I-Kang Ding

I am a PhD student in Professor Michael McGehee’s group at Stanford University. My research interest is in organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells, including solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells and titania-polymer solar cells.

Email: ikding AT stanford DOT edu

Mailing address:
Rm 201 McCullough Building,
476 Lomita Mall,
Stanford, CA 94305

Education

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Sept 2006 - June 2011 (expected)
Advisor: Dr. Michael D. McGehee

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

B.S., Chemistry; Minor, Materials Science and Engineering, 2000-2004
Advisor: Dr. Yit-Tsong Chen

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Exchange Student in Department of Chemistry, 2003-04
Advisor: Dr. David S. Ginger

Awards and Honors

Chevron Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 2006-2009

Dean’s Award, National Taiwan University, 2004

Quarterly Dean’s List, University of Washington, 2004

Presidential Award, National Taiwan University, 2002 & 2003

Industrial Technology Research Institute Scholarship, 2002 & 2003

Ming-Yu Foundation Scholarship, 2001

Publications

3. “Pore-Filling of Spiro-OMeTAD in Solid-State Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Quantification, Mechanism, and Consequences for Device Performance.” I-Kang Ding, Nicolas Tetreault, Jeremie Brillet, Brian E. Hardin, Eva H. Smith, Samuel J. Rosenthal, Frederic Sauvage, Michael Gratzel, and Michael D. McGehee. Advanced Functional Materials, 19, 2431-2436 (2009).

2. “Nanostructured Titania−Polymer Photovoltaic Devices Made Using PFPE-Based Nanomolding Techniques.” Stuart S. Williams, Meredith J. Hampton, Vignesh Gowrishankar, I-Kang Ding, Joseph L. Templeton, Edward T. Samulski, Joseph M. DeSimone, Michael D. McGehee. Chemistry of Materials, 20, 5229-5234 (2008).

1. “Efficient CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Using a Thermally Polymerized Hole Transport Layer.” Jialong Zhao, Julie A. Bardecker, Andrea M. Munro, Michelle S. Liu, Yuhua Niu, I-Kang Ding, Jingdong Luo, Baoquan Chen, Alex K.-Y. Jen, David S. Ginger. Nano Letters, 6, 463-467 (2006).

Presentations

3. "Characterization of pore-filling in dye-sensitized solar cells and its consequence in device performance", SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications, San Diego, CA, Aug 2009. (poster presentation)

2. "Using XPS depth profiling to characterize pore-filling of spiro-OMeTAD in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells", Surface Analysis Conference, Santa Cruz, CA, Apr 2009. (poster presentation)

1. "Is Pore Filling a Problem in Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells?", MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA, Dec 2008. (oral presentation) – selected as one of the conference highlights

Last updated: 2009.8.28.