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Erkki Alarousu is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with a particular emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. The scientist's work spans various subfields including polymers and plastics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and biomedical engineering.

Their research output includes studies on several main topics:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films

Among their recent publications are:

  • Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells, 2020, Nature Materials
  • How Humidity and Light Exposure Change the Photophysics of Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020, Solar RRL
  • Light-Harvesting Two-Photon-Absorbing Polymers, 2020, Macromolecules
  • Author Correction: Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells, 2021, Nature Materials
  • CCDC 1978576: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Omar F. Mohammed
  • Jafar I. Khan
  • Ahmed H. Balawi
  • Stefaan De Wolf
  • Frédéric Laquai

Their publications have appeared primarily in these venues:

  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository
  • Nature Materials
  • Solar RRL
  • Macromolecules

This profile reflects a research career focused on the exploration and analysis of advanced materials, with detailed investigation into crystallography techniques and organic photovoltaic technologies. The wide range of topics and co-authorships illustrates interdisciplinary work spanning fundamental materials properties to applied engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Low trap-state density and long carrier diffusion in organolead trihalide perovskite single crystals

    Dong Shi;Valerio Adinolfi;Riccardo Comin;Mingjian Yuan

  • High-quality bulk hybrid perovskite single crystals within minutes by inverse temperature crystallization

    Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Ahmed L Abdelhady;Ahmed L Abdelhady;Banavoth Murali;Erkki Alarousu

  • Formamidinium Lead Halide Perovskite Crystals with Unprecedented Long Carrier Dynamics and Diffusion Length

    Ayan A. Zhumekenov;Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Azimul Haque;Erkki Alarousu

  • CH3NH3PbCl3 Single Crystals: Inverse Temperature Crystallization and Visible-Blind UV-Photodetector.

    Giacomo Maculan;Arif D. Sheikh;Ahmed L. Abdelhady;Ahmed L. Abdelhady;Makhsud I. Saidaminov

  • Air-Stable Surface-Passivated Perovskite Quantum Dots for Ultra-Robust, Single- and Two-Photon-Induced Amplified Spontaneous Emission

    Jun Pan;Smritakshi P. Sarmah;Banavoth Murali;Ibrahim Dursun

  • Heterovalent Dopant Incorporation for Bandgap and Type Engineering of Perovskite Crystals

    Ahmed L. Abdelhady;Ahmed L. Abdelhady;Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Banavoth Murali;Valerio Adinolfi

  • Solution-Grown Monocrystalline Hybrid Perovskite Films for Hole-Transporter-Free Solar Cells.

    Wei Peng;Lingfei Wang;Banavoth Murali;Kang-Ting Ho

  • Intrinsic efficiency limits in low-bandgap non-fullerene acceptor organic solar cells

    Safakath Karuthedath;Julien Gorenflot;Yuliar Firdaus;Neha Chaturvedi

  • Zero-Dimensional Cs4PbBr6 Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Yuhai Zhang;Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Ibrahim Dursun;Haoze Yang

  • Perovskite Oxide SrTiO3 as an Efficient Electron Transporter for Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

    Ashok Bera;Kewei Wu;Arif D. Sheikh;Erkki Alarousu

  • Perovskite Photodetectors Operating in Both Narrowband and Broadband Regimes

    Makhsud I. Saidaminov;Md. Azimul Haque;Maxime Savoie;Ahmed L. Abdelhady

  • Giant Photoluminescence Enhancement in CsPbCl3 Perovskite Nanocrystals by Simultaneous Dual-Surface Passivation

    Ghada H. Ahmed;Jehad K. El-Demellawi;Jun Yin;Jun Pan

  • Ultralow Self-Doping in Two-dimensional Hybrid Perovskite Single Crystals

    Wei Peng;Jun Yin;Kang-Ting Ho;Olivier Ouellette

  • Inside Perovskites: Quantum Luminescence from Bulk Cs4PbBr6 Single Crystals

    Michele De Bastiani;Ibrahim Dursun;Yuhai Zhang;Buthainah A. Alshankiti

  • Ultrathin Cu2O as an efficient inorganic hole transporting material for perovskite solar cells

    Weili Yu;Weili Yu;Feng Li;Hong Wang;Erkki Alarousu

  • Amorphous Tin Oxide as a Low-Temperature-Processed Electron-Transport Layer for Organic and Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

    Jérémy Barbé;Max L. Tietze;Marios Neophytou;Banavoth Murali

  • Optoelectronic and photovoltaic properties of the air-stable organohalide semiconductor (CH3NH3)3Bi2I9

    Mutalifu Abulikemu;Samy Ould-Chikh;Xiaohe Miao;Erkki Alarousu

  • Engineering of CH3 NH3 PbI3 Perovskite Crystals by Alloying Large Organic Cations for Enhanced Thermal Stability and Transport Properties.

    Wei Peng;Xiaohe Miao;Valerio Adinolfi;Erkki Alarousu

  • Surface Restructuring of Hybrid Perovskite Crystals

    Banavoth Murali;Sukumar Dey;Ahmed L. Abdelhady;Wei Peng

  • Harnessing structural darkness in the visible and infrared wavelengths for a new source of light.

    Jianfeng Huang;Changxu Liu;Yihan Zhu;Silvia Masala

  • Single Crystals: Inverse Temperature Crystallization and Visible-Blind UV-Photodetector

    Giacomo Maculan;Arif D. Sheikh;Ahmed Lutfi Abdelhady;Makhsud I. Saidaminov

Frequent Co-Authors

Omar F. Mohammed
Omar F. Mohammed King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Osman M. Bakr
Osman M. Bakr King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Makhsud I. Saidaminov
Makhsud I. Saidaminov University of Victoria
Tom Wu
Tom Wu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Iain McCulloch
Iain McCulloch University of Oxford
Edward H. Sargent
Edward H. Sargent Northwestern University
Jun Yin
Jun Yin Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Aram Amassian
Aram Amassian North Carolina State University
Ghassan E. Jabbour
Ghassan E. Jabbour University of Ottawa
Stefaan De Wolf
Stefaan De Wolf King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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