Our Publications
2025
Mechanochemical formation mechanism of alloyed AgBi-elpasolites
H.J. Jöbsis, L.A. Muscarella, M. Andrzejewski, N.P.M. Casati, E.M. Hutter*
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147 (28), 24519-24526
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.5c05045
Magnetically and optically active edges in phosphorene nanoribbons
A. Ashoka, A.J. Clancy, N.A. Panjwani, A. Cronin, L. Picco, E.S.Y. Aw, N.J.M. Popiel, A.G. Eaton, T.G. Parton, R.R.C. Shutt, S. Feldmann, R. Carey, T.J. Macdonald, C. Liu, M.E. Severijnen, S. Kleuskens, L.A. Muscarella, F.R. Fischer, H. Barbosa de Aguiar, R.H. Friend, J. Behrends, P.C.M. Christianen, C.A. Howard, R. Pandya*
Nature, 2025, 639, 348–353
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08563-x
The emergence of metal-free molecular perovskites: challenges and opportunities
L.A. Muscarella,* G. Bravetti, J.V. Milić*
Materials Horizons, 2025, 12, 6124-6132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MH01877J
Purple Bacteria Reaction Center Based Solid State Bio-Solar Cell With a Large Open Circuit Voltage
T. Tulus, V.M. Friebe, A. Peukert, L.A. Muscarella, M.R. Jones, R.N. Frese, E. von Hauff*
ChemPhotoChem, 2025, 9, e202400303
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202400303
2024
Tuning the Optical and Structural Properties of Halide Perovskite By PbS Quantum Dot Additive Engineering for Enhanced Photovoltaic Performances
K.M.M. Salim, L.A. Muscarella, I. Schuringa, R.A. Miranda Gamboa, C.J. Torres Garcia, C. Echeverría Arrondo, A.F. Gualdrón-Reyes, J. Rodríguez Pereira, M.E. Rincon, B. Ehrler, I. Mora-Seró,* S. Masi*
Solar RRL, 2024, 2300892, 8, 2300892
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300892
Conduction Band Tuning by Controlled Alloying of Fe into Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite Powders
H.J. Jöbsis, K. Fykouras, J.W.C. Reinders, J. van Katwijk, J.M. Dorresteijn, T. Arens, I. Vollmer, L.A. Muscarella, L. Leppert,* E.M. Hutter*
Advanced Funnctional Materials, 2024, 34, 2306106
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202306106
2023
Which Ion Dominates the Temperature and Pressure Response of Halide Perovskites and Elpasolites?
L A. Muscarella,* H.J. Jöbsis, B. Baumgartner, P.T. Prins, D.N. Maaskant, A.V. Petukhov, D. Chernyshov, C.J. McMonagle, E.M. Hutter*
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 40, 9042–9051
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02403
Women Scientists at the Forefront of Energy Research: A Virtual Issue, Part 5
V.H. Keller, S. Shmakov, P.V. Kamat*
ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8 (1), 853-868
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02727
2022
Trap passivation and suppressed electrochemical dynamics in perovskite solar cells with C60 interlayers
T. Tulus, L.A. Muscarella, Y. Galagan, S.C. Boehme, E. von Hauff*
Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 43, 141215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141215
Reversible Pressure-Dependent Mechanochromism of Dion–Jacobson and Ruddlesden–Popper Layered Hybrid Perovskites
L.A. Muscarella, A. Dučinskas, M. Dankl, M. Andrzejewski, N.P.M. Casati, U. Rothlisberger, J. Maier, M. Graetzel, B. Ehrler,* J.V. Milic*
Advanced Materials, 2022, 2108720
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202108720
Nanopatterning of Perovskite Thin Films for Enhanced and Directional Light Emission
L.A. Muscarella, A. Cordaro, G. Krause, D. Pal, G. Grimaldi, L.S.D. Antony, D. Langhorst, A. Callies, B. Bläsi, O. Höhn, F.A. Koenderink, A. Polman, B. Ehrler*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 33, 38067–38076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c09643
The Influence of Strain on Phase Stability in Mixed-Halide Perovskites
L.A. Muscarella, B. Ehrler*
Joule, 2022, 6, 9, 2016–2031
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2022.07.005
Halide double-perovskite semiconductors beyond photovoltaics
L.A. Muscarella,* E.M. Hutter*
ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 6, 2128–2135
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00811
2021
Reduced barrier for ion migration in mixed-halide perovskites
L. McGovern, G, Grimaldi, M.H. Futscher, E.M. Hutter, L.A. Muscarella, M.C. Schmidt, B. Ehrler*
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 12, 13431–13437
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c03095
Accelerated hot-carrier cooling in MAPbI3 perovskite by pressure-induced lattice compression
L.A. Muscarella, E.M. Hutter, J.M. Frost, G.G. Grimaldi, J. Versluis, H.J. Bakker, B. Ehrler*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 9, 2423–2428
DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00205
Ion Exchange Lithography: Localized Ion Exchange Reactions for Spatial Patterning of Perovskite Semiconductors and Insulators
L. Helmbrecht, M.H. Futscher, L.A. Muscarella, B. Ehrler, W.L. Noorduin*
Advanced Materials, 2021, 2005291
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202005291
Grain Size Influences Activation Energy and Migration Pathways in MAPbBr3 Perovskite Solar Cells
L. McGovern, I. Koschany, G.G. Grimaldi, L.A. Muscarella, B. Ehrler*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021, 12, 9, 2423–2428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00205
Shaping perovskites: In-situ crystallisation mechanism of rapid-thermally annealed, pre-patterned perovskite films
A. Gunzler, E. Bermúdez-Urena, L.A. Muscarella, Mario Ochoa, E. Ochoa-Martinez, M. Saliba, B. Ehrler, U Steiner*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13, 5, 6854–6863
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c20958
2020
Lattice compression increases the activation barrier for phase segregation in mixed-halide perovskites
L.A. Muscarella, E.M. Hutter, F. Wittmann, Y. Won Woo, Y. Jung, L. McGovern, J. Versluis, A. Walsh, H.J. Bakker, B. Ehrler*
ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 10, 3152–3158
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01474
Understanding the Stability of MAPbBr3 versus MAPbI3 – Suppression of Methylammonium Migration and Reduction of Halide Migration
L. Mcgovern, M.H. Futscher, L.A. Muscarella, B. Ehrler*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11, 17, 7127–7132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01822
Impact of exciton delocalization on exciton-vibration interactions in organic semiconductors
A.M. Alvertis, R. Pandya, L.A. Muscarella, N. Sawhney, M. Nguyen, B. Ehrler, A. Rao, R.H. Friend, A.W. Chin, B. Monserrat*
Physical Review B, 2020,102, 081122(R)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.081122
Thermodynamic stabilization of mixed-halide perovskites against phase segregation
E.M. Hutter, L.A. Muscarella, F. Wittmann, J. Versluis, L. McGovern, H. Bakker, Y. Woo, Y. Jung, A. Walsh, Bruno Ehrler*
Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020, 1,100120
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100120
Grain size control of crystalline III‐V semiconductors at ambient conditions using electrochemically mediated growth
M. Valenti, Y. Bleiji, J. Blanco Portals, L.A. Muscarella, M. Aarts, F. Peiro, S. Estrade, E. Alarcón Lladó*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 2752-2759
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA07410D
2019
Crystal Orientation and Grain Size: Do They Determine Optoelectronic Properties of MAPbI3 Perovskite?
L.A. Muscarella, E.M. Hutter , S. Sanchez , C.D. Dieleman , T.J. Savenije, A. Hagfeldt, M. Saliba, B. Ehrler*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10, 20, 6010–6018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02757
Local Crystal Misorientation Influences Non-radiative Recombination in Halide Perovskites
S. Jariwala, H. Sun, G.W.P.Adhyaksa, A. Lof, L.A. Muscarella, B. Ehrler, E.C. Garnett, D.S. Ginger*
Joule, 2019, 3, 3048–3060
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.09.001
Air-stable and oriented mixed lead halide perovskite (FA/MA) by one-step deposition method using zinc iodide and chloroamine additive
L.A. Muscarella, D. Petrova, R. Jorge Cervasio, A. Farawar, O. Lugier, C. McLure, M.J. Slaman, J. Wang, B. Ehrler, E. von Hauff, R.M. Williams*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 19, 17555–17562
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b03810
Perovskite Thin Film Materials Stabilized and Enhanced by Zinc (II) Doping
A. Kooijman, L.A. Muscarella, R.M. Williams*
Applied Sciences, 2019, 9 (8), 1678
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app9081678
Quantification of ion migration in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells by transient capacitance measurements
M.H. Futscher, J.M. Lee, L. McGovern, L.A. Muscarella, T. Wang, M.I. Haider, A. Fakharuddin, L. Schmidt-Mende, B. Ehrler*
Materials Horizons, 2019,6, 1497-1503
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9MH00445A
Control of Surface Defects in ZnO Nanorod Arrays with thermally-deposited Au nanoparticles for Perovskite Photovoltaics
T. Tulus, S. Olthof, M. Marszalek, A. Peukert, L.A. Muscarella, B. Ehrler, O. Vukovic, Y. Galagan, S.C. Boehme, E. von Hauff*
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019, 2, 5, 3736–3748
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00452