Prof. Osbel Almora

Bio and research interests

Dr. Osbel Almora completed his PhD (2020) at the Friedrich Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló (2020-2022), and Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville (2020), Spain. In 2023, as a Juan de La Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow, he joined the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona where he holds a Tenure Track (Lector) Professor position since 2025. His research activities focus on characterization and modeling of semiconductor and energy devices, including, solar cells, X-ray detectors, light emitting diodes, and pseudocapacitors.

Publications (Page 2 of 3)

A Bending test Protocol for Characterizing the Mechanical Performance of Flexible Photovoltaics

Kenjiro Fukuda*, Lulu Sun, Baocai Du, Masahito Takakuwa, Jiachen Wang, Takao Someya, Lluis F. Marsal, Yiwang Chen, Yinhua Zhou, Hongzheng Chen, S. Ravi Silva, Changduk Yang, Luigi Angelo Castriotta, Weiwei Li, Thomas Österberg, Anita Ho-Baillie, Thomas Brown, Derya Baran, Nitin P. Padture, Karen Forberich, Christoph Brabec, Osbel Almora*

Nature Energy 9, 1335–1343

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01651-2

Publication date: October 18, 2024

Electron Diffusion Length Effect on Direction of Irradiance in Transparent FAPbBr3 Perovskite Solar Cells

Osbel Almora*, Farshad Jafarzadeh, Mohamed Samir, Renán Escalante, Diego Di Girolamo, Jessica Barichello, Francesca Brunetti, Lluis F. Marsal, Fabio Matteocci*, Juan Antonio Anta*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15, 10153–10161

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02364

Publication date: September 30, 2024

A Facile Low Pre-Vacuum Treatment to Enhance the Durability of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells

Mohamed Samir, Angel Sacramento, Osbel Almora, Josep Pallarès, Lluis F. Marsal*

Solar RRL, 2400479

https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400479

Publication date: September 13, 2024

Instability analysis of perovskite solar cells via short-circuit impedance spectroscopy: A case study on NiOx passivation

Osbel Almora,* Pilar López-Varo,* Renán Escalante, John Mohanraj, Lluis F. Marsal, Selina Olthof, Juan A. Anta*

Journal of Applied Physics 136(9), 094502

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0216983

Publication date: September 4, 2024

NiOx Passivation in Perovskite Solar Cells: From Surface Reactivity to Device Performance

John Mohanraj, Bipasa Samanta, Osbel Almora, Renán Escalante, Lluis F. Marsal, Sandra Jenatsch, Arno Gadola, Beat Ruhstaller, Juan A. Anta, Maytal Caspary Toroker, Selina Olthof*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16(32), 42835–42850

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c06709

Publication date: August 1, 2024

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