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Improving the photoelectrocatalytic efficiency of CuWO4 through molybdenum for tungsten substitution and coupling with BiVO4
Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2024-06-14. DOI : 10.1039/d4se00161c.Assessing the Charge Carrier Dynamics at Hybrid Interfaces of Organic Photoanodes for Solar Fuels
Journal Of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2024-06-10. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01170.Supramolecular interactions using β-cyclodextrin in controlling perovskite solar cell performance
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2024-05-23. DOI : 10.1039/d4ta01741b.Methylammonium Nitrate-Mediated Crystal Growth and Defect Passivation in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Acs Energy Letters. 2024-04-12. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00154.Interfacial engineering through lead binding using crown ethers in perovskite solar cells
Journal Of Energy Chemistry. 2024-02-09. DOI : 10.1016/j.jechem.2024.01.042.Inducing porosity in xylose-derived FeNC electrocatalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction
Green Chemistry. 2024-02-02. DOI : 10.1039/d3gc04645a.Composition-tunable transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets via a scalable, solution-processable method
Nanoscale Horizons. 2024-01-30. DOI : 10.1039/d3nh00477e.Green hydrogen production using Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bioanode and cuprous oxide-based photocathode
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10613.Efficient Cu2O Photocathodes for Aqueous Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate and Syngas
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2023-12-13. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.3c06146.Ink-Based CuIn0.3Ga0.7S2 Nanocrystal Thin Films as Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction
Acs Applied Nano Materials. 2023-06-13. DOI : 10.1021/acsanm.3c00836.Edge-Sharing Octahedrally Coordinated Ni-Fe Dual Active Sites on ZnFe2O4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation
Advanced Science. 2023-06-01. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202301869.Understanding and Mitigating the Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on a Nickel Oxide Hole Transport Material during Damp Heat Testing
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2023-05-31. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.3c02709.Photogenerated charge transfer in Dion-Jacobson type layered perovskite based on naphthalene diimide
Chemical Science. 2023-05-15. DOI : 10.1039/d3sc00783a.Do You Really Mean to Call It Highly Efficient?
Acs Energy Letters. 2023-05-12. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00772.Surface Passivation of FAPbI3-Rich Perovskite with Cesium Iodide Outperforms Bulk Incorporation
ACS Energy Letters. 2023-05-04. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00609.Bifunctional hole-shuttle molecule for improved interfacial energy level alignment and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells
Nature Energy. 2023-04-17. DOI : 10.1038/s41560-023-01249-0.Assembling a Photoactive 2D Puzzle: From Bulk Powder to Large- Area Films of Semiconducting Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets
Accounts Of Materials Research. 2023-03-15. DOI : 10.1021/accountsmr.2c00209.Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction at a Direct CuInGaS2/Electrolyte Junction
Acs Energy Letters. 2023-03-02. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00022.Enabling Direct Photoelectrochemical H2 Production Using Alternative Oxidation Reactions on WO3
Chimia. 2023-03-01. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2023.110.Transparent Porous Conductive Substrates for Gas-Phase Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
Advanced Materials. 2023-01-02. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202208740.Precious metal-free (photo)electrochemistry for green hydrogen production
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10166.Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10560.Materials engineering for improved stability of perovskite solar cells
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10636.Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Spacer Cations for the Incorporation in Layered Perovskites
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10451.Tungsten oxide-based photoanodes: biomass valorization and the effects of oxygen vacancies
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9453.Effects of surface wettability on (001)-WO3 and (100)-WSe2: A spin-polarized DFT-MD study
Applied Surface Science. 2022-11-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154203.Light-Responsive Oligothiophenes Incorporating Photochromic Torsional Switches
Chemistry-A European Journal. 2022-10-31. DOI : 10.1002/chem.202202698.An Organic Semiconductor Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cell for Solar Water Splitting
Advanced Energy Materials. 2022-09-08. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202202363.Covalent Organic Framework Nanoplates Enable Solution-Processed Crystalline Nanofilms for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2022-06-15. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.2c0143310291.Multiple Effects Induced by Mo6+ Doping in BiVO4 Photoanodes
Solar Rrl. 2022-06-15. DOI : 10.1002/solr.202200349.Transparency and Morphology Control of Cu2O Photocathodes via an in Situ Electroconversion
ACS Energy Letters. 2022-04-07. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00474.Tuning Napththalenediimide Cations for Incorporation into Ruddlesden–Popper-Type Hybrid Perovskites
Chemistry of Materials. 2022-04-07. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00246.High Performance Semiconducting Nanosheets via a Scalable Powder-Based Electrochemical Exfoliation Technique
Acs Nano. 2022-03-15. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.1c10739.Bulk Heterojunction Organic Semiconductor Photoanodes: Tuning Energy Levels to Optimize Electron Injection
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2022-02-07. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.1c21440.Derivative voltammetry: a simple tool to probe reaction selectivity in photoelectrochemical cells
Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2022. DOI : 10.1039/D2SE00692H.Semiconducting two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides via solution-processable routes
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9099.Engineering of PEM-PEC photocathodes for solar-driven hydrogen production
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9902.Exploring new avenues for perovskite photovoltaics: Molecular functionalization of layered lead-halide perovskites and defect mitigation in lead-free double perovskites
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9434.Organic Semiconductors For Photoelectrochemical Applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8769.Key factors boosting the performance of planar ZnFe2O4 photoanodes for solar water oxidation
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2021-12-07. DOI : 10.1039/d1ta07499g.Identifying Reactive Sites and Surface Traps in Chalcopyrite Photocathodes
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. 2021-10-01. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202108994.Mott–Schottky Analysis of Photoelectrodes: Sanity Checks Are Needed
ACS Energy Letters. 2021-07-09. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01245.Benzodithiophene‐Based Spacers for Layered and Quasi‐Layered Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
ChemSusChem. 2021-06-21. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.202100992.Spray Synthesis of CuFeO2 Photocathodes and In-Operando Assessment of Charge Carrier Recombination
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2021-05-27. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02282.A semiconducting polymer bulk heterojunction photoanode for solar water oxidation
Nature Catalysis. 2021-05-01. DOI : 10.1038/s41929-021-00617-x.A hybrid bulk-heterojunction photoanode for direct solar-to-chemical conversion dagger
Energy & Environmental Science. 2021-03-30. DOI : 10.1039/d1ee00152c.Organic Semiconductors as Photoanodes for Solar-driven Photoelectrochemical Fuel Production
Chimia. 2021-03-01. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2021.169.A Direct Z-Scheme for the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from a Water Ethanol Mixture on CoTiO3/TiO2 Heterostructures
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2021-01-13. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.0c17004.Systematic investigations of uranium carbide composites oxidation from micro- to nano-scale: Application to waste disposal
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8234.Novel Interfacial Characterization and Surface Engineering in Semiconductor Electrodes for Optimized Solar Fuel Production
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8554.Direct photoelectrochemical oxidation of hydroxymethylfurfural on tungsten trioxide photoanodes
RSC Advances. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/D0RA09989A.Spectroelectrochemical and Chemical Evidence of Surface Passivation at Zinc Ferrite (ZnFe 2 O 4 ) Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation
Advanced Functional Materials. 2021. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202010081.Defect engineered nanostructured LaFeO3 photoanodes for improved activity in solar water oxidation
Journal of Materials Chemistry. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/D0TA11541J.Crown Ether Modulation Enables over 23% Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020-11-25. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c08592.Influence of Composition on Performance in Metallic Iron-Nickel-Cobalt Ternary Anodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis
Acs Catalysis. 2020-10-16. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.0c03523.MIL-101(Fe)/g-C3N4 for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis toward simultaneous reduction of Cr(VI) and oxidation of bisphenol A in aqueous media
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2020-09-05. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119033.Passivation Mechanism Exploiting Surface Dipoles Affords High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020-07-01. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c01704.Generalized Synthesis to Produce Transparent Thin Films of Ternary Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes
Chemsuschem. 2020-06-04. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.202000926.Achieving visible light-driven hydrogen evolution at positive bias with a hybrid copper-iron oxide|TiO2-cobaloxime photocathode
Green Chemistry. 2020-05-21. DOI : 10.1039/d0gc00979b.Understanding Surface Recombination Processes Using Intensity-Modulated Photovoltage Spectroscopy on Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting
Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2020-05-07. DOI : 10.1002/hlca.202000064.FeO-based nanostructures and nanohybrids for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Progress In Materials Science. 2020-05-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100632.Establishing Stability in Organic Semiconductor Photocathodes for Solar Hydrogen Production
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020-04-29. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c00126.Taking lanthanides out of isolation: tuning the optical properties of metal-organic frameworks
Chemical Science. 2020-04-28. DOI : 10.1039/d0sc00740d.Hydrogenation of ZnFe2O4 Flat Films: Effects of the Pre-Annealing Temperature on the Photoanodes Efficiency for Water Oxidation
Surfaces. 2020-03-12. DOI : 10.3390/surfaces3010009.Cu2O photocathodes with band-tail states assisted hole transport for standalone solar water splitting
Nature Communications. 2020-01-16. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-13987-5.Roll-to-Roll Deposition of Semiconducting 2D Nanoflake Films of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Optoelectronic Applications
ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2019-11-17. DOI : 10.1021/acsanm.9b01774.In Situ Electrochemical Oxidation of Cu2S into CuO Nanowires as a Durable and Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Chemistry Of Materials. 2019-09-24. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02790.Multiarm and Substituent Effects on Charge Transport of Organic Hole Transport Materials
Chemistry of Materials. 2019-09-10. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00438.Robust Electron Transport Layers via In Situ Cross-Linking of Perylene Diimide and Fullerene for Perovskite Solar Cells
ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019-09-01. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.9b01154.In situ and operando spectroelectrochemical techniques for evaluating interfacial carrier behavior in emerging photoelectrodes for solar fuel production
2019-08-25. Fall National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), San Diego, CA, Aug 25-29, 2019.Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots to Enhance the Power Conversion Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. 2019-08-01. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201906803.Porous NiTiO3/TiO2 nanostructures for photocatatalytic hydrogen evolution
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2019-07-28. DOI : 10.1039/c9ta04763h.Solution-Processed Ultrathin SnS2-Pt Nanoplates for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019-02-20. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.8b17622.Insights into the interfacial carrier behaviour of copper ferrite ( CuFe2O4) photoanodes for solar water oxidation
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2019-01-28. DOI : 10.1039/c8ta11160j.Covalent polymer network semiconducting thin-films and method for producing thereof
WO2019145025 . 2019.Alternative Oxidation Reactions for Solar-Driven Fuel Production
ACS Catalysis. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.8b04565.Fully Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Block Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaics via Heck–Mizoroki Coupling
ACS Macro Letters. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00932.Organic Semiconductor Based Devices for Solar Water Splitting
Advanced Energy Materials. 2018-11-15. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.201802585.A Step toward Economically Viable Solar Fuel Production
Chem. 2018-11-08. DOI : 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.10.015.Nanocrystalline Boron-Doped Diamond as a Corrosion-Resistant Anode for Water Oxidation via Si Photoelectrodes
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2018-09-05. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.8b08714.Defect engineering of liquid phase exfoliated 2D semiconducting WSe2 nanoflakes for solar fuel generation
2018-08-19. 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, Boston, MA, Aug 19-23, 2018.Conjugation break spacers and flexible linkers as tools to engineer the properties of semiconducting polymers
2018-08-19. 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, Boston, MA, Aug 19-23, 2018.Conjugation break spacers and flexible linkers as tools to engineer the properties of semiconducting polymers
POLYMER JOURNAL. 2018. DOI : 10.1038/s41428-018-0069-z.Photocatalytic hydrogen generation from a visible-light responsive metal–organic framework system: the impact of nickel phosphide nanoparticles
Journal of Materials Chemistry. 2018-10-18. DOI : 10.1039/C7TA10225A.Iron-Rich Natural Mineral Gibeon Meteorite Catalyzed N -formylation of Amines using CO2 as the C1 Source
ChemistrySelect. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/slct.201802646.Spinel Structural Disorder Influences Solar-Water-Splitting Performance of ZnFe2 O4 Nanorod Photoanodes
Advanced Materials. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201801612.Melt-processing of small molecule organic photovoltaics via bulk heterojunction compatibilization
Green Chemistry. 2018. DOI : 10.1039/C8GC00335A.Molecular Engineering Strategies for Morphology Control in Organic Semiconductors for Optoelectronics
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8520.Design and validation of a foldable and photovoltaic wide-field epiretinal prosthesis
Nature Communications. 2018-03-08. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-03386-7.Catalyst-Free, Fast, and Tunable Synthesis for Robust Covalent Polymer Network Semiconducting Thin Films
Advanced Functional Materials. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.201706303.Defect Mitigation of Solution-Processed 2D WSe2 Nanoflakes for Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion
Nano Letters. 2018. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03948.Evaluating spinel ferrites MFe2O4 (M = Cu, Mg, Zn) as photoanodes for solar water oxidation: prospects and limitations
Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2018. DOI : 10.1039/C7SE00448F.Potential-sensing electrochemical atomic force microscopy for in operando analysis of water-splitting catalysts and interfaces
Nature Energy. 2018. DOI : 10.1038/s41560-017-0048-1.The Many Faces of Mixed Ion Perovskites: Unraveling and Understanding the Crystallization Process
Acs Energy Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00981.Design and validation of a foldable and photovoltaic wide-field epiretinal prosthesis
2017 Artificial Vision Meeting, Aachen, Germany, December 1-2, 2017.Design and validation of a foldable and photovoltaic wide-field retinal prosthesis
2017 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, November 26-December 1, 2017.Demonstration and Characterization of Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Photoanode for Direct Light-Driven Water Oxidation
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7975.Photogenerated Charge Harvesting and Recombination in Photocathodes of Solvent-Exfoliated WSe2
Chemistry Of Materials. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02018.Amorphous Ternary Charge-Cascade Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.7b04983.Morphology stabilization strategies for small-molecule bulk heterojunction photovoltaics
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/c7ta05405j.Other publications
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