Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

N’Konou, K.; Kim, S. Y.; and Doumon, N. Y. “Multicomponent Organic Blend Systems: A Review of Quaternary Organic Photovoltaics” Carbon Energy (Under review)

Kumachang, C. C. F.; Amune, D. I.; Asuo, I. M.; Sanni, D.; Olanrewaju, Y. A.; Doumit, N.; Koech, R.; Anye, V.; Ntsoenzok, E.; and Doumon, N. Y. “The Effect of Transient Power Ramp-Up on Structural and Optical Properties of CuO Thin Films Prepared by Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering” Adv. Energy Sustainability Res.2023, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aesr.202300258

Schall, J. W.; Glaws, A.; Doumon, N. Y.; …, and Kern, D. B. “Accelerated Stress Testing of Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules: Differentiating Degradation Modes with Electroluminescence Imaging” Solar RRL 2023,  https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300229​”

Montgomery, A.M., Doumon, N.Y., Torrence, C., Schelhas, L.T., Stein, J.S. (2023). “Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Modules: The Challenge of Upscaling and Commercializing This Technology”. In: Nie, W., Iniewski, K. (eds) Metal-Halide Perovskite Semiconductors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26892-2_14  (Book Chapter)

Kim, S. Y., Kumachang, C. C. F., and Doumon, N. Y. “Characterization Tools to Probe Degradation Mechanisms in Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells” Solar RRL 2023  https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300155

20. Uličná, S.; Doumon, N. Y.;…, Berry, J. J.; and L. T. Schelhas “Post-Mortem Failure Analysis of Metal Halide Perovskite Modules” 2023, IEEE (Conference Paper)

Doumon, N. Y.;Yang, L.; and Rosei, F. “Ternary organic solar cells: A review of the role of the third element”, Nano Energy 2022, 94 ,106915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106915 .

Asare, J.; Sanni, D. M.; Agyei-Tuffour, B.;  Agede, E.; Oyewole, O. K.; Yerramilli, A. S.; and Doumon, N. Y. “A Hybrid Hole Transport Layer for Perovskite-based Solar Cells”, Energies 2021, 14 (7), 1949. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14071949 (Special Issue Advanced Polymer and Perovskite Solar Cells).

Asuo, I. M.; Gedamu, D.; Doumon, N. Y.; Ka, I.; Pignolet, A.; Cloutier, S. G.;   and  Nechache, R. “Ambient Processing Strategy for Improved Air-Stability and Efficiency in Mixed-Cation Perovskite Solar Cells”, Mater. Adv. 2020, 1, 1866. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MA00528B (Selected and included in the Themed Collection “Perovskites, 2021”)

Abdu-Aguye, M.*; Doumon, N. Y.*; Terzic, I.; Dong, J.; Portale, G.; Loos, K.; Koster, L. J. A.; and Loi, M. A. “Can Ferroelectricity improve organic solar cells?”, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2020, 2000124.  https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000124.

Rousseva, S.; den Besten, H.; Doting, E.; Doumon, N. Y.; Douvogianni, E.; Koster, L. J. A.; and Hummelen, J. C.   “Reaching a Double-Digit Dielectric Constant With Fullerene Derivatives”,   J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 8633−8638​

Doumon, N. Y.; “The degradation of organic solar cells: from chemistry to device physics through materials”, University of Groningen 2019, 978-94-034-2020-2.  https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.98539626

Doumon, N. Y.; Houard, F. V; Dong, J.; Yao, H.; Portale, G.; Hou, J.; Koster, L. J. A. “Energy level modulation of ITIC derivatives: Effects on the photodegradation of conventional and inverted organic solar cells”, Org. Elec. 2019, 69, 255-262.​

Doumon, N. Y.; Houard, F. V.; Dong, J.; Christodoulis, P.; Dryzhov, M. V.; Portale, G.; Koster, L. J. A. “Improved Photostability in Ternary Blend Organic Solar Cells: The Role of [70]PCBM”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2019, 7, 5104–5111. (Editors’ choice collection 2021 on organic photovoltaics: back in the game)

Doumon, N. Y.; Wang, G.; Qiu, X.; Minnaard, A. J.; Chiechi, R. C.; Koster, L. J. A. “1,8-Diiodooctane Acts as a Photo-Acid in Organic Solar Cells”, Nature Sc. Reports 2019, 9 (1), 4350.

Ye, G.; Doumon, N. Y.; Rousseva, S.; Liu, Y.; Abdu-Aguye, M.; Loi, M. A.; Hummelen, J. C.; Koster, L. J. A.; Chiechi, R. C. “Conjugated Polyions Enable Organic Photovoltaics Processed from Green Solvents”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2 (3), 2197–2204.

Doumon, N. Y.; Dryzhov, M. V; Houard, F. V; Le Corre, V. M.; Chatri, A. R.; Christodoulis, P.;  Koster, L. J. A. “Photostability of Fullerene and Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells: The Role of the Acceptor”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11 (8), 8310.

Doumon, N. Y.; Koster, L. J. A. “Effects of the Reduction and/or Fluorination of the TT-Units in BDT-TT Polymers on the Photostability of Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells”, Sol. RRL 2019, 1800301.

Le Corre, V. M.; Chatri, A. R.; Doumon, N. Y.; Koster, L. J. A. “Response to comments on Charge Carrier Extraction in Organic Solar Cells Governed by Steady-State Mobilities”, Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 7 (22), 1803125.​

Agyei-Tuffour, B.; Doumon, N. Y.; Rwenyagila, E. R.; Asare, J.; Oyewole, K.; Shen, Z.; Petoukhoff, C. E.; Zebaze Kana, M. G.; Ocarroll, D. M.; Soboyejo, W. O. “Pressure Effects on Interfacial Surface Contacts and Performance of Organic Solar Cells”, J. Appl. Phys. 2017, 122 (20), 205501.

Zhou, D.; Doumon, N. Y.; Abdu-Aguye, M.; Bartesaghi, D.; Loi, M. a.; Anton Koster, L. J.; Chiechi, R. C.; Hummelen, J. C. “High-Quality Conjugated Polymers via One-Pot Suzuki-Miyaura Homopolymerization”, RSC Adv. 2017, 7 (44), 27762–27769.

Doumon, N. Y.; Wang, G.; Chiechi, R. C.; Koster, L. J. A. “Relating Polymer Chemical Structure to the Stability of Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cells”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, 5 (26), 6611.

Le Corre, V. M.; Chatri, A. R.; Doumon, N. Y.; Koster, L. J. A. “Charge Carrier Extraction in Organic Solar Cells Governed by Steady-State Mobilities”, Adv. Energy Mater. 2017, 7 (22), 1701138.​

Abbaszadeh, D.; Wetzelaer, G.-J. A. H.; Doumon, N. Y.; Blom, P. W. M. “Efficient Polymer Light-Emitting Diode with Air-Stable Aluminum Cathode”, J. Appl. Phys. 2016, 119 (9), 1–7.

Abbaszadeh, D.; Doumon, N. Y.; Wetzelaer, G.-J. A. H.; Koster, L. J. A.; Blom, P. W. M. “Effect of the Layer Thickness on the Efficiency Enhancement in Bilayer Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes”, Synth. Met. 2016, 215, 64–67.  

Selected Oral Presentations: Public or Guest speaker

12/2022 MRS 2022 Fall Meeting:  “Indoor and Outdoor Performance Tracking of Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules.”

09/2022  5^th ACerS ESHM Meeting (Invited Talk): “Indoor/Outdoor Performance Tracking of Metal-Halide Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules”

04/2022     Next-Generation Solar Energy Conference (Guest Speaker: Online Event): “Challenges Faced by Emerging (Organic) Photovoltaic Technologies”

09/2021   National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO–USA (Invited Talk): “Emerging (Organic) Photovoltaic Technologies”

05/2019   Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes, Canada (Invited Talk): “Photo-Degradation Of Organic Solar Cells”

05/2019   Ecole de Technologies Supérieures, Montréal, QC – Canada (Invited Talk): “Photodegradation Of Organic Solar Cells: From Chemistry to Device Physics Through Materials”

04/2019   2019 MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix-Arizona USA (Talk): ES18.03.03 – “Photo-Stability of Organic Solar Cells—Fullerene vs. Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells”

03/2019   University of Groningen 3-Minute-Thesis-Competition: “Presentation to a non-specialist audience on organic solar cells”

10/2018   Pratt Sch. of Eng., Duke University, Durham, NC-USA (Invited Talk): “Degradation Of Organic Solar Cells: From Chemistry to Device Physics Through Materials”

12/2017   9^th International 2017 A-MRS Conference, Gaborone, Botswana (Talk): EO 38 – “Photostability of polymer-fullerene and polymer-nonfullerene solar cells: the effect of UV on the material chemical structure and DIO in the active layer”

05/2017    E-MRS 2017 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France (Talk): L.1.2 – “Performance of Alkylthyenyl BDT-TT and Alkoxy BDT-TT polymers in polymer:fullerene solar cells: Efficiency and UV-Stability”

04/2017    60 seconds Research/Thesis presentation Zernike Biannual Vleland Meeting

09/2016    E-MRS 2016 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland (Talk): R.11.1 – “Relating polymer chemical structure to the stability of polymer:fullerene solar cells”

Conference Papers

Abdu-Aguye, M.*; Doumon, N. Y.*; Terzic, I.; Voet, V; Loos, K.; Koster, L. J. A.; and Loi, M. A. Photophysical properties of semiconducting-ferroelectric block copolymers for organic photovoltaics, 2018, DOI:10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2018.152