Francesco Meinardi

Prof. Francesco Meinardi


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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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15 September 2017 in ACS Energy Letters
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FMFrancesco Meinardi
Francesco Meinardi
QAQuinten A. Akkerman
Quinten A. Akkerman
FBFrancesco Bruni
Francesco Bruni
SPSungwook Park
Sungwook Park
Michele MauriMichele Mauri
Michele Mauri
SBSergio Brovelli
Sergio Brovelli
Halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) are promising solution-processed emitters for low-cost optoelectronics and photonics. Doping adds a degree of freedom for their design and enables us to fully decouple their absorption and emission functions. This is paramount for luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) that enable fabrication of electrode-less solar windows for building-integrated photovoltaic applications. Here, we demonstrate the suitability of manganese-doped CsPbCl3 NCs as reabsorption-free emitters for large-area LSCs. Light propagation measurements and Monte Carlo simulations indicate that the dopant emission is unaffected by reabsorption. Nanocomposite LSCs were fabricated via mass copolymerization of acrylate monomers, ensuring thermal and mechanical stability and optimal compatibility of the NCs, with fully preserved emission efficiency. As a result, perovskite LSCs behave closely to ideal devices, in which all portions of the illuminated area contribute equally to the total optical power. These results demonstrate the potential of doped perovskite NCs for LSCs, as well as for other photonic technologies relying on low-attenuation long-range optical wave guiding.

7 November 2017 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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AMAngelo Monguzzi
Angelo Monguzzi
AOAmadeus Oertel
Amadeus Oertel
DBDaniele Braga
Daniele Braga
ARAndreas Riedinger
Andreas Riedinger
DKDavid K. Kim
David K. Kim
FMFrancesco Meinardi
Francesco Meinardi

27 October 2016 in Advanced Functional Materials
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SMSara Mattiello
Sara Mattiello
AMAngelo Monguzzi
Angelo Monguzzi
JPJacopo Pedrini
Jacopo Pedrini
MSMauro Sassi
Mauro Sassi
CVChiara Villa
Chiara Villa
LBLuca Beverina
Luca Beverina

15 December 2017 in Nano Letters
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AMAngelo Monguzzi
Angelo Monguzzi
MBM. Ballabio
M. Ballabio
NYN. Yanai
N. Yanai
NKN. Kimizuka
N. Kimizuka
DFD. Fazzi
D. Fazzi
FMFrancesco Meinardi
Francesco Meinardi

14 May 2018 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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BSBeatriz Santiago‐Gonzalez
Beatriz Santiago‐Gonzalez
AMAngelo Monguzzi
Angelo Monguzzi
CCChiara Capitani
Chiara Capitani
MPMirko Prato
Mirko Prato
Carlo SantambrogioCarlo Santambrogio
Carlo Santambrogio
SBSergio Brovelli
Sergio Brovelli

31 January 2012 in Synthetic Metals
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AMAngelo Monguzzi
Angelo Monguzzi
Alberto MilaniAlberto Milani
Alberto Milani
AMAgniezka Mech
Agniezka Mech
LBLuigi Brambilla
Luigi Brambilla
RTRiccardo Tubino
Riccardo Tubino
Chiara CastiglioniChiara Castiglioni
Chiara Castiglioni