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Ashkan Abtahi

Research Intersets:

My research interest is in studying charge transport in organic semiconductors. I am using analytical models to explain charge transport and predict electrical properties like electrical mobility, electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of these materials. My research also includes fabricating and characterizing OPV and Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells devices for testing and EQE, OFET and OECT devices for testing mobility and controlling charge carrier concentration and thermoelectric devices for testing Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity. My expertise in thin film characterization are XPS, UPS, IPES and AFM.

 

Selected Publications:
  1. Park, S. M.; Abtahi, A.; Boehm, A. M.; Graham, K. R.; “Surface Ligands for Methylammonium Lead Iodide Films: Surface Coverage, Energetics, and Photovoltaic Performance”, ACS Energy Lett., 2020, 5, 799-806
  2. Boehm, A. M.; Liu, T.; Park, S. M.; Abtahi, A.; Graham, K.R.; “Influence of Surface Ligands on Energetics at FASnI3/C60 Interfaces and Their Impact on Photovoltaic Performance”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 5209-5218
  3. Abtahi, A.; Johnson, S.; Park, S. M.; Luo, X.; Liang, Z.; Mei, J.; Graham, K. R. Designing π-Conjugated Polymer Blends with Improved Thermoelectric Power Factors. J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 19774–19785.
  4. Wang, F.; Ye, Z.; Sarvari, H.; Park, S. M.; Abtahi, A.; Graham, K.; Zhao, Y.; Wang, Y.; Chen, Z. D.; Li, S. Humidity-Insensitive Fabrication of Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells in Ambient Air. J. Power Sources 2019, 412, 359–365.
  5. Park, S. M.; Mazza, S. M.; Liang, Z.; Abtahi, A.; Boehm, A. M.; Parkin, S. R.; Anthony, J. E.; Graham, K. R. Processing Dependent Influence of the Hole Transport Layer Ionization Energy on Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Photovoltaics. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 15548–15557.
  6. Fursule, I. A.; Abtahi, A.; Watkins, C. B.; Graham, K. R.; Berron, B. J. In Situ Crosslinking of Surface-Initiated Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Polynorbornene for Improved Stability. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2018, 510, 86–94.
  7. Abtahi, A.; Mazza, S. M.; Ryno, S. M.; Loya, E. K.; Li, R.; Parkin, S. R.; Risko, C.; Anthony, J. E.; Graham, K. R. Effect of Halogenation on the Energetics of Pure and Mixed Phases in Model Organic Semiconductors Composed of Anthradithiophene Derivatives and C 60. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 4757–4767.