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

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Dr. Vincenzo Pecunia

Current Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Dr. Charlotte Clegg

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Dr. Salma Zouhair

Graduate Students

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Javith Mohammed Jailani

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Bahareh Nasrollahi

Undergraduate Students

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Amanda Luu

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Megan Zelasky

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Jake Loftus

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Dr. Abhisek Chakraborty

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Dr. Luis Portilla

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Dr. Chaewon Kim

Graduate Students

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Jianjun Mei

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Jing Zhao

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Ting Zhao

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Yachen Li

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Yang Cao

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Yueheng Peng

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Yan Wang

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Fengzhu Li

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Kai Xia

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Yue Yuan

Undergraduate Students

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Zhongnan Zhang

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Chenhui Zhu