Dr Stoichko Dimitrov
Reader
Director of Innovation of SPCS
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Laser spectroscopy, Printed solar cells, Perovskite photovoltaics, Organic photovoltaics, Photophysics, Semiconductors
Interests
Dimitrov’s group leads research into next-generation solar energy technologies and materials. We specialise in printed perovskite solar cells, with a particular emphasis on scalable manufacturing techniques. Our expertise includes optical in-situ analysis and photophysics, applied to both organic and perovskite solar cells, advancing innovation in sustainable energy.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Chemical Research2025
Crystal Growth Modulation of Tin–Lead Halide Perovskites via Chaotropic AgentDong Y Zhu W-X Wu D-T Li X Westbrook RJE Huang C-J Min Z Hong W et al.
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 147 (35), 31578-31590.
23-08-2025
Mixed‐Dimensional 0D‐DNA‐2D Heterostructures Beyond van der Waals: A DNA‐Templated Strategy for Optoelectronic TunabilityChen K Miao H Dimitrov S Palma M
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 35 (41)
26-04-2025
Room-Temperature Perovskite Phase Transition of CsPbI3 for PV Manufacturing on Flexible SubstratesLiu Y Li X Abelian L Lau CH Min Z Hao Y Dimitrov S
Acs Omega, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 10 (7), 7102-7111.
13-02-2025
Balancing PEDOT:PSS conductivity for optimal power output of p-n junction based ZnO piezoelectric nanogeneratorZhang Y He Q Tian G Li X Zeng C Ren P Abrahams I Bilotti E et al.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier vol. 1010, 177086-177086.
01-01-2025
Printing of tin perovskite solar cells via controlled crystallizationLi X Nasti G Dreessen C Dagar J Meitzner R Amoroso D Maffettone PL Kirchartz T et al.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 9 (8), 2063-2071.
01-01-2025
2024
Scaling Up Perovskite Solar Cell Fabrication: Antisolvent‐Controlled Crystallization of Printed Perovskite SemiconductorLi X Dimitrov SD
Solar Rrl, Wiley vol. 8 (16)
01-08-2024
Towards photoelectrochromic modulation of NIR absorption in plasmonic ITO using pentacene filmsMaho A Kim DK Wade J Bryan E Henrard L Olivier Y Dimitrov SD Cloots R et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 12 (45), 18308-18319.
01-01-2024
Photoelectrochemical activation of peroxymonosulfate using Sn-doped α-Fe2O3 thin film for degradation of anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical drugMachreki M Tyuliev G Žigon D Guo Q Chouki T Sobrido ABJ Dimitrov S Emin S
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology a Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 446
01-01-2024
2023
Optimising the crystallization of lead-free Sn perovskite solar cells for slot-die coated devicesDimitrov S
Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference.
18-12-2023
Scaling up slot-die coated perovskite solar cells by implementing in-situ optical analysis of the printing processDimitrov S Li X
Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics.
30-03-2023
Generating Long-Lived Triplet Excited States in Narrow Bandgap Conjugated PolymersMarin-Beloqui JM Congrave DG Toolan DTW Montanaro S Guo J Wright IA Clarke TM Bronstein H et al.
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 145 (6), 3507-3514.
03-02-2023
Single-Atom Iridium on Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting: Catalyst or Spectator?Guo Q Zhao Q Crespo-Otero R Di Tommaso D Tang J Dimitrov SD Titirici MM Li X et al.
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society
11-01-2023
2021
Solution-Processable Carbon Nanotube Nanohybrids for Multiplexed Photoresponsive DevicesYe Q Xu X Paghi A Bamford T Horrocks BR Houlton A Barillaro G Dimitrov S et al.
Advanced Functional Materials
08-08-2021
Triplet Generation Dynamics in Si- and Ge-Bridged Conjugated CopolymersHernández FJ Fei Z Osborne C Crespo-Otero R Heeney M Dimitrov SD
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter, American Chemical Society
20-01-2021
2020
Multiphoton Absorption Stimulated Metal Chalcogenide Quantum Dot Solar Cells under Ambient and Concentrated IrradianceHou B Kim BS Lee HKH Cho Y Giraud P Liu M Zhang J Davies ML et al.
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley
11-08-2020
Towards Efficient Integrated Perovskite/Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Interfacial Energetic Requirement to Reduce Charge Carrier Recombination LossesDaboczi M Kim J Lee J Kang H Hamilton I Lin C Dimitrov SD McLachlan MA et al.
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 30 (25)
29-04-2020
Nitrogen-doped Carbon Dots/TiO2 Nanoparticle Composites for Photoelectrochemical Water OxidationLuo H Dimitrov SD Daboczi M Kim J-S Guo Q Fang Y Stoeckel M-A Samorì P et al.
Acs Applied Nano Materials, American Chemical Society
20-03-2020
Investigating the Superoxide Formation and Stability in Mesoporous Carbon Perovskite Solar Cells with an Aminovaleric Acid AdditivePéan EV De Castro CS Dimitrov S De Rossi F Meroni S Baker J Watson T Davies ML
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley
07-02-2020
Pt single-atoms supported on nitrogen-doped carbon dots for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generationLuo H Liu Y Dimitrov SD Steier L Guo S Li X Feng J Xie F et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 8 (29), 14690-14696.
01-01-2020
Interpreting time-resolved photoluminescence of perovskite materialsPéan EV Dimitrov S De Castro CS Davies ML
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 22 (48), 28345-28358.
01-01-2020
2019
Cover Feature: Manipulating the Optical Properties of Carbon Dots by Fine‐Tuning their Structural Features (ChemSusChem 19/2019)Luo H Papaioannou N Salvadori E Roessler MM Ploenes G van Eck ERH Tanase LC Feng J et al.
Chemsuschem, Wiley vol. 12 (19), 4335-4335.
26-09-2019
Manipulating the optical properties of carbon dots via fine tuning their structural features.Luo H Papaioannou N Salvadori E Roessler M Ploenes G van Eck ERH Tanase L Feng J et al.
Chemsuschem
10-09-2019
Toward improved environmental stability of polymer: Fullerene and polymer:Nonfullerene organic solar cells: A common energetic origin of light- A nd oxygen-induced degradationSpeller EM Clarke AJ Aristidou N Wyatt MF Francàs L Fish G Cha H Lee HKH et al.
Acs Energy Letters, American Chemical Society vol. 4 (4), 846-852.
12-04-2019
Spectroscopic Investigation of the Effect of Microstructure and Energetic Offset on the Nature of Interfacial Charge Transfer States in Polymer: Fullerene BlendsDimitrov SD Azzouzi M Wu J Yao J Dong Y Tuladhar PS Schroeder BC Bittner ER et al.
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society vol. 141 (11), 4634-4643.
26-02-2019
Twist and Degrade—Impact of Molecular Structure on the Photostability of Nonfullerene Acceptors and Their Photovoltaic BlendsLuke J Speller EM Wadsworth A Wyatt MF Dimitrov S Lee HKH Li Z Tsoi WC et al.
Advanced Energy Materials, Wiley vol. 9 (15)
21-02-2019
2018
Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Internal Quantum Efficiencies in a P3HT/Nonfullerene Acceptor Solar CellTan C-H Wadsworth A Gasparini N Wheeler S Holliday S Ashraf RS Dimitrov SD Baran D et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 123 (10), 5826-5832.
24-12-2018
Understanding structure-activity relationships in linear polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolutionSachs M Sprick RS Pearce D Hillman SAJ Monti A Guilbert AAY Brownbill NJ Dimitrov S et al.
Nature Communications, Nature Research (Part of Springer Nature) vol. 9 (1)
23-11-2018
Excitation Density Dependent Photoluminescence Quenching and Charge Transfer Efficiencies in Hybrid Perovskite/Organic Semiconductor BilayersKim J Godin R Dimitrov SD Du T Bryant D McLachlan MA Durrant JR
Advanced Energy Materials, Wiley vol. 8 (35)
23-10-2018
2017
Influence of Blend Morphology and Energetics on Charge Separation and Recombination Dynamics in Organic Solar Cells Incorporating a Nonfullerene AcceptorCha H Wheeler S Holliday S Dimitrov SD Wadsworth A Lee HH Baran D McCulloch I et al.
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 28 (3)
27-11-2017
Exciton and Charge Generation in PC 60 BM Thin FilmsKeiderling C Dimitrov S Durrant JR
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 121 (27), 14470-14475.
03-07-2017
Charge Separation in Intermixed Polymer:PCUtzat H Dimitrov SD Wheeler S Collado-Fregoso E Tuladhar PS Schroeder BC McCulloch I Durrant JR
Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 121 (18), 9790-9801.
11-05-2017
2016
Photophysical Study of DPPTT‐T/PC70BM Blends and Solar Devices as a Function of Fullerene Loading: An Insight into EQE Limitations of DPP‐Based PolymersCollado‐Fregoso E Deledalle F Utzat H Tuladhar PS Dimitrov SD Gillett A Tan C Zhang W et al.
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 27 (6)
27-12-2016
Reduced voltage losses yield 10% efficient fullerene free organic solar cells with >1 V open circuit voltages.Baran D Kirchartz T Wheeler S Dimitrov S Abdelsamie M Gorman J Ashraf RS Holliday S et al.
Energy and Environmental Science, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 9 (12), 3783-3793.
01-12-2016
Indolo-naphthyridine-6,13-dione Thiophene Building Block for Conjugated Polymer Electronics: Molecular Origin of Ultrahigh n‑Type MobilityFallon KJ Wijeyasinghe N Manley EF Dimitrov SD Yousaf SA Ashraf RS Duffy W Guilbert AAY et al.
Chemistry of Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 28 (22), 8366-8378.
07-11-2016
Charge generation in polymer:fullerene photovoltaic systems (Conference Presentation)Vezie MS Dimitrov SD Schroeder BC Nielsen CB McCulloch I Campoy-Quiles M Durrant JR Nelson J
SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics., 99420z-99420z-1-99420z-99420z-1.
07-11-2016
Transient absorption spectroscopy of ultra-low band gap polymers for organic electronic applicationsFallon KJ Dimitrov S Durrant J Bronstein H Clarke TM
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials XV. vol. 9923
26-09-2016
Effect of Systematically Tuning Conjugated Donor Polymer Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital Levels via Cyano Substitution on Organic Photovoltaic Device PerformanceCasey A Dimitrov SD Shakya-Tuladhar P Fei Z Nguyen M Han Y Anthopoulos TD Durrant JR et al.
Chemistry of Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 28 (14), 5110-5120.
15-07-2016
High-efficiency and air-stable P3HT-based polymer solar cells with a new non-fullerene acceptor.Holliday S Ashraf RS Wadsworth A Baran D Yousaf SA Nielsen CB Tan CH Dimitrov SD et al.
Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group: Nature Communications vol. 7, 11585-11585.
09-06-2016
Thiazole Orange Dimers in DNA: Fluorescent Base Substitutions with Hybridization ReadoutBerndl S Dimitrov SD Menacher F Fiebig T Wagenknecht H
Chemistry - a European Journal, Wiley vol. 22 (7), 2386-2395.
15-01-2016
Singlet Exciton Lifetimes in Conjugated Polymer Films for Organic Solar CellsDimitrov SD Schroeder BC Nielsen CB Bronstein H Fei Z McCulloch I Heeney M Durrant JR
Polymers, Mdpi vol. 8 (1)
13-01-2016
2015
Synthesis and Exciton Dynamics of Triplet Sensitized Conjugated PolymersAndernach R Utzat H Dimitrov SD McCulloch I Heeney M Durrant JR Bronstein H
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 137 (32), 10383-10390.
07-08-2015
Polaron pair mediated triplet generation in polymer/fullerene blendsDimitrov SD Wheeler S Niedzialek D Schroeder BC Utzat H Frost JM Yao J Gillett A et al.
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 6 (1)
04-03-2015
Improved environmental stability of organic lead trihalide perovskite-based photoactive-layers in the presence of mesoporous TiO 2O'Mahony FTF Lee YH Jellett C Dmitrov S Bryant DTJ Durrant JR O'Regan BC Graetzel M et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 3 (14), 7219-7223.
01-01-2015
2014
Performance and Stability of Lead Perovskite/TiO2, Polymer/PCBM, and Dye Sensitized Solar Cells at Light Intensities up to 70 SunsLaw C Miseikis L Dimitrov S Shakya‐Tuladhar P Li X Barnes PRF Durrant J O'Regan BC
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 26 (36), 6268-6273.
04-08-2014
Towards optimisation of photocurrent from fullerene excitons in organic solar cellsDimitrov SD Huang Z Deledalle F Nielsen CB Schroeder BC Ashraf RS Shoaee S McCulloch I et al.
Energy & Environmental Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 7 (3), 1037-1043.
01-01-2014
Optimisation of diketopyrrolopyrrole:fullerene solar cell performance through control of polymer molecular weight and thermal annealingHuang Z Fregoso EC Dimitrov S Tuladhar PS Soon YW Bronstein H Meager I Zhang W et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 2 (45), 19282-19289.
01-01-2014
Charge generation and transport in efficient organic bulk heterojunction solar cells with a perylene acceptorShivanna R Shoaee S Dimitrov S Kandappa SK Rajaram S Durrant JR Narayan KS
Energy & Environmental Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 7 (1), 435-441.
01-01-2014
2013
Charge Generation Dynamics in CdS:P3HT Blends for Hybrid Solar CellsCappel UB Dowland SA Reynolds LX Dimitrov S Haque SA
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 4 (24), 4253-4257.
02-12-2013
Evidence for “Slow” Electron Injection in Commercially Relevant Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by vis–NIR and IR Pump–Probe SpectroscopyJuozapavicius M Kaucikas M Dimitrov SD Barnes PRF van Thor JJ O’Regan BC
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 117 (48), 25317-25324.
20-11-2013
Isostructural, Deeper Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Analogues of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) for High-Open Circuit Voltage Organic Solar CellsBronstein H Hurhangee M Fregoso EC Beatrup D Soon YW Huang Z Hadipour A Tuladhar PS et al.
Chemistry of Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 25 (21), 4239-4249.
29-10-2013
Materials Design Considerations for Charge Generation in Organic Solar CellsDimitrov SD Durrant JR
Chemistry of Materials, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 26 (1), 616-630.
01-10-2013
Thieno[3,2‐b]thiophene‐diketopyrrolopyrrole Containing Polymers for Inverted Solar Cells Devices with High Short Circuit CurrentsBronstein H Collado‐Fregoso E Hadipour A Soon YW Huang Z Dimitrov SD Ashraf RS Rand BP et al.
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 23 (45), 5647-5654.
17-06-2013
2012
Charge-Transfer State Dynamics Following Hole and Electron Transfer in Organic Photovoltaic DevicesBakulin AA Dimitrov SD Rao A Chow PCY Nielsen CB Schroeder BC McCulloch I Bakker HJ et al.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 4 (1), 209-215.
26-12-2012
On the Energetic Dependence of Charge Separation in Low-Band-Gap Polymer/Fullerene BlendsDimitrov SD Bakulin AA Nielsen CB Schroeder BC Du J Bronstein H McCulloch I Friend RH et al.
Journal of The American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 134 (44), 18189-18192.
29-10-2012
2011
Efficient Charge Photogeneration by the Dissociation of PC70BM Excitons in Polymer/Fullerene Solar CellsDimitrov SD Nielsen CB Shoaee S Tuladhar PS Du J McCulloch I Durrant JR
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 3 (1), 140-144.
22-12-2011
2009
Femtosecond Probing of Optical Phonon Dynamics in Quantum-Confined CdTe NanocrystalsDimitrov SD Dooley CJ Trifonov AA Fiebig T
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 113 (10), 4198-4201.
12-02-2009
2008
Ultrafast Electron Transfer Dynamics in CdSe/CdTe Donor−Acceptor NanorodsDooley CJ Dimitrov SD Fiebig T
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 112 (32), 12074-12076.
17-07-2008
Pentacene molecular layers for the photoelectrochromic modulation of NIR absorption in plasmonic indium-tin oxideMaho A Kim DK Wade J Henrard L Olivier Y Dimitrov S Cloots R Heutz S
In Chemrxiv
Towards photoelectrochromic modulation of NIR absorption in plasmonic ITO using pentacene filmsMaho A Kim DK Wade J Henrard L Olivier Y Dimitrov S Cloots R Heutz S
In Chemrxiv
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Chemical ResearchKnowledge Transfer Partnership with Power Roll - In-situ perovskite solar cell analysisStoichko Dimitrov and Joe Briscoe
£226,363 Innovate UK
01-04-2025 - 31-03-2027
Scalable Manufacturing of Single-Crystal Perovskite Optical and Electronic Devices: Follow-OnLei Su, Oliver Fenwick, Colin Crick and Stoichko Dimitrov
£941,955 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-03-2024 - 28-02-2028
RSC Bursary 2025: Understanding perovskite re-crystallisation using in-situ spectroscopy techniquesStoichko Dimitrov
£3,419 RSC The Royal Society of Chemistry
02-06-2025 - 18-07-2025
Knowledge transfer partnerships (AKTP) with PowerrollStoichko Dimitrov
£35,000 Innovate UK
25-03-2024 - 24-07-2024
Next generation in-situ analysis for perovskite photovoltaic developmentStoichko Dimitrov
£451,011 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
14-04-2021 - 13-04-2024
Research Group
PhD Students
- Levon Abelian
Uv Harvesting Charge Blocking Layers For Perovskite Solar Cells - Chun Hei Lau
Scale Up of Electrodes and Interlayers For Fully Printed Perovskite Solar Cells - Min
Understanding The Growth and Properties of Single Crystal Perovskite Fibres - Leila Pooriakia
Chem Project
News
No news items found.