Publications

Dual-Polarity Thermoelectric Generation from a Single Polymer-Dopant System

Z. Li, D. Scheunemann, Y. Liu, W. Zhang, R. Guo, M. Kemerink, G. Zuo

 ACS Energy Lett., 2026, 11, 5915–5922

Humidity-Tunable Organic Ferroelectric with Low Coercive Field

M. Litterst, R. Jannasch, M. Balagopalan, C. H. Görbitz, O. Nilsen, K. Berland, M. Kemerink

ACS Materials Lett., 2026, 8 ,1982–1989

Strongly electric field dependent conductivity in quantum dot solids

M. Shokrani, X. Wu, E. Krahmer and M. Kemerink

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2026, 130, 7278–7285

Tuning charge delocalization for high performance organic thermoelectrics

X. Wei, G. Wang, Y. Cui, Y. Yang, D. Scheunemann, Y. Liu, W. Fu, Z. Li, J. Hou, W. Zhang, M. Kemerink, R. Guo, G. Zuo

Mater. Today, 2026, 96, 103330

A supramolecular ferroelectric with two sublattices and polarization dependent conductivity

H. Mager, M. Litterst, S. Klubertz, S. V. Haridas, O. Shyshov, M. von Delius, M. Kemerink

Adv. Sci., 2026, 13, e10258

Improving the Thermoelectric Properties of Conjugated Polymer Thin Films by Dip Coating – but not through Alignment. 

M. Shokrani, A. A. Butkevich, M. Kemerink

Adv. Electron. Mater. 2026, 12, 2400695. 

Toward a Consensus Characterization Protocol for Organic Thermoelectrics

B. Dörling,  I. E. Jacobs,  I. Brunetti,  N. J. Pataki,  S. K. Yee,  D. Scheunemann,  K. Kang,  G. Zuo,  J. S. Reparaz,  T. Mori,  M. L. Chabinyc,  C. Müller,  M. Caironi,  M. Kemerink,  M. Campoy-Quiles

Adv. Mater., 2026, 38, e20430.

Experimentally confirmed ferroelectricity in organic compounds identified by database mining

M. Litterst, M. Balagopalan, R. Jannasch, E. Dypvik Sødahl, S. Seyedraoufi, C. H. Gørbitz, K. Berland, O. Nilsen and M. Kemerink

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2026, 28, 4636

Electric Field-Dependent Conductivity as Probe for Charge Carrier Delocalization and Morphology in Organic Semiconductors

M. Shokrani, F. M. Graf, A. Kompatscher, D. Derewjanko and M. Kemerink

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2026, 36, e26867

What Makes Thickness‐Tolerant Organic Solar Cells?

X. Rodríguez-Martínez, C. Tormann, M. Sanz-Lleó, B. Dörling, M. Gibert-Roca, A. Harillo-Baños, A. Abat Amelenan Torimtubun, E. Pascual-San-José, J. P. Jurado, L. López-Mir, M. Kemerink, M. Campoy-Quiles

Adv. Energy Mater. 2026, 16, 2405735

Traps, Tail States and Their Consequences on the Open-circuit Voltage in Organic Solar Cells

T. Krebs, C. Göhler, M. Kemerink

Adv. Energy Mater. 2026, 16, 2405087
 

Direct Measurement of the Effective Electronic Temperature in Organic Semiconductors

A. Kompatscher and M. Kemerink

Phys. Rev. Lett. 2025, 135, 226301

Direct vs Indirect Measurement of the Effective Electronic Temperature in Quantum Dot Solids

A. Kompatscher , M. Shokrani, J. Feurstein and M. Kemerink

J. Phys. Chem. C 2025, 129, 21470-21476

Universal Soft Coulomb Gap Governs Thermoelectric Performance in Doped Conjugated Polymers

Y. Liu, X. Wei, D. Scheunemann, M. Zhang, W. Zhang, M. Kemerink, G. Zuo

ACS Energy Lett. 2025, 10, 6318–6326

A universal soft upper limit to the Seebeck coefficient in organic thermoelectrics

Z. Li, D. Scheunemann, D. Derewjanko, Y. Liu, M. Kemerink, G. Zuo

Joule 2025, 9, 102140

Distance-resilient conductivity in p-doped polythiophenes

E. Röck , D. Tsokkou , B. Hunger , M. Horn , S. Zokaei , R. Kroon , J. Asatryan , J. Martin , C. Müller , M. Kemerink and N. Banerji 

Mater. Horiz. 2025, 12, 10827-10838

Inconclusive proof of ferroelectricity in peptide-VDF ribbons

M. Litterst, A.A. Butkevich, M. Kemerink

Nature  2025, 644, E1–E3

Barkhausen noise in the columnar hexagonal organic ferroelectric BTA

A.A. Butkevich, FTF. Thome, T. Seiler, M. Hecker, M. Kemerink

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2025, 27, 12837

Intermolecular-force-driven anisotropy breaks the thermoelectric trade-off in n-type conjugated polymers

D. Rosas Villalva, D. Derewjanko, Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, A. Bates, A. Sharma, J. Han, M. Gibert-Roca, O. Zapata Arteaga, S. Jang, S. Moro, G. Costantini, X. Gu, M. Kemerink, D. Baran

Nat. Mater. 2025, 24, 1236

Barkhausen noise in the organic ferroelectric copolymer P (VDF: TrFE)

A.A. Butkevich, M. Hecker, T. Seiler, M. Kemerink

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2025, 27, 9637

Size-Dependent Charging Energy Determines the Charge Transport in ZnO Quantum Dot Solids

M. Shokrani, D. Scheunemann, C. Göhler, and M. Kemerink

J. Phys. Chem. C,  2025, 129, 611

Two-Step Design Rule for Simultaneously High Conductivity and Seebeck Coefficient in Conjugated Polymer-Based Thermoelectrics

Z. Li, W. Fu, D. Scheunemann, X. Wei, M. Litterst, P. Viji, Y. Cui, J. Hou, J. Tang, Z. Liang, Z. Qu, M. Kemerink, R. Guo, G. Zuo

Adv. Sci. 2024, 2409382

Hot carrier organic solar cells

P. Viji, C. Tormann, C. Göhler and  M. Kemerink

Energy Environ. Sci., 2024,17, 8683

A Scalable Fully Printed Organic Thermoelectric Generator for Harsh Environments Enabled by a Stable n-type Polymer

I. Brunetti, N. J. Pataki, D. R. Hinojosa, A. Hawkey, O. Karakaya, C. Rainer, M. I. Khan, L. Franke, M. Mallick, G. Hernandez-Sosa, M. Kemerink, M. Caironi, U. Lemmer

Adv. Mater. Technol. 2024, 2400968

Ion-Exchange Doping of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A. Hawkey, A. Dash, X. Rodríguez-Martínez, Z. Zhao, A. Champ, S. Lindenthal, M. Zharnikov, M. Kemerink, J. Zaumseil

Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2404554

Phase‐Selective Doping of Oriented Regioregular Poly (3‐hexylthiophene‐2, 5‐diyl) Controls Stability of Thermoelectric Properties

S. Guchait, A. Dash, A. Lemaire, L.  Herrmann, M. Kemerink, M. Brinkmann

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2404411

Theory for nonlinear conductivity switching in semiconducting organic ferroelectrics

T. Johann, W. Xie, S. Roosta, M. Elstner, M. Kemerink

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2024, 26, 18837

Fully Screen-Printed, Flexible, and Scalable Organic Monolithic Thermoelectric Generators

I. Brunetti, F. Ferrari, N. J. Pataki, S. Abdolhosseinzadeh, J. Heier, L. J. A. Koster, U. Lemmer, M. Kemerink, M. Caironi

Adv. Mater. Technol. 2024, 9, 2302058

Is the field of organic thermoelectrics stuck?

I. Brunetti, A. Dash, D. Scheunemann, M. Kemerink

J. Mater. Res. 2024, 39, 1197

Electrically Programmed Doping Gradients Optimize the Thermoelectric Power Factor of a Conjugated Polymer

J. Liu, M. Craighero, V. K. Gupta, D. Scheunemann, S. H. K. Paleti, E. Järsvall, Y. Kim, K. Xu, J. S. Reparaz, L. J. A. Koster, M. Campoy-Quiles, M. Kemerink, A. Martinelli, C. Müller

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 2312549

Spontaneous Modulation Doping in Semi-Crystalline Conjugated Polymers Leads to High Conductivity at Low Doping Concentration

A. Dash, S. Guchait, D. Scheunemann, V. Vijayakumar, N. Leclerc, M. Brinkmann, M. Kemerink

Adv. Mater. 2023, 2311303

Equilibrium or Non-Equilibrium – Implications for the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

D. Scheunemann, C. Göhler, C. Tormann, K. Vandewal, M. Kemerink

Adv. Electron. Mater. 2023, 9, 2300293

Origins of the open-circuit voltage in ternary organic solar cells and design rules for minimized voltage losses

Y. Wang, J. Yu, R. Zhang, J. Yuan, S. Hultmark, C. E Johnson, N. P Gallop, B. Siegmund, D. Qian, H. Zhang, Y. Zou, M.  Kemerink, A. A Bakulin, C. Müller, K. Vandewal, X.-K. Chen, F. Gao

Nat Energy. 2023, 8, 978

Ferro- and ferrielectricity and negative piezoelectricity in thioamide-based supramolecular organic discotics

I. Urbanaviciute , M. Garcia-Iglesias, A. Gorbunov, E. W. Meijer, M. Kemerink

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 25, 16930

Switching Behavior of Dip-Coated Organic Ferroelectric Trialkylbenzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA)

A. A. Butkevich, M. Kemerink

Adv. Mater. Technol. 2023, 8, 2200500

Comprehensive Model for the Thermoelectric Properties of Two-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Networks

A. Dash, D. Scheunemann, M. Kemerink

Phys. Rev. Applied 2022, 18, 064022

On the Device Physics of High-Efficiency Ternary Solar Cells

T. Upreti, Y. Wang,  F. Gao, M. Kemerink

Sol. RRL 2022, 6, 2200450

Can Organic Solar Cells Beat the Near-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Limit?

T. Upreti, C. Tormann, M. Kemerink

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2022, 13, 6514

Charge transport in doped conjugated polymers for organic thermoelectrics

D. Scheunemann, E. Järsvall, J. Liu, D. Beretta, S. Fabiano, M. Caironi, M. Kemerink, C. Müller

Chem. Phys. Rev. 2022, 3, 021309

Design Rules for Polymer Blends with High Thermoelectric Performance

O. Zapata-Arteaga, S. Marina, G. Zuo, K. Xu, B. Dörling, L. A. Pérez, J. S. Reparaz, J. Martín, M. Kemerink, M. Campoy-Quiles

Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2104076

On the Origin of Seebeck Coefficient Inversion in Highly Doped Conducting Polymers

K. Xu, T.-P. Ruoko, M. Shokrani, D. Scheunemann, H. Abdalla, H. Sun, C.-Y. Yang, Y. Puttisong, N. B. Kolhe, J. S. M. Figueroa, J. O. Pedersen, T. Ederth, W. M. Chen, M. Berggren, S. A. Jenekhe, D. Fazzi, M. Kemerink, S. Fabiano

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2112276

Delocalization Enhances Conductivity at High Doping Concentrations

D. Derewjanko, D. Scheunemann, E. Järsvall, A. I. Hofmann, C. Müller, M. Kemerink

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32, 2112262

Switching dynamics in organic ferroelectrics

T. Cornelissen, M. Kemerink

Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials, Organic Ferroelectric Materials and Applications 2022, 185

Organic and hybrid thermoelectrics

M. Kemerink, C. Müller, M. L. Chabinyc, M. Brinkmann

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2021, 119, 260401

Slow Relaxation of Photogenerated Charge Carriers Boosts Open-Circuit Voltage of Organic Solar Cells

T. Upreti, S. Wilken, H. Zhang, M. Kemerink

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 9874

General Rules for the Impact of Energetic Disorder and Mobility on Nongeminate Recombination in Phase-Separated Organic Solar Cells

G. Zuo, S. Shoaee, M. Kemerink, D. Neher

Phys. Rev. Applied 2021, 16, 034027

On the concept of an effective temperature Seebeck ratchet

A. Kompatscher, M. Kemerink

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2021, 119, 023303

Carrier Mobility Dynamics under Actual Working Conditions of Organic Solar Cells

R. Jasiu̅nas, V. Jašinskas, H. Zhang, T. Upreti, F. Gao, M. Kemerink, and V. Gulbinas

Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 2104076

Thermoelectric properties of doped organic semiconductors

D. Scheunemann, M. Kemerink

Organic Flexible Electronics - Fundamentals, Devices, and Applications, Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials 2021, 165

Enhancing Open-Circuit Voltage in Gradient Organic Solar Cells by Rectifying Thermalization Losses

O. Andersson, M. Kemerink

Sol. RRL 2020, 4, 2000400

Rubbing and Drawing: Generic Ways to Improve the Thermoelectric Power Factor of Organic Semiconductors?

D. Scheunemann, V. Vijayakumar, H. Zeng, P. Durand, N. Leclerc, M. Brinkmann, M. Kemerink

Adv. Electron. Mater. 2020, 6, 2000218

High Thermoelectric Power Factor of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) through In-Plane Alignment and Doping with a Molybdenum Dithiolene Complex

V. Untilova, J. Hynynen, A. I. Hofmann, D. Scheunemann, Y. Zhang, S. Barlow, M. Kemerink, S. R. Marder, L. Biniek, C. Müller, M. Brinkmann

Macromolecules  2020, 53, 6314

Ground-state electron transfer in all-polymer donor–acceptor heterojunctions

K. Xu, H. Sun, T.-P. Ruoko, G. Wang, R. Kroon, N. B Kolhe, Y. Puttisong, X. Liu, D. Fazzi, K. Shibata, C.-Y. Yang, N. Sun, G. Persson, A. B Yankovich, E. Olsson, H. Yoshida, W. M Chen, M. Fahlman, M. Kemerink, S. A Jenekhe, C. Müller, M. Berggren, S. Fabiano

Nature Materials 2020, 19, 738

Microscopic model for switching kinetics in organic ferroelectrics following the Merz law

T. D. Cornelissen, I. Urbanaviciute, M. Kemerink

Phys. Rev. B 2020, 101, 214301

Experimentally Calibrated Kinetic Monte Carlo Model Reproduces Organic Solar Cell Current–Voltage Curve

S. Wilken,  T. Upreti,  A. Melianas,  S. Dahlström,  G. Persson,  E. Olsson,  R. Österbacka,  M. Kemerink

Sol. RRL 2020, 4, 2000029

The Role of Delocalization and Excess Energy in the Quantum Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells and the Validity of Optical Reciprocity Relations

N. Felekidis, A. Melianas, M. Kemerink

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 3563

Buildup of Triplet-State Population in Operating TQ1:PC₇₁BM Devices Does Not Limit Their Performance

S. Karuthedath, J. Gorenflot, A. Melianas, Z. Kan, M. Kemerink, F. Laquai

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 2838

Non-Wiedemann-Franz behavior of the thermal conductivity of organic semiconductors

D. Scheunemann, M. Kemerink

Phys. Rev. B 2020, 101, 075206

Scalable Electronic Ratchet with Over 10% Rectification Efficiency

O. Andersson, J. Maas, G. Gelinck, M. Kemerink

Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 1902428

Dedoping-induced interfacial instability of poly(ethylene imine)s-treated PEDOT:PSS as a low-work-function electrode

W. Cai, T. Österberg, M. J. Jafari, C. Musumeci, C. Wang, G. Zuo, X. Yin, X. Luo, J. Johansson, M. Kemerink, L. Ouyang, T. Ederth, O. Inganäs

J. Mater. Chem. C 2020, 8, 328