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Transparent Porous Conductive Substrates for Gas-Phase Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production
Advanced Materials. 2023-01-02. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202208740.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.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.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.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.Design and validation of a foldable and photovoltaic wide-field epiretinal prosthesis
Nature Communications. 2018-03-08. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-03386-7.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.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.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.Advancing Materials and Methods for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion
Chimia. 2017. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2017.471.Photovoltaic stimulation of retinal ganglion cells with wide-field epiretinal prosthesis
The European Retina Meeting 2017, Paris, France, October 5-7, 2017.Engineering of supramolecular self-assembly in solution-processed organic semiconductors
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7994.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.Engineering the self-assembly of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based molecular semiconductors via an aliphatic linker strategy
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/C7TA00896A.Molecular Strategies for Morphology Control in Semiconducting Polymers for Optoelectronics
CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 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.Layered 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.03.007.Injectable, self-opening, and freestanding retinal prosthesis for fighting blindness
13th International Conference on Organic Electronics (ICOE), St. Petersburg, Russia, June 4-8, 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.Solar-driven reduction of CO₂
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7754.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.Semiconducting alternating multi-block copolymers via a di-functionalized macromonomer approach
Polymer Chemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1039/c6py01921h.Heterotetracenes: Flexible Synthesis and in Silico Assessment of the Hole Transport Properties
Chemistry A European Journal. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/chem.201701139.Hybrid Heterojunctions of Solution-Processed Semiconducting 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Acs Energy Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00707.Solution-processed two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7609.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.Intrinsic 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.Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion [Erratum]
Nature Reviews Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.10.Robust Hierarchically Structured Biphasic Ambipolar Oxide Photoelectrodes for Light-Driven Chemical Regulation and Switchable Logic Applications
Advanced Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201602265.A Gibeon meteorite yields a high-performance water oxidation electrocatalyst
Energy Environ. Sci.. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/C6EE02375D.The Role of Excitons and Free Charges in the Excited-State Dynamics of Solution-Processed Few-Layer MoS
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09267.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.Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion
Nature Reviews Materials. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/natrevmats.2015.10.Other publications
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Alsabeh Ghewa, Diercks Nicolas Johannes, Firth Connor Robert, Goldman Benjamin, Jeanguenat Colin, Johanning Melanie Victoria, Johnson Hannah Elizabeth, Kessler Raluca-Ana, Kim Yeonju, Morgante Michele, Nussbaum Simon, Xia Meng, Zhang Dan,Past EPFL PhD Students
Bin Rahmanudin Hamdan Muhammad Aiman , Bornoz Pauline , Brillet Jérémie Minh-Châu , Caretti Marina Caroline Michèle , Cornuz Maurin , Gasperini Andrea , Jeanbourquin Xavier Adrian , Liu Yongpeng , Plainpan Nukorn , Primera Darwich Barbara Alexandra , Prévot Mathieu Steven , Schreier Marcel Roland , Sekar Arvindh , Steier Ludmilla , Vuong Nhât-Tân , Wells Rebekah Anne , Yu Xiaoyun ,Courses
Introduction to chemical engineering Laboratory Works
This course aims to expose the students to basic and modern processes/systems important to chemical engineers. Students perform experiments in groups, analyze results and use these to design industrial scale processes. Written and oral reports and laboratory performance are used for the final mark.
Chemical engineering practice
This course provides the students with practical experience with simple "unit operations" based on heat and mass transfer . The students develop the ability to scale-up laboratory results into the design of industrial-size components.
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 MATLAB 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 given. 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.