Our Research Group
The “Pecunia Research Group – Sustainable Optoelectronics” is a multidisciplinary research group investigating environmentally friendly, printable semiconductors for optoelectronics and photovoltaics. The group was founded in 2016 and is led by Dr. Vincenzo Pecunia.
The Pecunia Research Group is based at the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE) of Simon Fraser University, Canada. We have a wide range of state-of-the-art experimental facilities for materials and device preparation as well as characterization.
Our research is at the intersection of physics, materials science, and electronics engineering. It involves the investigation and conditioning of the optoelectronic properties of environmentally friendly, printable materials such as organic semiconductors, lead-free perovskite derivatives, amorphous metal-oxide semiconductors, and carbon nanotubes. In addition, we investigate the application of these materials for easy-to-make optoelectronic devices such as thin-film transistors, solar cells, and photodetectors. By gaining a detailed understanding of their optoelectronic and device properties, we seek to rationally realize the full potential of these semiconductors for green optoelectronics and sustainable energy.
Principal Investigator
Current Members
Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Charlotte Clegg

Dr. Salma Zouhair
Graduate Students

Javith Mohammed Jailani

Bahareh Nasrollahi
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Abhisek Chakraborty

Dr. Luis Portilla

Dr. Chaewon Kim
Graduate Students

Jianjun Mei

Jing Zhao

Ting Zhao

Yachen Li

Yang Cao

Yueheng Peng

Yan Wang

Fengzhu Li

Kai Xia

Yue Yuan
Undergraduate Students

Zhongnan Zhang

Chenhui Zhu