Processing, optimization and characterization of thin-film organic/inorganic electronic devices for energy conversion.
Vacuum deposition of organic/inorganic materials (evaporation, sputtering, PECVD…).
Solution process of organic/inorganic materials (Spin coating, blading…).
Solar cell device fabrication and testing.
Organic BHJ and perovskites single and tandem cells.
Selected Publications
Solution-processable MoOx nanocrystals enable highly efficient reflective and semitransparent polymer solar cells L.K. Jagadamma, H.L. Hu,T. Kim, G.O.N. Ndjawa, A.E. Mansour, A. El Labban, J.C.D. Faria, R... Nano Energy, 28, 277-287, (2016)
π-Bridge-Independent 2-(Benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4- ylmethylene)malononitrile-Substituted Nonfullerene Acceptors f... K. Wang, Y. Firdaus, M. Babics, F. Cruciani, Q. Saleem, A. El-Labban, M.A. Alamoudi, T. Ma... Chemistry of Materials, 28 (7), pp 22002208, (2016)
Interplay between side-chain pattern, polymer aggregation, and charge carrier dynamics in pbdttpd:pcbm bulk-heteroj... C. Dyer-Smith, I.A. Howard, C. Cabanetos, A. El Labban, P.M. Beaujuge, and F. Laquai Advanced Energy Materials, 5(9), (2015)
Ambient layer-by-layer ZnO assembly for highly efficient polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells M. Eita, A. El Labban, F. Cruciani, A. Usman, P.M. Beaujuge, O.F. Mohammed Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 10, 1558-1564, (2015)
Dependence of crystallite formation and Preferential Backbone Orientations on the Side Chain Pattern in PBDTTPD Pol... А. El Labban, J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, O. Ratel, C.J. Tassone, M.F. Toney and P.M. Beaujug... ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(22), 19477-19481, (2014)
Ring substituents mediate the morphology of pbdttpd-pcbm bulk-heterojunction solar cells J. Warnan, A. El Labban, C. Cabanetos, E.T. Hoke, P.K. Shukla, C. Risko, J.-L. Brédas, M.D... Chemistry of Materials, 26(7), 2299-2306, (2014)
Ordering Effects in Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Polymers with >7% Solar Cell Efficien... J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, A. El Labban, M.R. Hansen, C. Tassone, M.F. Toney, P.M. Beaujuge Advanced Materials, 26(25), 4357-4362, (2014)
Efficient inverted bulk-heterojunction solar cells from low-temperature processing of amorphous zno buffer layers L.K. Jagadamma, M. Abdelsamie, A. El Labban, E. Aresu, G.O.N. Ndjawa, D.H Anjum, D. Cha, P... Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(33), 13321-13331, (2014)
Electron-deficient n-alkyloyl derivatives of thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione yield efficient polymer solar cells wit... J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, R. Bude, A. El Labban, L. Li, and P.M. Beaujuge Chemistry of Materials, 26(9), 2829-2835, (2014)
Controlling solution-phase polymer aggregation with molecular weight and solvent additives to optimize polymer-full... J.A. Bartelt, J.D. Douglas, W.R. Mateker, A. El Labban, Ch.J. Tassone, M.F. Toney, J.M.J. ... Advanced Energy Materials, 4(9), (2014)
Education
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes – France, 2008
M.Sc., Energetic Engineering, Institut National Polytechnique, Grenoble, France, 2005
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, 2004
Professional Profile
2011-2014: Research engineer, Prof. Pierre Beaujuge, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2011-2012: Visiting scientist, Prof. Michael McGehee Group, MSE Department, Stanford University, USA.
KAUST Affiliations
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)
Research Interests Keywords
Materials scienceVacuum depositionDevice fabrication and characterization
Abdulrahman El Labban, Ph.D.
Center Staff
Interim Lab Manager
Research Interests
Processing, optimization and characterization of thin-film organic/inorganic electronic devices for energy conversion.
Vacuum deposition of organic/inorganic materials (evaporation, sputtering, PECVD…).
Solution process of organic/inorganic materials (Spin coating, blading…).
Solar cell device fabrication and testing.
Organic BHJ and perovskites single and tandem cells.
Selected Publications
Solution-processable MoOx nanocrystals enable highly efficient reflective and semitransparent polymer solar cells L.K. Jagadamma, H.L. Hu,T. Kim, G.O.N. Ndjawa, A.E. Mansour, A. El Labban, J.C.D. Faria, R... Nano Energy, 28, 277-287, (2016)
π-Bridge-Independent 2-(Benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4- ylmethylene)malononitrile-Substituted Nonfullerene Acceptors f... K. Wang, Y. Firdaus, M. Babics, F. Cruciani, Q. Saleem, A. El-Labban, M.A. Alamoudi, T. Ma... Chemistry of Materials, 28 (7), pp 22002208, (2016)
Interplay between side-chain pattern, polymer aggregation, and charge carrier dynamics in pbdttpd:pcbm bulk-heteroj... C. Dyer-Smith, I.A. Howard, C. Cabanetos, A. El Labban, P.M. Beaujuge, and F. Laquai Advanced Energy Materials, 5(9), (2015)
Ambient layer-by-layer ZnO assembly for highly efficient polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells M. Eita, A. El Labban, F. Cruciani, A. Usman, P.M. Beaujuge, O.F. Mohammed Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 10, 1558-1564, (2015)
Dependence of crystallite formation and Preferential Backbone Orientations on the Side Chain Pattern in PBDTTPD Pol... А. El Labban, J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, O. Ratel, C.J. Tassone, M.F. Toney and P.M. Beaujug... ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(22), 19477-19481, (2014)
Ring substituents mediate the morphology of pbdttpd-pcbm bulk-heterojunction solar cells J. Warnan, A. El Labban, C. Cabanetos, E.T. Hoke, P.K. Shukla, C. Risko, J.-L. Brédas, M.D... Chemistry of Materials, 26(7), 2299-2306, (2014)
Ordering Effects in Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Polymers with >7% Solar Cell Efficien... J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, A. El Labban, M.R. Hansen, C. Tassone, M.F. Toney, P.M. Beaujuge Advanced Materials, 26(25), 4357-4362, (2014)
Efficient inverted bulk-heterojunction solar cells from low-temperature processing of amorphous zno buffer layers L.K. Jagadamma, M. Abdelsamie, A. El Labban, E. Aresu, G.O.N. Ndjawa, D.H Anjum, D. Cha, P... Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(33), 13321-13331, (2014)
Electron-deficient n-alkyloyl derivatives of thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione yield efficient polymer solar cells wit... J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, R. Bude, A. El Labban, L. Li, and P.M. Beaujuge Chemistry of Materials, 26(9), 2829-2835, (2014)
Controlling solution-phase polymer aggregation with molecular weight and solvent additives to optimize polymer-full... J.A. Bartelt, J.D. Douglas, W.R. Mateker, A. El Labban, Ch.J. Tassone, M.F. Toney, J.M.J. ... Advanced Energy Materials, 4(9), (2014)
Education
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes – France, 2008
M.Sc., Energetic Engineering, Institut National Polytechnique, Grenoble, France, 2005
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, 2004
Professional Profile
2011-2014: Research engineer, Prof. Pierre Beaujuge, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2011-2012: Visiting scientist, Prof. Michael McGehee Group, MSE Department, Stanford University, USA.
KAUST Affiliations
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)
Research Interests Keywords
Materials scienceVacuum depositionDevice fabrication and characterization
Abdulrahman El Labban, Ph.D.
Center Staff
Interim Lab Manager
Research Interests
Processing, optimization and characterization of thin-film organic/inorganic electronic devices for energy conversion.
Vacuum deposition of organic/inorganic materials (evaporation, sputtering, PECVD…).
Solution process of organic/inorganic materials (Spin coating, blading…).
Solar cell device fabrication and testing.
Organic BHJ and perovskites single and tandem cells.
Selected Publications
Solution-processable MoOx nanocrystals enable highly efficient reflective and semitransparent polymer solar cells L.K. Jagadamma, H.L. Hu,T. Kim, G.O.N. Ndjawa, A.E. Mansour, A. El Labban, J.C.D. Faria, R... Nano Energy, 28, 277-287, (2016)
π-Bridge-Independent 2-(Benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazol-4- ylmethylene)malononitrile-Substituted Nonfullerene Acceptors f... K. Wang, Y. Firdaus, M. Babics, F. Cruciani, Q. Saleem, A. El-Labban, M.A. Alamoudi, T. Ma... Chemistry of Materials, 28 (7), pp 22002208, (2016)
Interplay between side-chain pattern, polymer aggregation, and charge carrier dynamics in pbdttpd:pcbm bulk-heteroj... C. Dyer-Smith, I.A. Howard, C. Cabanetos, A. El Labban, P.M. Beaujuge, and F. Laquai Advanced Energy Materials, 5(9), (2015)
Ambient layer-by-layer ZnO assembly for highly efficient polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells M. Eita, A. El Labban, F. Cruciani, A. Usman, P.M. Beaujuge, O.F. Mohammed Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 10, 1558-1564, (2015)
Dependence of crystallite formation and Preferential Backbone Orientations on the Side Chain Pattern in PBDTTPD Pol... А. El Labban, J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, O. Ratel, C.J. Tassone, M.F. Toney and P.M. Beaujug... ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(22), 19477-19481, (2014)
Ring substituents mediate the morphology of pbdttpd-pcbm bulk-heterojunction solar cells J. Warnan, A. El Labban, C. Cabanetos, E.T. Hoke, P.K. Shukla, C. Risko, J.-L. Brédas, M.D... Chemistry of Materials, 26(7), 2299-2306, (2014)
Ordering Effects in Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]difuran-thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Polymers with >7% Solar Cell Efficien... J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, A. El Labban, M.R. Hansen, C. Tassone, M.F. Toney, P.M. Beaujuge Advanced Materials, 26(25), 4357-4362, (2014)
Efficient inverted bulk-heterojunction solar cells from low-temperature processing of amorphous zno buffer layers L.K. Jagadamma, M. Abdelsamie, A. El Labban, E. Aresu, G.O.N. Ndjawa, D.H Anjum, D. Cha, P... Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(33), 13321-13331, (2014)
Electron-deficient n-alkyloyl derivatives of thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione yield efficient polymer solar cells wit... J. Warnan, C. Cabanetos, R. Bude, A. El Labban, L. Li, and P.M. Beaujuge Chemistry of Materials, 26(9), 2829-2835, (2014)
Controlling solution-phase polymer aggregation with molecular weight and solvent additives to optimize polymer-full... J.A. Bartelt, J.D. Douglas, W.R. Mateker, A. El Labban, Ch.J. Tassone, M.F. Toney, J.M.J. ... Advanced Energy Materials, 4(9), (2014)
Education
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes – France, 2008
M.Sc., Energetic Engineering, Institut National Polytechnique, Grenoble, France, 2005
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon, 2004
Professional Profile
2011-2014: Research engineer, Prof. Pierre Beaujuge, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2011-2012: Visiting scientist, Prof. Michael McGehee Group, MSE Department, Stanford University, USA.
KAUST Affiliations
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)
Research Interests Keywords
Materials scienceVacuum depositionDevice fabrication and characterization
