This multidisciplinary team of chemists and physicists has complementary expertise in synthesis and spectroscopy, which allows us to explore novel materials with promise in photovoltaic and thermoelectric applications. This collaboration will focus on developing new molecules/polymers/nanomaterials and hybrid materials as well as new surface chemistry routes to control the structure at the interface between such novel materials and other device components like electrodes. Next, different state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques will be used to quantify properties like photoluminescence, carrier dynamics, interfacial organization and composition. This spectroscopic screening process will allow us to gain a broad understanding of structure-function relationships and hasten the identification of promising new material combinations for next-generation energy applications.
Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship
Award
Chemistry Alumni International Graduate Scholarship
Award
Dr. R. Norman and Magda Kemeny Jones Travel Award
Award
Mitacs Globalink Award for Asjad Hossain
Award
Pansy and George Strange Graduate Scholarship
Award
Short-term Research Award
Award
Suraj Manra Graduate Student Presentation Award in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1st Place)
Award
Travel Stipend (Rocky Mountain Conference)
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Accelerated Ripening in Chemically Fueled Emulsions
Scholarly Refereed Journal
C3N5: A Low Bandgap Semiconductor Containing an Azo-linked Carbon Nitride Framework for Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic and Adsorbent Applications
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Characterization of THz-Induces Bias Voltage Modulation In An STM
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Classification of Half-Heusler Compounds through Machine Learning Approaches
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Classification of Half-Heusler Compounds through Machine-Learning Approaches
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Collaborative Ultrafast Spectroscopic Laser (CUSL) facility
Misc: Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leade
Composition-Tunable Formamidinium Lead Mixed Halide Perovskites via Solvent-Free Mechanochemical Synthesis: Decoding the Pb Environments Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Cu(II)-Doped CS2SbAgCl6 Double Perovskite: A Lead-Free, Low-Bandgap Material
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Dehydrocoupling – an alternative approach to functionalizing germanium nanoparticle surfaces
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Design and Synthesis of Tellurophenes to Advance Optoelectronic Applications
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Doping Silicon Nanoparticles: An Approach to Tailoring Material Properties
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Enhanced Mismatch Selectivity of T4 DNA Ligase Far Above the Probe: Target Duplex Dissociation Temperature
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Experimental Validation of High Thermoelectric Performance in RECuZnP2 Predicted by High-Throughput DFT Calculations
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Experimental validation of high thermoelectric performance in RECuZnP2 predicted by high-throughput DFT calculations
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Exposing Halide-Mixing in Hybrid Perovskite Materials Using Solid-State NMR
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Exposing Halide-Mixing in Next-Generation Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskite Materials using Solid-State NMR
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Genomic Signature of Membrane Permeation Induced By Intense THz Pulsesz
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Half-Heusler Structures with Full-Heusler Counterparts: Machine-Learning Predictions and Experimental Validation
Scholarly Refereed Journal
High-Throughput Approaches for Discovering Thermoelectric Materials
Other Event
Hot-Carrier Induced Photoluminescence Enhancement and Quenching in GaAs and InP Driven by Intense THz Pulses
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
In Search of Coloured Intermetallics
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Influence of hidden halogen mobility on local structure of CsSn(Cl1-xBrx)3 mixed-halide perovskites by solid-state NMR
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Intense terahertz pulses inhibit ras signaling and other cancer-associated signaling pathways in human skin tissue models
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Intense-Terahertz-Pulse Enhancement of Hot-Carrier Photoluminescence in GaAs
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Investigation of Li-Zn-X (X = Ga, In) coloured intermetallics
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Lead-207 NMR Spectroscopy at 1.4 T: Application of Benchtop Instrumentation to a Challenging I = \textonehalf Nucleus
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Machine learning in solid-state chemistry: Heusler compounds
Book Chapter
Machine-learning predictions of half-Heusler structures
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Hybrid Lead Mixed-Halide Perovskites: An Atomic Level Study Using Solid-State NMR
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Methylammonium Lead Mixed\textendash Halide Perovskites: Unraveling the Solid-Solution Behavior Using Solid-State NMR
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Mechanochemical synthesis of 0D and 3D cesium lead mixed halide perovskites
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Minimizing Product Inhibition in DNA Self-Replication
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Modulated Photoluminescence of Germanium via Intense Terahertz Electric Fields
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Nonlinear Optics of Mineral Oxide Interfaces
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Not Just Par for the Course: 73 Quaternary Germanides RE4M2XGe4 (RE = La–Nd, Sm, Gd–Tm, Lu; M = Mn–Ni; X = Ag, Cd) and the Search for Intermetallics with Low Thermal Conductivity
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Phase Evolution in Methylammonium Tin Halide Perovskites with Variable Temperature Solid-State 119Sn NMR Spectroscopy
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Photocatalytic mechanism control and study of carrier dynamics in CdS@C3N5 core-shell nanowires
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Photoluminescence dynamics of functionalized two-dimensional silicon nanosheets
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Picosecond Photoconductivity and Vibrational Mode Screening in Double-Helix SnIP
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Picosecond Photophysics in Double-Helix SnIP
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Preparation and Properties of Amphiphilic Photoluminescent Silicon Nanocrystals
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Quarternary Rare-earth Transition-Metal Germanides: RE4M2CdGe4 and RE4M2AgGe4 (RE=La-SM, Gd-Lu, M=Mn-Ni)
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Quaternary Rare-Earth Transition-Metal Germanides RE4M2CdGe4 and RE4M2AgGe4 (RE = La–Sm, Gd–Tm, Lu; M = Mn–Ni)
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Rare-earth transition-metal oxychalcogenides
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Revealing the Local Sn and Pb Arrangements in CsSnxPb1–xBr3 Perovskites with Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Seeing the Stern Layer at the Silica/Aqueous Interface Using Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Silicon Quantum Dot–Polymer Fabry–Pérot Resonators with Narrowed and Tunable Emissions
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Silicon Surface Passivation for Silicon-Colloidal Quantum Dot Heterojunction Photodetectors
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Solving the Colouring Problem in Half-Heusler Structures: Machine-Learning Predictions and Experimental Validation
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Structure and Luminescence Properties of Rare-Earth Chalcohalides RE3Ge2Ch8X (Ch = S, Se; X = Cl, Br, I)
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Structure of the Silica/Divalent Electrolyte Interface: Molecular Insight into Charge Inversion with Increasing pH
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Sum frequency generation spectroscopy: A molecular probe for energy systems
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Sum frequency generation spectroscopy: A molecular probe for energy systems
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Sum frequency generation: A spectroscopic probe of aqueous/mineral oxide interfaces
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Synthesis, structure, and properties of rare-earth germanium sulfide iodides RE3Ge2S8I (RE = La, Ce, Pr)
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Tailorable Indirect to Direct Band-Gap Double Perovskites with Bright White-Light Emission: Decoding Chemical Structure Using Solid-State NMR
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Tailoring B-doped silicon nanocrystal surface chemistry via phosphorus pentachloride – mediated surface alkoxylation
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Tailoring Ordered Mesoporous Titania Films via Introducing Germanium Nanocrystals for Enhanced Electron Transfer Photoanodes for Photovoltaic Applications
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Tellurium-containing rings and their polymers for enhanced photovoltaics
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Terahertz photoconductivity of germanium inverse opal structures
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Ternary Germanides in Ce-M-Ge System (M=Rh, Co)
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Ternary Germanides in the Ce–M–Ge (M = Rh, Co) Systems
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Ternary and Quaternary Rare-Earth Transition-Metal Germanides
Master Thesis
Thermally Induced Dehydrogenative Coupling of Organosilanes and H-Terminated Silicon Quantum Dots onto Germanane Surfaces
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Thermally induced alkyl-silane dehydrocoupling on the surface of germanium nanocrystals
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Thermoelectric properties of inverse perovskites A3TtO (A = Mg, Ca; Tt = Si, Ge): Computational and experimental investigations
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Time-resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy of Inverse Opal Ge Films
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Topology-Based Prediction of Pathway Dysregulation Induced by Intense Terahertz Pulses in Human Skin Tissue Models
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Towards Triplet-Based Photovoltaics: Iodinated Tellurophenes and Their Conjugated Polymers
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Triplet excitons: improving exciton diffusion length for enhanced organic photovoltaics
Scholarly Refereed Journal
Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics of CdS Nanowires Wrapped In C3N5 Nanosheets
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Ultrafast photoconductivity and terahertz vibrational dynamics in double helix SnIP nanowires
Scholarly Refereed Journal
X-ray diffraction short course
Other Event
“Turning the dials”: controlling synthesis, structure, composition, and surface chemistry to tailor silicon nanoparticle properties
Scholarly Refereed Journal