Dr Attila J Mozer

Qualifications:
MSc (Chemical Engineering) Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
Dr Techn. (Physical Chemistry) Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria

Research interests:

I completed my MSc in Chemical Engineering specializing in Polymer and Rubber Technology at the Technical University of Budapest. My graduate research work was focused on charge transport in organic molecular glasses, carried out in collaboration with Prof. Y. Shirota at Osaka University.

During my PhD studies at the Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS), I acquired a detailed knowledge of the science and technology of conjugated polymer / fullerene-type plastic solar cells. Within the first 2 years of my PhD work, I was a young researcher for Konarka Austria, a spin-off company of LIOS, aimed at commercialising innovative photovoltaic technologies. I established spectroscopic techniques to investigate charge carrier transport and recombination in organic materials and in their photovoltaic applications i.e. time-of-flight mobility, CELIV, photo-CELIV, transient absorption. The title of my thesis was “Charge transport and recombination in bulk heterojunction plastic solar cells”.

I was awarded a postdoctoral scholarship from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2005, and worked on dye-sensitized solar cells at Osaka University with Prof. Shozo Yanagida's group. I have optimized the conditions for the photo-electrochemical deposition of the conjugated polymer PEDOT on dye-sensitized titanium dioxide substrates. These substrates are used in solid state photovoltaic applications.

At IPRI, I am a member of the CRC-P project for organic photovoltaics. My main focus is on photovoltaic device fabrication using organic materials and polymers, testing and optimisation of these devices and advanced material characterisation.

Memberships:

Member of the Electrochemical Society, ECS, Fullerene Division Member of the Material Research Society, MRS
Member of European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion (ESQSEC)

5 key publications:

1. Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on a 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated ruthenium photo-sensitizer and a conjugated polymer hole conductor, AJ Mozer, Y Wada, KJ Jiang, N Masaki, S Yanagida, SN Mori, Applied Physics Letter, 2006, in press AIP ID: 246631APL.
   
2. Time-dependent mobility and recombination of the photoinduced charge carriers in conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells, AJ Mozer, G Dennler, NS Sariciftci, M Westerling, R Österbacka, G Juška, Phys. Rev. B., 2005, 72, 035217.
   
3. Charge transport and recombination in bulk heterojunction solar cells studied by the photo induced charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage technique, AJ Mozer, NS Sariciftci, L Lutsen, D Vanderzande, R Österbacka , M Westerling, G Juška, Applied Physics Letters, 2005, 86, 112104.
   
4. Novel regiospecific MDMO-PPV copolymer with improved charge transport for bulk heterojunction solar cells, AJ Mozer, P Denk, MC Scharber, H Neugebauer, NS Sariciftci, P Wagner, L Lutsen, D Vanderzande, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 5235.
   
5. Charge transport and recombination in donor- acceptor bulk heterojunction solar cells, AJ Mozer and NS Saricitfci, in Thin Film Solar Cells: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications, J. Poortmans and V. Arkhipov (Eds), Wiley and Sons, 2006, in press.

email: attila@uow.edu.au
phone: +61 (02) 4221 4252
office: 42.G06B

Dr Attila Mozer