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Dr Gasparini’s research is aiding our understanding of thin-film semiconductor materials used in solar and photodetector applications. These materials are about as thin as a human hair, and yet they can conduct electricity and convert light into usable current, similar to inorganic semiconductors like silicon. However, unlike inorganics, organic (carbon-based) and perovskite (a material with a crystal structure following the formula ABX3) semiconductors are lightweight, flexible, solution-processable, and cost-effective for large-area manufacturing. They can also convert weak indoor light into electricity more efficiently than other photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Nicola’s research has revealed charge recombination processes in organic and perovskite solar cells and photodetectors. These technologies are essential in our society: for cost-effective, reliable, durable, and efficient devices and for more sustainable energy generation solutions that can replace, for example, primary batteries.

Biography

Dr Nicola Gasparini received his BSc and MSc in Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, and Photochemistry and Molecular Materials, respectively, from the University of Bologna, Italy. In 2014, he joined the group of Professor Brabec at the Institute of Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET) at the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and received his PhD in 2017. In September 2017, he joined the King Abdullah University of ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥appÏÂÔØ and Technology (KAUST) as a postdoctoral fellow in Derya Baran’s group. 

In September 2019, he moved to the Department of Chemistry of Imperial College London as an independent researcher holding the Imperial College Research Fellowship. In early 2022, Nicola was appointed Lecturer in Chemistry (assistant professor, tenured) in the Department of Chemistry. His research interests are in organic and perovskite semiconductors, with particular interests in charge transport and recombination processes in solar cells and photodetectors.