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Visualising ionic screening in perovskite solar cells: a bumpy ride along the J–V curve

The J–V bump and hysteresis in perovskite solar cells are studied combining measurement and simulation, linking them to spatial collection efficiency changes from ionic charge accumulation, as visualised in external quantum efficiency (EQE) spectra. ...

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)2025

Indium and Silver Recovery from Perovskite Thin Film Solar Cell Waste by Means of Nanofiltration

Frank Nüesch

Due to minimal material use and low-cost processing, next-generation thin film solar cells represent a promising alternative to traditional crystalline silicon solar cells. Among these, metal-halide perovskite solar cells have seen significant improvements ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Squaraine Dyes for Organic Photomultiplication Photodetectors with 220% External Quantum Efficiency at 1240 nm

Frank Nüesch

Near-infrared (NIR) light detection at wavelengths lambda > 1100 nm is essential in modern science and technology. Emerging organic semiconductors are promising for solution-processed, flexible, and large-area NIR organic photodetectors (OPDs), but only a ...

WILEY2025

Insights into the Overcharge-Induced Failure Mechanism of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Frank Nüesch, Mohammad Jafarpour, Shungui Deng

In the pursuit of durable lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries, considerable research has been devoted to extending cycle life by developing advanced cathode materials. However, there exists a common overcharging problem which leads to the disfunction of Li–S b ...

2025

Formation of electron traps in semiconducting polymers via a slow triple-encounter between trap precursor particles

Frank Nüesch, Wei-Hsu Hu

Already in 2012, Blom et al. reported (Nature Materials 2012, 11, 882) in semiconducting polymers on a general electron-trap density of approximate to 3 x 10(17) cm(-3), centered at an energy of approximate to 3.6 eV below vacuum. It was suggested that tra ...

2024

Elastomers Based on Polynorbornene with Polar Polysiloxane Brushes for Soft Transducer Applications

Frank Nüesch, Yeerlan Adeli

Elastomers based on cross-linked bottlebrush polymers combine an extreme softness at low strains with a strain-stiffening effect, which makes them attractive as active components in dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA). Their main disadvantage concerns the ...

Wiley-VHCA AG2024

A polyphosphazene elastomer containing 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy groups as a dielectric in electrically responsive soft actuators

Frank Nüesch

The adaptive structure and excellent actuation of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) make them promising candidates for soft robotics, haptic interfaces and artificial muscles. A wide variety of elastomers have been synthesised and investigated as diele ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2024

Multifunctional SnO2 QDs/MXene Heterostructures as Laminar Interlayers for Improved Polysulfide Conversion and Lithium Plating Behavior

Frank Nüesch, Mohammad Jafarpour, Shungui Deng

Poor cycling stability in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries necessitates advanced electrode/electrolyte design and innovative interlayer architectures. Heterogeneous catalysis has emerged as a promising approach, leveraging the adsorption and catalytic perfo ...

SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIV PRESS2024

Spiropyran-based supramolecular elastomers with tuneable mechanical properties and switchable dielectric permittivity

Frank Nüesch

Silicone elastomers are widely used in various applications, each demanding different properties and functionalities. To be used in such a broad spectrum, silicones with easily tunable or switchable properties are needed. We showed this is achievable with ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2024

Photomultiplication Enabling Efficient Shortwave Infrared-Sensitive Organic Upconversion Devices

Frank Nüesch, Wei-Hsu Hu

Organic upconverters made by integrating an infrared-sensitive photodetector with a light-emitting diode offer a low-cost route to visualize images taken in the infrared. However, making such devices sufficiently efficient is challenging. Here, upconversio ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2024

MXene Inks for High-Throughput Printing of Electronics

Frank Nüesch, Mohammad Jafarpour

MXene inks are promising alternatives for conventional conductive inks in printing electronics. However, the formulation of MXene inks is challenging due to the physicochemical properties of the few solvents in which MXenes can be dispersed. Furthermore, c ...

Wiley2024

High-Permittivity Polysiloxanes for Bright, Stretchable Electroluminescent Devices

Frank Nüesch, Wei-Hsu Hu

Stretchable alternating current electroluminescent (ACEL) devices have a bright future in wearable electronics and soft robotics. Still, their market application is hindered by high operating voltages. The voltage can be reduced by increasing the relative ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Pyroelectricity in poled all-organic polar polynorbornene/polydimethylsiloxane-based stretchable electrets

Frank Nüesch, Francis Owusu

Pyroelectricity in a recently developed all-organic composite electret with a polar polynorbornene-based filler and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix has been studied with the help of thermal and dielectric techniques. Measurement of the pyroelectric p co ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2024

Impact of the turbulence wavenumber spectrum and probing beam geometry on Doppler reflectometry perpendicular velocity measurements

Frank Nüesch, Anita Frank

The perpendicular propagation velocity of turbulent density fluctuations is an important parameter in fusion plasmas, since sheared plasma flows are crucial for reducing turbulence, and thus an essential input parameter for turbulent transport simulations. ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

On-Demand Cross-Linkable Bottlebrush Polymers for Voltage- Driven Artificial Muscles

Frank Nüesch, Francis Owusu, Yeerlan Adeli

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) generate motion resembling natural muscles in reliability, adaptability, elongation, and frequency of operation. They are highly attractive in implantable soft robots or artificial organs. However, many applications of ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Micro-Cup Architecture for Printing and Coating Asymmetric 2d-Material-Based Solid-State Supercapacitors

Frank Nüesch, René Uwe Schneider, Mohammad Jafarpour

High energy density micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) are in high demand for miniaturized electronics and microsystems. Research efforts today focus on materials development, applied in the planar interdigitated, symmetric electrode architecture. A novel "cup & ...

2023

How to Make Elastomers Piezoelectric?

Frank Nüesch, Francis Owusu

Piezoelectrics play a significant role in modern electronics and electric devices. Thermal or mechanical stress on such materials induces a change in polarization generating an electric response, which is the sole effect of why they are so interesting. How ...

Wiley2023

Stable MXene Dough with Ultrahigh Solid Fraction and Excellent Redispersibility toward Efficient Solution Processing and Industrialization

Frank Nüesch, Jakob Heier, Shungui Deng

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, and/or nitrides, so-called MXenes, have triggered intensive research interests in applications ranging from electrochemical energy storage to electronics devices. Producing these functional devices by printin ...

WILEY2023

Squaraine Dyes for Single-Component Shortwave Infrared-Sensitive Photodiodes and Upconversion Photodetectors

Frank Nüesch, Wei-Hsu Hu, Mohammad Jafarpour

Sensitive detection of shortwave infrared (SWIR) light using organic dyes will be a significant advance toward many applications in industry and research. Furthermore, from a fabrication and optimization view, photogeneration of charges in diodes consistin ...

2023

Synthesis of polar polynorbornenes with high dielectric relaxation strength as candidate materials for dielectric applications

Frank Nüesch

Materials with high dielectric permittivity and dielectric relaxation strength are sought for thermal and pressure sensors and electrical energy generators. However, most polymers have either too low dielectric permittivity or are so polar that their glass ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022