University of Groningen
Reducing losses in solution processed organic solar cells
Rahimichatri, Azadeh
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PMy experiences in the last few years broadened my perception of the world I live in. I learned how beautiful life can be if I allow myself to be creative and how painful it can be as it is at the same time. It is very hard to feel the beauty of life without having people who see you, who talk, laugh, and cry with you, who teach you, and whom you teach. This section expresses my gratitude to those whose presence is the essence of beauty in my life. In my view, the world has not much to say without such people:
Jan Anton, yousupportedmethroughoutthelastsevenyearsandallowedmetolearn
and develop, both as a person and as a researcher in your group. Once during lunchtime in the third year of my PhD, you introduced a topic that I liked a lot and soon began work-ing on, which ultimately turned out to be the startwork-ing point of my most favorite chapters of this thesis. Overall, doing a PhD is not a very smooth journey, which is not surprising, as any improvement can be painful; and, you helped me face the pain, tackle the prob-lems, and improve, with a big smile from the bottom of my heart. I will remember to "keep the balls rolling" in any situation and to focus on my goals, even if I see obstacles, even if I have less hope. Indeed, the most important output of a PhD life is beyond pub-lishing scientific papers. I am so delighted to carry this output with strength throughout the rest of my life: becoming a better person. Thank you.
I would like to acknowledge my second promoter, Maria, for all her support. Maria, thanks for the energy you always pumped in the POE group, for the unforgettable group dinners, and for all the memorable group activities we had. Also, thank you for your en-couraging words in your feedback on my thesis.
I sincerely thank the assessment committee of my thesis, prof. P. Rudolf, prof. R.M.
Hildner, and prof. N. Stingelin, for proofreading my thesis, their constructive
sugges-tions and feedbacks.
Petra, Casper, and Tamalika, I am very thankful for your heart-warming words
dur-ing my illness. It is hard to describe how much it meant to me to have your support.
Solmaz and Sylvia, I am thankful to you for being my paranymphs and for helping me
with the preparations. At the stage of writing these lines, I still hope that all the three of us can walk into the Aula together for the defense ceremony. Well, as the Persian proverb
104 Acknowledgments says: "Aspiration is not a defect for youngsters!".
Solmaz,
youwerethefirstpersonwithwhomIwasconnectedbeforecomingtoGronin-gen, and soon after, you became the last one I could have imagined to be disconnected from. Sharing thoughts with you felt like having a cup of tea in winter in a safe and warm place. Thank you for having each other’s back while passing through uneasy stages in our lives and creating such a lasting friendship together. I wish you and Bart all the best and joyful moments in life. Bart, chakkeram! :D
Sylvia, your active attitude, approachability, and warm character can transform
any-where you step in into a friendlier place. Thanks for our collaboration on the stability study, which turned out to be my most favorite study during my PhD. Our walk during the summer was so nice, and thanks for showing us a mountain in Groningen! :D I wish you a smooth and joyful 4th year of PhD.
It is so relaxing to have a friend who, despite all her dedication to research, is right there for you at any moment you need help. Talieh, thanks for all your support and friendship. I deeply believe you deserve all the bests in life, which I am sure you always achieve.
Samaneh, we have spent pleasant and fruitful moments together, during the warm
and delicious breakfasts at your place, in an amusement park, while reading a book on the beautiful yellow sofa in Van der Velde Boeken, on a rainy night in the street, and in every time you visit us in Groningen. Thanks for standing with such a strong color in my mind.
Maryam, Ghazaleh, Taraneh and Ali, thank you for your exceptional supports
dur-ing my trips to Amsterdam. You moved the borders of kindness beyond the limits.
Saide, Mohamadreza, Nima, Shaghayegh, Pooya, Neda, Babak, and Maryam, my
little lovely family! Thanks for all the good memories you planted in my mind, and the smiles you planted in my eyes. Calling the string of your names is so relaxing and exciting!
Saide, your own fun way of honesty and frankness, builds up lots of joy and trust. An
example is asking me not to forget to mention you in the acknowledgments! :) And how possibly could I forget? Mohamadreza, you are like your homemade pizzas: warm and colorful, or like that fresh bread from “eigen deeg” that you brought to our house to share a smile! I enjoy every moment of sitting around your table and speaking our minds loudly about literally everything while having delicious foods. Watching the best Korean movies without you two is pointless. Shaghayegh, thanks for your wonderful cakes, especially the eaters choice: "chocolate cake of Bibi"! :) You always bring interesting topics and ideas to the table. Nima, you always create pleasant moments when you play guitar, whether playing classical pieces or the ones we can sing along. Our group games turn out to be full of laughter when you two are present. Let’s always stay as Bereners! Pooya, you always encourage me to write more. Despite me being lazy or whatever :D, I appreciate your feedback on my occasional notes! Neda, you are like the warm ginger tea you made in cold weather to make me feel better. I DoNut forget the nice moments you create
with your beautiful voice. To me, autumn has always been the time where the tastes of foods and memories are stronger. It feels like I have spent all the cozy moments with you in autumn. Thanks for being there my "Autumnic" friends! Babak, it was such a great honor to be the “modiriat” for your musical projects with Soheil. Thanks for creating such memorable moments in a cozy corner of my life, and you have no idea how much I loved it :) I always learn new things from talking with you, especially when it comes to the stories we live by. Soheil and I look forward to having you back and continue exciting activities together! Maryam joonam, I always enjoy the charming atmosphere you create with your presence. Thanks for your hospitality, especially at a time that could have been too stressful without you. I wish you and Hamid a wonderful journey together.
Shahrzad, youhavealwayssomethingnewtotalkabout, somethingsurprising, funny,
and energetic. I deeply admire the way you make me feel and I look forward to seeing you again in Groningen! Shahla and Moaddab, your warm hearts, the flow of love in your house, your beautiful teapots, those colorful and delicious foods you make with kind-ness, your garden with lemon tree and basil, our conversations, stories and poems you read for us, and dinners we have together, each of these mean pure life to me. Hesam and Zahra, your strength is admirable and taught me a lot. Zahra, I enjoyed the time that we spent outdoors or in your house full of flowers and decorated plants. Hesam, thank you for our conversations and for co-producing one of my podcast’s episodes, which I am sure will pave a path for many people. I look forward to seeing you both soon. Pariya and Reza, I wish I had the chance to spend more time with you in Groningen. I am happy that we still keep in touch, and I can’t wait to see the four of us dancing together some-time soon, with health and happiness! :) Laaya, my dear friend, even though I met you less often than I wished, it always gave me a safe feeling that you were living close by, and we spent a great time together. I wish you happiness in Belgium. Nasim, you are a caring friend, with whom one will never feel alone. Your saffron tea is the remembrance of the motherland with all its good memories. Thanks for supporting me during the last few years, in any way you could. Saide (SaFa), thanks for sharing joy whenever and on any occasion that we meet. Soheil and Zahra, I look forward to having a delicious homemade Bandari together!
Pooria, you made the first few years of my life in Groningen full of joy, with always
treating your friends with warmth, inviting all the chain of "Shadzian" at your place al-most every week, cooking such tasty "Oma foods!" for us, and playing music. I look for-ward to seeing you and Miranda again sometime soon. Ali, thanks for all the kindness you spread among your friends. I wish you and Tara all the bests. Vida and Amir, I al-ways admire your energy, playfulness, and your beautiful artworks. Setareh, the first time I met you was years ago in Pooria’s place, you playing melodica, and Pooria playing daf. You create such a nice atmosphere wherever you are present. I wish you all the bests in your life. Marjan and Mohammad, we have had pleasant conversations and a joyful time at your place. I hope we can meet again soon. Omid, you have always been a caring
106 Acknowledgments friend, even from miles away. I wish you and Farnoush all the best, and I look forward to seeing you again, either in Groningen or in Berlin :) Somaye joon, we spent wonderful moments together with all the Shadzian during your stay in Groningen. I wish you all the bests in Canada.
Atieh, Jacob, Zahra, Sara, Yousof, Samira, Emad, and Anneke, I have lots of good
memories with you. Atieh, I wish you the bests with your life and career in Eindhoven. Jacob, thanks for the beautiful cards you put on my desk every new year. I have kept them all! Zahra, I am looking forward to sitting together in Noorderplantsoen again. Anneke, we had a great time at your house. Passing your house always reminds me of such mem-orable and high-quality times we spent there, with lots of fun and laughter together with friends.
Farzaneh, my dear painting teacher and my friend! I deeply enjoy looking at your
paintings. Thank you for your kindness, and for helping me to learn oil painting. Anke, I still remember the taste of your delicious and beautiful macarons, each tasting a mixture of different flavors: spicy, sweet, sour, etc. Those were, and will be, my most favorite macarons ever! Shirin, you warmly accepted me in your office whenever I knocked at your door. I liked our conversations in your office, in conferences, etc. Kiana and Armin, you are such energetic and positive friends. I hope we can catch up again soon!
Natasha, Hendrik, Xen, Henrieke, Geert, Sasha, Dima, Arijit, Xu, Xinkai, Wytse, Tenzin, and Jing, my top master nanoscience fellows of 2013! What a nice journey it
was with you, and what a memorable time we spent together either in the top master study room or in each other’s places. I was so lucky to meet you all, and I have already missed our old times. I wish you all the bests. Jing, you were my first non-Iranian friend, who always posed questions and made me think deeper, and I loved it. Thanks for being my let’s-do-some-exercise-together friend at my laziest, and for being my quick-quick friend when apparently I was not fast enough for you! :) I miss you so much and I hope life brings us together again. Tenzin, your positive attitude and your caring character are unforgettable. We had a great support group with you and Jing, until we passed the imburgering exam and applied for PR. Nu, that we all nederlanders zijn, we weer moeten partijen! Wytse, thanks for your kind messages and support, and for bringing me the safest face masks one could use. I wish you all the best together with Chrystal.
Tejas,Davide,Solmaz,Jian,Vincent,Nutifafa,andMarten, thanksforthegoodtime
we spent together in the group, and for all the discussions we had during our meetings and in the office. Jian, thanks for being such a nice person to work with, apart from being a great researcher. Nutifafa and Vincent, I will always remember the nice time we had in Quantsol summer school and the conferences. Nutifafa, you are a great dance partner and I enjoyed learning some nice African moves from you! I wish you, Ivy, and Karlys happiness together. Marten, you are a nice office mate. Thanks for your patience whenever we practiced Dutch, and also thanks for being so kind to translate the summary of my thesis into Dutch :) Anne, you were a hardworking student and I wish you all the
best in your future career. Shuyan, Martha, Artem, Sampson, Mustafa, Bart, Karolina,
Simon, Natasha, Wytse, Dima, Herman, and all the other members of the POE group,
thanks for the good time we had in the meetings, in the lab, during the group outings, etc. I wish you all the bests in your life and career. Arjen and Teo, dear technicians of the POE group! Thanks for all your support during the last years. You made my laboratory life much more effective and easier than it could have been without you. Teo, thanks for all your constant help. Renate, besides the support you provided throughout all these years, you gave me more strength with your words during my treatments.
Beth, Lucy, Ferdinand, Ria, Sofie, Mina, Eloise, Hanneke, Wenwen, and all my
col-leagues in the PIE Team, thanks for having me in this lovely group, which I felt so much connected with. Beth, you are a great leader and professional trainer. Thanks for trusting me and giving me the opportunity of stepping into the area of education development in this period. Ria and Ferdinand, thanks for all your support, feedback, and nice col-laborations. Sofie, you are so strong. I wish you and Sjoerd a life full of joy. Lucy, I enjoy working on the UMARG project, and I look forward to the outcome. Cathleen, thanks for being a great teacher, and for your encouragements and feedbacks during the health and wellness coaching course I followed with you. I am so happy that now I am ready to help people who are going through what I have been through. Clara, you were a great learning partner, and It was so nice to practice coaching with you! Martine, thanks for all your support and your mentorship.
Nicolien, talking with you, I learned a lot about me,myselves,and I,much more than I
thought I knew about myself. Thanks for our memorable conversations, for the valuable moments that were created with you, and for staying there with a beautiful mirror and a nice smile. You helped me transform the obstacles in my mind into a calm and relaxing summer house.
I thank dr Ajeian for supervising me on my master’s project in Iran, and for all his support. Dear “Laye-nazoki-ha”! We had great times in the thin film laboratory and our outdoor gatherings. It is unbelievable that you guys have made it to build your own brand of scanning electron microscope. I am sure your company will soon be known to all the research centers in Iran. Siamak, Deniz, Darya, Nima, Majid, Tina, Mehdi, Amin and
Sadjad, my old friends and theatre-mates! I truly miss all those pure moments in our
rehearsals and performances, all the fun and laughter we had, and those sit-down strikes to prevent the closing of our lovely culture and arts center in IUST.
I am thankful to all my friends in Bank-e Gisoo with whom I have a common ground and a strong drive to continue our activities together, although I have never met any of them face to face. I am so grateful to know you and collaborate with you all.
Farzaneh,Guilnaz,Asieh,Zahra,Mehrzad,Mehrdokht,Natela,Nazila,Roja,Roza,
my oldest friends, whose friendship will never be repeated! I think our lifelong friendship speaks for itself. When I think of my achievements in life, one of them is certainly keep-ing such a connection with you. Thanks for keepkeep-ing our online environments always
ac-108 Acknowledgments tive, warm, and as Dutch say: "gezellig". Farzaneh, you are the most long-lasting "purple sound", which I love to hear forever. You have no idea how much I enjoy it when I remem-ber your voice and laughter by recalling the nice memories we have created together at our young age. Together, we have shared lots of funny and suffering moments. Thanks for growing together and still supporting each other in any way we can. Guilnaz, the first time we met, I saw you by accident while walking in the university to start exploring its different corners. I don’t remember what else I found but you on that day. We had fruitful discussions about almost everything while walking around different corners of life. Your lovely and lively character always pumps energy, and I never forget the non-repeatable birthday surprises we had every year, including a day I opened the door of my room in Groningen and saw you. God knows when comes the next! :D Asieh, thanks for such care you provided from far away during my treatments, and during our many years of friend-ship. It was so nice to meet you in Iran after several years, walk around the lake for hours, and chat. I wish you, Rouzbeh, and Moka great moments together. Zahra, you always fol-lowed your dreams. I am very happy that you are in a status that you pictured years ago. I wish you, Farhad, and Kian all the bests, as you have now in your life. Nazila and Natela, you are the oldest friends of Elnaz and me. I remember our babyhood/childhood mo-ments playing together, designing competitions, live performances every spring, laugh-ing until we cry, plannlaugh-ing our special trip to Shomal, learnlaugh-ing the Georgian alphabet from you, and the list goes on and on. Mehrzad, I will never forget the days you woke me up very early in the morning to go to university, to sit under a tree, and to solve the problems of electricity and magnetism. You have an attractive magnetic field around you. It brings me a smile when remembering our fun moments in the lectures where I couldn’t keep myself from laughing, and you hesitated to sit next to me because of this!
Madar, within all the busy life these days, it is so relaxing to be always reminded that
you are there for us. I look forward to seeing you soon.
Elnaz, my beautiful Aji, our friendship started way before we can remember: the first
day of my life. Thanks for giving me such a warm and never-ending hug during the last 36 years, my hero sister. Your beautiful and strong spirit always turns on a light in the darkness, and I cannot imagine my life without you. I wish you and Roozbeh all the bests.
Roozbeh, you are a great Doomad!
Maman and Baba joonam, thanks for protecting me and keeping me away from all
the bitter realities of the world I came into, as far as you could. I cannot start to imagine how hard it was for you to provide such support in all the seasons of your life. Maman, with the most beautiful dresses you made with love and the most delicious foods you cooked for us, and Baba, with all your support, I learned what the real wealth is: to have you by my side. You supported and encouraged me to try any activity I wanted to in parallel to my studies. Thanks for always believing in me, staying ahead of the time and place you were living in, and for shaping my definition of unconditional love.
Soheil, I always carry with care and love, the beauty of being, with you, in life. Rocks
and pebbles become joyful walking with you. The hard becomes easy and life becomes beautiful, looking at you. You empower me with your presence, you bring out the best of me, and you make us always look forward with a smile, in winter and spring with all their fragrance. Shaping such a diamond together has not been easy, and I enjoy looking at it glowing every day. Sol, you are my reason to be stronger than ever. You mean the love to me, my best, dearest, and most beautiful friend! Thanks for being the shiny star of my life
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