Publications

These are the list of published papers in the order of descending year

Years

Years
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2014
2013
2012
2011

2026

[63] zhenmin Zhao, Sein Chung, Jiancheng Zhong, Xuemeng Yu, Liang Bai, Lixing Tan, Wei Pang, Jingrong Zhang, Wuning Wei, Guanlin Chen, Xin Li, Abdul Azeez, Yexiao Huang, Yongjoon Cho, Mingcong Wang, Kilwon Cho, Zhipeng Kan, and Safakath Karuthedath ” Tailoring Molecular Orientation with a Polymer Additive Enables Bilayer Organic Solar Cells with 20.2% Efficiency“, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026

[62]Xin Li, Yongjoon Cho, Sein Chung, Jiancheng Zhong, Min Zhang, Anhai Liang, Zhenmin Zhao, Safakath Karuthedath, Kilwon Cho, Zhipeng Kan “Overcoming the Conductivity‐Stability Trade‐Off in PEDOT: PSS via Hydrogen‐Bond Modulation Enables 20.0% Efficient Bilayer Organic Solar Cells“, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026

[61] Anoop C Sathyadevan Nair, KP Adarsh Raj, Muneendra Dasannagari, Abhishek Melarkode Rajendran, Dipangkor Basumatary, Safakath Karuthedath, CS Suchand Sangeeth, Vari Sivaji Reddy “Utilizing high-energy photons via energy transfer for the performance enhancement of PTB7-Th: COi8DFIC-based organic solar cells“, RSC advances, 2026

[60] Zhenmin Zhao, Yuanxian Liang, Hua Tang, Jiancheng Zhong, Chenxi Cao, Yuanyuan Qin, Hongxiang Li, Liang Bai, Wei Pang, Guanlin Chen, Safakath Karuthedath, Zhipeng Kan “Solid additive-mediated modulation of donor and acceptor aggregation for regulating phase separation in efficient all-polymer solar cells“, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2026

[59] Yuan Liu, Jianan Zheng, Zhenmin Zhao, Sein Chung, Jingjing Zhao, Lixing Tan, Liang Bai, Jingrong Zhang, Kilwon Cho, Guangye Zhang, Safakath Karuthedath, Zhipeng Kan “Modulating reorganization energy by tuning spectral overlap to reduce energy loss in bilayer organic solar cells“, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2026

[58]Wenchao Yang, Catherine S Pursglove De Castro, Safakath Karuthedath, Yuliar Firdaus, Nisreen Alshehri, Si Chen, Diego Rosas Villalva, Christopher E Petoukhoff, Amr Dahman, Derya Baran, Thomas D Anthopoulos, Frédéric Laquai, Julien Gorenflot “Determining Exciton Diffusion Length in Organic Semiconductors: Unifying Macro‐and Microscopic Perspectives“, Advanced Energy Materials, 2026

2025

[57] Xin Li, Yongjoon Cho, Sein Chung, Jiancheng Zhong, Min Zhang, Anhai Liang, Zhenmin Zhao, Safakath Karuthedath, Kilwon Cho, Zhipeng Kan “Overcoming the Conductivity-Stability Trade-Off in PEDOT:PSS via Hydrogen-Bond Modulation Enables 20.0% Efficient Bilayer Organic Solar Cells”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025

[56] ABDUL AZEEZ, Yexiao Huang, Lorreta Stanly, Zhipeng Kan, Safakath Karuthedath,

Advances in Self-assembled Monolayer-engineered O

rganic Solar Cells, EES Solar, 2025.

[55] Zhenmin Zhao, Sein Chung, Liang Bai, Jingrong Zhang, Yuan Liu, Lixing Tan, Abdul Azeez, Yexiao Huang, Eunsol Ok, Kilwon Cho, Zhipeng Kan, Safakath Karuthedath “Solubility‐Driven Acceptor Fibrilization Enables Bilayer Organic Solar Cells with Efficiency Approaching 20%”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025.

[54] W. Yang, C. S P. De Castro, S. Karuthedath, Y. Firdaus, N. Alshehri, S. Chen, D. Rosas Villalva, C. E Petoukhoff, A.Dahman, D. Baran, T. D Anthopoulos, F. Laquai, J.Gorenflot
Determining Exciton Diffusion Length in Organic Semiconductors: Unifying Macro‐and Microscopic Perspectives, Advanced Energy Materials, 2405322, 2025

[53] Y. Liu, J. Zhao, S. Chung, Y. Huang, Z. Zhao, J. Lee, H. Yun, X. Huang, S. Karuthedath, K. Cho, and Z. Kan
Optimizing the ionization energy offset for enhanced photovoltaic properties in bilayer organic solar cells, Physical Review Applied, 23 (3), 034006, 2025

[52] Y Huang, A Azeez, J Zhao, Z Zhao, M Dasannagari, S Karuthedath

Enhanced Device Performance Through Optimization of Acceptor Layer Thickness Relative to Exciton Diffusion Length and Ionization Energy Offset in Bilayer Organic Solar Cells, Materials Chemistry C, 2025.

2024

[51] Z. Zhao, S. Chung, Y. Yong Kim, M. Jeong, X. Li, J. Zhao, C. Zhu, S. Karuthedath, Y. Zhong, K. Cho, Z. Kan, Room-temperature-modulated polymorphism of nonfullerene acceptors enables efficient bilayer organic solar cells, Energy & Environmental Science, 17, 5666-5678, 2024.

[50] A. Sharma, N. Gasparini, A. Markina, S. Karuthedath, J. Gorenflot, H. Xu, J. Han, A. Balawi, W. Liu, D. Bryant, J. Bertrandie, J. Troughton, S H K Paleti, H. Bristow, F. Laquai, D. Andrienko, D. Baran, Semitransparent Organic Photovoltaics Utilizing Intrinsic Charge Generation in Non‐Fullerene Acceptors, Advanced Energy Materials 2305367, 2024.

2023

[49] K. Muralirajan, R. Kancherla, B. Maity, S. Karuthedath, F. Laquai, L.Cavallo, M. Rueping, Mechanistic insights into excited-state palladium catalysis for C–S bond formations and dehydrogenative sulfonylation of amines, Nature Communication, 14 (1), 6622, 2023.

[48] A. Sheehan, T. Mikulchyk, C. S. P. De Castro, S. Karuthedath, W. Althobaiti, M.Dvoracek, S. Gul,^b H. J. Byrne, F. Laquai, I.Naydenova and M. A. Filatov, Diethoxycarbonyl-BODIPYs as heavy-atom-free photosensitizers for holographic recording in cellulose acetate photopolymer, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11 (43), 15084-15096, 2023.

[47] Y. Huang, S. Chung, S. Karuthedath*, C. S. P. De Castro, H.Tang, M. Jeong, S. Lu, K. Cho, F. Laquai, and Z. Kan, Charge Carrier Dynamics in Planar Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells. Solar RRL, 2300267, 2023, [Corresponding Author].

[46] H.Tang^#, Z Liao, S. Karuthedath^#, S. Chen, H. Liu, J.I Khan, M. Babics, W.Yang, M. Alqurashi, Y. He, J. Gorenflot, J. Huang, G. Li, S. De Wolf, X. Lu, C. J. Brabec, F. Laquai, and S. Lu, Rationale for Highly Efficient and Outdoor-Stable Terpolymer Solar Cells, Energy & Environmental Science 16 (5), 2056-2067, 2023(Shared first author)

[45] S. Karuthedath, S.H. K. Paleti, A. Sharma, H. Yin, C. S. P. De Castro, S. Chen, H. Xu, N.Alshehri, N.Ramos, J. I. Khan, J. Martin, G. Li, F. Laquai, D.Baran and J. Gorenflot, Rationalizing the influence of tunable energy levels on quantum efficiency to design optimal non-fullerene acceptor-based ternary organic solar cells, Advanced Energy Materials 2203464, 2023.

[44] B. Liu, S. Liang, S. Karuthedath, Y He, J. Wang, W. L Tan, H. Li, Y. Xu, F. Laquai, C. J Brabec, C. R McNeill, C. Xiao, Z. Tang, J. Hou, F. Yang, W. Li, Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers Based on Simple Non-Fused Electron Acceptors for Single-Component Organic Solar Cells, Macromolecules, 56, 3, 1154–1164,2023 (Shared first author)

[43] N. Kandoth, S. P. Chaudhary, S. Gupta, K. Raksha, A. Chatterjee, S. Gupta, S. Karuthedath, C. SP De Castro, F. Laquai, S. K. Pramanik, S. Bhattacharyya, A. I. Mallick, A. Das, Multimodal Biofilm Inactivation Using a Photocatalytic Bismuth Perovskite–TiO₂–Ru(II)polypyridyl-Based Multisite Heterojunction, ACS Nano, 2023

[42] W. Lai, S. Karuthedath, C. Xiao, L. Meng, F. Laquai, W. Li, Y. Li, Alkyl-thiophene-alkyl linkers to construct double-cable conjugated polymers for single-component organic solar cells, Chinese Chemical Letters, 35 (1), 108287, 2023 (Shared first author)

2022

[41] D. Hu, H. Tang, S. Karuthedath, Q. Chen, S. Chen, J. I Khan, H. Liu, Q. Yang, J. Gorenflot, C. E Petoukhoff, T. Duan, X. Lu, F. Laquai, S. Lu, A Volatile Solid Additive Enables Oligothiophene All‐Small‐Molecule Organic Solar Cells with Excellent Commercial Viability, Advanced Functional Materials, 33 (6), 2211873, 2022

[40] D. Xia, S. Zhou, W. Liang Tan, S. Karuthedath, C. Xiao, C. Zhao, F. Laquai, C. R McNeill, W. Li, Fused-ring induced end-on orientation in conjugated molecular dyads toward efficient single-component organic solar cells, Aggregate, 4 (2), e279, 2022

[39] T. Mikulchyk, S. Karuthedath, C. S. P. De Castro, A. A. Buglak, A. Sheehan, A. Wieder, F. Laquai, I. Naydenova and M.l A. Filatov, Charge Transfer Mediated Triplet Excited State Formation in Donor-Acceptor-Donor BODIPY: Application for Recording of Holographic Structures in Photopolymerizable Glass, Journal of Material Chemistry C, 10 (32), 11588-11597, 2022,

[38] J. Han, H. Xu, S. H. K. Paleti, Y. Wen, J. Wang, Y. Wu, F. Bao, C. Yang, X. Li, X. Jian, J. Wang, S. Karuthedath, J. Gorenflot,F. Laquai, D. Baran, and X. Bao, Vertical stratification engineering of insulating poly(aryl ether)s enables 18.6% organic solar cells with improved stability, ACS Energy Letters, 7 (9), 2927-2936, 2022

[37] S. Liang, B. Liu, S. Karuthedath, J. Wang, Y. He, W. L. Tan, H. Li, Y.Xu, N. Li, J. Hou, Z. Tang, F. Laquai, C. R. McNeill, C.J. Brabec, and W. Li, Double-Cable Conjugated Polymer with Pendent Near Infrared Electron Acceptors for Single-Component Organic Solar Cells , Angewandte Chemie IE, 61 (35), e202209316 ,(2022),

[36] R. Kancherla, K. Muralirajan , B. Maity, S. Karuthedath, G. S. Kumar, F. Laquai, L. Cavallo, M. Rueping, Mechanistic insights into photochemical nickel catalyzed cross coupling enabled by energy transfer , Nature Communications, 13, 1, 1-9 (2022)

[35] S. Karuthedath^†*, Y. Firdaus^†, A. Scaccabarozzi, T. D. Anthopoulos, F. Laquai* Trace solvent additives enhance charge generation in layer-by-layer coated organic solar cells, Small Structures, 3, 4, 2100199 (2022)

2021

[34] S.Karuthedath, J. Gorenflot, Y. Firdaus, N. Chaturvedi, C. SP De Castro, G.T Harrison, J. I Khan, A. Markina, A. H Balawi, T. A.D. Peña, W. Liu, R. Liang, A. Sharma, S. HK Paleti, W. Zhang, Y. Lin, E. Alarousu, D. H Anjum, P. M Beaujuge, S. De Wolf, I. McCulloch, T. D Anthopoulos, D. Baran, D. Andrienko, F. Laquai. , Intrinsic Efficiency Limits in Low-bandgap Non- fullerene Acceptor Organic Solar Cells, Nature Materials 20, 378–384 (2021)

[33] V. Belova, A. Perevedentsev, J.Gorenflot, C.e S. P. De Castro, M. Casademont-Viñas, S. H. K. Paleti, S. Karuthedath, D. Baran, F. Laquai, M. Campoy-Quiles, Effect of Quencher, Geometry, and Light Out-Coupling on the Determination of Exciton Diffusion Length in Non-Fullerene Acceptors, Solar RRL (2021), 2100822.

[32] G. Feng^#, C. Li^#, S. Karuthedath^#, A. Liu, J. Li, Z. Ma, F. Laquai, C. McNeill and W. Li, Revealing the Side- Chain-Dependent Ordering Transition of Highly-Crystalline Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers, Angewandte Chemie IE, 60,48, 25499-25507 (2021), (Shared first author)

[31] I.Ramirez, A. Privitera, S. Karuthedath, A. Jungbluth, J. Benduhn, N.Banerji, D. Spoltore, K. Vandewal, F. Lacquai, M. Riede, The role of spin in the degradation of organic photovoltaics, Nature Communications 12, 471 (2021),

[30] S. Alam, C. Friebe, R. Meitzner, S. Karuthedath, U. S. Schubert, F. Laquai, H. Hoppe, et al., Uphill and Downhill Charge Generation from Charge Transfer to Charge separated States in Organic Solar Cells, J Materials Chemistry C, 9 (40), 14463-14489 (2021)

2020

[29] Y. Firdaus, V. M. Le Corre, S. Karuthedath, et al., Long-range exciton diffusion in molecular non-fullerene acceptors, Nature Communications, 11 (1), 5220, 2020.

[28] X. Jiang^#, Z. Ma^#, S. Karuthedath^#, J. Li, W. Lai, C. Li, C. Xiao, L. Ye, F. Laquai ,Z. Tang, W. Li, Miscibility-Controlled Phase Separation in Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers for SingleComponent Organic Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 8%, Angewandte Chemie IE, 132 (48), 21867-21876 (2020), (Shared first author)

[27] M. Saladina, P. S Marques, A.Markina, S. Karuthedath, C. Wopke,C. Gohler, Y. Chen, P. Blanchard, C. Cabanetos, D. Andrienko, F. Laquai, J. Gorenot, C. Deibel, Charge Photogeneration in Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells: Influence of Excess Energy and Electrostatic Interactions, Advanced Functional Materials 31, 8, 2007479 (2020),

[26] G. Moore, M. Causa’, J. F. M. Hardigree, S. Karuthedath, I. Ramirez, A. Jungbluth, F. Laquai, M. Riede, and N. Banerji., Ultrafast Charge Dynamics in Dilute-Donor versus Highly Intermixed TAPC:C₆₀Organic Solar Cell Blends, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11,5610-5617 (2020)

[25] S Karuthedath, J Gorenflot, A Melianas, Z Kan, M Kemerink, F Laquai, Build-up of Triplet State Population in Operating TQ1:PC₇₁BM Devices Does Not Limit Their Performance, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11, 8, 2838-2845 (2020)

[24] B Kaur, S Karuthedath, C SP De Castro, F Laquai, J Jacob, Design, Synthesis and Selective Functionalization of a Rigid, Truxene Derived Pure Blue‐Emitting Chromophore, ChemistrySelect, 5 (1), 109-116, (2020)

[23] Y. Lin, Y. Firdaus, M. I. Nugraha, F. Liu, S. Karuthedath, A‐H. Emwas, W. Zhang, A. Seitkhan, M.s Neophytou, H. Faber, E. Yengel, I. McCulloch, L. Tsetseris, F. Laquai, T. D Anthopoulos, 17.1% Efficient Single‐Junction Organic Solar Cells Enabled by n‐Type Doping of the Bulk‐Heterojunction Advanced Science,(2020)

[22] H. Tang, C. Yan, S. Karuthedath, H. Yin, Y. Gao, J. Gao, L. Zhang, Jiaming Huang, Shu Kong So, Z. Kan, F. Laquai, G. Li, S. Lu, Deciphering the Role of Fluorination: Morphological Manipulation Prompts Charge Separation and Reduces Carrier Recombination in All‐Small‐Molecule Photovoltaics, Solar RRL, 1900528, (2020)

2019

[20] S.Karuthedath*, Y. Firdaus, R-Z. Liang, J. Gorenflot, P. M. Beaujuge, T. D. Anthopoulos, F. Laquai, Impact of Fullerene on the Photophysics of Ternary Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9 (33), 1901443, [Corresponding Author]

[19] S.Karuthedath*, J. Gorenflot, Y. Firdaus, W‐Y. Sit, F. Eisner, A.Seitkhan, M. K. Ravva, T. D. Anthopoulos, F.Laquai, Charge and Triplet Exciton Generation in Neat PC70BM Films and Hybrid CuSCN: PC70BM Solar Cell s , Advanced Energy Materials 9 3, 1802476 (2019) [Corresponding Author]

2018

[18] Y. Firdaus, A.Seitkhan, F. Eisner, W. Sit, Z. Kan, N. Wehbe, A. H. Balawi, E. Yengel, S. Karuthedath, F.Laquai, T. D. Anthopoulos, Charge photogeneration and recombination in mesostructured CuSCN-nanowire/PC₇₀BM solar cells, Solar RRL, 1800095 (2018),

[17] A. Isakova, S. Karuthedath, T. Arnold, J. R. Howse, P. D. Topham,D. T. W. Toolan, F. Laquai, L. Luer, Efficient Long – Range Electron Transfer Processes in Polyfluorene – Perylene Diimide Blends, Nanoscale, 10 (23), 10934-10944 (2018),

[16] S. Karuthedath*, A. Melianas, Z. Kan, V. Pranculis, M. Wohlfahrt, J.I. Khan, J. Gorenflot, Y. Xia, O. Inganäs, V. Gulbinas, M. Kemerink, F. Laquai, Thermal Annealing Reduces Geminate Recombination in TQ1:N2200 Based Organic Solar Cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6 (17), 7428-7438 (2018) [Corresponding Author]

[15] M. Filatov, S. Karuthedath, P. Polestshuk, S. Callaghan, K. Flanagan, T. Wiesner, F.Laquai, M. O Senge, BODIPY‐Pyrene and Perylene Dyads as Heavy‐Atom‐Free Singlet Oxygen Sensitizers, ChemPhotoChem, 2 (7), 1-11 (2018)

[14] M. Filatov, S. Karuthedath, P. Polestshuk, H. Savoie, K. Flanagan, C. Sy, E.Sitte, M.Telitchko, F.Laquai, R. W Boyle, M. O Senge, Control of triplet state generation in heavy atom-free BODIPY-anthracene dyads by media polarity and structural factors, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20 (12), 8016-8031 (2018)

2017

[13] M. Filatov, S. Karuthedath, P. Polestshuk, H. Savoie, K. Flanagan, C. Sy, E.Sitte, M.Telitchko, F.Laquai, R. W Boyle, M. O Senge, Generation of Triplet Excited States via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in meso-anthra-BODIPY: Fluorogenic Response Toward Singlet Oxygen in Solution and in Vitro, The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139 (18), 6282–6285 (2017)

2014

[12] S. Karuthedath, T. Sauermann, H-J.Egelhaaf, R. Wannemacher, C. J. Brabec, L. Lüer, The effect o f oxygen induced degradation on charge carrier dynamics in P3HT: PCBM and S i –PCPDTBT: PCBM thin films and solar cell s , Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (7), 3399-3408 (2014)

[11] M. Stephen, S. Karuthedath, T. Sauermann, K. Genevičius, G. Juška, Degradation effects on charge carrier transport in P3HT: PCBM solar cells studied by Phot o –CELIV and To F , Proceedings of the SPIE 9184, Organic Photovoltaics XV, 918424 (2014)

2013

[10] D. Sajan, T. U. Devi, K. Safakath, R. Philip, I. Němec, M. Karabacak, Ultrafast optical nonlinearity, electronic absorption, vibrational spectra and solvent effect studies of ninhydrin, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 109, 331–343 (2013)

[9] D. Sajan, N. Vijayan, K. Safakath, R. Philip, M. Karabacak, Multi-photon absorption effect and intramolecular charge transfer of donor-p-acceptor chromophore ethyl p-amino benzoate, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 108, 197–210 (2013),

[8] D. Sajan, K. Chaitanya, K. Safakath, R. Philip, T. Suthan, N.P. Rajesh, Three-photon absorption and vibrational spectroscopic study of 2-methylamino-5-chlorobenzophenone, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 106 253–261 (2013)

[7] N. Vijayan, N. Rani, G. Madhurambal, G. Bhagavannarayana, B. Rathi , R. Philip, K.Safakath, S. C. Mojumdar, Synthesis, growth and characterization of iminodiacetic acid monohydrochloride: A semi-organic single crystal for optical limiting applications, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 112, 1113-1119 (2013)

[6] M. G Murali, U. Dalimba, V. Yadav, R. Srivastava, K. Safakath, Thiophene-based donor–acceptor conjugated polymer as potential optoelectronic and photonic material, Journal of Chemical Sciences, 125, 247-257 (2013)

2012

[5] M. S. Sunitha, A. V. Adhikari, K. A. Vishnumurthy, K. Safakath, R. Philip, Large third-order nonlinearity of new pi-conjugated donor-acceptor polymers with substituted thiophene and 1,3,4oxadiazole moieties, International Journal of Polymeric Materials, 61, 483–504 (2012)

[4] R. Rajaramakrishna, S. Karuthedath, R.V. Anavekar, H. Jain, Nonlinear optical studies of lead lanthanum borate glass doped with Au nanoparticle, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 358 (14) 1667–1672, (2012)

2011

[3] D. Sajan, N. Vijayan, K. Safakath, R. Philip, I. H. Joe, Intramolecular charge transfer and Z-Scan studies of a semi-organic nonlinear optical material sodium acid phthalate hemihydrate: A vibrational spectroscopic study, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A , 115 (29), 8216–8226 (2011)

[2] K. A. Vishnumurthy, M.S. Sunitha, K. Safakath, R. Philip, A. V. Adhikari, Synthesis, electrochemical and optical studies of new cyanopyridine based conjugated polymers as potential fluorescent materials, Polymers 52 (9), 4174-4183 (2011)

[1] B.J. Rudresha, B. Ramachandra Bhat, H.C. S. Kumar, K.I. S. Kumar, K. Safakath, R. Philip, Synthesis, characterization and third-order nonlinear optical studies of copper complexes containing 1,10-phenanthroline5,6-dione and triphenyl phosphine ligands, Synthetic Metals, 161 (5-6), 535– 539 (2011)