1088/2515-7639/adc33f
"Circularly polarized electroluminescence from chiral supramolecular semiconductor thin films." R. Chowdhury, M. D. Preuss, H. H. Cho, J. J. P. Thompson, S. Sen, T. K. Baikie, P. Ghosh, Y. Boeije, X. W. Chua, K. W. Chang, E. R. Guo, J. van der Tol, B. W. L. van den Bersselaar, A. Taddeucci, N. Daub, D. M. Dekker, S. T. Keene, G. Vantomme, B. Ehrler, S. C. J. Meskers, A. K. Rao, B. Monserrat, E. W. Meijer and R. H. Friend 2025 Science 387(6739): 1175-1181. WOS:001446098300008
or DOI:10.1126/science.adt3011
"Blue Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes Using Multifunctional Small Molecule Dopants." Z. M. Chu, W. Zhang, J. Jiang, Z. C. Xia, M. M. Shi, B. W. Li, L. J. Dai, Y. X. Shen, Y. W. Li, N. C. Greenham, R. H. Friend, X. W. Zhang and J. B. You 2025 Advanced Materials 37(17). WOS:001446868600001
or DOI:10.1002/adma.202409718
"Compositional Gradient of Mixed Halide 2D Perovskite Interface Boosts Outdoor Stability of Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells." M. Degani, R. Pallotta, G. Pica, M. Karimipour, A. Mirabelli, K. Frohna, M. Anaya, T. Y. Xu, C. Q. Ma, S. D. Stranks, M. L. Cantù and G. Grancini 2025 Advanced Energy Materials 15(17). WOS:001381615900001
or DOI:10.1002/aenm.202404469
"Dynamic nanodomains dictate macroscopic properties in lead halide perovskites." M. Dubajic, J. R. Neilson, J. Klarbring, X. Liang, S. A. Bird, K. C. Rule, J. E. Auckett, T. A. Selby, G. Tumen-Ulzii, Y. Lu, Y. K. Jung, C. Chosy, Z. M. Wei, Y. Boeije, M. V. Zimmermann, A. Pusch, L. L. Gu, X. G. Jia, Q. Y. Wu, J. C. Trowbridge, E. M. Mozur, A. Minelli, N. Roth, K. W. P. Orr, A. M. Soufiani, S. Kahmann, I. Kabakova, J. N. Ding, T. M. Wu, G. J. Conibeer, S. P. Bremner, M. P. Nielsen, A. Walsh and S. D. Stranks 2025 Nature Nanotechnology. WOS:001500280100001
or DOI:10.1038/s41565-025-01917-0
"Optimized Graphene-Oxide-Based Interconnecting Layer in All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells." M. R. Fitzsimmons, B. Roose, Y. T. Han, T. H. Kang, Y. H. Chiang, C. S. Huang, Y. Lu, T. C. J. Yang, C. Chosy, S. L. Guan, M. Anaya and S. D. Stranks 2025 Acs Energy Letters 10(2): 713-725. WOS:001393266500001
or DOI:10.1021/acsenergylett.4c03065
"Structural and electronic features enabling delocalized charge-carriers in CuSbSe2." Y. Fu, H. Lohan, M. Righetto, Y. T. Huang, S. R. Kavanagh, C. W. Cho, S. J. Zelewski, Y. W. Woo, H. Demetriou, M. A. McLachlan, S. Heutz, B. A. Piot, D. O. Scanlon, A. Rao, L. M. Herz, A. Walsh and R. L. Z. Hoye 2025 Nature Communications 16(1): 65. WOS:001390024800016
or DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-55254-2
"The preface: physical properties and functional behaviours of metal halide perovskites and their derivatives." F. Gao and S. D. Stranks 2025 National Science Review 12(5): nwaf167. WOS:001484511800001
or DOI:10.1093/nsr/nwaf167
"Isolation and characterisation of monolayer phosphorene analogues." N. Gauriot, R. Pandya, J. Alexander-Webber and A. K. Rao 2025 Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 37(3): 03LT01. WOS:001342254700001
or DOI:10.1088/1361-648X/ad81a1
"Probing Out-Of-Plane Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors Using Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy." M. Gicevicius, H. X. Gong, N. Turetta, W. Wood, M. Volpi, Y. Geerts, P. Samorì and H. Sirringhaus 2025 Advanced Materials 37(7). WOS:001383421100001
or DOI:10.1002/adma.202418694
"Radical TADF: Quartet-Derived Luminescence with Dark TEMPO." S. Gorgon, P. Murto, D. G. Congrave, L. Matasovic, A. D. Bond, V. Riesgo-Gonzalez, W. K. Myers, H. Bronstein and R. H. Friend 2025 Advanced Materials. WOS:001488030200001
or DOI:10.1002/adma.202501164
"Suppressed Stokes Shifts and Hot Luminescence: From Quantum Dots Within Plasmonic Nanocavities." J. Y. Huang, S. Hu, A. Roach, A. Crookes, N. S. Mueller, J. Z. Ye, L. A. Jakob, Y. L. Xiong, S. J. Zhu, A. K. Rao, A. Demetriadou, L. F. Sun and J. J. Baumberg 2025 Advanced Optical Materials. WOS:001467572300001
or DOI:10.1002/adom.202500275
"Super elastic and negative triboelectric polymer matrix for high performance mechanoluminescent platforms." H. I. Jeong, H. S. Jung, M. Dubajic, G. Kim, W. H. Jeong, H. Song, Y. Lee, S. Biswas, H. Kim, B. R. Lee, J. W. Yoon, S. D. Stranks, S. M. Jeong, J. Lee and H. Choi 2025 Nature Communications 16(1): 854. WOS:001402014900037
or DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-56007-5
"Electronic Consequences of the Formation of Local Tilting in Halide Perovskites." Y. K. Jung, M. Dubajic and S. D. Stranks 2025 Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. WOS:001502869300001
or DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00814
"Reinforcing Bulk Heterojunction Morphology through Side Chain-Engineered Pyrrolopyrrole-1,3-dione Polymeric Donors for Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells." D. Kim, V. Tamilavan, C. S. Huang, Y. Lu, E. Yang, I. Shin, H. S. Yang, S. H. Park, S. D. Stranks and B. R. Lee 2025 Acs Applied Energy Materials 8(2): 1220-1229. WOS:001391340100001
or DOI:10.1021/acsaem.4c02670
"Quasi-2D Scaffolding for Enhanced Stability and Efficiency in 1.67 eV Cs-Rich Pure-Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells." J. Kim, J. Park, G. Kim, W. D. Xu, S. D. Stranks, H. Min and S. I. Seok 2025 Small 21(16): 2500197. WOS:001440347600001
or DOI:10.1002/smll.202500197
"Thermal Annealing-Induced Phase Conversion in N-type Triple-Cation Lead-Based Perovskite Field Effect Transistors." T. Kong, Y. Kim, J. Cho, H. Choi, Y. C. Zhang, H. Ahn, J. Woo, D. Kim, J. Lee, H. Sirringhaus, T. Lee and K. Kang 2025 Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 17(5): 8501-8512. WOS:001389941900001
or DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c17017
"Bromo-Heptahelicene-Bis-Thiadiazole: Photophysics, Chiroptics, and Excited-State Dynamics." D. Kundu, R. Chowdhury, N. Del Rio, M. Cordier, N. Vanthuyne, R. H. Friend, M. Srebro-Hooper and J. Crassous 2025 Chemphyschem. WOS:001485305200001
or DOI:10.1002/cphc.202500176
"Post-Polymerization Strategy via Dual Site Clicking for Synthesizing Intrinsically Cross-Linkable Semiconducting Polymers." J. Lee, S. Kang, E. Lee, J. Lee, T. Yoon, M. J. Kim, Y. Cho, M. F. Xiao, Y. Boeije, W. J. Zhu, C. Yang, J. W. Lee, S. Lee, G. B. Zhang, H. Sirringhaus and B. Kang 2025 Ecomat 7(1): e12513. WOS:001396218600001
or DOI:10.1002/eom2.12513
"Downscaling micro- and nano-perovskite LEDs." Y. X. Lian, Y. X. Wang, Y. C. Yuan, Z. X. Ren, W. D. Tang, Z. Liu, S. Y. Xing, K. Y. Ji, B. Yuan, Y. C. Yang, Y. X. Gao, S. Zhang, K. Zhou, G. Zhang, S. D. Stranks, B. D. Zhao and D. W. Di 2025 Nature 640(8057). WOS:001448902800001
or DOI:10.1038/s41586-025-08685-w
"Disorder-Induced Localization With on-Device Tunability in Asymmetric Molecular Semiconductors." K. K. Lu, Q. J. Wang, Z. L. Zhang, X. L. Ren, I. E. Jacobs, J. S. Qiao, Y. Shi, Y. Li and H. Sirringhaus 2025 Small Methods. WOS:001499800900001
or DOI:10.1002/smtd.202500589
"Accelerated response speed of quantum-dot light-emitting diodes by hole-trap-induced excitation memory." X. Y. Lu, Y. Z. Deng, S. Y. He, X. T. Zhu, S. J. Zelewski, H. Wang, A. B. Ren, X. Y. Zhou, J. Wu, X. Li, J. J. Zeng, X. L. Dai, Q. B. Shen, D. S. Chen, R. V. Penty, R. H. Friend and Y. Z. Jin 2025 Nature Electronics 8(4): 331-342. WOS:001435539000001
or DOI:10.1038/s41928-025-01350-0
"Operando single-particle imaging reveals that asymmetric ion flux contributes to capacity degradation in aged Ni-rich layered cathodes." Z. Y. Lun, A. J. Merryweather, A. Mahadevegowda, S. S. Pandurangi, C. Xu, S. Fairclough, V. S. Deshpande, N. A. Fleck, C. Ducati, C. Schnedermann, A. Rao and C. P. Grey 2025 Energy & Environmental Science 18(9): 4097-4107. WOS:001451930100001
or DOI:10.1039/d5ee00267b
"Observation of anomalously large Nernst effects in conducting polymers." Y. Q. Ma, X. L. Ren, Y. Zou, W. R. Zhao, D. Y. Wang, Z. Ji, J. C. Fan, C. Y. Yan, L. Y. Xiang, G. Y. Ge, X. J. Dai, F. J. Zhang, T. Lei, H. Sirringhaus, C. A. Di and D. B. Zhu 2025 Nature Communications 16(1): 1435. WOS:001416376600010
or DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-55976-x
"23.2% efficient low band gap perovskite solar cells with cyanogen management." W. H. K. Perera, T. Webb, Y. L. Xu, J. W. Zhu, Y. D. Zhou, G. F. Trindade, M. G. Masteghin, S. P. Harvey, S. Jenatsch, L. J. Dai, S. Sathasivam, T. J. Macdonald, S. J. Hinder, Y. L. Zhao, S. D. Stranks, D. W. Zhao, W. Zhang, K. Jayawardena, S. A. Haque and S. R. P. Silva 2025 Energy & Environmental Science 18(1): 439-453. WOS:001364180500001
or DOI:10.1039/d4ee03001j
"Unraveling low-temperature structural and dielectric characteristics in lead-free bismuth halide perovskites." N. K. Tailor, R. K. Rohj, K. Dey, S. D. Stranks, D. D. Sarma and S. Satapathi 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry C 13(2): 918-927. WOS:001356416600001
or DOI:10.1039/d4tc03414g
"Multi-Objective Optimization of SEPIC-Cuk Converter for Photovoltaic Application." M. Tanashu, T. Tadiwos, A. Kassaw, S. Admasu, G. Admasu, N. Ezra, T. Long, L. Allen, E. M. Tennyson, S. Stranks and T. Terefe 2025 Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering 11(1): 151-167. WOS:001439387700009
or DOI:10.5455/jjee.204-1722004077
"Performance Evaluation of Solar Water Pumping System for Small-Scale Irrigation in Ethiopia." M. Tanashu, T. Tadiwos, A. Kassaw, S. Admasu, N. Ezra, T. Long, L. Allen, E. M. Tennyson, S. Stranks, T. Terefe and N. Ejigu 2025 International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa 74: 83-100. WOS:001501213400006
or DOI:10.4028/p-44yoAX
"Transitioning Photovoltaics to All-Perovskite Tandems Reduces 2050 Climate Change Impacts of PV Sector by 16%." B. Z. Wang, X. Y. Tian, S. D. Stranks and F. Q. You 2025 Environmental Science & Technology 59(19): 9540-9551. WOS:001465849700001
or DOI:10.1021/acs.est.5c00121
"Efficient perovskite LEDs with tailored atomic layer number emission at fixed wavelengths." L. G. Wang, Z. Y. Ooi, F. Y. Jia, Y. Q. Sun, Y. Liu, L. J. Dai, J. Z. Ye, J. C. Zhang, H. I. Un, Y. H. Chiang, S. Han, A. J. Mirabelli, M. Anaya, Z. L. Zhang, Y. Lu, C. Zou, B. D. Zhao, D. W. Di, X. D. Yang, D. Y. Guo, Y. Tan, H. Dong, S. C. Liu, T. J. Liu, H. P. Zhou, S. D. Stranks, L. D. Sun, C. H. Yan and R. H. Friend 2025 Science Advances 11(7): eadp9595. WOS:001421952400019
or DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adp9595
"An Amorphous Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymer with Both High Charge Carrier Mobility and Luminescence Quantum Efficiency." M. C. Wang, G. J. Xia, C. Yang, L. Zhang, M. Nikolka, W. M. Zhang, C. Cendra, W. L. Liu, S. N. Zhao, J. F. Zeng, C. Zou, J. Gorenflot, A. Salleo, F. Laquai, H. Sirringhaus, I. McCulloch and H. Chen 2025 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 64(15): e202421199. WOS:001421746900001
or DOI:10.1002/anie.202421199
"Octahedral units in halide perovskites." Y. Wang, Y. Wang, T. A. S. Doherty, S. D. Stranks, F. Gao and D. R. Yang 2025 Nature Reviews Chemistry 9(4): 261-277. WOS:001416904300001
or DOI:10.1038/s41570-025-00687-6
"A Low-Symmetry Copper Benzenehexathiol Coordination Polymer with In-Plane Electrical Anisotropy." Z. Y. Wang, H. I. Un, T. J. Liu, B. K. Liang, M. Polozij, M. Hambsch, J. F. Pöhls, R. T. Weitz, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, U. Kaiser, T. Heine, H. Sirringhaus, X. L. Feng and R. H. Dong 2025 Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 64(13): e202423341. WOS:001450797800031
or DOI:10.1002/anie.202423341
"Photoluminescence microscopy of optoelectronic materials." Z. M. Wei, M. Dubajic, C. Chosy, S. Kahmann and S. D. Stranks 2025 Nature Reviews Methods Primers 5(1): 37. WOS:001508372800001
or DOI:10.1038/s43586-025-00407-w
"Revealing the charge transport physics in metallic coordination nanosheets by thermoelectric and magnetotransport measurements." T. Wu, X. L. Ren, D. Cornil, C. Quarti, I. E. Jacobs, L. Zhang, N. Fukui, D. Beljonne, H. Nishihara and H. Sirringhaus 2025 Science Advances 11(15): eadt9196. WOS:001463209100004
or DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adt9196
"Charge Transport and Carrier Polarity Tuning by Electrolyte Gating in Nickel Benzenehexathiol Coordination Nanosheets." T. Wu, X. L. Ren, Z. K. Qu, I. E. Jacobs, L. Zhang, N. Fukui, X. Chen, H. Nishihara and H. Sirringhaus 2025 Advanced Materials. WOS:001501543200001
or DOI:10.1002/adma.202500164
"Unveiling the Role of Guanidinium for Enhanced Charge Extraction in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells." W. D. Xu, G. H. Min, F. U. Kosasih, Y. Y. Dong, Z. Y. Ge, Q. C. Gu, M. Z. Chen, R. A. Pacalaj, T. Wang, T. Webb, T. Du, M. Righetto, G. J. He, M. Hillenius, E. von Hauff, G. Divitini, C. Ducati, M. A. McLachlan, F. Cacialli, S. A. Haque, A. A. Bakulin, J. R. Durrant, C. T. Lin, S. D. Stranks and T. J. Macdonald 2025 Acs Energy Letters. WOS:001485225400001
or DOI:10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00469
"Overcoming lattice mismatch for core-shell NaGdF4@CsPbBr3 heterostructures." Z. Z. Yu, W. K. Chan, D. L. Zhou, X. J. Li, Y. Lu, Z. Jiang, B. F. Xue, H. T. Z. Zhu, S. Dowland, J. Z. Ye, A. Tew, L. van Turnhout, Q. C. Gu, L. J. Dai, T. J. Liu, C. Ducati, A. Rao and T. T. Y. Tan 2025 Nature Communications 16(1): 3891. WOS:001474328800002
or DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-59315-y