International Conference on Simulation of Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, SimOEP 2022, September 7th - 9th
The SimOEP conference brings together modeling experts and device physicists from industry and academia in the field of organic and perovskite solar cells as well as OLEDs. The addressed topics include charge and heat transport, exciton dynamics, light propagation and the simulation domain ranges from nanometer to centimeters.
Previous conferences
Conference website SimOEP 2020
Conference website SimOEP 2018
SimOEP 2022
Products of Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics are successfully penetrating consumer electronics and renewable energy markets. Commercialization is accelerating continuously and everyone can enjoy amazing new products to buy, for instance stunning OLED displays for mobile devices and TVs as well as flexible organic solar cells. With the commercial success of OLED display products and the rise of perovskite solar cells one may be tempted to disregard the many research challenges that we are still facing in this field and which prevent an even wider exploitation of these technologies.
The challenges are manifold. So are the synthetic materials these technologies are based on. Physical models and simulation algorithms are very useful in this context. They enable scientists to explore the behavior of a material or device on a computer. On the one hand, the numerical models help to understand and interpret measurement data and to further develop refined and reliable physical models. On the other hand, the models allow one to optimize materials and devices. Progress in this field relies on an interdisciplinary approach that combines experimental, physical, chemical and numerical expertise.
The motivation of this unique conference is to bring together these experts and enjoy a fruitful scientific exchange among them that will focus on a comprehensive range of topics. This will eventually lead to ever more reliable, validated physical models which accelerate our research efforts. We are pleased to chair this conference that continues a series of successful international simulation workshops on this topic previously held in Switzerland (2010, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2020) and Spain (2012, 2014).
This year, the event will again be held physically in Winterthur after the online edition of SimOEP’20. Fluxim’s R&D tools will be exhibited and demonstrated during the event.
Conference Committee
Beat Ruhstaller, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Evelyne Knapp, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Wolfgang Tress, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Call for Abstracts for Oral Contribution
We invite participants to submit an abstract about their recent work to be presented orally. Please use this abstract template(DOC 51,0 KB) for your submissions and send your abstract to simoep.icp@zhaw.ch.
- The deadline for abstract submission is June 5, 2022.
- Notification of acceptance to authors is June 10, 2022.
- Please note that the total speaking time for a contributed talk is 15 minutes (incl. Q&A).
Topics
- Light management for enhanced light-absorption in solar cells and enhanced light emission in OLEDs
- Charge and exciton transport modeling in organic semiconductor devices – from molecular to the device level
- Charge transport modeling in various organic and hybrid solar cells:
planar and bulk heterojunction perovskite and organic solar cells - Charge injection, transport and recombination processes in state-of-the-art OLEDs
- Models for a variety of electrical device characterization techniques from DC, transient to AC operation
- Advanced optical and electrical characterization techniques and experimental validation
- Parameter extraction techniques
- Morphological structure and property correlation
- Advanced materials and devices such as novel LEDs, ionic devices, QD materials, and non-fullerene acceptors
- Machine Learning
Confirmed Speakers
Topic | ||
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Juan Anta | UPO, ES | Interpretation of impedance spectra of perovskite solar cells and related systems: insights from drift-diffusion simulations |
Wolfgang Brütting | Uni Augsburg, DE | Controlling spontaneous orientation polarization in organic semiconductors |
Thomas Kirchartz | FZ Jülich, DE | Bayesian parameter estimation for PV applications |
Elefterios Lidorikis | UOI, GR | Multiscale modelling of charge transport in organic electronic materials |
Yutaka Noguchi | Meiji University, JP | Charge carrier dynamics and exciton-polaron quenching studied by simultaneous measurement of displacement current and photoluminescence |
Andrew Monkman | Durham University, UK | Thermally activated delayed fluorescence, what we know, and what we don’t know about it! |
Lukas Schmidt-Mende | Uni Konstanz, DE | Perovskite solar cells - reducing the defect density |
Chih-Jen Shih | ETHZ, CH | Development of QD-LEDs breaking the light outcoupling efficiency limit |
Fan Fu | EMPA, CH | Perovskite-based flexible thin-film tandem photovoltaics: Opportunities, advances, and challenges |
Moritz Futscher | EMPA, CH | Characterization of mobile ions in metal halide perovskites and batteries |
Vincent Le Corre | FAU, DE | Identification of the dominant recombination process for perovskite solar cells based on machine learning |
Pilar Lopez Varo | IPVF, FR | Perovskite module characterization and energy yield modelling |
Anand Verma | Perovskia SA, CH | The first perovskite solar cell in a consumer elecronic device |
Urs Aeberhard | Fluxim AG, CH | Impact of photon recycling on the light extraction from metal halide perovskite light emitting diodes |
Sandra Jenatsch | Fluxim AG, CH | Analysis of accelerated lifetime testing of phosphorescent, fluorescent and TADF OLEDs |
Stefano Sem | Fluxim AG, CH | How the electrical properties of a TADF OLED depend on the host-guest ratio of the emissive layer |
Simon Zeder | Fluxim AG, CH | Assessment of photon recycling in perovskite solar cells by full opto-electronic simulation |
Mattia Battaglia | ZHAW ICP, CH | Machine learning for model based analysis of electroluminescence images of solar cells |
Ennio Comi | ZHAW ICP, CH | Large-area solar cell characterization by impedance spectroscopy and lock-in imaging methods: a perovskite solar cell case study |
Evelyne Knapp | ZHAW ICP, CH | Physics informed neural networks for material parameter estimation |
Andreas Schiller | ZHAW ICP, CH | Modeling mixed ionic-electronic conduction in perovskite solar cells and organic light-emitting cells |
Program
The three-day conference will start with an OLED and Emerging LED focus on Day 1, then continue with Emerging PV technologies on Day 2 and end with Novel Devices (e.g. thin film batteries, QD devices) and methods (e.g. machine learning) on Day 3. A detailed agenda will be published here once finalized.
Registration Fees
- 250 CHF for PhD and Master students
- 350 CHF for senior scientists
Conference Registration
Please follow this link to register for SimOEP 2022.
If you have already registered for the conference, please also check your junk mail folder for the confirmation.
Venue

ZHAW School of Engineering
Technikumstrasse 9
8401 Winterthur CH
Physics Building - Room TP 406 & TP 408