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Chad Risko is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work focuses on several interrelated subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on organic electronics and photovoltaics, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallization and solubility studies, and conducting polymers and their applications. Their research further extends into machine learning applications in materials science, molecular junctions and nanostructures, as well as perovskite materials and related device applications.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Chad Risko include:

  • Engineering ligand reactivity enables high-temperature operation of stable perovskite solar cells (2023, Science)
  • A molecular interaction-diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability (2021, Nature Materials)
  • n-type charge transport in heavily p-doped polymers (2021, Nature Materials)
  • Suppressing bias stress degradation in high performance solution processed organic transistors operating in air (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Rational Functionalization of a C70 Buckybowl To Enable a C70:Buckybowl Cocrystal for Organic Semiconductor Applications (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Chad Risko frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, with significant partnerships including:

  • Sean Parkin
  • Vinayak Bhat
  • Qianxiang Ai
  • John E. Anthony
  • K.R.P.M. Rao

Their work has appeared predominantly in journals and venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Science, and ECS Meeting Abstracts.

Key topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Best Publications

  • Design, synthesis, and characterization of ladder-type molecules and polymers. Air-stable, solution-processable n-channel and ambipolar semiconductors for thin-film transistors via experiment and theory.

    Hakan Usta;Chad Risko;Zhiming Wang;Hui Huang

  • Unification of trap-limited electron transport in semiconducting polymers

    H. T. Nicolai;M. Kuik;G. A. H. Wetzelaer;B. de Boer

  • Engineering ligand reactivity enables high-temperature operation of stable perovskite solar cells

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  • Synthesis, characterization, and transistor response of semiconducting silole polymers with substantial hole mobility and air stability. Experiment and theory.

    Gang Lu;Hakan Usta;Chad Risko;Lian Wang

  • A molecular interaction–diffusion framework for predicting organic solar cell stability

    Masoud Ghasemi;Nrup Balar;Zhengxing Peng;Huawei Hu

  • A quantum-chemical perspective into low optical-gap polymers for highly-efficient organic solar cells

    Chad Risko;Michael D. McGehee;Jean-Luc Brédas

  • Transition from Tunneling to Hopping Transport in Long, Conjugated Oligo-imine Wires Connected to Metals

    Seong Ho Choi;Chad Risko;M. Carmen Ruiz Delgado;BongSoo Kim

  • Donor-Acceptor Copolymers of Relevance for Organic Photovoltaics: A Theoretical Investigation of the Impact of Chemical-Structure Modifications on the Electronic and Optical Properties

    Laxman Pandey;Chad Risko;Joseph E. Norton;Jean-Luc Brédas

  • Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiencies of 2.5% using Benzothiadiazole/Imide-Based Acceptors

    Jason T. Bloking;Xu Han;Andrew T. Higgs;John P. Kastrop

  • Noncovalent Intermolecular Interactions in Organic Electronic Materials: Implications for the Molecular Packing vs Electronic Properties of Acenes

    Christopher Sutton;Chad Risko;Jean-Luc Brédas

  • High current density, long duration cycling of soluble organic active species for non-aqueous redox flow batteries

    Jarrod D. Milshtein;Aman Preet Kaur;Matthew D. Casselman;Jeffrey A. Kowalski

  • Controlled conjugated backbone twisting for an increased open-circuit voltage while having a high short-circuit current in poly(hexylthiophene) derivatives.

    Sangwon Ko;Eric T. Hoke;Laxman Pandey;Sanghyun Hong

  • Electron Affinities of 1,1-Diaryl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsiloles: Direct Measurements and Comparison with Experimental and Theoretical Estimates

    Xiaowei Zhan;Chad Risko;Fabrice Amy;Calvin Chan

  • Rubrene-based single-crystal organic semiconductors: Synthesis, electronic structure, and charge-transport properties

    Kathryn A. McGarry;Wei Xie;Christopher Sutton;Chad Risko

  • Use of X-ray diffraction, molecular simulations, and spectroscopy to determine the molecular packing in a polymer-fullerene bimolecular crystal

    Nichole Cates Miller;Eunkyung Cho;Matthias J N Junk;Roman Gysel

  • Intervalence Transitions in the Mixed-Valence Monocations of Bis(triarylamines) Linked with Vinylene and Phenylene--Vinylene Bridges

    Stephen Barlow;Chad Risko;Sung-Jae Chung;Neil M Tucker

  • Heteroannulated acceptors based on benzothiadiazole

    Timothy C. Parker;Dinesh G. Patel;Karttikay Moudgil;Stephen Barlow

  • A stable two-electron-donating phenothiazine for application in nonaqueous redox flow batteries

    Jeffrey A. Kowalski;Matthew D. Casselman;Aman Preet Kaur;Jarrod D. Milshtein

  • Factors Governing Intercalation of Fullerenes and Other Small Molecules Between the Side Chains of Semiconducting Polymers Used in Solar Cells

    Nichole Cates Miller;Eunkyung Cho;Roman Gysel;Chad Risko

  • Synthetic Principles Directing Charge Transport in Low-Band-Gap Dithienosilole–Benzothiadiazole Copolymers

    Pierre M. Beaujuge;Pierre M. Beaujuge;Hoi Nok Tsao;Michael Ryan Hansen;Chad M. Amb

  • Ring Substituents Mediate the Morphology of PBDTTPD-PCBM Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells

    Julien Warnan;Abdulrahman El Labban;Clément Cabanetos;Eric T. Hoke

  • Exploiting Excited-State Aromaticity To Design Highly Stable Singlet Fission Materials.

    Kealan J Fallon;Peter Budden;Enrico Salvadori;Enrico Salvadori;Alex M Ganose

  • Modeling Electron and Hole Transport in Fluoroarene- Oligothiopene Semiconductors: Investigation of Geometric and Electronic Structure Properties**

    Sharon E. Koh;Chad Risko;Demetrio A. Da Silva Filho;Ohyun Kwon;Ohyun Kwon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Luc Brédas
Jean-Luc Brédas University of Arizona
Seth R. Marder
Seth R. Marder University of Colorado Boulder
Stephen Barlow
Stephen Barlow Georgia Institute of Technology
Sean Parkin
Sean Parkin University of Kentucky
John E. Anthony
John E. Anthony University of Kentucky
Michael D. McGehee
Michael D. McGehee University of Colorado Boulder
Veaceslav Coropceanu
Veaceslav Coropceanu University of Arizona
Mark A. Ratner
Mark A. Ratner Northwestern University
Mikhail Yu. Antipin
Mikhail Yu. Antipin New Mexico Highlands University

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