Selected Publications

Jonas Weickert; Florian Auras; Thomas Bein; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Characterization of Interfacial Modifiers for Hybrid Solar Cells J. Phys. Chem. C, 115 (30), 15081–15088 (2011)

Haiyan Sun; Jonas Weickert; Holger Hesse; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
UV light protection through TiO2 blocking layers for inverted organic solar cells Sol. En. Mater. & Sol. Cells 95, 3450-3454 (2011)

Kevin P. Musselman; Talia Gershon; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll (2011)
Macroscopically uniform electrodeposited ZnO films on conducting glass by surface tension modification and consequent demonstration of significantly improved p-n heterojunctions Electrochim. Acta 56, 3758-3763 (2011)

Holger Hesse; Dominik Lembke; Lukas Dössel; Xinliang Feng; Klaus Müllen; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Nanostructuring discotic molecules on ITO support Nanotechnology 22 (5), 055303 (2011)

Yuzhu Jiao; Chengxin Peng; Fangfang Guo; Zhihao Bao; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; Ricky Dunbar; Jinhu Yang; Yao Qin; Zifeng Deng (2011)
Facile Synthesis and Photocatalysis of TiO2 Hollow Spheres Consisting of {116} Plane-oriented Nanocrystallites J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 6405-6409 (2011)

Holger Hesse; Christoph Schaffer; Christian Hundschell; Akimitsu Narita; Xinliang Feng; Klaus Müllen; Bert Nickel; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for applications in donor-acceptor photovoltaics PSS:A (accepted 12/2011)

Kevin P. Musselman; Andrew Marin; Andreas Wisnet; Christina Scheu; Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
A Novel Buffering Technique for Aqueous Processing of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures and Interfaces, and Corresponding Improvement of Electrodeposited ZnO-Cu2O Photovoltaics Adv. Funct. Mater. 21, 573 (2011)

Feng Gu; Lili Gai; Wei Shao; Chunzhong Li; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Heteroepitaxial growth of ZnO branches selectively on TiO2 nanorod tips with improved light harbesting performance Chem.Comm. 47, 8400-8402 (2011)

Kevin P. Musselman; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Nanostructured Inorganic Solar Cells GREEN 1, 7-27 (2011)

Ricky Dunbar; Holger Hesse; Dominik Lembke; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Light Trapping Plasmonic Nanovoid Arrays Phys Rev B (in press)

Holger Hesse; Jonas Weickert; Christian Hundschell; Xiliang Feng; Klaus Müllen; Bert Nickel; Attila Mozer; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Perylene sensitization of fullerenes for improved performance in organic photovoltaics Adv. En. Mater. 1 (5), 861-869 (2011)

Mahmoud Al-Hussein; Holger Hesse; Jonas Weickert; Lukas Doessel; Xinliang Feng; Klaus Müllen; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Structural Properties of the Active Layer of Discotic Hexabenzocoronene/Perylene Diimide Bulk-hetero Junction Photovoltaic Devices: The Role of Alkyl Side Chain Length Thin Solid Films 520(1), 307-313 (2011)

Jonas Weickert; Ricky Dunbar; Holger Hesse; Wolfgang Wiedemann; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Nanostructured organic and hybrid solar cells Adv. Mater. 23, 1810-1828 (2011)
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Jonas Weickert; Claudia Palumbiny; Mihaela Nedelcu; Thomas Bein; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2011)
Controlled growth of TiO2 nanotubes on conducting glass Chem.Mater. 23 (2), 155-162 (2011)

G. Scarpa; A. Abdellah; A. Exner; S. Harrer; G. Penso-Blanco; W. Wiedemann; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; P. Lugli (2011)
Patterning poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) in the sub-50-nm Region by Nanoimprint Lithography IEEE Transaction on Nanotechnology 10, 3, 482 (2011)

Jonas Weickert; Haiyan Sun; Claudia Palumbiny; Holger Hesse; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2010)
Spray-deposited PEDOT:PSS for inverted organic solar cells Sol. En. Mater. & Sol. Cells , 94, 2371 (2010)

Holger Hesse; Jonas Weickert; Mahmoud Al-Hussein; Lukas Dössel; Xinliang Feng; Klaus Müllen; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2010)
Discotic materials for organic solar cells: Effects of chemical structure on assembly and performance Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells 94, 560 (2010)

Z. Lockman; S. Ismail; S. Sreekantan; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll (2010)
The rapid growth of 3 um long titania nanotubes by anodization of titanium in a neutral electrochemical bath Nanotechnology 21, 055601 (6pp) (2010)

Z. Lockman; S. Sreekantan; S. Ismail; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll (2010)
Influence of anodisation voltage on the dimension of titania nanotubes J. of Alloys and Compounds 503, 259-264, (2010)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2010)
Nanostructured hybrid solar cells Book chapter "26 - Nanostructured Hybrid solar cells"
in "Functional Supramelecular Architectures" edited by P. Samori & F. Cacialli, 1. Auflage - Dezember 2010, ISBN-10: 3-527-32611-1, ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32611-2 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

W. Wiedemann; L. Sims; A. Abdellah; A. Exner; R. Meier; K. P. Musselman; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll; P. Müller-Buschbaum; G. Scarpa; P. Lugli; L. Schmidt-Mende (2010)
Nanostructured interfaces in polymer solar cells Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 263109 (2010)

Kevin P. Musselman; Andreas Wisnet; Diana C. Iza; Holger Hesse; Christina Scheu; Judith L. MacManus-Driscoll; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2010)
Strong efﬁciency improvements in ultra-low-cost inorganic nanowire solar cells Adv. Mater. 22, E254 (2010)
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N. O. V. Plank; M. E. Welland; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2008)
The backing layer dependence of open circuit volting in ZnO/polymer composite solar cells Thin Solid Films 516 (20), 7218-7222 (2008)

K. P. Musselman; G. J. Mulholland; A. R. Robinson; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll (2008)
Low Temperature Synthesis of Large-Area, Free-Standing Nanorod Arrays on ITO/Glass and other Conducting Substrates Adv. Mater. 20 (23), 4470-4475 (2008)

N. O. V. Plank; H. J. Snaith; C. Ducati; J. S. Bendall; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; M. E. Welland (2008)
A simple low temperature synthesis route for ZnO-MgO core-shell nanowires Nanotechnology 19 (46), 465603 (2008)

A. Burke; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; M. Grätzel (2007)
A novel blue dye for tandem cell applications
ChemComm 3, 234-236 (2007)

W. M. Campbell; K. W. Jolley; P. Wagner; P. J. Walsh; K. C. Gordon; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; M. K. Nazeeruddin; Q. Wang; M. Grätzel; D. L. Officer (2007)
Highly Efficient Porphyrin Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
J. Phys. Chem. C 111 (32), 11760-11762 (2007)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; J. L. MacManus-Driscoll (2007)
ZnO – Nanostructures, Defects, and Devices
Materials Today 10 (5), 40-48 (2007)

H. J. Snaith; Lukas Schmidt-Mende (2007)
Advances in Liquid Electrolyte and Solid-State Dye sensitized Solar Cells
Adv. Mater.19 (2007), 3187-3200

H. J. Snaith; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; M. Grätzel; M. Chiesa (2006)
Thickness, temperature and light intensity dependance of the open-circuit voltage in solid-state dye sensitized solar cells
Physical Review B 74 (4), 45306 (2006)

J. E. Kroeze; N. Hirata; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; C. Orizu; S. D. Ogier; K. Carr; M. Grätzel; J. R. Durrant (2006)
Parameters Influencing Charge Separation in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Novel Hole Conductors
Adv. Funct. Mater. 16, 1832 (2006)

J. E. Kroeze; N. Hirata; S. Koops; Md. K. Nazeeruddin; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; M. Grätzel; J. R. Durrant (2006)
Alkyl Chain Barriers for Kinetic Optimization in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 16376-16383 (2006)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; M. Grätzel (2006)
TiO2 pore-filling and its effect on the efficiency of solid-state dye sensitized solar cells
Thin Solid Films 500, 296 (2006)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; J. E. Kroeze; J. R. Durrant; Md. K. Nazeeruddin; M. Grätzel (2005)
Effect of hydrocarbon chain length of amphiphilic ruthenium dyes on solid-state dye-sensitized photovoltaics
Nano Letters 5, 1315 (2005)

H. J. Snaith; S. M. Zakeeruddin; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; C. Klein; M. Grätzel (2005)
Ion Coordinating Sensitizer in Solid State Hybrid Solar Cells
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 64113 (2005)

S. Ito; P. Liska; P. Comte; R. Charvet; P. Péchy; U. Bach; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; S. M. Zakeeruddin; A. Kay; M. K. Nazeeruddin; M. Grätzel (2005)
Control of Dark Current in Photo-electrochemical (TiO2/I--I3-) and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
ChemComm 34, 4351 (2005)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; W. M. Campbell; Q. Wang; K. W. Jolley; D. L. Officer; M. K. Nazeeruddin; M. Grätzel (2005)
Zn-Porphyrin-Sensitised Nanocrystalline TiO2 Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells
ChemPhysChem 6, 1253 (2005)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; U. Bach; R. Humphry-Baker; T. Horiuchi; H. Miura; S. Ito; S. Uchida; M. Grätzel (2005)
Organic Dye for Highly Efficient Solid State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
Advanced Materials 17, 813 (2005)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; S. M. Zakeeruddin; M. Grätzel (2005)
Efficiency improvement in solid-state dye-sensitized photovoltaics with an amphiphilic Ruthenium-dye
Applied Physics Letters 86, 13504 (2005)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; M. Watson; K. Müllen; R. H. Friend (2003)
Organic Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices from Discotic Materials
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 396, 73 (2003)

J. Piris; M. P. de Haas; J. M. Warman; K. Müllen; A. Fechtenkötter; A. M. van de Craats; Lukas Schmidt-Mende; R. H. Friend (2003)
Photo-Induced Charge Separation in a Blend of Perylenediimide and Hexabenzocoronene Derivatives Studied by FP-TRMC
Synthetic Metals 13, 1375-1376 (2003)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; A. Fechtenkötter; K. Müllen; E. Moons; R. H. Friend; J. D. MacKenzie (2002)
Efficient organic photovoltaics from soluble discotic liquid crystalline materials
Physica E 14, 263 (2002)

Lukas Schmidt-Mende; A. Fechtenkötter; K. Müllen; E. Moons; R. H. Friend; J. D. MacKenzie (2001)
Self-Organized Discotic Liquid Crystals for High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics
Science 293, 1119 (2001)

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