Electron and Spin Transport in Soft Matter: From Fundamentals to Applications

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Frank Ortmann
• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2014 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 243752782

• Final Report Year: 2022

Final Report Abstract

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Publications

• “Absorption Tails of Donor:C60 Blends Provide Insight into Thermally Activated Charge-Transfer Processes and Polaron Relaxation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 1699 (2017)
  K. Vandewal, J. Benduhn, K. S. Schellhammer, T. Vangerven, J. E. Rückert, F. Piersimoni, R. Scholz, O. Zeika, Y. Fan, S. Barlow, D. Neher, S. R. Marder, J. Manca, D. Spoltore, G. Cuniberti, and F. Ortmann
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b12857)
• “Hot Electrons and Hot Spins at Metal–Organic Interfaces”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 1706105 (2018)
  T. Arnold, A. Atxabal, S. Parui, L. E. Hueso, and F. Ortmann
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201706105)
• “Insight into doping efficiency of organic semiconductors from the analysis of the density of states in n-doped C60 and ZnPc” Nat. Mater. 17, 439 (2018)
  C. Gaul, S. Hutsch, M. Schwarze, K. S. Schellhammer, F. Bussolotti, S. Kera, G. Cuniberti, K. Leo, and F. Ortmann
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0030-8)
• "Tuning the charge flow between Marcus regimes in an organic thin-film device" Nat. Commun. 10, 2089 (2019)
  A. Atxabal, T. Arnold, S. Parui, S. Hutsch, E. Zuccatti, R. Llopis, M. Cinchetti, F. Casanova, F. Ortmann and L. E. Hueso
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10114-2)
• “Molecular Parameters Responsible for Thermally Activated Transport in Doped Organic Semiconductors” Nat. Mater. 18, 242 (2019)
  M. Schwarze, C. Gaul, R. Scholz, F. Bussolotti, A. Hofacker, K. S. Schellhammer, B. Nell, B. Naab, Z. Bao, D. Spoltore, K. Vandewal, J. Widmer, S. Kera, N. Ueno, F. Ortmann, and K. Leo
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-018-0277-0)
• “Molecular vibrations reduce the maximum achievable photovoltage in organic solar cells” Nat. Commun. 11, 1488 (2020)
  M. Panhans, S. Hutsch, J. Benduhn, K. S. Schellhammer, V. C Nikolis, T. Vangerven, K. Vandewal and F. Ortmann
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15215-x)
• "Short Excited State Lifetimes Mediate Charge Recombination Losses in Organic Solar Cell Blends with Low Charge Transfer Driving Force“ Adv. Mater. 2101784 (2021)
  R. Shivhare, G. J. Moore, A. Hofacker, S. Hutsch, Y. Zhong, M. Hambsch, T. Erdmann, A. Kiriy, S. C. B. Mannsfeld, F. Ortmann and N. Banerji
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202101784)
• “Efficient Time-Domain Approach for Linear Response Functions” Phys. Rev. Lett., 127, 016601 (2021)
  M. Panhans and F. Ortmann
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.016601)
• “Electronic Doping and Enhancement of n-Channel Polycrystalline OFET Performance through Gate Oxide Modifications with Aminosilanes“ Adv. Mater. Interfaces 8, 2100320 (2021)
  N. Shin, K. S. Schellhammer, M. H. Lee, J. Zessin, M. Hambsch, A. Salleo, F. Ortmann, and S. C. B. Mannsfeld
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202100320)
• “Time-consistent hopping transport with vibration-mode-resolved electron-phonon couplings” Phys. Rev. B. 104, 054306 (2021)
  S. Hutsch, M. Panhans and F. Ortmann
  (See online at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.054306)