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  1. Probing Molecular Orientation of Donors and Acceptors in All-Polymer Blend Films by Near-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Physics Materials, February 2026, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ellen Moons, Andrea Muntean

  2. Sequential deposition enables suppression of spontaneous donor enrichment of the surface in spin-coated films

    Article • Journal of Physics Materials, January 2026, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ellen Moons, Andrea Muntean

  3. The role of the donor in the light-induced degradation of Y6 non-fullerene acceptors in PM6:Y6 blend films

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  4. Multiscale modeling of structural disorder and environmental effects on the ground and excited states properties of a conjugated donor–acceptor polymer in the bulk phase

    Article • Journal of Physics Energy, July 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ellen Moons

  5. Role of the Solvent on the Orientation of Y-Type Acceptor Molecules in Spin-Coated Films

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, October 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons, Andrea Muntean

  6. AFM-IR Spectromicroscopy Unveils Hidden Phase Separation in Polymer–Polymer Blend Films for Photovoltaic Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, September 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  7. Impact of photoinduced phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskite absorbers on their material and device stability

    Article • APL Energy, March 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons

  8. Effect of molecular structure on the photochemical stability of acceptor and donor polymers used in organic solar cells

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Zewdneh Genene Wolkeba, Professor Ellen Moons

  9. Toward Efficient and Fully Scalable Sputtered NiOx‐Based Inverted Perovskite Solar Modules via Co‐Ordinated Modification Strategies

    Article • Solar RRL, December 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  10. Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Gadolinium Oxyhydride (GdHO) Thin Films: Optical, Photocatalytic, and Electronic Properties

    Article • Nanomaterials, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Ellen Moons

  11. Hexanary blends: a strategy towards thermally stable organic photovoltaics

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons

  12. Minimizing the Interface-Driven Losses in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, May 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  13. A mesoscopic lattice model for morphology formation in ternary mixtures with evaporation

    Article • Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, May 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons, Andrea Muntean

  14. In Situ Study the Dynamics of Blade‐Coated All‐Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Formation and Impact on Photovoltaic Performance of Solar Cells

    Article • Solar RRL, January 2023, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  15. Donor–acceptor polymer complex formation in solution confirmed by spectroscopy and atomic-scale modelling

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Zewdneh Genene Wolkeba, Professor Ellen Moons

  16. In Situ Optical Spectroscopy Demonstrates the Effect of Solvent Additive in the Formation of All-Polymer Solar Cells

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, December 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  17. Photocatalytic self-cleaning properties of thin films of photochromic yttrium oxyhydride

    Article • Journal of Solid State Chemistry, December 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  18. Quantitative analysis of phase formation and growth in ternary mixtures upon evaporation of one component

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2022, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Ellen Moons, Andrea Muntean

  19. An Integrated Bulk and Surface Modification Strategy for Gas‐Quenched Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiencies Exceeding 22%

    Article • Solar RRL, March 2022, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  20. Electrically Switchable Film Structure of Conjugated Polymer Composites

    Article • Materials, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Ellen Moons

  21. Photooxidation of PC60BM: new insights from spectroscopy

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  22. Intrinsic Organic Semiconductors as Hole Transport Layers in p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells

    Article • Solar RRL, December 2021, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  23. In Situ Optical Studies on Morphology Formation in Organic Photovoltaic Blends

    Article • Small Methods, September 2021, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  24. High-performance all-polymer solar cells enabled by a novel low bandgap non-fully conjugated polymer acceptor

    Article • Science China Chemistry, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons

  25. Efficient Wide-Bandgap Mixed-Cation and Mixed-Halide Perovskite Solar Cells by Vacuum Deposition

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, February 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  26. Nonconjugated Terpolymer Acceptors with Two Different Fused-Ring Electron-Deficient Building Blocks for Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, January 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  27. Suppressing Co‐Crystallization of Halogenated Non‐Fullerene Acceptors for Thermally Stable Ternary Solar Cells

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, October 2020, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  28. Over 14% efficiency all-polymer solar cells enabled by a low bandgap polymer acceptor with low energy loss and efficient charge separation

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  29. Fine regulation of crystallisation tendency to optimize the BHJ nanostructure and performance of polymer solar cells

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  30. Photo-Oxidation Reveals H-Aggregates Hidden in Spin-Cast-Conjugated Polymer Films as Observed by Two-Dimensional Polarization Imaging

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, October 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  31. Initial photo-degradation of PCDTBT:PC70BM solar cells studied under various illumination conditions: Role of the hole transport layer

    Article • Solar Energy, May 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  32. A lattice model approach to the morphology formation from ternary mixtures during the evaporation of one component

    Article • The European Physical Journal Special Topics, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons, Andrea Muntean

  33. Unravelling donor–acceptor film morphology formation for environmentally-friendly OPV ink formulations

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  34. Impact of intentional photo-oxidation of a donor polymer and PC70BM on solar cell performance

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  35. Fullerene Aggregation in Thin Films of Polymer Blends for Solar Cell Applications

    Article • Materials, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Ellen Moons

  36. Engineering Two-Phase and Three-Phase Microstructures from Water-Based Dispersions of Nanoparticles for Eco-Friendly Polymer Solar Cell Applications

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, August 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  37. Stability of organic solar cells with PCDTBT donor polymer: An interlaboratory study – ERRATUM

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, August 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ellen Moons, EMMANUEL KYMAKIS

  38. Photo-degradation in air of spin-coated PC60BM and PC70BM films

    Article • Synthetic Metals, July 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons, Andrea Muntean

  39. Stability of organic solar cells with PCDTBT donor polymer: An interlaboratory study

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, June 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ellen Moons, EMMANUEL KYMAKIS

  40. Morphology in dip-coated blend films for photovoltaics studied by UV/VIS absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy

    Article • May 2018, SPIE

    Professor Ellen Moons

  41. Light-induced degradation of fullerenes in organic solar cells: a case study on TQ1:PC71BM

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  42. The influence of moisture content on the polymer structure of polyvinyl alcohol in dispersion barrier coatings and its effect on the mass transport of oxygen

    Article • Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons

  43. Brodie vs Hummers graphite oxides for preparation of multi-layered materials

    Article • Carbon, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  44. Low temperature processed NiO x hole transport layers for efficient polymer solar cells

    Article • Organic Electronics, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  45. Scanning tunneling microscopy study of thin PTCDI films on Ag/Si(111)-√3 × √3

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, March 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons

  46. Opportunities and challenges in probing local composition of organic material blends for photovoltaics

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, February 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Leif Ericsson, Professor Ellen Moons

  47. Modeling of oxygen permeation through filled polymeric layers for barrier coatings

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  48. Efficient ternary organic solar cells based on immiscible blends

    Article • Organic Electronics, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  49. Comparing morphology in dip-coated and spin-coated polyfluorene:fullerene films

    Article • September 2016, SPIE

    Professor Ellen Moons

  50. The influence of clay orientation and crystallinity on oxygen permeation in dispersion barrier coatings

    Article • Applied Clay Science, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  51. Photodegradation of the electronic structure of PCBM and C60 films in air

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  52. Organic heterojunctions: Contact-induced molecular reorientation, interface states and charge re-distribution

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons

  53. Photo-degradation in air of the active layer components in a thiophene–quinoxaline copolymer:fullerene solar cell

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  54. Two-in-one: cathode modification and improved solar cell blend stability through addition of modified fullerenes

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  55. Fluorescence spectroscopy studies on polymer blend solutions and films for photovoltaics

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  56. Fluorescence and UV/VIS absorption spectroscopy studies on polymer blend films for photovoltaics

    Article • August 2015, SPIE

    Professor Ellen Moons

  57. The influence of oxygen adsorption on the NEXAFS and core-level XPS spectra of the C60 derivative PCBM

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, February 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons

  58. Vertical and lateral morphology effects on solar cell performance for a thiophene–quinoxaline copolymer:PC70BM blend

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  59. Solvent vapor annealing on perylene-based organic solar cells

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  60. V oc from a Morphology Point of View: the Influence of Molecular Orientation on the Open Circuit Voltage of Organic Planar Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, November 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  61. Simulation of Surface-Directed Phase Separation in a Solution-Processed Polymer/PCBM Blend

    Article • Macromolecules, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  62. Pattern replication in blends of semiconducting and insulating polymers casted by horizontal dipping

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  63. Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure study of the C60-derivative PCBM

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, May 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  64. Molecular orientation and composition at the surface of spin-coated polyfluorene:Fullerene blend films

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  65. USING A DISCIPLINARY DISCOURSE LENS TO EXPLORE HOW REPRESENTATIONS AFFORD MEANING MAKING IN A TYPICAL WAVE PHYSICS COURSE

    Article • International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons

  66. Polymer blends spin-cast into films with complementary elements for electronics and biotechnology

    Article • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, March 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  67. Coronene Fusion by Heat Treatment: Road to Nanographenes

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, June 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  68. Tuning the Vertical Phase Separation in Polyfluorene:Fullerene Blend Films by Polymer Functionalization

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  69. Phase behaviour of liquid-crystalline polymer/fullerene organic photovoltaic blends: thermal stability and miscibility

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  70. Device Performance of APFO-3/PCBM Solar Cells with Controlled Morphology

    Article • Advanced Materials, November 2009, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  71. Molecular orientation of thiol-derivatized tetraphenylporphyrin on gold studied by XPS and NEXAFS

    Article • Surface Science, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  72. Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers of Ferrocene-Terminated and Unsubstituted Alkanethiols on Gold: Surface Structure and Work Function

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  73. Structures in Multicomponent Polymer Films: Their Formation, Observation and Applications in Electronics and Biotechnology

    Article • Acta Physica Polonica A, February 2009, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

    Professor Ellen Moons

  74. Ordering domains of spin cast blends of conjugated and dielectric polymers on surfaces patterned by soft- and photo-lithography

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  75. Polymer vs Solvent Diagram of Film Structures Formed in Spin-Cast Poly(3-alkylthiophene) Blends

    Article • Macromolecules, July 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  76. A spectroscopic study of self-assembled monolayer of porphyrin-functionalized oligo(phenyleneethynylene)s on gold: the influence of the anchor moiety

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ellen Moons

  77. Morphology and Phase Segregation of Spin-Casted Films of Polyfluorene/PCBM Blends

    Article • Macromolecules, November 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  78. Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Oligo(phenyleneethynylene) Derivatives of Varying Shapes on Gold:  Effect of Laterally Extended π-Systems

    Article • Langmuir, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  79. Electron spectroscopy studies of PTCDA onAg∕Si(111)−3×3

    Article • Physical Review B, April 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  80. Vertical phase separation in spin-coated films of a low bandgap polyfluorene/PCBM blend—Effects of specific substrate interaction

    Article • Applied Surface Science, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  81. Growth and characterization of thin PTCDA films on 3C-SiC(001)c(2×2)

    Article • Surface Science, October 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  82. Influence of solvents and substrates on the morphology and the performance of low-bandgap polyfluorene: PCBM photovoltaic devices

    Article • April 2006, SPIE

    Professor Ellen Moons

  83. Influence of Solvent Mixing on the Morphology and Performance of Solar Cells Based on Polyfluorene Copolymer/Fullerene Blends

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, March 2006, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  84. Multilayer formation in spin-coated thin films of low-bandgap polyfluorene:PCBM blends

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, December 2005, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ellen Moons

  85. Control of phase separation in blends of polyfluorene (co)polymers and the C60-derivative PCBM

    Article • Synthetic Metals, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  86. Preparation of stoichiometric GaN(0001)-1×1 studied with spectromicroscopy

    Article • Surface Science, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  87. Thin PTCDA films on Si(001): 1. Growth mode

    Article • Surface Science, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  88. Thin PTCDA films on Si(001): 2. Electronic structure

    Article • Surface Science, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  89. Barrier-Free Electron–Hole Capture in Polymer Blend Heterojunction Light-Emitting Diodes

    Article • Advanced Materials, October 2003, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons

  90. A technique to compare polythiophene solid-state dye sensitized TiO2 solar cells to liquid junction devices

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, February 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  91. Conjugated polymer blends: linking film morphology to performance of light emitting diodes and photodiodes

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, November 2002, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Ellen Moons

  92. Hybrid Inorganic−Organic Core−Shell Nanoparticles from Surface-Functionalized Titanium, Zirconium, and Vanadium Oxo Clusters

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, October 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  93. Optical and morphological investigations of non-homogeneity in polyfluorene blends

    Article • Synthetic Metals, October 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons, Professor of Physics Franco Cacialli

  94. Erratum: “Ultraviolet–visible near-field microscopy of phase-separated blends of polyfluorene-based conjugated semiconductors” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 833 (2001)]

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, September 2001, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons, Professor of Physics Franco Cacialli

  95. Self-Organized Discotic Liquid Crystals for High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics

    Article • Science, August 2001, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Ellen Moons

  96. Ultraviolet–visible near-field microscopy of phase-separated blends of polyfluorene-based conjugated semiconductors

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, August 2001, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons, Professor of Physics Franco Cacialli

  97. New efficient light-emitting polymer diode for flat-panel display applications

    Article • June 2001, SPIE

    Professor Ellen Moons

  98. De-mixing of Polyfluorene-Based Blends by Contact with Acetone: Electro- and Photo-luminescence Probes

    Article • Advanced Materials, June 2001, Wiley

    Professor Ellen Moons, Professor of Physics Franco Cacialli

  99. Kelvin probe and ultraviolet photoemission measurements of indium tin oxide work function: a comparison

    Article • Synthetic Metals, June 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons, Professor of Physics Franco Cacialli

  100. Self-assembled monolayers as interfaces for organic opto-electronic devices

    Article • Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter and Quanta, October 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons

  101. Construction of the energy diagram of an organic semiconductor film on SnO2:F by surface photovoltage spectroscopy

    Article • Optical Materials, January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  102. Determination of the energy diagram of the dithioketopyrrolopyrrole/SnO2:F heterojunction by surface photovoltage spectroscopy

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, December 1997, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons

  103. Surface Photovoltage of Porphyrin Layers Using the Kelvin Probe Technique

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, October 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  104. Photogeneration and transport of charge carriers in a porphyrin p/n heterojunction

    Article • April 1997, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  105. Effect of air annealing on the electronic properties of CdSCu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

    Article • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, August 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  106. Electron transfer in hybrid molecular solid-state devices

    Article • Synthetic Metals, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  107. Band diagram of the polycrystalline CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 heterojunction

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, September 1995, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons

  108. Controlling the Work Function of CdSe by Chemisorption of Benzoic Acid Derivatives and Chemical Etching

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, May 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  109. Polar Ligand Adsorption Controls Semiconductor Surface Potentials

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ellen Moons

  110. Determination of undoped CdTe(111) surface polarity by surface photovoltage spectroscopy

    Article • Applied Surface Science, February 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Ellen Moons

  111. Ohmic contacts to p-CuInSe2 crystals

    Article • Journal of Electronic Materials, March 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons

  112. Molecular Approach to Surface Control of Chalcogenide Semiconductors

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, January 1993, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Ellen Moons

  113. Optimizing Thin Film Chalcogenide-Based Solar Cells via Chemical Surface Treatments

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ellen Moons