Electrochemical devices are beginning to provide platforms from which to launch new methods to manipulate and study material systems. For example, recent investigations have provided new insights into the interactions between mixed ionic-electronic conductors and light. The ability of influencing the properties of mixed conductors with light presents the possibility of new energy-related applications. Similar developments have led to new photo(electro)chemical devices such as light-rechargeable batteries and light-tuneable resistive switches. Electrochemical methods have also found their way into semiconductor research, facilitating novel techniques such as doping for improved optoelectronic properties. To understand the complex phenomena inside an operating electrochemical device, non-invasive techniques based on the optical properties of battery materials are beginning to facilitate closer, real-time insights into the dynamic mechanisms of energy storage. This symposium invites contributions based on novel ways of characterising and using electrochemical materials, from both a perspective of the underlying phenomena and device applications.
- Photo(electro)chemical effects
- Mixed ionic-electronic conductivity
- Advanced tools for in-situ and operando characterization
- Integration for novel applications such as (photo)catalysis, (photo)batteries, and synaptic transistors
Dr. Moritz H. Futscher obtained his PhD in physics from the University of Amsterdam in January 2020 for his work performed at the research institute AMOLF. His PhD thesis focused on degradation channels related to ion migration and performance limitations of metal halide perovskites. After completing his PhD, he joined the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) as a postdoctoral researcher and Rubicon Fellow working on metal halide perovskites and thin-film solid-state batteries. His main interest lies in understanding and harnessing the mixed ionic-electronic conductivities of different materials for novel applications related to renewable energy conversion and storage.
Bruno Ehrler is leading the Hybrid Solar Cells group at AMOLF in Amsterdam since 2014 and is also a honorary professor at the University of Groningen since 2020. His group focuses on perovskite materials science, both on the fundamental level, and for device applications. He is recipient of an ERC Starting Grant and an NWO Vidi grant, advisory board member of the Dutch Chemistry Council, recipient of the WIN Rising Star award, and senior conference editor for nanoGe.
Before moving to Amsterdam, he was a research fellow in the Optoelectronics Group at Cambridge University following post-doctoral work with Professor Sir Richard Friend. During this period, he worked on quantum dots, doped metal oxides and singlet fission photovoltaics. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Neil Greenham, studying hybrid solar cells from organic semiconductors and inorganic quantum dots. He received his MSci from the University of London (Queen Mary) studying micro-mechanics in the group of Professor David Dunstan.
2022 Science Board member Netherlands Energy Research Alliance (NERA)
2021 Member steering committee National Growth fund application Duurzame MaterialenNL
2021 Member advisory board Dutch Chemistry Council
2020 Honorary professor Universty of Groningen for new hybrid material systems for solar-cell applications
2020 ERC starting Grant for work on aritifical synapses from halide perovskite
2019 Senior conference editor nanoGe
2018 WIN Rising Star award
2017 NWO Vidi Grant for work on metal halide perovskites
since 2014 Group Leader, Hybrid Solar Cell Group, Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam
2013 – 2014 Trevelyan Research Fellow, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
2012-2013 Postdoctoral Work, University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Richard Friend
2009-2012 PhD in Physics, University of Cambridge, Professor Neil Greenham
2005 – 2009 Study of physics at RWTH Aachen and University of London, Queen Mary College, MSci University of London
Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Rosillo obtained holds a M.Sc. in Materials Science and Nanotechnology and a PhD in Materials Science from the University Autonomous of Barcelona. He performed his MSc and PhD research (2011-2017) at the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), where he studied the relation of the resistive switching properties of metallic perovskite oxides with their intrinsic metal-insulator transitions for memristive devices and novel computation paradigms. He also was a visiting researcher at the University of Geneva (CH) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE). Then he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) for a postdoctoral position (2017-2020) working on the memristive properties of lithium-based oxides for neuromorphic computing and processing of next-generation solid-state electrolyte thin films for All-Solid-State Batteries and Microbatteries. Juan Carlos has been awarded with a Tecniospring postdoctoral fellowship to join IREC and to develop thin film microbattery architectures to power micro- and nanodevices for the Internet of Things revolution
Antonio Guerrero is Associate Professor in Applied Physics at the Institute of Advanced Materials (Spain). His background includes synthesis of organic and inorganic materials (PhD in Chemistry). He worked 4 years at Cambridge Dispaly Technology fabricating materiales for organic light emitting diodes and joined University Jaume I in 2010 to lead the fabrication laboratory of electronic devices. His expertise includes chemical and electrical characterization of several types of electronic devices. In the last years he has focused in solar cells, memristors, electrochemical cells and batteries.