Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials


Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials

Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials

Laboratory of Polymer Solar Cells

Head of laboratory

Dr. Sci. in Chemistry

Yuriy Luponosov

Research Activity

The main scientific direction of the laboratory is the development of organic semiconducting materials based on push-pull conjugated oligomers and polymers, which have efficient absorption of sunlight, high charge mobility, high resistance to thermal, photo- and electrochemical influences, and other set of properties necessary to create highly efficient light and flexible organic photovoltaic devices. Among the related research areas of the laboratory is the development of functional materials and devices based on them for organic and hybrid optoelectronics, medicine, photonics, agriculture, etc.

Main scientific directions

  • Development and research of photoactive materials based on conjugated oligomers and polymers with p- and n-type conductivity for highly efficient organic solar cells and photodetectors;
  • Fabrication and investigation of organic solar cells and photodetectors;
  • Development of organic semiconductors for related areas of alternative energy: hole and electron transport layers for perovskite solar cells; photocatalytic systems for water photolysis, etc.;
  • Development of biocompatible organic molecular systems with absorption and emission in biologically transparent spectral ranges for medicine;
  • Development of photo- and electroluminescent materials based on organic semiconductors with efficient light emission in thin films and polymer composites for light-transforming agrotextiles in crop production, light-emitting diodes, photonics devices, etc.

Staff

Leading Researchers
Dr.Sci. Yuriy Luponosov
Senior Researchers
Dr. Svetlana Peregudova
Researchers
Dr. Ivan Dyadishchev
Junior Researchers
Zolotov Mikhail
PhD Elizaveta Blagodarnaya
Lia Poletavkina
Nikita Saratovsky
Polina Sukhorukova
Michael D. Khitrov

PhD Students

PhD Students
Mikhail Zolotov
Yulia Isaevaa
Lia Poletavkina
Nikita Saratovsky
Polina Sukhorukova
Mikhail Khitrov

Students

Students
Nikita Volkov
Karina Gupta
Alexander Kalinichenko

Alumni

Alumni
Anastasia Vetyugova
Anna Gradova
Andrey Efremov
Dr. Dmitry Balakirev
Dr. Alexander Solodukhin
Yitong Xia
Nikita Shilov

Publications

    29.07.2026
    Molecular Engineering of Polytriphenylamine: A Fluorinated Cathode for High-Voltage, Ultrafast, and Stable Sodium-Ion Batteries,

    N. Voronina, I. A. Chuyko, M. D. Khitrov, K. Yazawa, H. Yashiro, Yu. N. Luponosov, S.-T. Myung

    Advanced Energy Materials; DOI: 10.1002/aenm.71367
    28.07.2026
    Thermal ionic stability under ISOS-D-2 decouples room-temperature efficiency from durability in CsFAPbI3 perovskite solar cells

    A. A. Zarudnyaya, E. A. Ilicheva, Lev O. Luchnikov, A. A. Feklistova, D.Yu Dorofeev, V. Kalinichenko, A. Furasova, I.M. Danilovskaya, D.S. Muratov, A.A. Vasilev, L.A. Alexanyan, A.P. Morozov, A.Y. Polyako, I.A. Salimon, P. Sukhorukova, Yu.N. Luponosov, S. I. Didenko, D.S. Saranin, E. I. Terukov

    Materials Today Energy, 2026, 61 102384; DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2026.102384
    29.06.2026
    The Role of Polymer Encapsulation in Optimizing Donor–Acceptor Organic Nanoparticles for Efficient Cancer Phototherapy

    Yulia A. Isaeva, Dmitry O. Balakirev, Anastasia A. Vetyugova, Maxim E. Stepanov, Michael D. Khitrov, Nikita S. Saratovsky, Mikhail V. Zolotov, Tatyana V. Egorova, Polina A. Demina, Roman A. Akasov, Yuriy N. Luponosov

    Int. J. Mol. Sci. 27, 5863, DOI: 10.3390/ijms27135863; DOI: 10.3390/ijms27135863
    18.06.2026
    Donor-Acceptor Derivatives of Indolo[3,2-b]indole and Benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene: Similar Annulated Structures but Divergent Properties

    L. Poletavkina, I. Dyadishchev, A. Bakirov, E. Svidchenko, N. Surin, N. Dubinets, D. Balakirev, S. Peregudova, G. Cherkaev, I. Chuyko, S. Chvalun, Yu. Luponosov

    Molecules, 31 (12), 2046; DOI: 10.3390/molecules31122046
    15.06.2026
    Triphenylamine-thiophene acids as materials with anchor groups: synthesis and properties

    D.O. Balakirev, P. K. Sukhorukova, E. D. Blagodarnaia, S. M. Peregudova, Yu. N. Luponosov

    INEOS OPEN 2026, 9 (4) ; DOI: 10.32931/io258a
    15.04.2026
    Effect of Electron-Withdrawing Substituents on Raman Spectra of Diaryl-BTBT Derivatives

    O.D. Parashchuk, L. A. Poletavkina, M. V. Vener, I. V. Dyadishchev, Yu. N. Luponosov, O. V. Borshchev, S.N. Korchkova, S. A. Ponomarenko, D.Y. Paraschuk, A.Y. Sosorev

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2026, 27, 5088, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27115088; DOI: 10.3390/ijms27115088
    01.04.2026
    Aggregation polymorphism of photoactivatable Pt(IV) pro-drugs as a strategy for the design of theranostic nanomaterials

    V. Bykusov, I. Kuzmichev, M.E. Stepanov, D. Bunin, Yu. N Luponosov, Yu.Isaeva, A.A. Trul, R. Akasov, T.Egorova, A. Erofeev, R. Kuanaeva, Yu.Maksimova, M. A. Abakumov, A. A Nikitin, V.A. Kuzmin, A. E. Egorov, I.Burtsev, I. Rodin, M.F. Vokuev, E. K. Beloglazkina, O. O. Krasnovskaya

    Dalton Transactions; DOI: 10.1039/D5DT02973B
    11.03.2026
    Modulating Charge Transport and Optoelectronic Properties through N-Substitution in Annulated Thiophene–Phenylene Oligomers

    V.A. Trukhanov, L.A. Poletavkina, I. V. Dyadishchev, D. I. Dominskiy, R. S. Fedorenko, I. A. Chuyko, S. M. Peregudova, A. V. Bakirov, A. Yu. Sosorev, D.Yu. Paraschuk, Yu.N. Luponosov

    Journal of Materials Chemistry C; DOI: 10.1039/D5TC03687A
    22.02.2026
    Enhanced thermal stability of inverted perovskite solar cells by bulky passivation with pyridinefunctionalized triphenylamine

    E. A. Ilicheva, I. A. Chuyko, L. O. Luchnikov, P. K. Sukhorukova, N. S. Saratovsky, A. A. Vasilev, L. Alexanyan, A. A. Zarudnyaya, D. Yu. Dorofeev, S. S. Kozlov, A. P. Morozov, D.D. Gren, E.V. Argunov, E.S. Statnik, D. S. Muratov, Yu. N. Luponosov, D. S. Saranin

    Solar RRL, 2026, 10, e202500840; DOI: 10.1002/solr.202500840
    29.01.2026
    Star-Shaped Donor-Acceptor Arylsilanes as 3D Ambipolar Materials for Optoelectronic and Bioelectronic Applications

    D.O. Balakirev, E.A. Kleymyuk, E.A. Svidchenko, N.M. Surin, S.A. Pisarev, A.V. Bakirov, Yu.A. Isaeva, M.D. Khitrov, A.L. Mannanov, S.M. Peregudova, O.A. Maloshitskaya, A.A. Vettyugova, A.A. Trul, S.A. Ponomarenko, Yu.N. Luponosov

    Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2026, 354, 132152; DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2026.132152
    28.01.2026
    Pt(IV)-BODIPY Nanoparticles for Photoinduced Tumor Ablation and NIR Light-Activated Chemotherapy

    V. Bykusov, I. Kuzmichev, Yu.A. Isaeva, M. Stepanov, R. A. Akasov, L. Huang, S. Gao, K. Qian, P. V. Gorelkin, A. S. Erofeev, R. Kuanaeva, A. Nikitin, V.N. Nikitina, V. Mamed-Nabizade, Yu. Maksimova, I. A. Rodin, M.F. Vokuev, A. G. Martynov, D. Bunin, M. A. Abakumov, N. S. Chmelyuk, P. Lazareva, V. S. Pokrovsky, I. Khan, E. K. Beloglazkina, O. O. Krasnovskaya

    ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2026, 9 (4): 1813–1828; DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c04605
    26.01.2026
    Near-infrared neural stimulation with conjugated polymer nanoparticles

    Yu. A. Isaeva, E. D. Blagodarnaia, N.A. Aseyev, O. S. Idzhilova, M. E. Stepanov, L.A. Poletavkina, A. A. Vetyugova, P. M. Balaban, S. A. Ponomarenko, Yu. N.Luponosov

    J. Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry ; DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2025.2600467
    25.01.2026
    Stabilization of interfaces for double-cation halide perovskites with AVA2FAPb2I7 additives

    L. O. Luchnikov, E. A. Ilicheva, V. A. Voronov, P. A. Alekseev, M. S. Dunaevskiy, V. Kalinichenko, V.Ivanov, A.Furasova, D. A. Krupanova, E. V. Tekshina, S. A. Kozyukhin, D. S. Muratov, P.K. Sukhorukova, M. I. Voronova, D.S. Saranin, E.I. Terukov

    Applied Surface Science 2026, 716, 164693; DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.164693
    01.01.2026
    Simple Non-Fused Ring Electron Acceptors Synthesized via Direct C–H Arylation for High-Performance Ternary Organic Solar Cells

    E. D. Blagodarnaia, A.K. Kalinichenko, K.N. Gupta, N. A. Shekhovtsov, N. A. Emelianov, A. V. Bakirov, I.V. Dyadishchev, D. Yu. Paraschuk, P.A. Troshin, S. M. Aldoshin, Yu. N. Luponosov

    Materials Today Energy, 2026, 55 10217; DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2025.10217