Dr. Kurt Pernstich

Personal profile

Management role

Head, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Team

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer

www.zhaw.ch/icp

Expertise and research interests

Organic Electronics
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
Organic Solarcells (OPV)

Educational background

Dr. Physics, ETH Zurich
MSc Electrical Engineering, Graz University of Technology

Professional milestones

PostDoc NIST Gaithersburg, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Nanoelectronics Group
PostDoc ETH Materials Department, Polymer Technology

Projects

• Advanced Materials and Characterization Tools for Quantum-Dot enhanced Displays / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Investigating charge transport in organic semiconductors with electrochemical methods and modelling / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Aseptuva Catheter / Project co-leader / Project completed
• LED-basierte Wasseraufbereitung / Project leader / Project completed
• In-Mold Electronics-Project for OLED-Integration in plastics / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Regnat, Markus; Moon, Chang-Ki; Jenatsch, Sandra; Ruhstaller, Beat; Pernstich, Kurt 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).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2022.106570

• Regnat, Markus; Pernstich, Kurt P.; Kim, Kwon‐Hyeon; Kim, Jang‐Joo; Nüesch, Frank; Ruhstaller, Beat,

  2019.

  Routes for efficiency enhancement in fluorescent TADF exciplex host OLEDs gained from an electro‐optical device model.

  Advanced Electronic Materials.

  6(2), pp. 1900804.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201900804

• Regnat, Markus; Pernstich, Kurt; Ruhstaller, Beat,

  2019.

  Influence of the bias-dependent emission zone on exciton quenching and OLED efficiency.

  Organic Electronics.

  70, pp. 219-226.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2019.04.027

• Regnat, Markus; Pernstich, Kurt P.; Züfle, Simon; Ruhstaller, Beat,

  2018.

  Analysis of the bias-dependent split emission zone in phosphorescent OLEDs.

  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

  10(37), pp. 31552-31559.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b09595

• Elliott, Lindsay C. C.; Basham, James I.; Pernstich, Kurt; Shrestha, Pragya R.; Richter, Lee J.; DeLongchamp, Dean M.; Gundlach, David J.,

  2014.

  Probing charge recombination dynamics in organic photovoltaic devices under open-circuit conditions.

  Advanced Energy Materials.

  4(15).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400356

• Li, Wei; Liang, Yiran; Yu, Dangmin; Peng, Lianmao; Pernstich, Kurt; Shen, Tian; Hight Walker, A. R.; Cheng, Guangjun; Hacker, Christina A.; Richter, Curt A.; Li, Qiliang; Gundlach, David J.; Liang, Xuelei,

  2012.

  Ultraviolet/ozone treatment to reduce metal-graphene contact resistance.

  Applied Physics Letters.

  102(18).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804643

• Regnat, M.; Pernstich, K. P.; Jenatsch, S.; Ruhstaller, B.,

  2021.

  Detailed explanation of the increased driving voltage in a TADF exciplex host OLED during prolonged operation via a quantitative device model [poster].

  In:

  13th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics (A-COE 2021), Online, 2-4 September 2021.

• Regnat, M.; Jenatsch, S.; Züfle, S.; Pernstich, K. P.; Ruhstaller, B.,

  2021.

  Advanced characterization and device simulation towards better understanding of OLED degradation mechanisms.

  In:

  21st International Meeting on Information Display (IMID 2021), Seoul, Korea, 25-27 August 2021.

• Pernstich, Kurt,

  2020.

  Eine App zur Gamification der Übungen in MINT-Fächern.

  In:

  Bürgenstock-Konferenz der Schweizer Fachhochschulen und Pädagogischen Hochschulen, Luzern, Schweiz, 10. - 11. Januar 2020.

  Available from: https://www.buergenstock-konferenz.ch/images/pdf/13_ZFH_ZHAW_Pernstich_Gamification.pdf

• Pernstich, Kurt,

  2019.

  Gamification der Physikübungen mit tguishiny/e-Exercise.

  In:

  Digital Learning Day, ZHAW-IDP Retreat, Winterthur, Schweiz, Juni 2019.

• Pernstich, Kurt,

  2019.

  Game-based Learning für MINT-Fächer mit e-Exercises.

  In:

  E-Learning Café, ZHAW Wädenswil, Schweiz, Mai 2019.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Profil auf Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations

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