Dr. José Luis Maldonado Rivera

Mexicano. Licenciatura, Maestría y Doctorado en Física, UNAM (1994, 1996 y 1999 respectivamente). Estancias Predoctoral y Postdoctoral en el Optical Sciences Center, Universidad de Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, EUA (1996-1997 y 2001-2002, respectivamente). Área de investigación: Energía, Opto-electrónica Orgánica (plástica): Celdas solares orgánicas (OSCs), OLEDs y celdas de perovskitas (PSCs). Alrededor de 85 cursos de Licenciatura y Postgrado impartidos en la UNAM, U. Iberoamericana, UNITEC, U. de Gto. y CIO. Profesor de asignatura UNAM (durante los 90’s en CU-DF y desde el 2011 en la ENES-León). Dirección de 14 tesis de Licenciatura, 16 de maestría, dirección de 11 tesis doctorales (terminadas), dirección de 1 tesis Doctoral (en proceso) y 1 más en co-dirección (en proceso); responsable de 10 postdoctorantes. Múltiples charlas y artículos de difusión en varias instituciones, periódicos y revistas, radio y TV (link). Miembro de la SMF (Sociedad Mexicana de Física), la SQM (Sociedad Química de México), la AMO (Academia Mexicana de Óptica) y la OSA (Optical Society). Árbitro de CONAHCyT, UNAM (PAPIIT) y de múltiples revistas internacionales. Evaluador CAPEF (Consejo de Acreditación de Programas Educativos en Física): UAZ (2 veces) y UANL. Responsable de proyectos CONCyTEG, CONAHCyT y CONAHCyT-SENER (México) por alrededor de 27 millones de pesos. 125 artículos internacionales publicados; índice h = 34, índice i10 = 88. Distinciones: Premio Gustavo Baz Prada 1993, UNAM: Primer Lugar (Apoyo a la Investigación), Becario UNAM, Fundación UNAM y CONAHCyT, revisor destacado 2022 del Journal of Materials Chemistry A (JMCA). Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNII 3).

Líneas de Investigación:

• Opto-electrónica Orgánica (plástica): Propiedades ópticas lineales y no-lineales
• Dispositivos opto-electrónicos: Celdas solares (OSCs), OLEDs y celdas de perovskitas (PSCs)

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Algunas de mis publicaciones científicas (Últimos 10 años):

2024

• 74) “Active layer concentration and photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells based on PM6:Y7, Scanning tunneling microscopy analysis”
  A. Plaza-Martínez, J. C. Carrillo-Sendejas, J.-L. Maldonado*, M.A. Meneses-Nava, M. Rodríguez
  Submitted
• 73) “Synthesis and application of tungsten trioxide nanostructures by doping the active layer of PM6:Y7 based solar cells”
  S. García-Carvajal*, V. Ruiz-Santoyo, Y. Fernández-Arteaga, J. C. Carrillo-Sendejas, J.-L. Maldonado, M.C. Arenas-Arrocena*
  Submitted
• 72) “All solution-processed blue OLEDs with a difluoroboron compound in the emissive layer and non-evaporated cathode”
  A. Alvarez-Quesada, G. González-García*, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J. C. Carrillo-Sendejas, J.-L. Maldonado*
  Submitted
• 71) “Processable graphene derivative as an alternative carbon-based electrode”
  A. Guerra-Him*, J. C. Carrillo-Sendejas, J.-L. Maldonado*, Y. Fernández-Arteaga, M. Valle-Orta, U. Sierra, S. Fernández
  Submitted
• 70) “Photovoltaic performance, optical current loss simulation, and conductive atomic force microscopy analysis of organic solar cells based on PM6:Y7”
  J. C. Carrillo-Sendejas*, A. Plaza-Martinez, J.-L. Maldonado*, M. Tassé2, G. Molnár, A. Bousseksou
  ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 7, 6929 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c00935
• 69) “Photovoltaic enhancement in OSCs based on PM6:Y7 when doping the active layer with Ag2S nanoparticles”
  Y. Fernández-Arteaga, J.-L. Maldonado*, S. García-Carvajal, J. C. Carrillo-Sendejas, M.C. Arenas-Arrocena*
  Optical Materials 155, 115854 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115854
• 68) “Effect of doping the PM6:Y7 active layer with MoS2 nanospheres in organic solar cells”
  O. Amargós-Reyes, A. Dzib-Chalé, J.-L. Maldonado**, C. Arenas-Arrocena*
  J. Molecular Structure 1307, 138027 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.138027
• 67) “Impact of the thickness on the optical and electronic and structural properties of sputtered Cu2S thin films”
  J. R. Velasquez Ordoñez, J. Rivera-Taco, J.A.H. Coaquira, J.-L. Maldonado, J.A. Guerra, P. Llontop, P.C. Morais and F. F. H. Aragon,
  J. Appl. Phys. 135, 065703 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0191049
• 66) “Synthesis, characterization, optical properties, and solvatochromism of highly fluorescent benzotriazolyl vinyl aniline based D-p-A fluorophores”
  M.A. Aztatzi-Mendoza, A.S. Ortega-Villarreal, I. López, A. Espinosa Roa, S. López-Cortina, W. Bernal, J.-L. Maldonado, G.A. Valdivia-Berroeta, S. J. Smith, D. J. Michaelis, E. Hernández-Fernández
  J. of Photochem. & Photobiology A: Chemistry 449, 115400 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.115400
• 65) “Synthesis and characterization of a new semiconducting indacenodithiophene-carbazole derivative with interesting optical and electronic properties”
  V. Alvarez-Venicio, F. Torres-Pérez; J. O. Guerra-Pulido, S. N. Cuellar-Pérez, W. Bernal, C. Martínez-Flores, V. A. Basiuk, J.-L. Maldonado, M. del P. Carreón-Castro
  J. Molecular Structure 1299, 137121 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.137121

2023

• 64) “Improved ternary organic solar cells by fluorene-diketopyrrolopyrrole polymer on the fullerene and non-fullerene active layers”
  J. Rodríguez-Rea, M. Güizado-Rodríguez*, J. C. Carrillo-Sendejas, J.L. Maldonado*
  J. Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 34, 1819 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11223-x
• 63) “Implementation of an alternative graphene-based electrode”
  A. Guerra-Him, Y. Fernández-Arteaga, J.-L. Maldonado*, M. Valle-Orta, U. Sierra, S. Fernández, B. A. Frontana-Uribe
  J. Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 513 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-09901-x
• 62) “Structure modification of isoindigo copolymer synthesized by direct arylation that improves the open circuit voltage on organic solar cells”
  A. Ledesma-Juárez, M. Rodríguez*, M. Güizado-Rodríguez, A. E. Roa, J. P. García-Merinos, J.L. Maldonado*
  J. Molecular Structure 1275, 134636 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134636

2022

• 61) “Development of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based donor-acceptor oligomers using direct arylation polymerization: Non-linear and ultrafast optical analysis, and their application in ternary organic solar cells”
  J. Rodríguez-Rea, M. Güizado-Rodríguez,J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J. Ulises Reveles, C. Silva, V. Barba, E. M. Saucedo-Salazar, M. T. Rodríguez Hernández
  Opt. Mater. 134, 113167 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2022.113167
• 60) “Numerical study of efficient ternary planar hybrid solar cells using simple boron molecules as organic compounds”
  A. Vázquez, A. Castro-Carranza, M. Rodríguez, J.L. Maldonado, A. Castro-Chacón, L. García-González, J. Hernández-Torres, J. Martínez-Castillo, L. Zamora-Peredo, J. Gutowski, J.C. Nolasco
  Opt. Mater. 132, 112852 (2022);https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2022.112852
• 59) “Effect of incorporating iron II disulfide to poly(3‑hexylthiophene‑2,5‑diyl) on its physicochemical properties and influence in photovoltaic devices”
  S. Garcia‑Carvajal, H. Palestina‑Landa, M. E. Nicho, M. C. Arenas‑Arrocena, J.L. Maldonado, D. Hernandez‑Martinez, J. Santos‑Cruz, P. Altuzar‑Coello
  Polym. Bull. (2022); https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-022-04342-8
• 58) “Synthesis of Donor–Acceptor Copolymers Derived from Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Fluorene via Eco-Friendly Direct Arylation: Nonlinear Optical Properties, Transient Absorption Spectroscopy, and Theoretical Modeling”
  J. Rodríguez-Rea, M. Güizado-Rodríguez, J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J. Ulises Reveles, C. Silva, V. Barba, E. M. Saucedo-Salazar, M. T. Rodríguez Hernández
  Energies 15, 3855 (2022); https://doi.org/10.3390/en15113855
• 57) “Relationship between the VOC Tuning Effect and the Interface Activation Energy Due to the Third Component Concentration in Ternary Organic Solar Cells”
  A. Castro-Chacón, A. Castro-Carranza, O. Amargós-Reyes, J.L. Maldonado, O. Hernández-Cristóbal, D. Guzmán-Caballero, I. Mejía, A. Vázquez, J. Gutowski, J. C. Nolasco
  ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 5, 4288-4295 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c03888

2021

• 56) “Detection enhancement at parts per billion level of aluminum in water droplets by a combination of acoustic levitation and nanoparticle enhanced laser induced breakdown spectroscopy”
  M.A. Meneses-Nava, J. Pichardo, M. Rodriguez, I. Rosas-Roman, J.L. Maldonado
  Spectrochim Acta B 184, 106280 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2021.106280
• 55) “Solution processable graphene derivative used in a bilayer anode with conductive PEDOT:PSS on the non-fullerene PBDB-T:ITIC based organic solar cells”
  Y. Fernández-Arteaga, J.L. Maldonado, J. Nicasio-Collazo, M.A. Meneses-Nava, M. Rodríguez, O. Barbosa-García, U. Sierra, S. Fernández, B. A. Frontana-Uribe
  Solar Energy 225, 656–665 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.07.049
• 54) “Nano-films of carbo-benzene derivatives: scanning probe microscopy analysis and prospects of use in organic solar cells”
  I. Caballero-Quintana, J. Rivera-Taco, C. Barthes, J. Nicasio-Collazo, G. Ramos-Ortíz, J.L. Maldonado, V. Maraval, R. Chauvin
  Synthetic Met. 278,116826 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2021.116826
• 53) “The role of silver nanoparticles in the hole transport layer in organic solar cells based on PBDB-T:ITIC”
  J. Rivera-Taco, R. Castro-Beltrán, J.L. Maldonado, J. Álvarez-Martínez, D. Barreiro-Argüelles, J. A. Gaspar, G. Gutiérrez-Juárez
  J. Electron. Mater. 50, 4118–4127 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-08919-3
• 52) “Optoelectronic properties of (Z)-3-(4-(4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazole-2-yl)phenyl)-2-phenylacrylonitrile films under acid and thermal environments for tuning OLED emission”
  W. Bernal, K. Anandhan, M.J. Percino, O. Barbosa-García, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, M. Cerón, J.L. Maldonado, M. Sosa Rivadeneyra, S. Thamotharan
  Dyes Pigment. 187, 109115 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.109115

2020

• 51) “A single graphene derivative layer as hole transport in organic solar cells based on PBDB-T:ITIC”
  O. Amargós-Reyes, I. Caballero-Quintana, J.L. Maldonado, J. Nicasio-Collazo, D. Romero-Borja
  Appl. Optics 58, 8285–8292 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.402510
• 50) “Scanning Probe Microscopy Analysis of Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells”
  I. Caballero-Quintana, O. Amargós-Reyes, J.L. Maldonado, J. Nicasio-Collazo, D. Romero-Borja, D. Barreiro-Argüelles, G. Molnár, A. Bousseksou
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 29520–29527 (2020); https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06048?ref=pdf
• 49) “Stability evaluation of water droplets levitated by a TinyLev acoustic levitator for laser induced breakdown spectroscopy”
  M.A. Meneses-Nava, I. Rosas-Roman, O. Barbosa-García, M. Rodriguez, J.L. Maldonado
  Spectrochim Acta B 168, 105855 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2020.105855
• 48) “Core carbo-mer of an extended tetrathiafulvalene: redox-controlled reversible conversion to a carbo-benzenic dication”
  D. Listunov, O. Hammerich, I. Caballero-Quintana, A. Poater, C. Barthes, C. Duhayon, M. H. Larsen, J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortiz, M. B. Nielsen, V. Maraval, R. Chauvin
  Chem. Eur. J. 26, 10707–10711 (2020); https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.202001700
• 47) “Eco-friendly synthesis of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) by direct arylation polymerization: Analysis of the properties that determine its performance in BHJ solar cells”
  M. Rangel, M. Güizado-Rodríguez, J.L. Maldonado, R. Olayo- Valles, V. Barba, J. Ulises Reveles
  Polymer 193, 122348 (2020); https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032386120301853
• 46) “Interfacial Energetic Level Mapping and Nano-Ordering of Small Molecule/Fullerene Organic Solar Cells by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy”
  I. Caballero-Quintana, D. Romero-Borja, J.L. Maldonado, J. Nicasio-Collazo, O. Amargós-Reyes, A. Jiménez-González
  Nanomaterials 10, 427 (2020); https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/3/427
• 45) “Defects at the Interface Electron Transport Layer and Alternative Counter Electrode, Their Impact on Perovskite Solar Cells Performance”
  D. Montoya-Montoya, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, O. Barbosa-Garcia, W. Bernal, J.L. Maldonado, M.J. Percino, M.A. Meneses-Nava, M. Ceron.
  Solar Energy 195, 610–617 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.098
• 44) “Structurally simple OLEDs based on a new fluorinated poly(oxindolylidenearylene)”
  L.A. Lozano-Hernández, J.L. Maldonado, O. Hernández-Cruz, J. Nicasio-Collazo, M. Rodríguez, O. Barbosa-García, G. Ramos-Ortíz, M.G. Zolotukhin, U. Scherf.
  Dyes Pigment. 173, 107989 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107989

2019

• 43) “Non-toxic pyrite iron sulfide nanocrystals as second electron acceptor in PTB7:PC71BM based organic photovoltaic cells”
  O. Amargós-Reyes, J.L. Maldonado, O. Martínez-Alvarez, M.E. Nicho, J. Santos-Cruz, J. Nicasio-Collazo, I. Caballero-Quintana, C. Arenas-Arrocena
  Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 10, 2238–2250 (2019); https://doi.org/10.3762%2Fbjnano.10.216
• 42) “Functionalized and reduced graphene oxide as hole transport layer and for use in ternary organic solar cell”
  J. Nicasio-Collazo, J.L. Maldonado, J. Salinas-Cruz, D. Barreiro-Argüelles, I. Caballero-Quintana, C. Vázquez-Espinosa, D. Romero-Borja
  Opt. Mater. 98, 109434 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2019.109434
• 41) “Effect of Processing Parameters on Polymerization of P3HT in Presence of CdS”
  S. García-Carvajal, M.E. Nicho, I. Linzaga-Elizalde, D. Romero-Borja, J.L. Maldonado, F. Hernández-Guzmán, M. Fuentes-Pérez, D. Hernández-Martínez
  J. Electron. Mater. 48, 8212–8223 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07668-8
• 40) “Synthesis by direct arylation reaction of photovoltaic D–π–A polymers based on fluorene‑thiophene‑ fragment and fluorinated benzothiadiazole derivatives”
  A. Ledesma-Juarez, M. Rodríguez, M. Guizado-Rodríguez, D. Romero-Borja, C. Garcias-Morales, J.L. Maldonado, V. Barba.
  J. Mater. Sci.-Mater. Electron. 30, 13974–13983 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01744-9
• 39) “A novel coordination mode of k1-N-Brpyridylbenz-(imida, oxa or othia)-zole to Pt(II): synthesis, characterization, electrochemical and structural analysis”
  J. Nicasio-Collazo, G. Ramírez-García, M. Flores-Álamo,S. Gutiérrez-Granados, J.M. Peralta-Hernández, J.L. Maldonado, J.O.C. Jimenez-Halla, O. Serrano
  RSC Adv. 9, 14033 (2019); https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2019/ra/c9ra01856e
• 38) “Effect of the functionalization of CdS nanoparticles in the in-situ synthesis of P3HT/CdS composites”
  S. García-Carvajal, D. Hernández-Martínez, I. Linzaga-Elizalde, P. Altuzar-Coello, J.L. Maldonado, M.E. Nicho
  Eur. Polym. J. 116, 471–479 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.04.034
• 37) “Expanding the carbo-Benzene Chemical Space for Electron-Accepting Ability: Trifluorotolyl/tert-Butyl Substitution Balance”
  M. Chammam, I. Caballero-Quintana, D. Barreiro-Argüelles, O. Amargós-Reyes, Y. Aidibi, B. Kauffmann, C. Duhayon, J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortíz, V. Maraval, R. Chauvin
  Helv. Chim. Acta. 102, e1900049 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.201900049
• 36) “Synthesis of polyfluorenes by oxidative polymerization, their characterization and implementation in organic solar cells”
  A. Espinosa-Roa, M. de J. Cruz-Carrillo, A. Ledesma-Juarez, A. Montoya del Angel, D. Romero-Borja, M. Guizado-Rodriguez, M. Rodríguez, R. Galindo, J.L. Maldonado, V. Barba
  J. Mater. Sci.-Mater. Electron. 30, 2716–2725 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-0547-2
• 35) “Increasing the efficiency of organic solar cells by using a bulk electron transport layer of PFN and green synthesized AgNs”
  Z. Barquera-Bibiano, J.L. Maldonado, A. Manzano-Ramírez, J.M. López-Romero, G. Torres-Delgado, L. J. González-Ortiz, A. A. Pérez-Fonseca, J. R. Robledo-Ortiz, R. González-Núñez, E. J. López-Naranjo
  Mater. Lett. 237, 101–104 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.11.065
• 34) “Organic photovoltaic cell analysis through quantum efficiency and scanning tunneling microscopy of the donor/blend as an active film”
  O. Amargós-Reyes, J.L. Maldonado, D. Romero-Borja, D. Barreiro-Argüelles, I. Caballero-Quintana, O. Barbosa-García, J. A. Gaspar
  J. Mater. Sci. 54, 2427–2445 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2956-2.
• 33) “White Organic Light Emitting Diodes Based On Exciplex States By Using A New Carbazole Derivative As Single Emitter Layer”
  W. Bernal, O. Barbosa-Garcia, A. Aguilar-Granda, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, J.L. Maldonado, M. J. Percino, B. Rodríguez-Molina
  Dyes Pigment. 163, 754–760 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.12.052

2018

• 32) “Semiconducting Polymer Thin Films Used in Organic Solar Cells: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study”
  I. Caballero-Quintana, J.L. Maldonado, M.A. Meneses-Nava, O. Barbosa-García, J. Valenzuela-Benavides, A. Bousseksou
  Adv. Electron. Mater. 1800499 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201800499
• 31) “Organoboron donor-π-acceptor chromophores for small-molecule organic solar cells”
  J. C. Nolasco, J. W. Ryan, M. Rodriguez, A. Castro-Carranza, J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortiz, O. Barbosa-Garcia, J. Gutowski, E. Palomares, J. Parisi
  J. Mater. Sci.-Mater. Electron. 29, 16410–16415 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9732-6
• 30) “Organic solar cells based on graphene derivatives and eutectic alloys vacuum-free deposited as top electrodes”
  D. Romero-Borja, J.L. Maldonado, O. Barbosa-García, M. Rodríguez, A. de León, S. Fernández, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez
  Carbon, 134, 301–309 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.03.083
• 29) “Stability study in organic solar cells based on PTB7:PC71BM and the scaling effect of the active layer”
  D. Barreiro-Argüelles, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J.L. Maldonado, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, D. Romero-Borja , M.A. Meneses-Nava, J. C. Nolasco
  Solar Energy 163, 510–518 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.01.090
• 28) “Electrochemical Deposition of Poly[ethylene-dioxythiophene] (PEDOT) Films on ITO Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaic Cells; Control of Morphology, Thickness and Electronic Properties”
  J.A. Del-Oso, B.A. Frontana-Uribe, J.L. Maldonado, M. Rivera-Hernández, G. Roa-Morales
  J. Solid State Electrochem. 22, 2025–2037 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-3909-z
• 27) “Efficient OLEDs fabricated by solution process based on carbazole and thienopyrrolediones derivatives”
  L. A. Lozano-Hernández , J. L. Maldonado, C. Garcias-Morales, A. E. Roa, O. Barbosa-García, M. Rodríguez and E. Pérez-Gutiérrez
  Molecules 23, 280, pp 1–19, (2018); http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules23020280

2017

• 26) “Small Molecules Derived from Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione (TPD) and Their Use in Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells”
  C. Garcias-Morales, D. Romero-Borja, J.L. Maldonado, A. E. Roa, M. Rodríguez, J. P. García-Merinos, A. Ariza-Castolo
  Molecules 22, 1607, pp 1-15, (2017); doi:10.3390/molecules22101607
• 25) “Simultaneous Height Adjust fitting: An alternative automated fitting procedure for laser-induced plasma spectra composed by multiple Lorentzian profiles”
  I. Rosas-Román, M.A. Meneses-Nava, O. Barbosa-García, J.L. Maldonado
  Spectrochim Acta B 134, 1–5 (2017).
• 24) “Physicochemical and Luminescent Properties of Copolymers Composed of Three Monomers: Polythiophenes Based on 3-Hexylthiophene and 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene”
  M.A. Ramírez-Gómez, K.K. Guzmán-Rabadán, E. González-Juárez, M. Güizado-Rodríguez, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J.E. Alba-Rosales, H. Panzo-Medrano, V. Barba, M. Rodríguez, J.L. Maldonado, M.A. Basurto-Pensado
  Int. J. Polym. Sci. Volume 2017, Article ID 1918602, 11 pages (2017), https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1918602
• 23) “Hexaaryl-carbo-benzenes revisited: novel synthetic route, crystallographic data, and prospects of electrochemical behavior”
  C. Zhu, C. Duhayon, D. Romero-Borja, J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortíz, A. Saquet, V. Maraval, R. Chauvin.
  New J. Chem. 41, 3908–3914 (2017).
• 22) “Organic solar cells all made by blade and slot-die coating techniques”
  E. Pérez–Gutiérrez, J. Lozano, J. Gaspar–Tánori, J.L. Maldonado, B. Gómez, L. López, L.F. Amores–Tapia, O. Barbosa–García, M.J. Percino.
  Sol. Energy 146, 79–84 (2017).
• 21) “PTB7:PC71BM-based solar cells fabricated with the eutectic alloy Field’s metal as an alternative cathode and the influence of an electron extraction layer”
  D. Barreiro-Argüelles, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J.L. Maldonado, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, D. Romero-Borja, A. Álvarez-Fernández
  IEEE J. Photovolt. 7, 191–197 (2017). DOI:10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2617087
• 20) “Semi-Automatic Elemental Identification of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectra Using Wavelength Similarity Coefficient”
  I. Rosas-Román, M.A. Meneses-Nava, O. Barbosa-García, J.L. Maldonado
  Appl. Spectrosc. 71, 627–633 (2017).

2016

• 19) “Semiconductor polymer/top electrode interface generated by two deposition methods and its influence on organic solar cell performance”
  E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, D. Barreiro-Argüelles, J.L. Maldonado, M.A. Meneses-Nava, O. Barbosa-García, G. Ramos-Ortíz, M. Rodríguez, C. Fuentes-Hernández
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 28763–28770 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08970
• 18) “Performance and stability of PTB7:PC71BM based polymers solar cells, with ECZ and/or PVK dopants, under the application of an external electric field”
  A. Álvarez-Fernández, J.L. Maldonado, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, M. Rodríguez, G. Ramos-Ortíz, O. Barbosa-García, M.A. Meneses-Nava, M. G. Zolotukhin
  J. Mater. Sci.-Mater. El. 27, 6271–6281 (2016).
• 17) “Light emission properties of a cross-conjugated fluorene polymer: demonstration of its use in electro-luminescence and lasing devices”
  S. Romero-Servin, L.A. Lozano-Hernández, J.L. Maldonado, R. Carriles, G. Ramos-Ortíz, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, U. Scherf, M.G. Zolotukhin.
  Polymers 8, 1-12 (2016) doi:10.3390/polym8020043.
• 16) “Polythiophenes based on pyrene as pendant group: Synthesis, structural characterization and luminescent properties”
  E. González-Juárez, M. Güizado-Rodríguez , V. Barba, M. Melgoza-Ramírez, M. Rodríguez, G. Ramos-Ortíz, J.L. Maldonado
  J. of Mol. Struct. 1103, 25–34 (2016).
• 15) “A Schiff base derivative used as sensor of copper through colorimetric and surface plasmon resonance techniques”
  D. Peralta-Domínguez, M. Rodríguez, G. Ramos-Ortíz, J. L. Maldonado, D. Luna-Moreno, M. Ortiz-Gutierrez, V. Barba
  Sensor. Actuat. B-Chem. 225, 221–227 (2016).

2015

• 14) “A Schiff base derivative from cinnamaldehyde for colorimetric detection of Ni2+ in water”
  D. Peralta-Domínguez, M. Rodríguez, G. Ramos-Ortíz, J.L. Maldonado, M. A. Meneses-Nava, O. Barbosa-García, R. Santillan, N. Farfán
  Sensor. Actuat. B-Chem. 207, 511–517 (2015).
• 13) “Reversible holography and optical phase conjugation for image formation/correction using highly efficient organic photorefractive polymers”
  J.L. Maldonado, V.M. Herrera-Ambriz, M. Rodríguez, G. Ramos-Ortíz, M.A. Meneses-Nava, O. Barbosa-García, R. Santillan, N. Farfán
  J. Appl. Res. Technol. 13, 537–542 (2015).
• 12) “Photophysical study of polymer-based solar cells with an organo-boron molecule in the active layer”
  S. Romero-Servin, M. de Anda Villa, R. Carriles, G. Ramos-Ortíz, J.L. Maldonado, M. Rodríguez, M. Güizado-Rodríguez
  Materials 8, 4258–4272 (2015).
• 11) “Polythiophene derivative functionalized with disperse red 1chromophore: Its third-order nonlinear optical properties through Z-scan technique under continuous and femtosecond irradiation”
  R.M.A. de la Garza-Rubi, M. Guizado-Rodriguez, D. Mayorga-Cruz, M.A. Basurto-Pensado, J.A. Guerrero-Alvarez, G. Ramos-Ortiz, M. Rodriguez, J.L. Maldonado
  Opt. Mater. 46 366–372 (2015).
• 10) “Difluorenyl-carbo-benzenes, hydrocarbon quadrupolar chromophores: synthesis, electronic structure, and two-photon absorption properties”
  I. Baglai, M. Anda-Villa, R. M. Barba-Barba, C. Poidevin, G. Ramos-Ortíz, V. Maraval, C. Lepetit, N. Saffon Merceron, J.L. Maldonado, R. Chauvin
  Chem.-Eur. J. 21 14186–14195 (2015).
• 9) “Novel, high-Tg, functional aromatic polymers”
  O. Hernández-Cruz, M. G. Zolotukhin, S. Fomine, L. Alexandrova, C. Aguilar-Lugo, F. A. Ruiz-Treviño, G. Ramos-Ortíz, J.L. Maldonado, G. Cadenas-Pliego
  Macromolecules 48, 1026−1037 (2015).
• 8) “Third-order nonlinear optical behavior of novel polythiophene derivatives functionalized with disperse red 19 chromophore”
  M. Chávez-Castillo, A. Ledesma-Juárez, M. Güizado-Rodríguez, J. Castrellón-Uribe, G. Ramos-Ortíz, M. Rodríguez, J.L. Maldonado, J.A. Guerrero-Álvarez, V. Barba
  Int. J. Polym. Sci. Vol. 2015, 1–10 (2015).
• 7) “Mechanosynthesis of a phenylenedivinylidenebisquinoline. Optical, morphological and electroluminescence properties”
  A.R. Gutierrez, R.A. Vazquez, I. Moggio, E. Arias, O. Coreño, J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos–Ortíz, O. Rodríguez, R.M. Jiménez–Barrera J. of Mol. Struct. 1086, 138–145 (2015)
  
• 6) 'Polymer solar cells based on P3HT:PC71BM doped at different concentrations of isocyanate-treated graphene'
  D. Romero-Borja, J.L. Maldonado, O. Barbosa-García, M. Rodríguez, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, R. Fuentes-Ramírez, G. de la Rosa
  Synthetic Met. 200, 91- 98 (2015).

2014

• 5) 'New polythiophene derivatives and enhanced photovoltaic effect by a boron compound blended with them in OSCs cells'
  J.-A. Del-Oso, J.L. Maldonado, G. Ramos-Ortíz, M. Rodríguez, M. Güizado-Rodríguez, J. Escalante, B. A. Frontana-Uribe, E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, R. Santillan
  Synthetic Met. 196, 83- 91 (2014).
• 4) 'Titanium oxide:fullerene composite films as electron collector layer in organic solar cells and the use of an easy-deposition cathode'
  E. Pérez-Gutiérrez, J.L. Maldonado, J. Nolasco, G. Ramos-Ortíz, M. Rodríguez, U. Mendoza-De la Torre, M.A. Meneses-Nava, O. Barbosa-García, H. García-Ortega, N. Farfán, G. Granados, R. Santillan, E. Juaristi
  Opt. Mater. 36, 1336-1341 (2014).
• 3) 'Polymer/cathode interface barrier limiting the open circuit voltage in polymer:fullerene organic bulk heterojunction solar cells: a quantitative analysis'
  J.C. Nolasco, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J.L. Maldonado, O. Barbosa-Garcia, B. Ecker, E. Von Hauff
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 043308 (2014).
• 2) 'Synthesis and crystal structures of a series of Schiff bases: photo-, solvato- and acidochromic compounds'
  A. Jiménez-Sánchez, M. Rodríguez, R. Métivier, G. Ramos-Ortíz, J.L. Maldonado, N. Réboles, N. Farfán, K. Nakatani, R. Santillan
  New J. Chem. 38, 730-738 (2014).
• 1) 'Synthesis and chemical-optical characterization of novel two-photon fluorescent borinates derived from Schiff bases'
  C.C. Jiménez, N. Farfán, M. Romero Ávila, M. Rodríguez, L. Aparicio-Ixta, G. Ramos-Ortiz, J.L. Maldonado, R. Santillan, N. E. Magaña-Vergara, M. Eugenia Ochoa
  J. Organomet. Chem. 755, 33-40 (2014).