Vincenzo Pecunia

Industrial and research interests

• Sustainable Optoelectronics
• Printable Semiconductors
• Next-Generation Photovoltaics
• Ultra-Low-Power Printed Electronics
• Nanomaterials

Teaching interests

• Photovoltaics
• Energy Harvesting
• Semiconductor Devices and Circuit

Recently taught courses

• SEE 894 – Photovoltaics for Green Energy
• Charge Transport Physics in Advanced Optoelectronics Materials
• Fundamentals of Electronics
• Thin-Film Transistors

Books 

• V. Pecunia, D. Natali, M. Caironi, Organic Photodetectors, in Photodetectors, edited by B. Nabet and P. Dianat, 2nd ed., Elsevier, Cambridge, UK (in production). ISBN: 9780081027950.
• V. Pecunia†*, Organic Narrowband Photodetectors: Materials, Devices and Applications, Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, Bristol, UK, 2019. ISBN: 9780750326629, DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-2663-6. 
• V. Pecunia†*, M. Fattori, S. Abdinia, E. Cantatore, H. Sirringhaus, Organic and Amorphous-Metal-Oxide Flexible Analogue Electronics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2018. ISBN: 9781108458191, DOI: 10.1017/9781108559034

Selected research papers

• J. Mei*, M. Liu, P. Vivo, V. Pecunia*†, Two-Dimensional Antimony-Based Perovskite-Inspired Materials for High-Performance Self-Powered Photodetectors, Advanced Functional Materials, 2106295, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202106295 
• V. Pecunia†, L. Occhipinti, R. L.Z. Hoye†, Emerging Indoor Photovoltaic Technologies for Sustainable Internet of Things, Advanced Energy Materials, 2100698, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202100698 
• V. Pecunia†, J. Zhao, C. Kim, B. R. Tuttle, J. Mei, F. Li, Y. Peng, T. Huq, R. L.Z. Hoye, N. D. Kelly, S. E. Dutton, K. Xia, J. MacManus-Driscoll, H. Sirringhaus, Assessing the Impact of Defects on Lead-Free Perovskite-Inspired Photovoltaics via Photo-Induced Current Transient Spectroscopy, Advanced Energy Materials, 11(22), 2003968, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202003968 
• Y. Peng*, T. N. Huq*, J. Mei*, L. Portilla, R. A. Jagt, L. G. Occhipinti, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, R. L. Z. Hoye†, V.Pecunia†, Lead-Free Perovskite-Inspired Absorbers for Indoor Photovoltaics, Advanced Energy Materials, 11(1), 2002761, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202002761
• V. Pecunia†*, L. G. Occhipinti†, A. Chakraborty, Y. Pan, Y. Peng, Lead-Free Halide Perovskite Photovoltaics: Challenges, Open Questions and Opportunities, APL Materials, 8(10), 100901, 2020. DOI: 10.1063/5.0022271 
• L. Portilla*, J. Zhao†, Y. Wang, L. Sun, F. Li, M. Robin, M. Wei, Z. Cui, L. G. Occhipinti†, T. D. Anthopoulos†, V. Pecunia†*, Ambipolar Deep-Subthreshold Printed-Carbon-Nanotube Transistors for Ultralow-Voltage and Ultralow-Power Electronics, ACS Nano, 14, 10, 14036–14046, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06619
• Y. Peng*, F. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Li, R. L.Z. Hoye, L. Feng, K. Xia, V. Pecunia†*, Enhanced photoconversion efficiency in cesium-antimony-halide perovskite derivatives by tuning crystallographic dimensionality, Applied Materials Today, 19, 100637, 2020. DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100637 
• K. Xia*, Y. Li, Y. Wang, L. Portilla, V. Pecunia†*, Narrowband-Absorption-Type Organic Photodetectors for the Far-Red Range Based on Fullerene-Free Bulk Heterojunctions, Advanced Optical Materials, 1902056, 2020. DOI: 10.1002/adom.201902056
• F. Li*, Y. Wang, K. Xia, R. L. Z. Hoye, V. Pecunia†*, Microstructural and Photoconversion Efficiency Enhancement of Compact Films of Lead-Free Perovskite Derivative Rb3Sb2I9, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8, 4396–4406, 2020. DOI: 10.1039/C9TA13352F 
• V. Pecunia†*, Y. Yuan*, J. Zhao, K. Xia, Y. Wang, S. Duhm, L. Portilla, F. Li, Perovskite-Inspired Lead-Free Ag2BiI5 for Self-Powered NIR-Blind Visible Light Photodetection, Nano-Micro Letters, 12:27, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s40820-020-0371-0
• V. Pecunia†*, Efficiency and Spectral Performance of Narrowband Organic and Perovskite Photodetectors: a Cross-Sectional Review, Journal of Physics: Materials, 2, 042001, 2019. DOI: 10.1088/2515-7639/ab336a
• F. S. F. Brossard†* and V. Pecunia†*, A. J. Ramsay, J. P. Griffiths, M. Hugues, H. Sirringhaus, Inkjet Printed Nanocavities on a Photonic Crystal Template, Advanced Materials, 29 (47), 1704425, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704425 
• V. Pecunia†* and M. Nikolka*, A. Sou, I. Nasrallah, A. Y. Amin, I. McCulloch, H. Sirringhaus†*, Trap Healing for High-Performance Low-Voltage Polymer Transistors and Solution-Based Analog Amplifiers on Foil, Advanced Materials, 29, 1606938, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201606938 
• Y. Hu* and V. Pecunia*, L. Jiang, C. Di, X. Gao, H. Sirringhaus†, Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy Investigation of the Role of Minority Carriers on the Switching Characteristics of Organic Field-Effect Transistors, Advanced Materials, 28, 4713–4719, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503812 
• D. Venkateshvaran*, M. Nikolka, A. Sadhanala, V. Lemaur, M. Zelazny, M. Kepa, M. Hurhangee, A. J. Kronemeijer, V. Pecunia, I. Nasrallah, I. Romanov, K. Broch, I. McCulloch, D. Emin, Y. Olivier, J. Cornil, D. Beljonne, H. Sirringhaus†, Approaching Disorder-Free Transport in High-Mobility Conjugated Polymers, Nature, 515, 384–388, 2014. DOI: 10.1038/nature13854
• J. Kronemeijer†*, V. Pecunia, D. Venkateshvaran, M. Nikolka, A. Sadhanala, J. Moriarty, M. Szumilo, H. Sirringhaus†, Two-Dimensional Carrier Distribution in Top-Gate Polymer Field-Effect Transistors: Correlation between Width of Density of Localized States and Urbach Energy, Advanced Materials, 26, 728–733, 2014.DOI: 10.1002/adma.201303060

Selected patents

• V. Pecunia, L. Portilla, J. Zhao, A class of low-voltage low-power complementary circuits, a class of inverters and NAND gates, PCT/CN2020/095722 (International Patent Application), Jun 2020 (pending).
• H. Sirringhaus, K. Banger, V. Pecunia, Organic polymer gate dielectric material for transistor devices, US Patent no. 10,573,759 B2, February 2020 (granted).
• Y. Pan, V. Pecunia, Y. Peng, F. Li, A class of indoor building materials with a photoelectric conversion coating made of lead-free perovskites, 201910588300.9 (Chinese Patent Application), November 2019 (pending). 
• F. S. F. Brossard, V. Pecunia, Photonic Device, European Patent no. EP3333605, October 2019 (granted).

Scholarly activities and affiliations

• Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
• Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Member of the Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)
• Editorial Board Member – Journal of Physics: Materials (Institute of Physics Publishing) 
• Editorial Board Member – Nanotechnology (Institute of Physics Publishing) 
• Editorial Board Member – SN Applied Sciences (Springer Nature)
• Editorial Board Member – Frontiers in Electronics (Frontiers Media SA) 
• Organizing Committee Member – Innovation in Large Area Electronics Conference (InnoLAE) 
• Organizing Committee Member – IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems (IEEE FLEPS) 
• Lead Guest Editor of Focus Collection entitled ‘Green Nanomaterials for a Sustainable Internet of Things’ for Nanotechnology 
• Co-Editor of Research Topic entitled ‘Next-Generation Optoelectronics with Emerging Hybrid Materials’ for Frontiers in Electronics 
• Lead Guest Editor of Focus Issue entitled ‘Grand Challenges in Halide Perovskites: Next Generation Photodetectors’ for Journal of Physics: Materials
• Lead Guest Editor of Focus Issue entitled ‘Focus on Emerging Indoor Photovoltaics for Sustainable Energy Harvesting’ for Journal of Physics: Materials
• Co-Editor of Research Topic entitled ‘Current & Emerging Trends in Renewable Energy Harvesting Technologies’ for Frontiers in Sustainability 
• Co-Guest Editor of ‘Special Issue based on Papers from IEEE FLEPS 2021 Conference’ for IEEE Sensors Journal