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Publications: DR Stoichko Dimitrov

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Panagiotopoulos A, Almpanidis K, Hung EY-H, Lempesis N, Xu W, Perrakis G, Jenatsch S, Abelian L et al. ( 2026 ) . Fullerene derivative integration controls morphological behaviour and recombination losses in non-fullerene acceptor-based organic solar cells . Materials Horizons vol. 13 , ( 5 ) 2418 - 2437 .
Dong Y, Zhu W-X, Wu D-T, Li X, Westbrook RJE, Huang C-J, Min Z, Hong W et al. ( 2025 ) . Crystal Growth Modulation of Tin–Lead Halide Perovskites via Chaotropic Agent . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 147 , ( 35 ) 31578 - 31590 .
Chen K, Miao H, Dimitrov S, Palma M ( 2025 ) . Mixed‐Dimensional 0D‐DNA‐2D Heterostructures Beyond van der Waals: A DNA‐Templated Strategy for Optoelectronic Tunability . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 35 , ( 41 )
Liu Y, Li X, Abelian L, Lau CH, Min Z, Hao Y, Dimitrov S ( 2025 ) . Room-Temperature Perovskite Phase Transition of CsPbI3 for PV Manufacturing on Flexible Substrates . ACS Omega vol. 10 , ( 7 ) 7102 - 7111 .
Zhang Y, He Q, Tian G, Li X, Zeng C, Ren P, Abrahams I, Bilotti E et al. ( 2025 ) . Balancing PEDOT:PSS conductivity for optimal power output of p-n junction based ZnO piezoelectric nanogenerator . Journal of Alloys and Compounds vol. 1010 ,
Li X, Nasti G, Dreessen C, Dagar J, Meitzner R, Amoroso D, Maffettone PL, Kirchartz T et al. ( 2025 ) . Printing of tin perovskite solar cells via controlled crystallization . Sustainable Energy & Fuels vol. 9 , ( 8 ) 2063 - 2071 .
Li X, Dimitrov SD ( 2024 ) . Scaling Up Perovskite Solar Cell Fabrication: Antisolvent‐Controlled Crystallization of Printed Perovskite Semiconductor . Solar RRL vol. 8 , ( 16 )
Machreki M, Tyuliev G, Žigon D, Guo Q, Chouki T, Sobrido ABJ, Dimitrov S, Emin S ( 2024 ) . Photoelectrochemical activation of peroxymonosulfate using Sn-doped α-Fe2O3 thin film for degradation of anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical drug . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry vol. 446 ,
Maho A, Kim DK, Wade J, Bryan E, Henrard L, Olivier Y, Dimitrov SD, Cloots R et al. ( 2024 ) . Towards photoelectrochromic modulation of NIR absorption in plasmonic ITO using pentacene films . Journal of Materials Chemistry C vol. 12 , ( 45 ) 18308 - 18319 .
Dimitrov S . Optimising the crystallization of lead-free Sn perovskite solar cells for slot-die coated devices . Conference: Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference
Dimitrov S, Li X . Scaling up slot-die coated perovskite solar cells by implementing in-situ optical analysis of the printing process . Conference: Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
Marin-Beloqui JM, Congrave DG, Toolan DTW, Montanaro S, Guo J, Wright IA, Clarke TM, Bronstein H et al. ( 2023 ) . Generating Long-Lived Triplet Excited States in Narrow Bandgap Conjugated Polymers . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 145 , ( 6 ) 3507 - 3514 .
Guo Q, Zhao Q, Crespo-Otero R, Di Tommaso D, Tang J, Dimitrov SD, Titirici M-M, Li X et al. ( 2023 ) . Single-Atom Iridium on Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting: Catalyst or Spectator? . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 145 , ( 3 ) 1686 - 1695 .
Hernández FJ, Fei Z, Osborne C, Crespo-Otero R, Heeney M, Dimitrov SD ( 2022 ) . Triplet Generation Dynamics in Si- and Ge-Bridged Conjugated Copolymers . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 126 , ( 2 ) 1036 - 1045 .
Ye Q, Xu X, Paghi A, Bamford T, Horrocks BR, Houlton A, Barillaro G, Dimitrov S et al. ( 2021 ) . Solution‐Processable Carbon Nanotube Nanohybrids for Multiplexed Photoresponsive Devices . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 31 , ( 45 )
Hou B, Kim B, Lee HKH, Cho Y, Giraud P, Liu M, Zhang J, Davies ML et al. ( 2020 ) . Multiphoton Absorption Stimulated Metal Chalcogenide Quantum Dot Solar Cells under Ambient and Concentrated Irradiance . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 30 , ( 39 )
Daboczi M, Kim J, Lee J, Kang H, Hamilton I, Lin C, Dimitrov SD, McLachlan MA et al. ( 2020 ) . Towards Efficient Integrated Perovskite/Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Interfacial Energetic Requirement to Reduce Charge Carrier Recombination Losses . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 30 , ( 25 )
Luo H, Dimitrov S, Daboczi M, Kim J-S, Guo Q, Fang Y, Stoeckel M-A, Samorì P et al. ( 2020 ) . Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots/TiO2 Nanoparticle Composites for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation . ACS Applied Nano Materials vol. 3 , ( 4 ) 3371 - 3381 .
Péan EV, De Castro CS, Dimitrov S, De Rossi F, Meroni S, Baker J, Watson T, Davies ML ( 2020 ) . Investigating the Superoxide Formation and Stability in Mesoporous Carbon Perovskite Solar Cells with an Aminovaleric Acid Additive . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 30 , ( 12 )
Péan EV, Dimitrov S, De Castro CS, Davies ML ( 2020 ) . Interpreting time-resolved photoluminescence of perovskite materials . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics vol. 22 , ( 48 ) 28345 - 28358 .
Luo H, Liu Y, Dimitrov SD, Steier L, Guo S, Li X, Feng J, Xie F et al. ( 2020 ) . Pt single-atoms supported on nitrogen-doped carbon dots for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation . Journal of Materials Chemistry A vol. 8 , ( 29 ) 14690 - 14696 .
Luo H, Papaioannou N, Salvadori E, Roessler MM, Ploenes G, van Eck ERH, Tanase LC, Feng J et al. ( 2019 ) . Cover Feature: Manipulating the Optical Properties of Carbon Dots by Fine‐Tuning their Structural Features (ChemSusChem 19/2019) . ChemSusChem vol. 12 , ( 19 ) 4335 - 4335 .
Luo H, Papaioannou N, Salvadori E, Roessler MM, Ploenes G, van Eck ERH, Tanase LC, Feng J et al. ( 2019 ) . Manipulating the Optical Properties of Carbon Dots by Fine‐Tuning their Structural Features . ChemSusChem vol. 12 , ( 19 ) 4432 - 4441 .
Speller EM, Clarke AJ, Aristidou N, Wyatt MF, Francàs L, Fish G, Cha H, Lee HKH et al. ( 2019 ) . Toward Improved Environmental Stability of Polymer:Fullerene and Polymer:Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells: A Common Energetic Origin of Light- and Oxygen-Induced Degradation . ACS Energy Letters vol. 4 , ( 4 ) 846 - 852 .
Dimitrov SD, Azzouzi M, Wu J, Yao J, Dong Y, Tuladhar PS, Schroeder BC, Bittner ER et al. ( 2019 ) . Spectroscopic Investigation of the Effect of Microstructure and Energetic Offset on the Nature of Interfacial Charge Transfer States in Polymer: Fullerene Blends . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 141 , ( 11 ) 4634 - 4643 .
Luke J, Speller EM, Wadsworth A, Wyatt MF, Dimitrov S, Lee HKH, Li Z, Tsoi WC et al. ( 2019 ) . Twist and Degrade—Impact of Molecular Structure on the Photostability of Nonfullerene Acceptors and Their Photovoltaic Blends . Advanced Energy Materials vol. 9 , ( 15 )
Tan C-H, Wadsworth A, Gasparini N, Wheeler S, Holliday S, Ashraf RS, Dimitrov SD, Baran D et al. ( 2018 ) . Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Internal Quantum Efficiencies in a P3HT/Nonfullerene Acceptor Solar Cell . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 123 , ( 10 ) 5826 - 5832 .
Sachs M, Sprick RS, Pearce D, Hillman SAJ, Monti A, Guilbert AAY, Brownbill NJ, Dimitrov S et al. ( 2018 ) . Understanding structure-activity relationships in linear polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution . Nature Communications vol. 9 , ( 1 )
Kim J, Godin R, Dimitrov SD, Du T, Bryant D, McLachlan MA, Durrant JR ( 2018 ) . Excitation Density Dependent Photoluminescence Quenching and Charge Transfer Efficiencies in Hybrid Perovskite/Organic Semiconductor Bilayers . Advanced Energy Materials vol. 8 , ( 35 )
Cha H, Wheeler S, Holliday S, Dimitrov SD, Wadsworth A, Lee HH, Baran D, McCulloch I et al. ( 2017 ) . Influence of Blend Morphology and Energetics on Charge Separation and Recombination Dynamics in Organic Solar Cells Incorporating a Nonfullerene Acceptor . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 28 , ( 3 )
Keiderling C, Dimitrov S, Durrant JR ( 2017 ) . Exciton and Charge Generation in PC 60 BM Thin Films . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 121 , ( 27 ) 14470 - 14475 .
Utzat H, Dimitrov SD, Wheeler S, Collado-Fregoso E, Tuladhar PS, Schroeder BC, McCulloch I, Durrant JR ( 2017 ) . Charge Separation in Intermixed Polymer:PC70BM Photovoltaic Blends: Correlating Structural and Photophysical Length Scales as a Function of Blend Composition . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 121 , ( 18 ) 9790 - 9801 .
Collado‐Fregoso E, Deledalle F, Utzat H, Tuladhar PS, Dimitrov SD, Gillett A, Tan C, Zhang W et al. ( 2016 ) . Photophysical Study of DPPTT‐T/PC70BM Blends and Solar Devices as a Function of Fullerene Loading: An Insight into EQE Limitations of DPP‐Based Polymers . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 27 , ( 6 )
Fallon KJ, Wijeyasinghe N, Manley EF, Dimitrov SD, Yousaf SA, Ashraf RS, Duffy W, Guilbert AAY et al. ( 2016 ) . Indolo-naphthyridine-6,13-dione Thiophene Building Block for Conjugated Polymer Electronics: Molecular Origin of Ultrahigh n‑Type Mobility . Chemistry of Materials vol. 28 , ( 22 ) 8366 - 8378 .
Vezie MS, Dimitrov SD, Schroeder BC, Nielsen CB, McCulloch I, Campoy-Quiles M, Durrant JR, Nelson J . Charge generation in polymer:fullerene photovoltaic systems (Conference Presentation) . Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering . Conference: Organic Photovoltaics XVII
Fallon KJ, Dimitrov S, Durrant J, Bronstein H, Clarke TM ( 2016 ) . Transient absorption spectroscopy of ultra-low band gap polymers for organic electronic applications . Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering . Conference: Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials XV vol. 9923 ,
Casey A, Dimitrov SD, Shakya-Tuladhar P, Fei Z, Nguyen M, Han Y, Anthopoulos TD, Durrant JR et al. ( 2016 ) . Effect of Systematically Tuning Conjugated Donor Polymer Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital Levels via Cyano Substitution on Organic Photovoltaic Device Performance . Chemistry of Materials vol. 28 , ( 14 ) 5110 - 5120 .
Holliday S, Ashraf RS, Wadsworth A, Baran D, Yousaf SA, Nielsen CB, Tan C-H, Dimitrov SD et al. ( 2016 ) . High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor . Nature Communications vol. 7 , ( 1 )
Berndl S, Dimitrov SD, Menacher F, Fiebig T, Wagenknecht H ( 2016 ) . Thiazole Orange Dimers in DNA: Fluorescent Base Substitutions with Hybridization Readout . Chemistry - A European Journal vol. 22 , ( 7 ) 2386 - 2395 .
Dimitrov SD, Schroeder BC, Nielsen CB, Bronstein H, Fei Z, McCulloch I, Heeney M, Durrant JR ( 2016 ) . Singlet Exciton Lifetimes in Conjugated Polymer Films for Organic Solar Cells . Polymers vol. 8 , ( 1 )
Baran D, Kirchartz T, Wheeler S, Dimitrov S, Abdelsamie M, Gorman J, Ashraf RS, Holliday S et al. ( 2016 ) . Reduced voltage losses yield 10% efficient fullerene free organic solar cells with >1 V open circuit voltages . Energy & Environmental Science vol. 9 , ( 12 ) 3783 - 3793 .
Andernach R, Utzat H, Dimitrov SD, McCulloch I, Heeney M, Durrant JR, Bronstein H ( 2015 ) . Synthesis and Exciton Dynamics of Triplet Sensitized Conjugated Polymers . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 137 , ( 32 ) 10383 - 10390 .
Dimitrov SD, Wheeler S, Niedzialek D, Schroeder BC, Utzat H, Frost JM, Yao J, Gillett A et al. ( 2015 ) . Polaron pair mediated triplet generation in polymer/fullerene blends . Nature Communications vol. 6 , ( 1 )
O'Mahony FTF, Lee YH, Jellett C, Dmitrov S, Bryant DTJ, Durrant JR, O'Regan BC, Graetzel M et al. ( 2015 ) . Improved environmental stability of organic lead trihalide perovskite-based photoactive-layers in the presence of mesoporous TiO 2 . Journal of Materials Chemistry A vol. 3 , ( 14 ) 7219 - 7223 .
Law C, Miseikis L, Dimitrov S, Shakya‐Tuladhar P, Li X, Barnes PRF, Durrant J, O'Regan BC ( 2014 ) . Performance and Stability of Lead Perovskite/TiO2, Polymer/PCBM, and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells at Light Intensities up to 70 Suns . Advanced Materials vol. 26 , ( 36 ) 6268 - 6273 .
Shivanna R, Shoaee S, Dimitrov S, Kandappa SK, Rajaram S, Durrant JR, Narayan KS ( 2014 ) . Charge generation and transport in efficient organic bulk heterojunction solar cells with a perylene acceptor . Energy & Environmental Science vol. 7 , ( 1 ) 435 - 441 .
Huang Z, Fregoso EC, Dimitrov S, Tuladhar PS, Soon YW, Bronstein H, Meager I, Zhang W et al. ( 2014 ) . Optimisation of diketopyrrolopyrrole:fullerene solar cell performance through control of polymer molecular weight and thermal annealing . Journal of Materials Chemistry A vol. 2 , ( 45 ) 19282 - 19289 .
Dimitrov SD, Huang Z, Deledalle F, Nielsen CB, Schroeder BC, Ashraf RS, Shoaee S, McCulloch I et al. ( 2014 ) . Towards optimisation of photocurrent from fullerene excitons in organic solar cells . Energy & Environmental Science vol. 7 , ( 3 ) 1037 - 1043 .
Cappel UB, Dowland SA, Reynolds LX, Dimitrov S, Haque SA ( 2013 ) . Charge Generation Dynamics in CdS:P3HT Blends for Hybrid Solar Cells . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters vol. 4 , ( 24 ) 4253 - 4257 .
Juozapavicius M, Kaucikas M, Dimitrov SD, Barnes PRF, van Thor JJ, O’Regan BC ( 2013 ) . Evidence for “Slow” Electron Injection in Commercially Relevant Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by vis–NIR and IR Pump–Probe Spectroscopy . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 117 , ( 48 ) 25317 - 25324 .
Bronstein H, Hurhangee M, Fregoso EC, Beatrup D, Soon YW, Huang Z, Hadipour A, Tuladhar PS et al. ( 2013 ) . Isostructural, Deeper Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Analogues of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) for High-Open Circuit Voltage Organic Solar Cells . Chemistry of Materials vol. 25 , ( 21 ) 4239 - 4249 .
Dimitrov SD, Durrant JR ( 2013 ) . Materials Design Considerations for Charge Generation in Organic Solar Cells . Chemistry of Materials vol. 26 , ( 1 ) 616 - 630 .
Bronstein H, Collado‐Fregoso E, Hadipour A, Soon YW, Huang Z, Dimitrov SD, Ashraf RS, Rand BP et al. ( 2013 ) . Thieno[3,2‐b]thiophene‐diketopyrrolopyrrole Containing Polymers for Inverted Solar Cells Devices with High Short Circuit Currents . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 23 , ( 45 ) 5647 - 5654 .
Bakulin AA, Dimitrov SD, Rao A, Chow PCY, Nielsen CB, Schroeder BC, McCulloch I, Bakker HJ et al. ( 2012 ) . Charge-Transfer State Dynamics Following Hole and Electron Transfer in Organic Photovoltaic Devices . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters vol. 4 , ( 1 ) 209 - 215 .
Dimitrov SD, Bakulin AA, Nielsen CB, Schroeder BC, Du J, Bronstein H, McCulloch I, Friend RH et al. ( 2012 ) . On the Energetic Dependence of Charge Separation in Low-Band-Gap Polymer/Fullerene Blends . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 134 , ( 44 ) 18189 - 18192 .
Dimitrov SD, Nielsen CB, Shoaee S, Tuladhar PS, Du J, McCulloch I, Durrant JR ( 2011 ) . Efficient Charge Photogeneration by the Dissociation of PC70BM Excitons in Polymer/Fullerene Solar Cells . The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters vol. 3 , ( 1 ) 140 - 144 .
Dimitrov SD, Dooley CJ, Trifonov AA, Fiebig T ( 2009 ) . Femtosecond Probing of Optical Phonon Dynamics in Quantum-Confined CdTe Nanocrystals . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 113 , ( 10 ) 4198 - 4201 .
Dooley CJ, Dimitrov SD, Fiebig T ( 2008 ) . Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics in CdSe/CdTe Donor−Acceptor Nanorods . The Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 112 , ( 32 ) 12074 - 12076 .
Maho A, Kim DK, Wade J, Henrard L, Olivier Y, Dimitrov S, Cloots R, Heutz S . Pentacene molecular layers for the photoelectrochromic modulation of NIR absorption in plasmonic indium-tin oxide .
Maho A, Kim DK, Wade J, Henrard L, Olivier Y, Dimitrov S, Cloots R, Heutz S . Towards photoelectrochromic modulation of NIR absorption in plasmonic ITO using pentacene films .
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