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Fengyu's paper on gap states in metal halide perovskite is published on Advanced Materials
Sept. 3, 2020
Fengyu's paper on "Gap States in Methylammonium Lead Halides: The Link to Dimethylsulfoxide?", in collaboration with the group of Prof.Lynn Loo, appears on-line in Advanced Materials.
Hannah's paper on n-doping of the low electron affinity polymer F8BT is accepted in Advanced Functional Materials.
Feb. 22, 2020
The paper entitled "n-Doping of a Low-Electron-Affinity Polymer Used as an Electron-Transport Layer in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes" is the product of a collaboration with the groups of Seth Marder, Georgia Tech., and Barry Rand, Princeton.
Scott's paper on Dion-Jacobson 2D perovskites appears in Advanced Energy Materials
Feb. 20, 2020

Scott's paper on "Structural and Electronic Impact of an Asymmetric Organic Ligand in Diammonium Lead Iodide Perovskites", in collaboration with the group of Jean-Luc Bredas, appears on-line in Advanced Energy Materials.

Fengyu's paper on issues with UPS and KP measurements on metal halide perovskites appears in Advanced Energy Materials
Jan. 29, 2020
The paper entitled "Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy and Kelvin-probe Measurements on Metal Halide Perovskite: Advantages and Pitfalls" outlines issues related to the proper treatment of UPS data to investigate the low density of states at the top of the valence band, as well as potential degradation of the material in vacuum under…
Fengyu received a School of Engineering and Applied Science Award for Excellence
Oct. 8, 2019
Congratulations to Fengyu for receiving a School of Engineering and Applied Science Award for Excellence! This award is given to SEAS advanced graduate students who have performed at the highest level as scholars and researchers. 
Fengyu's new paper on n-doping of graphene appears in Chemistry of Materials
Sept. 10, 2019
Fengyu's work on "Molecular reductant-induced control of a graphene-organic interface for electron injection", in collaboration with Georgia Tech and ben Gurion University, appears in the Sept. 10 special issue of Chemistry of Materials  
Dr. Xinjue Zhong joins Kahn's group as a post-doctoral research associate
Aug. 1, 2019
Xinjue completed her PhD in the Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, in the group of Prof. Xiaoyang Zhu.  Welcome Xinjue!
Congratulations to Hannah, who is a co-author on a (2019) Nature paper!
July 1, 2019
In collaboration with the group of Prof. Marc Baldo at MIT, Hannah determined energy level offsets at the tetracene-HfOxNy-Si interface, leading to the publication of the paper “Sensitization of silicon by singlet exciton fission in tetracene”, Nature 571, 90 (2019).  Congratulations Hannah!
Scott's 2nd Advanced Energy Materials paper on 2D perovskites is accepted. Congratulations!
May 2, 2019
The paper, entitled "Quantum Well Energetics of a n=2 Ruddlesden-Popper Phase Perovskite", is the product of a collaboration with the group of Jean-Luc Bredas.