Dr. Irfan Haider

 


Research Interests

Perovskite materials have emerged as promising candidates for future photovoltaic devices. However, the interfaces in these devices (which act as gate way to charge transfer) are the weak link. Various defects and trap states (that appeared during crystallization process) at buried interfaces, bulk and top surface need to be passivated.

My research interests include interfacial and bulk modification to improve performance and stability of perovskite based photovoltaic devices. Besides, development of metal oxides thin layers as hole and electron transport layers (HTL & ETL) through solution process, ALD and sputtering and their characterization is another area of interest.

Publication list

2024

Abebe Temitmie, Yekitwork; Haider, Muhammad Irfan; Cuzzupè, Daniele T.; Mercaldo, Lucia V.; Kraner, Stefan; Delli Veneri, Paola; Benor, Amare; Fakharuddin, AzharSchmidt-Mende, Lukas: Overcoming the Open-Circuit Voltage Losses in Narrow Bandgap Perovskites for All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells, ACS Materials Letters, 2024, 6, XXX, 5190-5198

 

2023

Haider, Muhammad Irfan; Hu, Hao; Seewald, Tobias; Ahmed, Safeer; Sultan, Muhammad; Schmidt-Mende, Lukas; Fakharuddin, Azhar: Ethylenediamine Vapors‐Assisted Surface Passivation of Perovskite Films for Efficient Inverted Solar Cells, Solar RRL 2023, 7 

 

2022

Fatima, Kalsoom; Haider, Muhammad Irfan; Bashir, Amna; Qamar, Samina; Ali Qureshi, Akbar; Akhter, Zareen; Sultan, Muhammad: Surface modification of CsPbI2Br for improved performance of inorganic perovskite solar cells, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 14

Haider, Muhammad Irfan; Fakharuddin, Azhar; Ahmed, Safeer; Sultan, Muhammad; Schmidt-Mende, Lukas: Modulating defect density of NiO hole transport layer via tuning interfacial oxygen stoichiometry in perovskite solar cells, Solar Energy 2022, 233, 326-233

 

2021

Fakharuddin, Azhar; Vasilopoulou, Maria; Soultati, Anastasia; Haider, Muhammad Irfan; Briscoe, Joe; Fotopoulos, Vasileios; Di Girolamo, Diego; Abate, Antonio; Schmidt-Mende, Lukas; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja: Robust inorganic hole transport materials for organic and perovskite solar cells: insights into materials electronic properties and device performance, Solar RRL, 5, 2021

 

2020

Fatima, Kalsoom; Haider, Muhammad Irfan; Fakhruddin, Azhar; Akhter, Zareen; Sultan, Muhammad; Schmidt-Mende, Lukas: Performance enhancement of CsPbI2Br perovskite solar cells via stoichiometric control and interface engineering, Solar Energy, 211, 2020, 654-66

Vasilopoulou, Maria; Kuganathan, Navaratnarajah; Bao, Xichang; Verykios, Apostolis; Polydorou, Ermioni; Haider, Muhammad Irfan: A carbon-doped tantalum dioxyfluoride as a superior electron transport material for high performance organic optoelectronics, Nano Energy, 70, 2020

Soultati, Anastasia; Verykios,Apostolis; Panagiotakis, Stylianos; Armadorou, Konstantina-Kalliopi; Haider, Muhammad Irfan: Suppressing the Photocatalytic Activity of Zinc Oxide Electron-Transport Layer in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with a Pyrene-Bodipy Interlayer, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12 (19), 2020, 21961–21973

 

2019

Gkini, Konstantina; Verykios, Apostolis; Balis, Nikolas; Kaltzoglou, Andreas; Papadakis, Michael; Adamis, Konstantinos S.; Haider, Muhammad Irfan; Fakharuddin, Azhar; Kennou, Stella; Argitis, Panagiotis; Schmidt-Mende, Lukas; Falaras,Polycarpos; Vasilopoulou, Maria: Enhanced Organic and Perovskite Solar Cell Performance through Modification of the Electron-Selective Contact with a Bodipy–Porphyrin Dyad, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12 (1), 2019, 1120-113

Saleem, Abida; Imran, Muhammad; Arshad,Muhammad; Kamboh Afzal H.; Nawazish, Khan; Haider, Muhammad Irfan: Investigation of Rbx(MA)1−xPbI3(x = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.75, 1) perovskites as a potential source of P- and N-type materials for PN-junction solar cell, Applied Physics A, 125, 2019, 1-1

Soultati, Anastasia, Fakharuddin, Azhar, Polydorou, Ermioni, Drivas, Charalampos, Kaltzoglou, Andreas, Haider, Muhammad Irfan, Kournoutas, Fotis, Fakis, Mihalis, Schmidt-Mende, Lukas, Vasilopoulou, Maria: Lithium Doping of ZnO for High Efficiency and Stability Fullerene and Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2 (3), 2019,  1663-167

Futscher, Moritz H., Lee, Ju Min, McGovern, Lucie, Muscarella, Loreta A., Wang, Tianyi, Haider, Muhammad Irfan, Fakharuddin, Azhar, Schmidt-Mende, Lukas, Ehrler, B run o: Quantification of ion migration in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells by transient capacitance measurements, Materials Horizons, 6, 2019,1497-1503

 

2018

Fakharuddin, Azhar, Seybold, Michael, Agresti, Antonio, Pescetelli, Sara, Matteocci, Fabio, Haider, Muhammad Irfan, Birkhold, Susanne T., Hu, Hao, Sultan, Muhammad, Schmidt-Mende, Lukas: Perovskite-Polymer Blends Influencing Microstructures, Nonradiative Recombination Pathways, and Photovoltaic Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10 (49), 2018, 42542-42551

 

2014

Iqbal, Muhammad Javed; Haider, Muhammad Irfan: Impact of transition metal doping on Mössbauer, electrical and dielectric parameters of structurally modified lithium ferrite nanomaterials, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 140, 2013, 42-48

Curriculum Vitae

since June 2023

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz

2023

Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wah, Pakistan

2018-2023

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, with the Thesis “Strategies to Enhance the Performance of Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells: Passivating Interfacial and Bulk Defects”. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Safeer Ahmed, Prof. Dr. M. Sultan

2013-201 8

Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Wah, Pakistan

2010

Master of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry at the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, with the Thesis “Development of Transition Metal Doped Lithium Ferrite Nanomaterials”. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Javed Iqbal