Garry Rumbles - Research Fellow
Primary Research Interests
Chemistry-based solar photoconversion processes.
- Excitonic species in conjugated polymers and dendrimers, colloidal quantum dots, and single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Molecular photochemistry
- Photoinduced electron transfer of excitons in conjugated polymers at nanostructured interfaces
- Fundamental photophysics in bulk heterojunction, excitonic solar cells
- Spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes
- Flash photolysis, transient microwave conductivity
- Time-resolved and steady-state photoluminescence spectroscopy.
- Organic Photovoltaic Solar cells.
Education
| 1984 | Ph.D. Molecular Photochemistry; University of London, U.K. |
| 1980 | B.Sc (hons); Chemistry with Electronics; University of Southampton, U.K. |
Affiliations
| 1995 | Royal Society of Chemistry (CSci, CChem, FRSC) |
| 1988 | American Chemical Society |
Experience
| 2008- | Research Fellow, NREL | |
| 2009- | Professor Adjoint, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder | |
| 2009– | Fellow, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute | |
| 2004–2009 | Group Manager, Chemical and Biosciences Center, NREL | |
| 2001–2008 | Scientist, NREL | |
| 2001– | Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London, U.K. | |
| 1999–2001 | Sabbatical scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado | |
| 1989–2001 | Lecturer, senior lecturer, reader; Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London, U.K. | |
| 1987–1989 | Postdoctoral researcher; Prof. David Phillips; Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, London, U.K. | |
| 1985–1987 | Postdoctoral researcher; Prof. Edward K.C.Lee; University of California at Irvine | |
| 1984–1985 | Postdoctoral Researcher; Prof. George Atkinson; University of Arizona, Tucson. |
Selected Publications
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Mitchell, W. J.; Ferguson, A. J.; Kose, M. E.; Rupert, B. L.; Ginley, D. S.; Rumbles, G.; Shaheen, S. E.; Kopidakis, N. "Structure-Dependent Photophysics of First-Generation Phenyl-Cored Thiophene Dendrimers," Chem Mater 2009, 21 (2), 287-297.
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Green, R.; Morfa, A.; Ferguson, A. J.; Kopidakis, N.; Rumbles, G.; Shaheen, S. E. "Performance of bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices prepared by airbrush spray deposition," Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008, 92 (3), 033301.
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Ferguson, A. J.; Kopidakis, N.; Shaheen, S. E.; Rumbles, G. "Quenching of excitons by holes in poly(3-hexylthiophene) films," J Phys Chem C 2008, 112 (26), 9865-9871.
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Piris, J.; Kopidakis, N.; Olson, D. C.; Shaheen, S. E.; Ginley, D. S.; Rumbles, G. "The locus of free charge-carrier generation in solution-cast Zn1-xMgxO/Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Bilayers for photovoltaic applications," Adv Funct Mater 2007, 17 (18), 3849-3857.
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Jones, M.; Metzger, W. K.; McDonald, T. J.; Engtrakul, C.; Ellingson, R. J.; Rumbles, G.; Heben, M. J. "Extrinsic and intrinsic effects on the excited-state kinetics of single-walled carbon nanotubes," Nano Lett 2007, 7 (2), 300-306.
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Scholes, G. D.; Rumbles, G. "Excitons in nanoscale systems," Nat Mater 2006, 5 (9), 683-696.
NREL Publications
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