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Overview

Garry Rumbles is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Polymers and Plastics. This interdisciplinary foundation supports their work across various areas of materials science and photochemical processes.

The primary topics of Garry Rumbles' research include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Garry Rumbles has contributed to several recent scientific papers, with notable publications such as:

  • "Reversible multicolor chromism in layered formamidinium metal halide perovskites", 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Ion-pair reorganization regulates reactivity in photoredox catalysts", 2022, published in Nature Chemistry
  • "PCET-Based Ligand Limits Charge Recombination with an Ir(III) Photoredox Catalyst", 2021, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Controlled n-Doping of Naphthalene-Diimide-Based 2D Polymers", 2021, published in Advanced Materials
  • "Active-Site Environmental Factors Customize the Photophysics of Photoenzymatic Old Yellow Enzymes", 2020, published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

The scientist frequently publishes in a range of journal venues including the Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Analytical Methods, Chemical Communications, CrystEngComm, and ECS Meeting Abstracts.

Collaborations are a significant component of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Obadiah G. Reid, Justin Earley, Anna Zieleniewska, Robert R. Knowles, and Hannah J. Sayre, reflecting ongoing partnerships within the photochemistry and materials science communities.

Best Publications

  • Excitons in nanoscale systems

    Gregory D. Scholes;Garry Rumbles

  • Heterojunction Modification for Highly Efficient Organic–Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells

    Konrad Wojciechowski;Samuel D. Stranks;Antonio Abate;Golnaz Sadoughi

  • Fluorescence lifetime standards for time and frequency domain fluorescence spectroscopy

    Noël Boens;Wenwu Qin;Nikola Basarić;Johan Hofkens

  • Photovoltaic Devices with a Low Band Gap Polymer and CdSe Nanostructures Exceeding 3% Efficiency

    Smita Dayal;Nikos Kopidakis;Dana C. Olson;David S. Ginley

  • Organic solar cells with carbon nanotubes replacing In2O3:Sn as the transparent electrode

    Jao van de Lagemaat;Teresa M. Barnes;Garry Rumbles;Sean E. Shaheen

  • Photoenhancement of Luminescence in Colloidal CdSe Quantum Dot Solutions

    Marcus Jones;Jovan Nedeljkovic;Randy J. Ellingson;and Arthur J. Nozik

  • The impact of molecular weight on microstructure and charge transport in semicrystalline polymer semiconductors–poly(3-hexylthiophene), a model study

    Felix Peter Vinzenz Koch;Jonathan Rivnay;Sam Foster;Christian Müller;Christian Müller

  • Photoinduced Degradation of Polymer and Polymer–Fullerene Active Layers: Experiment and Theory

    Matthew O. Reese;Alexandre M. Nardes;Benjamin L. Rupert;Ross E. Larsen

  • Efficient interchain photoluminescence in a high-electron-affinity conjugated polymer.

    I. D. W. Samuel;G. Rumbles;C. J. Collison

  • Controlled assembly of hydrogenase-CdTe nanocrystal hybrids for solar hydrogen production.

    Katherine A. Brown;Smita Dayal;Xin Ai;Garry Rumbles

  • Pathways for the degradation of organic photovoltaic P3HT:PCBM based devices

    Matthew O. Reese;Anthony J. Morfa;Matthew S. White;Nikos Kopidakis

  • Revealing the Dynamics of Charge Carriers in Polymer:Fullerene Blends Using Photoinduced Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity

    Tom J. Savenije;Andrew J. Ferguson;Nikos Kopidakis;Garry Rumbles

  • Mechanism for rapid growth of organic-inorganic halide perovskite crystals.

    Pabitra K. Nayak;David T. Moore;David T. Moore;Bernard Wenger;Simantini Nayak

  • Optimal negative electrodes for poly(3-hexylthiophene): [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices

    Matthew O. Reese;Matthew S. White;Garry Rumbles;David S. Ginley

  • The role of the side chain on the performance of n-type conjugated polymers in aqueous electrolytes

    Alexander Giovannitti;Iuliana P. Maria;David Hanifi;Mary J. Donahue

  • Theoretical studies on conjugated phenyl-cored thiophene dendrimers for photovoltaic applications.

    Muhammet E. Köse;William J. Mitchell;Nikos Kopidakis;Christopher H. Chang

  • Performance of bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices prepared by airbrush spray deposition

    R. Green;A. Morfa;A. J. Ferguson;N. Kopidakis

  • Photoinduced charge carrier generation in a poly(3-hexylthiophene) and methanofullerene bulk heterojunction investigated by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy.

    Xin Ai;Matthew C. Beard;Kelly P. Knutsen;Sean E. Shaheen

  • An Optimal Driving Force for Converting Excitons into Free Carriers in Excitonic Solar Cells

    David C. Coffey;Bryon W. Larson;Alexander W. Hains;James B. Whitaker

  • Grain-Size-Limited Mobility in Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Thin Films

    Obadiah G. Reid;Obadiah G. Reid;Mengjin Yang;Nikos Kopidakis;Kai Zhu

  • The efficiency and time-dependence of luminescence from poly (p-phenylene vinylene) and derivatives

    I. D W Samuel;B. Crystall;Gary Rumbles;P. L. Burn

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos Kopidakis
Nikos Kopidakis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sean E. Shaheen
Sean E. Shaheen University of Colorado Boulder
Jeffrey L. Blackburn
Jeffrey L. Blackburn National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David S. Ginley
David S. Ginley National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Michael J. Heben
Michael J. Heben University of Toledo
Ifor D. W. Samuel
Ifor D. W. Samuel University of St Andrews
Jao van de Lagemaat
Jao van de Lagemaat National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Randy J. Ellingson
Randy J. Ellingson University of Toledo
Steven H. Strauss
Steven H. Strauss Colorado State University
Olga V. Boltalina
Olga V. Boltalina Colorado State University

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