Publications

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2016

  • D. Tsokkou, X. Yu, K. Sivula, N. Banerji
    The Role of Excitons and Free Charges in the Excited-State Dynamics of Solution-Processed Few-Layer MoS2 Nanoflakes
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 23286 (2016).
  • M. Causa’, J. De Jonghe-Risse, M. Scarongella, J. C. Brauer, E. Buchaca-Domingo, J.-E. Moser, N. Stingelin, N. Banerji
    The fate of electron-hole pairs in polymer:fullerene blends for organic photovoltaics
    Nature 7, 12556 (2016).
  • N. Banerji
    Structure-Property Relations in Polymer:Fullerene Blends for Organic Solar Cells
    Chimia 70, 512 (special issue for SCS Awards Laureates, Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize, 2016).
  • J. C. Brauer, Y. H. Lee, M. K. Nazeeruddin, N. Banerji
    Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics in CH3NH3PbI3: Evidence for Hot Hole Injection into Spiro-OMeTAD.
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 5922 (2016).
  • N. Banerji
    Finding Success as a Dual-Career Couple
    Optics & Photonics News 27, February issue (2016).

2015

  • J. C. Brauer, Y. H. Lee, M. K. Nazeeruddin, N. Banerji
    Charge Transfer Dynamics from Organometal Halide Perovskite to Polymeric Hole Transport Materials in Hybrid Solar Cells
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6, 3675 (2015).
  • M. Scarongella, J. C. Brauer, J. D. Douglas, J. M. J. Fréchet, N. Banerji
    Charge Generation in Organic Solar Cell Materials Studied by Terahertz Spectroscopy
    Conference Proceedings of SPIE 9567, 95670 (2015).
  • J. De Jonghe-Risse, M. Causa’, E. Buchaca-Domingo, M. Heeney, J.-E. Moser, N. Stingelin, N. Banerji
    Using the Stark Effect to Understand Charge Generation in Organic Solar Cells
    Conference Proceedings of SPIE 9549, 95490J (2015).
  • M. Scarongella, J. De Jonghe-Risse, E. Buchaca-Domingo, M. Causa’, Z. Fei, M. Heeney, J.-E. Moser, N. Stingelin, N. Banerji
    A Close Look at Charge Generation in Polymer:Fullerene Blends with Microstructure Control
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, 2908 (2015).
  • J. Yuen, M. Wang, J. Fan, D. Sheberla, M. Kemei, N. Banerji, M. Scarongella, S. Valouch, T. Pho, R. Kumar, E. C. Chesnut, M. Bendikov, F. Wudl
    Importance of Unpaired Electrons in Organic Electronics
    Journal of Polymer Science A 53, 287 (2015).

2014

  • N. Banerji, S. Hayes (Editors)
    Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials XIII
    Conference Proceedings of SPIE 9165, San Diego, USA (2014).
  • M. Scarongella, A. A. Paraecattil, E. Buchaca-Domingo, J. D. Douglas, S. Beaupre, T. McCarthy-Ward, M. Heeney, J.-E. Moser, M. Leclerc, J.-M. Fréchet, N. Stingelin, N. Banerji
    The Influence of Microstructure on Charge Separation Dynamics in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Materials for Solar Cell Applications
    Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2, 6218 (2014).
  • A. A. Paraecattil, N. Banerji
    Charge Separation Pathways in a Highly Efficient Polymer:Fullerene Solar Cell Material
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 1471 (2014).
  • S. Cowan, N. Banerji
    Spectroscopy of Charge Carrier Dynamics- From Generation to Collection
    Book Chapter in “Organic Solar Cells: Fundamentals, Devices, and Upscaling”, edited by Barry Rand and Henning Richter, Pan Stanford Publishing (2014).

2013

  • N. Banerji, C. Silva (Editors)
    Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials XII
    Conference Proceedings of SPIE 8811, San Diego, USA (2013).
  • N. Banerji
    Sub-Picosecond Delocalization in the Excited State of Conjugated Homopolymers and Donor-Acceptor Copolymers
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 1, 3052 (Invited Feature Article, Journal Front Cover, 2013).
  • M. Scarongella, A. Laktionov, U. Röthlisberger, N. Banerji
    Charge Transfer Relaxation in Donor-Acceptor Type Conjugated Materials
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 1, 2308 (2013).

2012

  • A. A. Paraecattil, S. Beaupre, M. Leclerc, J.-E. Moser, N. Banerji
    Intensity Dependent Femtosecond Dynamics in a PBDTTPD-Based Solar Cell Material
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3, 2952 (2012).
  • N. Banerji, M. Wang, J. Fan, E. Chesnut, F. Wudl, J.-E. Moser
    Sensitization of Fullerenes by Covalent Attachment of a Diketopyrrolopyrrole Chromophore
    Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 13286 (2012).
  • N. Banerji, E. Gagnon, P.-Y. Morgantini, S. Valouch, A. Reza Mohebbi, J. Seo, , M. Leclerc, A. J. Heeger
    Breaking Down the Problem: Optical Transitions, Electronic Structure and Photoconductivity in Conjugated Polymer PCDTBT and in Its Separate Building Blocks
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116, 11456 (2012).
  • S. Cowan, N. Banerji, W.L. Leong, A. J. Heeger
    Charge Formation, Recombination and Sweep-out Dynamics in Organic Solar Cells
    Advanced Functional Materials 22, 1116 (Invited Feature Article, 2012).

2011

  • C. Bauer, J. Teuscher, J. Brauer, A. Punzi, A. Marchioro, E. Ghadiri, J. DeJonghe, M. Wielopolski, N. Banerji, J.-E. Moser
    Dynamics and Mechanisms of Interfacial Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes in Third Generation Photovoltaics and for Photocatalysis
    Chimia 65, 704 (2011).
  • N. Banerji, J. Seifter, M. Wang, E. Vauthey, F. Wudl, A. J. Heeger
    Ultrafast Spectroscopic Investigation of a Fullerene Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Dyad
    Physical Review B 84, 075206 (2011).
  • S. Cowan, W. L. Leong, N. Banerji, G. Dennler, A. J. Heeger
    Identifying a Threshold Impurity Level for Organic Solar Cells: Enhanced First-Order Recombination Via Well-Defined PC84BM Traps in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
    Advanced Functional Materials 21, 3083 (2011).
  • N. Banerji, S. Cowan, E. Vauthey, A. J. Heeger
    Ultrafast Relaxation of the Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Emission Spectrum
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 9726 (2011).
  • N. Banerji, S. Bhosale, I. Petkova, S. J. Langford, E. Vauthey
    Ultrafast Excited-State Dynamics of Strongly Coupled Porphyrin/Core-Substituted-Naphtalenediimide Dyads
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 13, 1019 (2011).

2010

  • N. Banerji, S. Cowan, M. Leclerc, E. Vauthey, A. J. Heeger
    Exciton Formation, Relaxation and Decay in PCDTBT
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 132, 17459 (2010).
  • S. Maity, R. Bhosale, N. Banerji, E. Vauthey, N. Sakai, S. Matile
    Optoelectronically Mismatched Oligophenylethynyl-Naphthalenediimide SHJ Architectures
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 8, 1052 (2010).
  • I. Petkova, G. Dobrikov, N. Banerji, G. Duvanel, R. Perez, V. Dimitrov, P. Nikolov, E. Vauthey
    Tuning the Excited-State Dynamics of GFP-Inspired Imidazolone Derivatives
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 114, 10 (2010).
  • C. Bonnot, E. Aubert, N. Banerji, J. Lacour, E. Espinosa, J.-C. Chambron
    Kinetic Control in the Chiral Recognition of Three-Bladed Propellers
    Chemistry – A European Journal 16, 5706 (2010).

2009

  • R. S. K. Kishore, O. Kel, N. Banerji, D. Emery, G. Bollot, J. Mareda, A. Gomez-Casado, P. Jonkheijm, J. Huskens, P. Maroni, M. Borkovec, E. Vauthey, N. Sakai, S. Matile
    Ordered and Oriented Supramolecular n/p-Heterojunction Surface Architectures: Completion of Primary Color Collection
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 131, 11106 (2009).
  • N. Banerji, G. Duvanel, A. Perez-Velasco, S. Maity, N. Sakai, S. Matile, E. Vauthey
    Excited-State Dynamics of Hybrid Multichromophoric Systems: Toward an Excitation Wavelength Control of the Charge Separation Pathways
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 113, 8202 (2009).
  • O. F. Mohammed, K. Adamczyk, N. Banerji, J. Dreyer, B. Lang, E. T. J. Nibbering, E. Vauthey
    Direct Femtosecond Observation of Tight and Loose Ion Pairs upon Photoinduced Bimolecular Electron Transfer
    In: Ultrafast Phenomena XVI, Vol. 92, Editors: P. Corkum, S. DeSilvestri, K. A. Nelson, E. Riedle, Springer-Verlag Berlin, Berlin, p. 613 (2009).

2008

  • N. Banerji, R. Bhosale, G. Bollot, S. M. Butterfield, A. Furstenberg, V. Gorteau, S. Hagihara, A. Hennig, S. Maity, J. Mareda, S. Matile, F. Mora, A. Perez-Velasco, V. Ravikumar, R. S. K. Kishore, N. Sakai, D.-H. Tran, E. Vauthey
    Artificial Tongues and Leaves
    Pure and Applied Chemistry 80, 1873 (2008).
  • O. F. Mohammed, K. Adamczyk, N. Banerji, J. Dreyer, B. Lang, E. T. J. Nibbering, E. Vauthey
    Direct Femtosecond Observation of Tight and Loose Ion Pairs upon Photoinduced Bimolecular Electron Transfer
    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 47, 9044 (2008).
  • N. Banerji, G. Angulo, I. Barabanov, E. Vauthey
    Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Covalently Linked Perylene-Dimethylaniline and Cyanoperylene-Dimethylaniline
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 112, 9665 (2008).
  • N. Banerji, A. Furstenberg, S. Bhosale, A. L. Sisson, N. Sakai, S. Matile, E. Vauthey
    Ultrafast Photoinduced Charge Separation in Naphthalene Diimide Based Multichromophoric Systems in Liquid Solutions and in a Lipid Membrane
    Journal of Physical Chemistry B 112, 8912 (2008).
  • A. L. Sisson, N. Sakai, N. Banerji, A. Furstenberg, E. Vauthey, S. Matile
    Zipper Assembly of Vectorial Rigid-Rod Pi-Stack Architectures with Red and Blue Naphthalenediimides: Toward Supramolecular Cascade n/p-Heterojunctions
    Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 47, 3727 (2008).

2007

  • N. Sakai, A. L. Sisson, S. Bhosale, A. Fuerstenberg, N. Banerji, E. Vauthey, S. Matile
    Rigid-Rod Push-Pull Naphthalenediimide Photosystems
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 5, 2560 (2007).
  • G. Duvanel, N. Banerji, E. Vauthey
    Excited-State Dynamics of Donor-Acceptor Bridged Systems Containing a Boron-Dipyrromethene Chromophore: Interplay between Charge Separation and Reorientational Motion
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 111, 5361 (2007).

2006

  • O. F. Mohammed, N. Banerji, B. Lang, E. T. J. Nibbering, E. Vauthey
    Photoinduced Bimolecular Electron Transfer Investigated by Femtosecond Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 110, 13676 (2006).
  • S. Bhosale, A. L. Sisson, P. Talukdar, A. Fuerstenberg, N. Banerji, E. Vauthey, G. Bollot, J. Mareda, C. Roeger, F. Wuerthner, N. Sakai, S. Matile
    Photoproduction of Proton Gradients with Pi-Stacked Fluorophore Scaffolds in Lipid Bilayers
    Science 313, 84 (2006).
  • P. Mobian, N. Banerji, G. Bernardinelli, J. Lacour
    Towards the Stereoselective Synthesis of Inherently Chiral Pseudorotaxanes
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 4, 224 (2006).

2005

  • O. Nicolet, N. Banerji, S. Pages, E. Vauthey
    Effect of the Excitation Wavelength on the Ultrafast Charge Recombination Dynamics of Donor-Acceptor Complexes in Polar Solvents
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A 109, 8236 (2005).