Dr. Kurt Pernstich

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior Lecturer and Head Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Team

Focus

• Organic Electronics
• Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)

Teaching

Senior Lecturer

Experience

• PostDoc
  NIST Gaithersburg, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Nanoelectronics Group
  2009 - 2012
• PostDoc
  ETH Materials Department, Polymer Technology
  2007 - 2009

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. / Physics
  ETH Zurich
  2002 - 2007
• MSc / Electrical Engineering
  Graz University of Technology
  1995 - 2002

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0408-761X

Projects

• Advanced Materials and Characterization Tools for Quantum-Dot enhanced Displays / Project leader / completed
• Investigating charge transport in organic semiconductors with electrochemical methods and modelling / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Cevher, S. C., & Pernstich, K. (2024). Novel integrated reference-counter electrode for electrochemical measurements of HOMO and LUMO levels in small-molecule thin-film semiconductors for OLEDs. Organic Electronics, 136(107152). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2024.107152
• Kissling, G. P., Ruhstaller, B., & Pernstich, K. P. (2023). Measuring frontier orbital energy levels of OLED materials using cyclic voltammetry in solution. Organic Electronics, 122(106888). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2023.106888
• Regnat, M., Moon, C.-K., Jenatsch, S., Ruhstaller, B., & Pernstich, K. P. (2022). Pinpointing the origin of the increased driving voltage during prolonged operation in a phosphorescent OLED based on an exciplex host. Organic Electronics, 108(106570). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2022.106570
• Regnat, M., Pernstich, K. P., Kim, K.-H., Kim, J.-J., Nüesch, F., & Ruhstaller, B. (2019). Routes for efficiency enhancement in fluorescent TADF exciplex host OLEDs gained from an electro‐optical device model. Advanced Electronic Materials, 6(2), 1900804. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201900804
• Regnat, M., Pernstich, K., & Ruhstaller, B. (2019). Influence of the bias-dependent emission zone on exciton quenching and OLED efficiency. Organic Electronics, 70, 219–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2019.04.027
• Regnat, M., Pernstich, K. P., Züfle, S., & Ruhstaller, B. (2018). Analysis of the bias-dependent split emission zone in phosphorescent OLEDs. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(37), 31552–31559. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b09595
• Elliott, L. C. C., Basham, J. I., Pernstich, K., Shrestha, P. R., Richter, L. J., DeLongchamp, D. M., & Gundlach, D. J. (2014). Probing charge recombination dynamics in organic photovoltaic devices under open-circuit conditions. Advanced Energy Materials, 4(15). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400356
• Li, W., Liang, Y., Yu, D., Peng, L., Pernstich, K., Shen, T., Hight Walker, A. R., Cheng, G., Hacker, C. A., Richter, C. A., Li, Q., Gundlach, D. J., & Liang, X. (2012). Ultraviolet/ozone treatment to reduce metal-graphene contact resistance. Applied Physics Letters, 102(18). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804643

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Modeling the impact of the illumination geometry on the light conversion efficiency in quantum dot down-conversion films. (2024). In M. Regnat, K. Pernstich, B. Blülle, S. Jenatsch, M. K. Heo, & B. Ruhstaller (Eds.), International Conference on Display Technology (ICDT), Hefei, China, 31 March - 3 April 2024.
• Regnat, M., Pernstich, K. P., Jenatsch, S., & Ruhstaller, B. (2021, September 3). Detailed explanation of the increased driving voltage in a TADF exciplex host OLED during prolonged operation via a quantitative device model. 13th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics (A-COE 2021), Online, 2-4 September 2021.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Pernstich, K., & Messenzehl-Kölbl, L. (2023, June 6). Wie integrieren wir KI in die berufliche und akademische Schreibpraxis? LeLa Webinar-Reihe «AI or what the ChatGPT?» Implikationen für die Gestaltung der Lehre an Hochschulen, online, 6. Juni 2023. https://www.lela.ch/detail/agenda/kiwebinar
• Regnat, M., Jenatsch, S., Züfle, S., Pernstich, K. P., & Ruhstaller, B. (2021, August). Advanced characterization and device simulation towards better understanding of OLED degradation mechanisms. 21st International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2021), Seoul, Korea, 25-27 August 2021.
• Pernstich, K. (2020, January). Eine App zur Gamification der Übungen in MINT-Fächern. Bürgenstock-Konferenz der Schweizer Fachhochschulen und Pädagogischen Hochschulen, Luzern, Schweiz, 10. - 11. Januar 2020. https://www.buergenstock-konferenz.ch/images/pdf/13_ZFH_ZHAW_Pernstich_Gamification.pdf
• Pernstich, K. (2019, June). Gamification der Physikübungen mit tguishiny/e-Exercise. Digital Learning Day, ZHAW-IDP Retreat, Winterthur, Schweiz, Juni 2019.
• Pernstich, K. (2019, May). Game-based Learning für MINT-Fächer mit e-Exercises. E-Learning Café, ZHAW Wädenswil, Schweiz, Mai 2019.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

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