Asmat Ullah, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow in De Wolf Group

Social Profile:

Research Interests

Asmat Ullah received his Ph.D. in Renewable Energy Engineering from the University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea and he is currently a postdoctoral fellow at KAUST Solar Center. He is particularly interested in perovskite solar cells, interfaces, device engineering, and perovskite-based multijunction photovoltaics.

Selected Publications

  • Ullah, A.; Park, K. H.; Nguyen, H. D.; Siddique, Y.; Shah, S. F. A.; Tran, H.; Park, S.; Lee, S. I.; Lee, K.-K.; Han, C.-H. Novel Phenothiazine-Based Self-Assembled Monolayer as a Hole Selective Contact for Highly Efficient and Stable p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12 (2), 2103175.
  • Ullah, A.; Park, K. H.; Lee, Y.; Park, S.; Faheem, A. B.; Nguyen, H. D.; Siddique, Y.; Lee, K.-K.; Jo, Y.; Han, C.-H.; Ahn, S.; Jeong, I.; Cho, S.; Kim, B.; Park, Y. S.; Hong, S. Versatile Hole Selective Molecules Containing a Series of Heteroatoms as Self-Assembled Monolayers for Efficient p-i-n Perovskite and Organic Solar Cells. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32 (49), 2208793.
  • Siddique, Y.; Son, K.; Rana, T. R.; Naqvi, S. D. H.; Hoang, P. M.; Ullah, A.; Tran, H.; Lee, S. M.; Hong, S.; Ahn, S. K.; Jeong, I.; Ahn, S. Air-Processable High-Efficiency CISSe Solar Cells from DMF Molecular Solution and Their Application to Perovskite/CISSe Tandems. Energy Environ. Sci. 2022, 15 (4), 1479–1492.
  • Lee, M.-S.; Sarwar, S.; Park, S.; Ullah, A.; Thi Thuy, D.; Han, C.; Ahn, S.; Jeong, I.; Hong, S. Efficient Defect Passivation of Perovskite Solar Cells via Stitching of an Organic Bidentate Molecule. Sustain. Energy Fuels 2020, 4 (7), 3318–3325.
  • Kamran, M.; Ullah, A.; Rahman, S.; Tahir, A.; Nadeem, K.; Anis ur Rehman, M.; Hussain, S. Structural, Magnetic, and Dielectric Properties of Multiferroic Co1−xMgxCr2O4 Nanoparticles. J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2017, 433, 178–186.
  • Nadeem, K.; Ullah, A.; Mushtaq, M.; Kamran, M.; Hussain, S. S.; Mumtaz, M. Effect of Air Annealing on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Ni/NiO Nanoparticles. J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 2016, 417, 6–10.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Renewable Energy Engineering from the University of Science and Technology, South Korea 2022.
  • M.S. in Physics from International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan 2016.

Professional Profile

  • 2019-2022: Student researcher at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)
  • 2017-2019: Student researcher at Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS).

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)​

Research Interests Keywords

perovskite solar cells Interfaces Tandem Solar Cells