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Synthesis and characterization of low-dimensional organic-inorganic perovskites for detection and photovoltaic applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10925.DFT-metadynamics insights on the origin of the oxygen evolution kinetics at the (100)-WSe<inf>2</inf> surface
iScience. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112045.Cuprous oxide-Shewanella mediated photolytic hydrogen evolution
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.12.407.TEMPO bulk passivation boosts the performance and operational stability of rapid-annealed FAPI perovskite solar cells
Joule. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101972.Low-temperature thermite reaction to form oxygen vacancies in metal-oxide semiconductors: A case study of photoelectrochemical cells
Chem. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.12.006.A halted photodeposition technique controls co-catalyst loading and morphology on organic semiconductor nanoparticles for solar H 2 production
Advanced Energy Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202403372.Decoupling Interlayer Spacing and Cation Dipole on Exciton Binding Energy in Layered Halide Perovskites
Chemistry of Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01527.Free Charge Carrier Generation by Visible-Light-Absorbing Organic Spacers in Ruddlesden-Popper Layered Perovskites
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.4c09706.A metadynamics study of water oxidation reactions at (001)-WO3/liquid-water interface
Chem Catalysis. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.checat.2024.101085.Improving the photoelectrocatalytic efficiency of CuWO4 through molybdenum for tungsten substitution and coupling with BiVO4
Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d4se00161c.Assessing the Charge Carrier Dynamics at Hybrid Interfaces of Organic Photoanodes for Solar Fuels
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01170.Supramolecular interactions using β-cyclodextrin in controlling perovskite solar cell performance
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d4ta01741b.Methylammonium Nitrate-Mediated Crystal Growth and Defect Passivation in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Acs Energy Letters. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00154.Interfacial engineering through lead binding using crown ethers in perovskite solar cells
Journal Of Energy Chemistry. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.jechem.2024.01.042.Inducing porosity in xylose-derived FeNC electrocatalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction
Green Chemistry. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d3gc04645a.Composition-tunable transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets via a scalable, solution-processable method
Nanoscale Horizons. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d3nh00477e.Surface and Electrolyte Engineering on Semiconductor Electrodes for solar-assisted CO2 Reduction
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10160.Solar-driven hydrogen production using organic semiconductor nanoparticles
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10447.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. 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. DOI : 10.1021/acsanm.3c00836.Edge-Sharing Octahedrally Coordinated Ni-Fe Dual Active Sites on ZnFe2O4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation
Advanced Science. 2023. 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. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.3c02709.Photogenerated charge transfer in Dion-Jacobson type layered perovskite based on naphthalene diimide
Chemical Science. 2023. DOI : 10.1039/d3sc00783a.Do You Really Mean to Call It Highly Efficient?
Acs Energy Letters. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00772.Surface Passivation of FAPbI3-Rich Perovskite with Cesium Iodide Outperforms Bulk Incorporation
ACS Energy Letters. 2023. 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. 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. DOI : 10.1021/accountsmr.2c00209.Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction at a Direct CuInGaS2/Electrolyte Junction
Acs Energy Letters. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00022.Enabling Direct Photoelectrochemical H2 Production Using Alternative Oxidation Reactions on WO3
Chimia. 2023. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2023.110.Transparent Porous Conductive Substrates for Gas-Phase Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
Advanced Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202208740.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.Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10560.Precious metal-free (photo)electrochemistry for green hydrogen production
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10166.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. DOI : 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154203.Light-Responsive Oligothiophenes Incorporating Photochromic Torsional Switches
Chemistry-A European Journal. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/chem.202202698.An Organic Semiconductor Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cell for Solar Water Splitting
Advanced Energy Materials. 2022. 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. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.2c0143310291.Multiple Effects Induced by Mo6+ Doping in BiVO4 Photoanodes
Solar Rrl. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/solr.202200349.Transparency and Morphology Control of Cu2O Photocathodes via an in Situ Electroconversion
ACS Energy Letters. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00474.Tuning Napththalenediimide Cations for Incorporation into Ruddlesden–Popper-Type Hybrid Perovskites
Chemistry of Materials. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00246.High Performance Semiconducting Nanosheets via a Scalable Powder-Based Electrochemical Exfoliation Technique
Acs Nano. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.1c10739.Bulk Heterojunction Organic Semiconductor Photoanodes: Tuning Energy Levels to Optimize Electron Injection
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.1c21440.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.Derivative voltammetry: a simple tool to probe reaction selectivity in photoelectrochemical cells
Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2022. DOI : 10.1039/D2SE00692H.Engineering of PEM-PEC photocathodes for solar-driven hydrogen production
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9902.Organic Semiconductors For Photoelectrochemical Applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8769.Semiconducting two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides via solution-processable routes
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9099.Key factors boosting the performance of planar ZnFe2O4 photoanodes for solar water oxidation
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/d1ta07499g.Identifying Reactive Sites and Surface Traps in Chalcopyrite Photocathodes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202108994.Mott–Schottky Analysis of Photoelectrodes: Sanity Checks Are Needed
ACS Energy Letters. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01245.Benzodithiophene‐Based Spacers for Layered and Quasi‐Layered Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
ChemSusChem. 2021. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.202100992.Spray Synthesis of CuFeO2 Photocathodes and In-Operando Assessment of Charge Carrier Recombination
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02282.A semiconducting polymer bulk heterojunction photoanode for solar water oxidation
Nature Catalysis. 2021. DOI : 10.1038/s41929-021-00617-x.A hybrid bulk-heterojunction photoanode for direct solar-to-chemical conversion dagger
Energy & Environmental Science. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/d1ee00152c.Organic Semiconductors as Photoanodes for Solar-driven Photoelectrochemical Fuel Production
Chimia. 2021. 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. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.0c17004.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.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.Defect engineered nanostructured LaFeO3 photoanodes for improved activity in solar water oxidation
Journal of Materials Chemistry. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/D0TA11541J.Direct photoelectrochemical oxidation of hydroxymethylfurfural on tungsten trioxide photoanodes
RSC Advances. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/D0RA09989A.Crown Ether Modulation Enables over 23% Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c08592.Influence of Composition on Performance in Metallic Iron-Nickel-Cobalt Ternary Anodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis
Acs Catalysis. 2020. 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. 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. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c01704.Generalized Synthesis to Produce Transparent Thin Films of Ternary Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes
Chemsuschem. 2020. 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. DOI : 10.1039/d0gc00979b.Understanding Surface Recombination Processes Using Intensity-Modulated Photovoltage Spectroscopy on Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting
Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/hlca.202000064.FeO-based nanostructures and nanohybrids for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Progress In Materials Science. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100632.Establishing Stability in Organic Semiconductor Photocathodes for Solar Hydrogen Production
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c00126.Taking lanthanides out of isolation: tuning the optical properties of metal-organic frameworks
Chemical Science. 2020. DOI : 10.1039/d0sc00740d.Hydrogenation of ZnFe2O4 Flat Films: Effects of the Pre-Annealing Temperature on the Photoanodes Efficiency for Water Oxidation
Surfaces. 2020. DOI : 10.3390/surfaces3010009.Cu2O photocathodes with band-tail states assisted hole transport for standalone solar water splitting
Nature Communications. 2020. 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. 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. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02790.Multiarm and Substituent Effects on Charge Transport of Organic Hole Transport Materials
Chemistry of Materials. 2019. 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. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.9b01154.In situ and operando spectroelectrochemical techniques for evaluating interfacial carrier behavior in emerging photoelectrodes for solar fuel production
2019. 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. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201906803.Porous NiTiO3/TiO2 nanostructures for photocatatalytic hydrogen evolution
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2019. DOI : 10.1039/c9ta04763h.Solution-Processed Ultrathin SnS2-Pt Nanoplates for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019. 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. DOI : 10.1039/c8ta11160j.Covalent polymer network semiconducting thin-films and method for producing thereof
WO2019145025 . 2019.Organic Semiconductor Based Devices for Solar Water Splitting
Advanced Energy Materials. 2018. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.201802585.A Step toward Economically Viable Solar Fuel Production
Chem. 2018. 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. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.8b08714.Conjugation break spacers and flexible linkers as tools to engineer the properties of semiconducting polymers
2018. 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, Boston, MA, Aug 19-23, 2018.Defect engineering of liquid phase exfoliated 2D semiconducting WSe2 nanoflakes for solar fuel generation
2018. 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Beyond, Boston, MA, Aug 19-23, 2018.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.Defect Mitigation of Solution-Processed 2D WSe2 Nanoflakes for Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion
Nano Letters. 2018. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03948.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.Molecular Engineering Strategies for Morphology Control in Organic Semiconductors for Optoelectronics
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8520.Investigating and controlling charge carrier behavior in p-type delafossite CuFeO₂ photocathodes for solar fuel production
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7915.Solar-driven reduction of CO₂ : from homogeneous to heterogeneous catalytic systems
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7754.Photogenerated Charge Harvesting and Recombination in Photocathodes of Solvent-Exfoliated WSe2
Chemistry Of Materials. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02018.Advancing Materials and Methods for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion
Chimia. 2017. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2017.471.Morphology stabilization strategies for small-molecule bulk heterojunction photovoltaics
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/c7ta05405j.Photovoltaic stimulation of retinal ganglion cells with wide-field epiretinal prosthesis
The European Retina Meeting 2017, Paris, France, October 5-7, 2017.Layered 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.03.007.Engineering the self-assembly of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based molecular semiconductors via an aliphatic linker strategy
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/C7TA00896A.Hybrid Heterojunctions of Solution-Processed Semiconducting 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Acs Energy Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00707.Amorphous Ternary Charge-Cascade Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.7b04983.Heterotetracenes: Flexible Synthesis and in Silico Assessment of the Hole Transport Properties
Chemistry - A European Journal. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/chem.201701139.Solution-processed two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7609.Molecular Strategies for Morphology Control in Semiconducting Polymers for Optoelectronics
Chimia. 2017. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2017.369.Evaluating Charge Carrier Transport and Surface States in CuFeO
Chemistry of Materials. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01284.The Many Faces of Mixed Ion Perovskites: Unraveling and Understanding the Crystallization Process
Acs Energy Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00981.Injectable, self-opening, and freestanding retinal prosthesis for fighting blindness
13th International Conference on Organic Electronics (ICOE), St. Petersburg, Russia, June 4-8, 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.CuInGaS2 photocathodes treated with SbX3 (X = Cl, I): the effect of the halide on solar water splitting performance
Journal Of Physics D-Applied Physics. 2017. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6463/aa524c.Engineering of supramolecular self-assembly in solution-processed organic semiconductors
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7994.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.Semiconducting alternating multi-block copolymers via a di-functionalized macromonomer approach
Polymer Chemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/c6py01921h.Injectable, Self-opening, and Freestanding Retinal Prosthesis for Fighting Blindness
The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, May 7-11, 2017.Injectable, self-opening, and freestanding retinal prosthesis for fighting blindness made of conjugated polymers
2017 E-MRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 22-26, 2017.Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion
Nature Reviews Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/natrevmats.2015.10.Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion [Erratum]
Nature Reviews Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.10.The Role of Excitons and Free Charges in the Excited-State Dynamics of Solution-Processed Few-Layer MoS
Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09267.A Bottom-Up Approach toward All-Solution-Processed High-Efficiency Cu(In,Ga)S
Advanced Energy Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.201501949.Effect of molecular weight in diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers in transistor and photovoltaic applications
Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/polb.24135.Tailoring self-assembly and optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors via macromolecular engineering
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6957.A Gibeon meteorite yields a high-performance water oxidation electrocatalyst
Energy & Environmental Science. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/C6EE02375D.Toward Large-Area Solar Energy Conversion with Semiconducting 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
ACS Energy Letters. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00114.Improving charge collection with delafossite photocathodes: a host–guest CuAlO2/CuFeO2 approach
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/C5TA06336A.Continuous formic acid synthesis for energy storage
2016Intrinsic Halide Segregation at Nanometer Scale Determines the High Efficiency of Mixed Cation/Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.6b10049.Fabrication and Characterization of Functional ALD Metal Oxide Thin Films for Solar Applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7036.Robust Hierarchically Structured Biphasic Ambipolar Oxide Photoelectrodes for Light-Driven Chemical Regulation and Switchable Logic Applications
Advanced Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201602265.Direct Light-Driven Water Oxidation by a Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Photoanode
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.5b05724.Artificial Photosynthesis with Semiconductor-Liquid Junctions
Chimia. 2015. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2015.30.Self-assembled 2D WSe2 thin films for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production
Nature Communications. 2015. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms8596.Enhancing the Performance of a Robust Sol-Gel-Processed p-Type Delafossite CuFeO2 Photocathode for Solar Water Reduction
ChemSusChem. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201403146.Autodecomposition Approach for the Low-Temperature Mesostructuring of Nanocrystal Semiconductor Electrodes
Chemistry of Materials. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02894.Templating Sol-Gel Hematite Films with Sacrificial Copper Oxide: Enhancing Photoanode Performance with Nanostructure and Oxygen Vacancies
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.5b02111.The interaction of guest molecules in hydrates
2015Surface modification of semiconductor photoelectrodes
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2015. DOI : 10.1039/c5cp01992c.Toward Economically Feasible Direct Solar-to-Fuel Energy Conversion
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00406.Challenges towards Economic Fuel Generation from Renewable Ellectricity: The Heed for Efficient Electro-Catalysis
Chimia. 2015. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2015.789.Enhancing the Thermal Stability of Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Semiconductor Thin Films Using a Flexible Linker Approach
Advanced Materials. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201501826.Impact of surface structure on dynamic flow behavior in couette cell
2015A novel approach for the preparation of textured CuO thin films from electrodeposited CuCl and CuBr
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.jelechem.2014.01.038.A Bismuth Vanadate-Cuprous Oxide Tandem Cell for Overall Solar Water Splitting
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2014. DOI : 10.1021/jp500441h.Multiflake Thin Film Electronic Devices of Solution Processed 2D MoS2
Chemistry of Materials. 2014. DOI : 10.1021/cm502378g.Controlling conjugated polymer morphology and charge carrier transport with a flexible-linker approach
Chemical Science. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/C4SC02073A.Enhancing the Charge Separation in Nanocrystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Application: The Role of Surface Modifications
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2014. DOI : 10.1021/jz501996s.Hematite photoelectrodes for water splitting: evaluation of the role of film thickness by impedance spectroscopy
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/C3CP55473B.Controlling surface acidity, energetics and photochemical charge separation, through surface fluorination of SrTiO3 nanoparticles for photocatalytic water splitting
2014Defects Give New Life to an Old Material: Electronically Leaky Titania as a Photoanode Protection Layer
ChemCatChem. 2014. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.201402532.Unassisted solar water splitting with semiconductor oxide photoanode/photocathode tandem cells
2014. 247th National Spring Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Dallas, TX, MAR 16-20, 2014.Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells for Solar Water Splitting
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2013. DOI : 10.1021/jp405291g.Effects of Molecular Weight on Microstructure and Carrier Transport in a Semicrystalline Poly(thieno)thiophene
Macromolecules. 2013. DOI : 10.1021/ma402027v.Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel Production, Surface Traps, and Catalysis
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2013. DOI : 10.1021/jz4002983.On the Texturing and Nanostructuring of Iron Oxide Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting
Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5852.Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion with Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells
Chimia. 2013. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2013.155.Optimization and Stabilization of Electrodeposited Cu2ZnSnS4 Photocathodes for Solar Water Reduction
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2013. DOI : 10.1021/am402096r.A Ga2O3 underlayer as an isomorphic template for ultrathin hematite films toward efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting
Faraday Discussions. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c1fd00103e.Stabilization of p-type quaternary chalcogenide-based photocathodes for photoelectrochemical water reduction
2012The Transient Photocurrent and Photovoltage Behavior of a Hematite Photoanode under Working Conditions and the Influence of Surface Treatments
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2012. DOI : 10.1021/jp308591k.TaOxNy Sputtered Photoanodes For Solar Water Splitting
2012. EMRS Symposium T on Materials for Solar Hydrogen via Photo-Electrochemical Production held at the EMRS Spring Meeting. p. 119 - 126. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.05.223.Nanostructured alpha-Fe2O3 Photoanodes
Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production; New York: Springer, 2012. p. 121 - 156.Dynamics of photogenerated holes in surface modified alpha-Fe2O3 photoanodes for solar water splitting
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2012. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1118326109.Highly efficient water splitting by a dual-absorber tandem cell
Nature Photonics. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/Nphoton.2012.265.Facile fabrication of tin-doped hematite photoelectrodes - effect of doping on magnetic properties and performance for light-induced water splitting
Journal Of Materials Chemistry. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c2jm34639g.Correlating long-lived photogenerated hole populations with photocurrent densities in hematite water oxidation photoanodes
Energy & Environmental Science. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c1ee02567h.Direct Observation of Two Electron Holes in a Hematite Photoanode during Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2012. DOI : 10.1021/jp304254k.Iron Resonant Photoemission Spectroscopy on Anodized Hematite Points to Electron Hole Doping during Anodization
Chemphyschem. 2012. DOI : 10.1002/cphc.201200074.Solar Energy Stored as Hydrogen : Controlling Inexpensive Oxide-based Nanostructures for Efficient Water Splitting
Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-5478.Solar hydrogen production with semiconductor metal oxides: new directions in experiment and theory
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c1cp23212f.LaTiO2N/In2O3 photoanodes with improved performance for solar water splitting
Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c1cc16112a.Enhancement in the Performance of Ultrathin Hematite Photoanode for Water Splitting by an Oxide Underlayer
Advanced Materials. 2012. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201104868.Solar Water Splitting: Progress Using Hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) Photoelectrodes
ChemSusChem. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201000416.Cathodic shift in onset potential of solar oxygen evolution on hematite by 13-group oxide overlayers
Energy & Environmental Science. 2011. DOI : 10.1039/c1ee01194d.Passivating surface states on water splitting hematite photoanodes with alumina overlayers
Chemical Science. 2011. DOI : 10.1039/c0sc00578a.Probing the photoelectrochemical properties of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) electrodes using hydrogen peroxide as a hole scavenger
Energy & Environmental Science. 2011. DOI : 10.1039/c0ee00570c.Enhanced light harvesting in mesoporous TiO2/P3HT hybrid solar cells using a porphyrin dye
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Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2011. DOI : 10.1039/c0cc03627g.Evolution of an Oxygen Near-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Transition in the Upper Hubbard Band in alpha-Fe2O3 upon Electrochemical Oxidation
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Energy & Environmental Science. 2011. DOI : 10.1039/c1ee01034d.Activation Energies for the Rate-Limiting Step in Water Photooxidation by Nanostructured alpha-Fe2O3 and TiO2
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2010. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201003110.Decoupling Feature Size and Functionality in Solution-Processed, Porous Hematite Electrodes for Solar Water Splitting
Nano Letters. 2010. DOI : 10.1021/nl102708c.Controlling photo-activity of solution-processed hematite electrodes for solar water splitting
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Langmuir. 2009. DOI : 10.1021/la900247r.WO3-Fe2O3 Photoanodes for Water Splitting: A Host Scaffold, Guest Absorber Approach
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Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
PhD Students
Bouchez Arthur Eliot, Célérien Aurélie Fanny Marie, Diercks Nicolas Johannes, Foltzer-De Cian Louise Marie, Goldman Benjamin, Johanning Melanie Victoria, Li Jiajun,Past EPFL PhD Students
Bin Rahmanudin Hamdan Muhammad Aiman , Bornoz Pauline , Brillet Jérémie Minh-Châu , Caretti Marina Caroline Michèle , Cornuz Maurin , Firth Connor Robert , Gasperini Andrea , Jeanbourquin Xavier Adrian , Jeanguenat Colin , Johnson Hannah Elizabeth , Kim Yeonju , Liu Yongpeng , Morgante Michele , Nussbaum Simon , Plainpan Nukorn , Primera Darwich Barbara Alexandra , Prévot Mathieu Steven , Schreier Marcel Roland , Sekar Arvindh , Steier Ludmilla , Vuong Nhât-Tân , Wells Rebekah Anne , Xia Meng , Yu Xiaoyun , Zhang Dan ,Courses
Numerical methods
This course introduces students to modern computational and mathematical techniques for solving problems in chemistry and chemical engineering. The use of introduced numerical methods will be demonstrated using the python programming language.
Fluid mechanics and transport phenomena
The concept of Shell balances, the Navier-Stokes equations and generalized differential balances equations for heat and mass transport are derived. These relations are applied to model systems. Integral balances are introduced in the context of boundary layers and transfer coefficients.
Chemical engineering product design
Chemical product design has become more important because of major changes in the chemical industry. This course presents the basic method for chemical product design and gives direct practice to this procedure via a design project.