Group Members

Group Leader

Antoine Kahn

Research Interests: 

Organic electronics Hybrid metal halide perovskites Atomic geometry and electronic structure of semiconductor surfaces Structural, chemical and electronic properties of metal-semiconductor interfaces Molecular electronics

Graduate Students

Alison Root

Research Interests:

Chemical doping in organic semiconductors
Hannah Smith

Research Interests: 

Organic electronics n- and pdoping via vacuum deposition and solution processing Application of doping to organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) Photoelectron spectroscopy
Fengyu Zhang

Research Interests

Electronic structure of metal halide perovskite surfaces and interfaces Molecular doping of surfaces

Post-Docs

Xinjue Zhong

Research Interests: 

Electronic properties of perovskite interfaces 2D/3D perovskite systems Scanning tunneling microscopy

Former Graduate Students

James Endres

Thesis title: “Interface Energetics: the Key to Efficient Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells” (2019)

Current position: RE2 Robotics

Xin Lin

Thesis title: “Molecular Doping of Organic Semiconductors” (2018)

Current position: Apple

Gabriel Man

Thesis title: "Metal Oxide Semiconductor Heterojunctions as Carrier Selective Contacts for Photovoltaic Applications"  (2017)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden

An Dai

Thesis title: "Creating Highly Efficient Carrier Injection or Collection Contacts via Soft-contact Lamination of p-doped Interlayer" (2015)

Current Position: McKinsey & Company, Shanghai 

Andrew Higgins

Thesis title: "Electrical Characterization of an Electron-Transport Polymer: Methods for Dopant Controlled Trap Passivation and Conductivity Enhancement" (MS thesis, 2015)

Current Position: Boeing Corporation

Andrew Shu

Thesis title: "Engineering Interfacial Properties of Organic Semiconductors Through Soft-Contact Lamination and Surface Functionalization" (2014)

Current Position: Intel

James Belasco

Thesis title: "Improving and Controlling Organic Field Effect Transistor Performance Through Dual Solvent Processing and Molecular Doping" (2014)

Current Position: McKinsey & Company, NY

Sieu Ha

Thesis title: "Local Properties of Molecular Dopants in Organic Semiconductors" (2010)

Current Position: HRL Laboratories

Wei Zhao

Thesis title: "Electrical Doping of Organic Molecular Semiconductors" (2010)

Current Position: KPMG (Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler)

Calvin Chan

Thesis title: "Materials, Properties, and Applications of N-doped Organic Semiconductors" (2008)

Current Position: Sandia National Laboratories

Yana Vaynzof

Thesis title: "Electronic Properties of Interfaces Between Low Work Function Electrodes and a Light-Emitting Ploymer" (MS Thesis, 2008)

Current Position: Associate Professor,  University of Heidelberg

Jaehyung Hwang

Thesis title: "Energetics of Conjugated Polymer and Electrode Interfaces in Light Emitting Diode" (2007)

Current Position: BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Alan Wan

Thesis title: "Impact of Electrode Contamination on the Electronic Structure of Metal-Organic Interface" (2006)

Current Position:  Evans Analytical Group

Weiying Gao

Thesis title: "Electrical Doping of Organic Melecular Semiconductors" (2004)

Current Position:  DuPont, DE 

Chongfei Shen

Thesis title: "Chemical and Electrical Structure of Metal/Organic Interfaces" (2001)

Current Position:  Magnity Electronics

Chic-L Wu

Thesis title: "Electronic Properties of GaN(0001) and AlN(0001) Surfaces and Interfaces" (2000)

Current Position:  Professor, National Taiwan University

Scott Silver

Thesis title "Understanding the Energetics in Two-Dimensional Metal Halide Perovskite Quantum Wells"

Current position: Software Engineer, Bloomberg LP, NY

Former Post-Docs

Philip Schulz

Post-Doc  2012 - 2014 

Current Position: CNRS Research Director, Institut Photovoltaique de France

Eric Salomon

Post-Doc  2006 - 2008

Current Position: Professor, University of Provence Aix-Marseille, France

Yabing Qi

Post-Doc 2008 - 2011

Current Position: Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Selina Olthof

Post-Doc  2010- 2012

Current Position:  Junior Professor, University of Cologne Germany

Jens Meyer

Post-Doc  2009 - 2011

Current Position:  Philips Aachen, Germany

Michael Kröger

Post-Doc  2007 - 2009

Current Position: BASF, Germany

Laura Kraya

Post-Doc 2011-2012

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Penn State Brandywine

Norbert Koch

Post-Doc 2002 - 2003

Current Position: Professor, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany

Ian Hill

Post-Doc 1998-2000

Current Position: Professor, Dalhousie University Halifix, Canada

Zelei Guan
Post-Doc 2008 - 2010
Fabrice Amy

Post-Doc 2002-2004

Current Position: Air Products and Chemicals Materials Research Center Allentown, PA