Achievements
Group News
Publications
Recent Achievements
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Shuka has been selected to do outreach for UNSW. She will use PlayEnergy to teach people about renewable energy!
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Murad talked about Akasha’s PhD research. Stay tuned for a full publication! Alex also talked about his PhD work - stay tuned for this publication as well!
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Arman has won a prestigious international UIPA scholarship, and will join spectre in 2024. He will be supervised by Murad and A/Prof. Jon Beves.
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Murad has been awarded the 2023 RACI Physical Chemistry Lectureship. He will use the award to give seminars at universities around Australia.
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Spectre has collaborated with Prof. Timothy Schmidt to win funding for new laser spectroscopy equipment from the Australian Research Council. More details here
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Congratulations to Akasha and Abhinav. A PhD during a pandemic - so impressive! They will both officially graduate on 6th December 2023.
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Murad has been promoted to Associate Professor!
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Murad has been named as a NSW Young Tall Poppy for his scientific research and communication. Read more about the award here.
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Murad has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship. He will study molecular materials with applications in solar cells, low-energy lighting, and logic applications. More info here
Group News
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Shona, Munavar, Alvin, Miles, Taffy,and Murad are all headed to AUCAOS!
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Dr Shona McNab has joined Omega Si from the University of Oxford! She is an expert in passivating layers on silicon - a very valuable area for us!
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Munavvar Fairoos has joined the team from the University of Wollongong. He brings a wealth of experience in dye sensitized solar cells and characterisation
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PhD Alumnus Akasha Kaleem has secured a role as the Director of Materials Science and AI4Science
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Zhangfan Qiao has joined us for a Masters project under the supervision of Murad and Taffy
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Ayrat Byanov has joined us for an Honours thesis project. He will be studying exciton transport in organic semiconductors, supervised by Murad and Dr Phoebe Pearce
Recent Highlights
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In the past we demonstrated that triplet-pair excitons can be generated by two qualitatively different mechanisms. In this experimental paper we demonstrate that both mechanisms coexist in a single sample.
Anisotropic Multiexciton Quintet and Triplet Dynamics in Singlet Fission via Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance, JACS, 2023 (Full paper)
This was a collaboration with the McCamey, Campos, and Sfeir groups.
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Inspired by our collaborators’ theoretical studies, we have applied techniques from open quantum systems research to show that intersystem crossing of triplet pairs generated by singlet fission can be driven by exchange fluctuations.
Quintet formation, exchange fluctuations, and the role of stochastic resonance in singlet fission, Comm. Phys., 2023 (Full paper)
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Led by recent graduate, Dr Abhinav Sharma, we have re-addressed the efficiency limits of hot carrier solar cells to account for practical considerations. This article was selected as an Editor’s Selection
Heat Flow through Nonideal Contacts in Hot-Carrier Solar Cells, Phys. Rev. Appl. 2023.
This was a collaboration with the Ekins-Daukes Group.
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Recent alumnus, Alex Baldacchino, has written an Editor’s Pick review of singlet fission photovoltaics. The TLDR version is here.
Singlet fission photovoltaics: Progress and promising pathways, Chem. Phys. Rev. 2023.
Publication List
61: Sharma A.S.; Hanif M.; Bremner S.P.; Nielsen M.P.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Rougieux F.E.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; Pusch A. (2023) Heat Flow through Nonideal Contacts in Hot-Carrier Solar Cells, Physical Review Applied, 20, 34001.
60: Gunawan D.; Yuwono J.A.; Kumar P.V.; Kaleem A.; Nielsen M.P.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Oppong-Antwi L.; Wen H.; Kuschnerus I.; Chang S.L.Y.; Wang Y.; Hocking R.K.; Chan T.-S.; Toe C.Y.; Scott J.; Amal R. (2023) Unraveling the structure-activity-selectivity relationships in furfuryl alcohol photoreforming to H2 and hydrofuroin over ZnxIn2S3+x photocatalysts, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 335, 122880.
59: MacDonald T.S.C.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Collins M.I.; Kumarasamy E.; Sanders S.N.; Sfeir M.Y.; Campos L.M.; McCamey D.R. (2023) Anisotropic Multiexciton Quintet and Triplet Dynamics in Singlet Fission via Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145, 15275.
58: Collins M.I.; Campaioli F.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Cole J.H.; McCamey D.R. (2023) Quintet formation, exchange fluctuations, and the role of stochastic resonance in singlet fission, Communications Physics, 6, 64.
57: Forecast R.; Gholizadeh E.M.; Prasad S.K.K.; Blacket S.; Tapping P.C.; McCamey D.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Huang D.M.; Cole J.H.; Schmidt T.W. (2023) Power Dependence of the Magnetic Field Effect on Triplet Fusion: A Quantitative Model, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14, 4742.
56: Sharma A.S.; Pusch A.; Nielsen M.P.; Römer U.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Rougieux F.E.; Ekins-Daukes N.J. (2022) Constraints imposed by the sparse solar photon flux on upconversion and hot carrier solar cells, Solar Energy, 237, 44.
55: Ehrler B.; W. Y. Ho-Baillie A.; Hutter E.M.; Milić J.V.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Wilson M.W.B. (2022) Scalable ways to break the efficiency limit of single-junction solar cells, Applied Physics Letters, 120, 10402.
54: Schmidt T.W.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Alves J. (2022) 1.23 - Upconversion, Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Second Edition: Volume 1-9, 1, 499.
53: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Alves J.; Schmidt T.W.; Conibeer G. (2022) 1.24 - Downconversion, Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Second Edition: Volume 1-9, 1, 518.
52: Pusch A.; Bremner S.P.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Daukes N.J.E. (2021) Microscopic reversibility demands lower open circuit voltage in multiple exciton generation solar cells, Applied Physics Letters, 118, 151103.
51: Jiang Y.; Nielsen M.P.; Baldacchino A.J.; Green M.A.; McCamey D.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Schmidt T.W.; Ekins-Daukes N.J. (2021) Singlet fission and tandem solar cells reduce thermal degradation and enhance lifespan, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, 899.
50: Gholizadeh E.M.; Prasad S.K.K.; Gillan L.V.; Nielsen M.P.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; McCamey D.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Schmidt T.W. (2021) Singlet and Triplet Exciton Dynamics of Violanthrone, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, 22464.
49: Sharma A.; Athanasopoulos S.; Kumarasamy E.; Phansa C.; Asadpoordarvish A.; Sabatini R.P.; Pandya R.; Parenti K.R.; Sanders S.N.; McCamey D.R.; Campos L.M.; Rao A.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Lakhwani G. (2021) Pentacene-Bridge Interactions in an Axially Chiral Binaphthyl Pentacene Dimer, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125, 7226.
48: Dvořák M.; Prasad S.K.K.; Dover C.B.; Forest C.R.; Kaleem A.; Macqueen R.W.; Petty A.J.; Forecast R.; Beves J.E.; Anthony J.E.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Widmer-Cooper A.; Thordarson P.; Schmidt T.W. (2021) Singlet Fission in Concentrated TIPS-Pentacene Solutions: The Role of Excimers and Aggregates, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 13749.
47: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Sanders S.N.; Kumarasamy E.; Asadpoordarvish A.; Pun A.; Niesner D.; Sfeir M.Y.; Campos L.M.; McCamey D.R. (2019) Singlet fission: Current challenges and spectroscopy, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Part F136-PVLED 2019, .
46: Pun A.B.; Asadpoordarvish A.; Kumarasamy E.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Niesner D.; McCamey D.R.; Sanders S.N.; Campos L.M.; Sfeir M.Y. (2019) Ultra-fast intramolecular singlet fission to persistent multiexcitons by molecular design, Nature Chemistry, 11, 821.
45: Collins M.I.; McCamey D.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y. (2019) Fluctuating exchange interactions enable quintet multiexciton formation in singlet fission, Journal of Chemical Physics, 151, 164104.
44: Gao C.; Prasad S.K.K.; Zhang B.; Dvořák M.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; McCamey D.R.; Schmidt T.W.; Smith T.A.; Wong W.W.H. (2019) Intramolecular Versus Intermolecular Triplet Fusion in Multichromophoric Photochemical Upconversion, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 20181.
43: Conibeer G.; Shrestha S.; Bremner S.; Zhang Y.; Tayebjee M.; Dubajic M. (2019) Slowed hot carrier cooling in multiple quantum wells for application to hot carrier solar cells, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 10913, 109130G.
42: Macqueen R.W.; Liebhaber M.; Niederhausen J.; Mews M.; Gersmann C.; Jäckle S.; Jäger K.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Schmidt T.W.; Rech B.; Lips K. (2018) Crystalline silicon solar cells with tetracene interlayers: The path to silicon-singlet fission heterojunction devices, Materials Horizons, 5, 1065.
41: Thampi A.; Stern H.L.; Cheminal A.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Petty A.J., II; Anthony J.E.; Rao A. (2018) Elucidation of Excitation Energy Dependent Correlated Triplet Pair Formation Pathways in an Endothermic Singlet Fission System, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 4613.
40: Schmidt T.W.; Macqueen R.W.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Castellano F.N. (2018) Special section guest editorial: Spectral management for renewable energy conversion, Journal of Photonics for Energy, 8, 22001.
39: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Rao A.; Schmidt T.W. (2018) All-optical augmentation of solar cells using a combination of up- and downconversion, Journal of Photonics for Energy, 8, 22007.
38: Kumarasamy E.; Sanders S.N.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Asadpoordarvish A.; Hele T.J.H.; Fuemmeler E.G.; Pun A.B.; Yablon L.M.; Low J.Z.; Paley D.W.; Dean J.C.; Choi B.; Scholes G.D.; Steigerwald M.L.; Ananth N.; McCamey D.R.; Sfeir M.Y.; Campos L.M. (2017) Tuning Singlet Fission in π-Bridge-π Chromophores, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139, 12488.
37: Soufiani A.M.; Hameiri Z.; Meyer S.; Lim S.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Yun J.S.; Ho-Baillie A.; Conibeer G.J.; Spiccia L.; Green M.A. (2017) Lessons Learnt from Spatially Resolved Electro- and Photoluminescence Imaging: Interfacial Delamination in CH3NH3PbI3 Planar Perovskite Solar Cells upon Illumination, Advanced Energy Materials, 7, .
36: Wright M.; Lin R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Conibeer G. (2017) Effect of Blend Composition on Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells: A Review, Solar RRL, 1, 1700035.
35: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Sanders S.N.; Kumarasamy E.; Campos L.M.; Sfeir M.Y.; McCamey D.R. (2017) Quintet multiexciton dynamics in singlet fission, Nature Physics, 13, 182.
34: Chan K.H.; Elumalai N.K.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Uddin A.; Pillai S. (2017) Dark carrier dynamics and electrical characteristics of organic solar cells integrated with Ag-SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles, Synthetic Metals, 223, 34.
33: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Schwarz K.N.; MacQueen R.W.; Dvořák M.; Lam A.W.C.; Ghiggino K.P.; McCamey D.R.; Schmidt T.W.; Conibeer G.J. (2016) Morphological Evolution and Singlet Fission in Aqueous Suspensions of TIPS-Pentacene Nanoparticles, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 157.
32: Macqueen R.W.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Webb J.E.A.; Falber A.; Thordarson P.; Schmidt T.W. (2016) Limitations and design considerations for donor-acceptor systems in luminescent solar concentrators: The effect of coupling-induced red-edge absorption, Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), 18, 64010.
31: Soufiani A.M.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Meyer S.; Ho-Baillie A.; Sung Yun J.; McQueen R.W.; Spiccia L.; Green M.A.; Hameiri Z. (2016) Electro- and photoluminescence imaging as fast screening technique of the layer uniformity and device degradation in planar perovskite solar cells, Journal of Applied Physics, 120, 35702.
30: Zhang Y.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Smyth S.; Dvořák M.; Wen X.; Xia H.; Heilmann M.; Liao Y.; Zhang Z.; Williamson T.; Williams J.; Bremner S.; Shrestha S.; Huang S.; Schmidt T.W.; Conibeer G.J. (2016) Extended hot carrier lifetimes observed in bulk In0.265±0.02Ga0.735N under high-density photoexcitation, Applied Physics Letters, 108, 131904.
29: Wright M.; Lin R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Veettil B.P.; Jiang Y.; Liang X.; Uddin A.; Conibeer G. (2016) Effect of blend composition on ternary blend organic solar cells using a low band gap polymer, Synthetic Metals, 212, 142.
28: Smyth T.; Dvorak M.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Yasarapudi V.B.; Xia H.; Feng Y.; Wang Y.; Puthen-Veettil B.; Huang S.; Shrestha S.; Bremner S.P.; Schmidt T.W.; Sugiyama M.; Conibeer G.J. (2016) Hot carrier cooling in In0.17Ga0.83As/GaAs0.80P0.20 multiple quantum wells: The effect of barrier thickness, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6, 7295560166.
27: Lin R.; Wright M.; Puthen-Veettil B.; Wen X.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Uddin A. (2015) Effects of blend composition on the morphology of Si-PCPDTBT:PC71BM bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 212, 1931.
26: Troy T.P.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Nauta K.; Kable S.H.; Schmidt T.W. (2015) Atmospheric oxidation intermediates: Laser spectroscopy of resonance-stabilized radicals from p-cymene, Chemical Physics Letters, 620, 129.
25: Conibeer G.; Shrestha S.; Huang S.; Patterson R.; Xia H.; Feng Y.; Zhang P.; Gupta N.; Tayebjee M.; Smyth S.; Liao Y.; Lin S.; Wang P.; Dai X.; Chung S. (2015) Hot carrier solar cell absorber prerequisites and candidate material systems, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 135, 124.
24: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; McCamey D.R.; Schmidt T.W. (2015) Beyond shockley-queisser: Molecular approaches to high-efficiency photovoltaics, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 2367.
23: Wright M.; Lin R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Yang X.; Veettil B.P.; Wen X.; Uddin A. (2015) Effect of blend composition on binary organic solar cells using a low band gap polymer, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 15, 2204.
22: Conibeer G.; Shrestha S.; Huang S.; Patterson R.; Xia H.; Feng Y.; Zhang P.; Gupta N.; Tayebjee M.; Smyth S.; Liao Y.; Zhang Z.; Chung S.; Lin S.; Wang P.; Dai X. (2014) Hot carrier solar cell absorbers: Materials, mechanisms and nanostructures, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 9178, 917802.
21: Cousland G.P.; Cui X.Y.; Smith A.E.; Stampfl C.M.; Wong L.; Tayebjee M.; Yu D.; Triani G.; Evans P.J.; Ruppender H.-J.; Jang L.-Y.; Stampfl A.P.J. (2014) A medium-energy photoemission and ab-initio investigation of cubic yttria-stabilised zirconia, Journal of Applied Physics, 115, 143502.
20: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Mahboubi Soufiani A.; Conibeer G.J. (2014) Semi-empirical limiting efficiency of singlet-fission-capable polyacene/inorganic hybrid solar cells, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 2298.
19: Lin R.; Wright M.; Gong B.; Chan K.H.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Uddin A. (2014) Influence of bridging atom on the vertical phase separation of low band gap bulk heterojunction solar cells, Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 8, 904.
18: Schmidt T.W.; Tayebjee M.J.Y. (2014) Triplet-triplet annihilation up-conversion, RSC Energy and Environment Series, 2014-January, 489.
17: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Clady R.G.C.R.; Schmidt T.W. (2013) The exciton dynamics in tetracene thin films, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, 14797.
16: Schulze T.F.; Cheng Y.Y.; Fckel B.; MacQueen R.W.; Danos A.; Davis N.J.L.K.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Khoury T.; Clady R.G.C.R.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; Crossley M.J.; Stannowski B.; Lips K.; Schmidt T.W. (2012) Photochemical upconversion enhanced solar cells: Effect of a back reflector, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 65, 480.
15: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Schmidt T.W.; Conibeer G. (2012) Downconversion, Comprehensive Renewable Energy, 1, 549.
14: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Schmidt T.W.; Conibeer G. (2012) 1.25 - Downconversion, Comprehensive Renewable Energy, **, 549.
13: Clady R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Aliberti P.; König D.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; Conibeer G.J.; Schmidt T.W.; Green M.A. (2012) Interplay between the hot phonon effect and intervalley scattering on the cooling rate of hot carriers in GaAs and InP, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 20, 82.
12: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Gray-Weale A.A.; Schmidt T.W. (2012) Thermodynamic limit of exciton fission solar cell efficiency, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3, 2749.
11: Hirst L.C.; Führer M.; Farrell D.J.; Le Bris A.; Guillemoles J.-F.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Clady R.; Schmidt T.W.; Sugiyama M.; Wang Y.; Fujii H.; Ekins-Daukes N.J. (2012) InGaAs/GaAsP quantum wells for hot carrier solar cells, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8256, 82560X.
10: Schmidt T.W.; Tayebjee M.J.Y. (2012) 1.24 - Upconversion, Comprehensive Renewable Energy, **, 533.
9: Cheng Y.Y.; Fückel B.; Schulze T.; MacQueen R.W.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Danos A.; Khoury T.; Clady R.G.C.R.; -Daukes N.J.E.; Crossley M.J.; Stannowski B.; Lips K.; Schmidt T.W. (2012) Improving the light-harvesting of second generation solar cells with photochemical upconversion, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8477, 84770X.
8: Schmidt T.W.; Tayebjee M.J.Y. (2012) Upconversion, Comprehensive Renewable Energy, 1, 533.
7: Piper R.; Yoshida M.; Ekins-Daukes N.; Haque S.; Cheng Y.Y.; Fückel B.; Khoury T.; Clady R.G.C.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Crossley M.J.; Schmidt T.W. (2011) Two-photon triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion for photovoltaics, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, **, 61859363632.
6: Hirst L.; Führer M.; Farrell D.J.; LeBris A.; Guillemoles J.-F.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Clady R.; Schmidt T.W.; Wang Y.; Sugiyama M.; Ekins-Daukes N.J. (2011) Hot carrier dynamics in InGaAs/GaAsP quantum well solar cells, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, **, 61866433302.
5: Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Hirst L.C.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; Schmidt T.W. (2010) The efficiency limit of solar cells with molecular absorbers: A master equation approach, Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 124506.
4: Yap Cheng Y.; Fückel B.; Roberts D.A.; Khoury T.; Clady R.G.C.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Piper R.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; Crossley M.J.; Schmidt T.W. (2010) Molecular approaches to third generation photovoltaics: Photochemical up-conversion, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7772, 777207.
3: Cheng Y.Y.; Khoury T.; Clady R.G.C.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; Crossley M.J.; Schmidt T.W. (2010) On the efficiency limit of triplet-triplet annihilation for photochemical upconversion, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, 66.
2: Green M.A.; Conibeer G.; König D.; Shrestha S.; Huang S.; Aliberti P.; Treiber L.; Patterson R.; Veettil B.P.; Hsieh A.; Feng Y.; Luque A.; Marti A.; Linares P.G.; Cánovas E.; Antolĺn E.; Marrón D.F.; Tablero C.; Hernández E.; Guillemoles J.-F.; Huang L.; Le Bris A.; Schmidt T.; Clad R.; Tayebjee M. (2010) Hot carrier solar cells: Challenges and recent progress, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, **, 561420057.
1: Cheng Y.Y.; Fückel B.; Khoury T.; Clady R.G.C.R.; Tayebjee M.J.Y.; Ekins-Daukes N.J.; Crossley M.J.; Schmidt T.W. (2010) Kinetic analysis of photochemical upconversion by triplet-triplet annihilation: Beyond any spin statistical limit, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1, 1795.