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
  
• “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
  
• “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
  
• "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
  
• “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
  
• “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
  
• "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
  
• “Efficient Time-Domain Approach for Linear Response Functions” Phys. Rev. Lett., 127, 016601 (2021)
  M. Panhans and F. Ortmann
  
• “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
  
• “Time-consistent hopping transport with vibration-mode-resolved electron-phonon couplings” Phys. Rev. B. 104, 054306 (2021)
  S. Hutsch, M. Panhans and F. Ortmann