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Joseph M. Luther is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with specific expertise in electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry.

Their scientific work covers a range of specialized subfields including polymers and plastics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials. Their research emphasizes several main topics such as perovskite materials and applications, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, and quantum dots synthesis and properties. Additional areas of interest include conducting polymers and applications, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, organic electronics and photovoltaics, and organic light-emitting diodes research.

Joseph M. Luther has contributed to numerous publications in several key academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Science
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Joule
  • Advanced Materials

Among the recent papers associated with their research are:

  • Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures, 2020, Nature Energy
  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Triple-halide wide-band gap perovskites with suppressed phase segregation for efficient tandems, 2020, Science
  • Chiral-induced spin selectivity enables a room-temperature spin light-emitting diode, 2021, Science
  • Stabilized hole-selective layer for high-performance inverted p-i-n perovskite solar cells, 2023, Science

Collaboration has been an important element of their career, demonstrated by frequent coauthors such as:

  • Joseph J. Berry
  • Matthew C. Beard
  • Steven P. Harvey
  • Ahmad R. Kirmani
  • Michael D. McGehee

Best Publications

  • Quantum dot-induced phase stabilization of α-CsPbI3 perovskite for high-efficiency photovoltaics.

    Abhishek Swarnkar;Abhishek Swarnkar;Ashley R. Marshall;Ashley R. Marshall;Erin M. Sanehira;Erin M. Sanehira;Boris D. Chernomordik

  • Localized surface plasmon resonances arising from free carriers in doped quantum dots

    Joseph M. Luther;Joseph M. Luther;Prashant K. Jain;Prashant K. Jain;Trevor Ewers;Trevor Ewers;A. Paul Alivisatos;A. Paul Alivisatos

  • Peak external photocurrent quantum efficiency exceeding 100% via MEG in a quantum dot solar cell.

    Octavi Escala Semonin;Octavi Escala Semonin;Joseph M Luther;Sukgeun Choi;Hsiang-Yu Chen

  • Consensus statement for stability assessment and reporting for perovskite photovoltaics based on ISOS procedures

    Mark V. Khenkin;Mark V. Khenkin;Eugene A. Katz;Antonio Abate;Giorgio Bardizza

  • Semiconductor quantum dots and quantum dot arrays and applications of multiple exciton generation to third-generation photovoltaic solar cells.

    Arthur J. Nozik;Matthew C. Beard;Joseph M. Luther;Matt Law

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Amrita Dey;Junzhi Ye;Apurba De;Elke Debroye

  • Schottky Solar Cells Based on Colloidal Nanocrystal Films

    Joseph M. Luther;Matt Law;Matthew C. Beard;Qing Song

  • Multiple Exciton Generation in Colloidal Silicon Nanocrystals

    Matthew C. Beard;Kelly P. Knutsen;Pingrong Yu;Joseph M. Luther

  • Observation of a hot-phonon bottleneck in lead-iodide perovskites

    Ye Yang;David P. Ostrowski;Kai Zhu

  • Enhanced mobility CsPbI3 quantum dot arrays for record-efficiency, high-voltage photovoltaic cells

    Erin M. Sanehira;Erin M. Sanehira;Ashley R. Marshall;Ashley R. Marshall;Jeffrey A. Christians;Steven P. Harvey

  • Triple-halide wide–band gap perovskites with suppressed phase segregation for efficient tandems

    Jixian Xu;Jixian Xu;Jixian Xu;Caleb C. Boyd;Caleb C. Boyd;Zhengshan J. Yu;Axel F. Palmstrom

  • Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Self-Assembled Films of PbSe Nanocrystals Treated with 1,2-Ethanedithiol

    Joseph M. Luther;Matt Law;Qing Song;Craig L. Perkins

  • Tailored interfaces of unencapsulated perovskite solar cells for >1,000 hour operational stability

    Jeffrey A. Christians;Philip Schulz;Jonathan S. Tinkham;Tracy H. Schloemer

  • Chiral-induced spin selectivity enables a room-temperature spin light-emitting diode

    Young Hoon Kim;Yaxin Zhai;Haipeng Lu;Xin Pan

  • Stabilized hole-selective layer for high-performance inverted p-i-n perovskite solar cells

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  • Regulating surface potential maximizes voltage in all-perovskite tandems

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  • Photovoltaic Devices Employing Ternary PbSxSe1-x Nanocrystals

    Wanli Ma;Joseph M. Luther;Haimei Zheng;Yue Wu

  • Extrinsic ion migration in perovskite solar cells

    Zhen Li;Chuanxiao Xiao;Chuanxiao Xiao;Ye Yang;Steven P. Harvey

  • Overcoming Redox Reactions at Perovskite-Nickel Oxide Interfaces to Boost Voltages in Perovskite Solar Cells

    Caleb C. Boyd;Caleb C. Boyd;Caleb C. Boyd;R. Clayton Shallcross;Taylor Moot;Ross Kerner

  • Low surface recombination velocity in solution-grown CH3NH3PbBr3 perovskite single crystal

    Ye Yang;Yong Yan;Mengjin Yang;Sukgeun Choi

  • Structural, optical, and electrical properties of PbSe nanocrystal solids treated thermally or with simple amines.

    Matt Law;Joseph M. Luther;Qing Song;Barbara K. Hughes

  • Small-molecule-directed nanoparticle assembly towards stimuli-responsive nanocomposites

    Yue Zhao;Kari Thorkelsson;Alexander J. Mastroianni;Alexander J. Mastroianni;Thomas Schilling

  • Stability Assessment on a 3% Bilayer PbS/ZnO Quantum Dot Heterojunction Solar Cell

    Joseph M Luther;Jianbo Gao;Jianbo Gao;Matthew T. Lloyd;Octavi Escala Semonin;Octavi Escala Semonin

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew C. Beard
Matthew C. Beard National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Arthur J. Nozik
Arthur J. Nozik University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph J. Berry
Joseph J. Berry National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Kai Zhu
Kai Zhu National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Michael D. McGehee
Michael D. McGehee University of Colorado Boulder
Justin C. Johnson
Justin C. Johnson National Renewable Energy Laboratory
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Randy J. Ellingson
Randy J. Ellingson University of Toledo
Matt Law
Matt Law University of California, Irvine
Jao van de Lagemaat
Jao van de Lagemaat National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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