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Carrier recombination is a process that significantly influences the performance of semiconductor devices such as solar cells, photodiodes, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Therefore, a model that can accurately describe and quantify the…
Understanding how the complex intermolecular- and nano-structure present in organic semiconductor donor-acceptor blends impacts charge carrier motion, interactions, and recombination behavior is a critical fundamental issue with a…
Apparent recombination orders exceeding the value of two expected for bimolecular recombination have been reported for organic solar cells in various publications. Two prominent explanations are bimolecular losses with a carrier…
The theoretical effects of phase separation on encounter-limited charge carrier recombination in organic semiconductor blends are investigated using kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations of pump-probe experiments. Using model bulk…
Trap-assisted nonradiative recombination has been shown to limit the efficiency of optoelectronic devices. While substitutional carbon ($\mathrm{C_N}$) has been suggested to be a nonradiative recombination center in GaN devices, a complete…
The increased complexity and reduced size of (opto-)electronic devices demands for quantitative descriptions of excess carrier transport and recombination via various mechanisms. In addition, experimental methods capable of resolving…
Carrier recombination dynamics in strip silicon nano-waveguides is analyzed through time-resolved pump-and-probe experiments, revealing a complex recombination dynamics at densities ranging from ${10^{14}}$ to ${10^{17}}\,$cm$^{{-3}}$. Our…
Identification and design of defects in two-dimensional (2D) materials as promising single photon emitters (SPE) requires a deep understanding of underlying carrier recombination mechanisms. Yet, the dominant mechanism of carrier…
We systematically investigate PM6:Y12 bulk-heterojunction solar cells with donor fractions ranging from 1% to 45%, linking morphology, charge transport, and recombination to device performance. Complementary structural and spectroscopic…
The present work revisits the recombination velocities ($s_{\mathrm{GB}}$) of minority-charge carriers determined at grain boundaries in polycrystalline absorber materials for solar cells. The equations describing $s_{\mathrm{GB}}$ as well…
Radiative and non-radiative charge carrier recombination in thin-film diodes plays a key role in determining the efficiency of electronic devices made of next generation semiconductors such as organic, perovskite and nanocrystals. In this…
Nonradiative carrier recombination is of both great applied and fundamental importance.But the correct ab initio approaches to calculate it remains to be inconclusive. Here we used 5 different formalisms to calculate the nonradiative…
The steady-state distribution of carrier concentrations in a solar cell under operating conditions is a key source of carrier recombination and directly influences the output current density. In this study, we investigated the effects of…
We consider the two-dimensional bimolecular recombination of charge carriers in amorphous organic semiconductors having the lamellar structure. We calculate the dependence of the effective recombination rate constant on the carrier density…
We report on the observation of carrier-diffusion-induced defect emission at high excitation density in a-plane InGaN single quantum wells. When increasing excitation density in a relatively high regime, we observed the emergence of…
We theoretically analyze the carrier capture and distribution among the available energy levels of a symmetric semiconductor quantum dot under continuous-wave excitation resonant with the barrier energy levels. At low temperature all the…
We studied the recombination dynamics of charge carriers in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells made of the blend system poly(2,5-bis(3-dodecyl thiophen-2-yl) thieno[2,3-b]thiophene) (pBTCT-C12):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl…
The total rate of carrier recombination in semiconductors has conventionally been expressed using an additive model, r_total = \Sigma r_i , which rules out the interactions between carrier recombination pathways. Here we challenge this…
The rapid development of optical technologies and applications revealed the critical role of point defects affecting device performance. One of the powerful tools to study influence of defects on charge capture and recombination processes…
Inelastic scattering and carrier capture by defects in semiconductors are the primary causes of hot-electron-mediated degradation of power devices, which holds up their commercial development. At the same time, carrier capture is a major…