Tomas Edvinsson
Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Solid State Physics
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 31 30
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 08 73
- E-mail:
- tomas.edvinsson@angstrom.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 35
751 03 Uppsala
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Short presentation
Tomas Edvinsson is a professor in Solid State Physics, directing a research group working on low dimensional materials for solar cells, water purification, and solar fuels. He is the author of 140+ scientific publications and project leader for several national projects from the Swedish research council, the Swedish Energy Agency, and work package leader in a European H2020 project within electro-fuels. He act as reviewer for several national and larger international grant organizations.
Keywords
- photocatalysis
- quantum dots
- raman spectroscopy
- solar cells
- solar fuels
Research
Publications
Selection of publications
- A concentrated effort (2019)
- Nature of the excited state in lead iodide perovskite materials (2019)
- Direct observation of active catalyst surface phases and the effect of dynamic self-optimization in NiFe-layered double hydroxides for alkaline water splitting (2019)
- Optical quantum confinement and photocatalytic properties in two-, one- and zero-dimensional nanostructures (2018)
Recent publications
- Biphasic lithium iron oxide nanocomposites for enhancement in electromagnetic interference shielding properties (2025)
- Absorption, excitonic emission, and vibration modes in quantum confined lead halide 2D nanoplatelets (2024)
- Implications of quantum confinement effects for the electronic and vibrational properties in 2D lead halide materials (2024)
- Supervised AI and Deep Neural Networks to Evaluate High-Entropy Alloys as Reduction Catalysts in Aqueous Environments (2024)
- Raman activities of nitrogen reduction and ammonia oxidation intermediates on the high-entropy alloy CoCuFeMoNi catalytic surface (2024)
All publications
Articles
- Biphasic lithium iron oxide nanocomposites for enhancement in electromagnetic interference shielding properties (2025)
- Supervised AI and Deep Neural Networks to Evaluate High-Entropy Alloys as Reduction Catalysts in Aqueous Environments (2024)
- Raman activities of nitrogen reduction and ammonia oxidation intermediates on the high-entropy alloy CoCuFeMoNi catalytic surface (2024)
- Clearing Up Discrepancies in 2D and 3D Nickel Molybdate Hydrate Structures (2024)
- Synchronized Photoluminescence and Electrical Mobility Enhancement in 2D WS2 through Sequence-Specific Chemical Passivation (2024)
- The Crystal Structure of Al4SiC4 Revisited (2024)
- Vibrational properties of monoclinic CoTeO4 (2024)
- Large-Scale Direct Growth of Monolayer MoS2 on Patterned Graphene for van der Waals Ultrafast Photoactive Circuits (2024)
- Phase-dependent photo-assisted electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate to ammonia using TiO2 (2024)
- Facile fabrication of AgBr/HCCN hybrids with Z-scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (2024)
- High-entropy alloy catalysts (2023)
- N-2 adsorption on high-entropy alloy surfaces (2023)
- Conductivity in Thin Films of Transition Metal Coordination Complexes (2023)
- Evading the Illusions (2023)
- Defect-Induced Raman Scattering in Cu2O Nanostructures and Their Photocatalytic Performance (2023)
- Scalable and thermally-integrated solar water-splitting modules using Ag-doped Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 and NiFe layered double hydroxide nanocatalysts (2022)
- Dynamic dimer copper coordination redox shuttles (2022)
- Towards time resolved characterization of electrochemical reactions (2022)
- Excited-state charge polarization and electronic structure of mixed-cation halide perovskites (2022)
- An open-access database and analysis tool for perovskite solar cells based on the FAIR data principles (2022)
- Microbial biosignature preservation in carbonated serpentine from the Samail Ophiolite, Oman (2022)
- Copper coordination polymers with selective hole conductivity (2022)
- Electronic structure of 2D hybrid perovskites (2022)
- Hole utilization in solar hydrogen production (2022)
- Nickel Site Modification by High-Valence Doping: Effect of Tantalum Impurities on the Alkaline Water Electro-Oxidation by NiO Probed by Operando Raman Spectroscopy (2022)
- Photonic Processing of MAPbI3 Films by Flash Annealing and Rapid Growth for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells (2022)
- Energy Alignment of Quantum-Confined ZnO Particles with Copper Oxides for Heterojunctions with Improved Photocatalytic Performance (2022)
- Electrochromic solar water splitting using a cathodic WO3 electrocatalyst (2021)
- NiMoV and NiO-based catalysts for efficient solar-driven water splitting using thermally integrated photovoltaics in a scalable approach (2021)
- Development of Various Photovoltaic‐Driven Water Electrolysis Technologies for Green Solar Hydrogen Generation (2021)
- From NiMoO4 to γ-NiOOH (2021)
- Direct Plasmonic Solar Cell Efficiency Dependence on Spiro-OMeTAD Li-TFSI Content (2021)
- Structure and Electronic Effects from Mn and Nb Co-doping for Low Band Gap BaTiO3 Ferroelectrics (2021)
- An Electrochemical Impedance Study of Alkaline Water Splitting Using Fe Doped NiO Nanosheets (2021)
- Rare-Earth-Modified Titania Nanoparticles (2021)
- Polarized and non-polarized Raman spectroscopy of ZnO crystals (2021)
- Photoinduced Fano Resonances between Quantum Confined Nanocrystals and Adsorbed Molecular Catalysts (2021)
- Selective kinetic growth and role of local coordination in forming Al2TiO5-based coatings at lower temperatures (2021)
- Optical Quantum Confinement in Ultrasmall ZnO and the Effect of Size on Their Photocatalytic Activity (2020)
- The climatic response of thermally integrated photovoltaic-electrolysis water splitting using Si and CIGS combined with acidic and alkaline electrolysis (2020)
- Molecular Functionalization of NiO Nanocatalyst for Enhanced Water Oxidation by Electronic Structure Engineering (2020)
- Molecular Engineering of Simple Metal-Free Organic Dyes Derived from Triphenylamine for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications (2020)
- Large Damping-Like Spin–Orbit Torque in a 2D Conductive 1T-TaS2 Monolayer (2020)
- Highly crystalline MAPbI3 perovskite grain formation by irreversible poor-solvent diffusion aggregation, for efficient solar cell fabrication (2020)
- Dye-sensitized solar cells under ambient light powering machine learning (2020)
- Molecular Linking Selectivity on Self-Assembled Metal-Semiconductor Nano-Hybrid Systems (2020)
- Revisiting the Limiting Factors for Overall Water-Splitting on Organic Photocatalysts (2020)
- Biochar for electrochemical applications (2020)
- Surface polarity, water adhesion and wettability behaviors of iron pyrite (2020)
- On the Mechanistic Understanding of Photovoltage Loss in Iron Pyrite Solar Cells (2020)
- Rational design and resolution of the mystery of the structure of Cyclo[18]carbon (2020)
- Flexible transparent graphene laminates via direct lamination of graphene onto polyethylene naphthalate substrates (2020)
- Extraction of Backscattering and Absorption Coefficients of Magnetite Nanosphere Composites from Light-Scattering Measurements (2020)
- Impedance Spectroscopy Modeling of Nickel–Molybdenum Alloys on Porous and Flat Substrates for Applications in Water Splitting (2019)
- Optimum Band Gap Energy of ((Ag),Cu)(InGa)Se2 Materials for Combination with NiMo–NiO Catalysts for Thermally Integrated Solar-Driven Water Splitting Applications (2019)
- A concentrated effort (2019)
- Femtosecond bond breaking and charge dynamics in ultracharged amino acids (2019)
- Green fabrication of stable lead-free bismuth based perovskite solar cells using a non-toxic solvent (2019)
- Nature of the excited state in lead iodide perovskite materials (2019)
- In operando Raman investigation of Fe doping influence on catalytic NiO intermediates for enhanced overall water splitting (2019)
- Direct observation of active catalyst surface phases and the effect of dynamic self-optimization in NiFe-layered double hydroxides for alkaline water splitting (2019)
- What Is Limiting Pyrite Solar Cell Performance? (2019)
- How to Make a Most Stable Perovskite Solar Cell (2019)
- Low-Temperature Nb-Doped SnO2 Electron-Selective Contact Yields over 20% Efficiency in Planar Perovskite Solar Cells (2018)
- Pathways to electrochemical solar-hydrogen technologies (2018)
- Optical quantum confinement and photocatalytic properties in two-, one- and zero-dimensional nanostructures (2018)
- Molecular Design of Efficient Organic D-A-pi-A Dye Featuring Triphenylamine as Donor Fragment for Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2018)
- Unravelling in-situ formation of highly active mixed metal oxide CuInO2 nanoparticles during CO2 electroreduction (2018)
- An effective approach of vapour assisted morphological tailoring for reducing metal defect sites in lead-free, (CH3NH3)(3)Bi2I9 bismuth-based perovskite solar cells for improved performance and long-term stability (2018)
- Effect of in situ electric-field-assisted growth on antiphase boundaries in epitaxial Fe3O4 thin films on MgO (2018)
- Transition metal doping effects in Co-phosphate catalysts for water splitting studied with XAS (2018)
- Copper Complexes with Tetradentate Ligands for Enhanced Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2018)
- Metal replacement in perovskite solar cell materials (2018)
- Electronic Structure of Two-Dimensional Lead(II) Iodide Perovskites (2018)
- Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with High Open-CircuitVoltage Containing a Supramolecular Iron Complex as HoleTransport Material Dopant (2018)
- Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Function of 4-tert-Butyl Pyridine for Interface Energy Level Adjustment in Efficient Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2018)
- Multifunctional Gadolinium-Doped Mesoporous TiO2 Nanobeads (2017)
- Resonance Raman and IR spectroscopy of aligned carbon nanotube arrays with extremely narrow diameters prepared with molecular catalysts on steel substrates (2017)
- Analysis of crystalline phases and integration modelling of charge quenching yields in hybrid lead halide perovskite solar cell materials (2017)
- An experimental and theoretical study of an efficient polymer nano-photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution (2017)
- Hydrogen evolution with nanoengineered ZnO interfaces decorated using a beetroot extract and a hydrogenase mimic (2017)
- Photon Energy-Dependent Hysteresis Effects in Lead Halide Perovskite Materials (2017)
- Photoinduced Stark Effects and Mechanism of Ion Displacement in Perovskite Solar Cell Materials (2017)
- Electronic structure of organic–inorganic lanthanide iodide perovskite solar cell materials (2017)
- Vacancy dipole interactions and the correlation with monovalent cation dependent ion movement in lead halide perovskite solar cell materials (2017)
- Controlled crystal growth orientation and surface charge effects in self-assembled nickel oxide nanoflakes and their activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (2017)
- Disentangling the intricate atomic short-range order and electronic properties in amorphous transition metal oxides (2017)
- Electronic structure dynamics in a low bandgap polymer studied by time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (2016)
- Room Temperature as a Goldilocks Environment for CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells (2016)
- Vapor phase conversion of PbI2 to CH3NH3PbI3 (2016)
- Frustrated Lewis pair-mediated recrystallization of CH3NH3PbI3 for improved optoelectronic quality and high voltage planar perovskite solar cells (2016)
- Acid-catalyzed oligomerization via activated proton transfer to aromatic and unsaturated monomers in Nafion membranes (2016)
- From Quantum Dots to Micro Crystals (2016)
- Effect of metal cation replacement on the electronic structure of metalorganic halide perovskites (2016)
- Bismuth Iodide Perovskite Materials for Solar Cell Applications (2016)
- Electronic transitions induced by short-range structural order in amorphous TiO2 (2016)
- CIGS based devices for solar hydrogen production spanning from PEC-cells to PV-electrolyzers (2015)
- A theoretical analysis of optical absorption limits and performance of tandem devices and series interconnected architectures for solar hydrogen production (2015)
- Goldschmidt's Rules and Strontium Replacement in Lead Halogen Perovskite Solar Cells (2015)
- Determination of Thermal Expansion Coefficients and Locating the Temperature-Induced Phase Transition in Methylammonium Lead Perovskites Using X-ray Diffraction (2015)
- Phase Formation Behavior in Ultrathin Iron Oxide (2015)
- What Limits Photon Upconversion on Mesoporous Thin Films Sensitized by Solution-Phase Absorbers? (2015)
- Resonance Raman and Excitation Energy Dependent Charge Transfer Mechanism in Halide-Substituted Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells (2015)
- Chemical engineering of methylammonium lead iodide/bromide perovskites (2015)
- High-fidelity numerical solution of the time-dependent Dirac equation (2014)
- Optical quantum confinement in low dimensional hematite (2014)
- Quantum Confined Stark Effects in ZnO Quantum Dots Investigated with Photoelectrochemical Methods (2014)
- A size dependent discontinuous decay rate for the exciton emission in ZnO quantum dots (2014)
- Sustainable Solar Hydrogen Production (2014)
- A monolithic device for solar water splitting based on series interconnected thin film absorbers reaching over 10% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency (2013)
- CuInxGa1-xSe2 as an efficient photocathode for solar hydrogen generation (2013)
- A Spectroelectrochemical Method for Locating Fluorescence Trap States in Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots (2013)
- A facile approach to ZnO/CdS nanoarrays and their photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical properties (2013)
- Antireflective coatings of ZnO quantum dots and their photocatalytic activity (2012)
- Photoelectrochemical Determination of the Absolute Band Edge Positions as a Function of Particle Size for ZnO Quantum Dots (2012)
- Investigation of Vibrational Modes and Phonon Density of States in ZnO Quantum Dots (2012)
- Excitation Energy Dependent Charge Separation at Hole-Transporting Dye/TiO2 Hetero Interface (2012)
- Light-induced rearrangements of chemisorbed dyes on anatase(101) (2012)
- Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Growing ZnO Quantum Dots (2011)
- Photoinduced electron transfer from a terrylene dye to TiO2 (2009)
- Rhodanine dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells (2009)
- A comparative study of a polyene-diphenylaniline dye and Ru(dcbpy)(2)(NCS)(2) in electrolyte-based and solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (2008)
- Improved photon-to-current conversion efficiency with a nanoporous p-type NiO electrode by the use of a sensitizer-acceptor dyad (2008)
- Design of an Organic Chromophore for P-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (vol 130, pg 8570, 2008) (2008)
- Design of an Organic Chromophore for P-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (2008)
- Intramolecular charge-transfer tuning of perylenes (2007)
- Electronic and Molecular Surface Structure of a Polyene-diphenylaniline Dye Adsorbed from Solution onto Nanoporous TiO2 (2007)
- The monolithic multicell (2007)
- Influence of pi-conjugation units in organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells (2007)
- Influence of pi-conjugation units in organic dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells (2007)
- Comparison of dye-sensitized ZnO and TiO2 solar cells (2007)
- Pores in nanostructured TiO2 films. Size distribution and pore permeability (2007)
- A novel organic chromophore for dye-sensitized nanostructured solar cells (2006)
- Path-Space Ratio as a Molecular Shape Descriptor of Polymer Conformation (2003)
- Effect of compression on the molecular shape of polymer mushrooms with variable stiffness (2002)
- Compaction of grafted wormlike chains under variable confinement (2001)
- Compaction of grafted wormlike chains under variable confinement (2001)
- Variations in molecular compactness and chain entanglement during the compression of grafted polymers (2000)
- Cluster identification and percolation analysis using a recursive algorithm (1999)
- Phonon–phonon and electron–phonon coupling in nano-dimensional ZnO
- Elastic forces give rise to unusual phase transformations in polyelectrolyte gels: A Raman microscopy study
- Thermally Excited Vibrations in Copper, Silver, and Gold Trimers and Enhanced Binding of CO
- Bonding of CO2 to TiO2
- In operando Raman spectroscopy of surface phase transformation in iron-doped nickel oxide nanosheets for enhanced overall water splitting
- Evading the Illusions
- Quantum Capacitance and Electrochemical Density of States in Quantum Confined ZnO
- Defect induced Raman scattering in Cu2O Nanopillars and Their Performance for Photocatalytic Water Purification
Books
- Characterization Techniques for Perovskite Solar Cell Materials (2019)
- On the Size and Shape of Polymers and Polymer Complexes (2002)
Chapters
- Time resolved photo-induced optical spectroscopy (2020)
- X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy for leadhalide perovskite (2020)
- ZnO nanomaterials (2019)
- Time resolved photo-induced optical spectroscopy (2019)
- X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy for lead halide perovskites (2019)
- Modeling of Electronic Properties of Amorphous Oxides (2018)
- Dye-sensitized nanostructured ZnO Electrodes for solar cell applications (2007)
Conferences
- Absorption, excitonic emission, and vibration modes in quantum confined lead halide 2D nanoplatelets (2024)
- Implications of quantum confinement effects for the electronic and vibrational properties in 2D lead halide materials (2024)
- Dynamic Nature of Electrodes for Solar Cells and Catalysis (2024)
- Electronic and Vibrational Quantum Confinement Effects in ZnO Quantum Dots and 2D Perovskites (2024)
- Pathway to utilize IR photons for efficient solar fuel generation (2024)
- Photoluminescence and size dependent electron-phonon coupling effects in ZnO quantum dots (2024)
- Nature of the excited states in Lead halide perovskites and mechanism for photoinduced halide migration (2023)
- Nature of the excited states in Lead halide perovskites and mechanism for photoinduced halide migration (2023)
- CoCrFeMnNi High-Entropy Alloys for Lithium-Mediated Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction (2023)
- Cu2O-Coated Copper Nanopillars For Photocatalytic Water Cleaning (2022)
- Nitrogen doped W oxide films for electrochromic applications (2019)
- Bifunctional solar electrocatalytic water splitting using CIGS solar modules and WO3-based electrolyzers (2019)
- Photobleaching of dyes by CuOx-based heterojunction bi-catalysts (2019)
- Impedance spectroscopy of water splitting reactions on nanostructured metal-based catalysts (2019)
- Direct observation of active catalyst redox states and the effect of dynamically increased crystallinity on efficient alkaline water splitting (2019)
- Investigating the influence of iron on nickel oxide nanosheets for enhanced overall water splitting through in-situ Raman and impedance spectroscopy (2019)
- Photocatalytic properties and polarized Raman of different ZnO crystal planes (2019)
- Generering av vätgas från vatten och solljus (2018)
- Effect of Interface Engineering and Origin of High Current in Planar Inverted Perovskite Solar cells (2018)
- Porous Fractals of MAPbI3 Perovskite (2018)
- Metal replacement in perovskite solar cell materials (2018)
- High Performance Materials for Solar Fuel Generation and Pathways to Utilization of IR-Photons (2017)
- Resonant and off-resonant Raman spectroscopy for analysis of solar energy material (2017)
- Lågdimensionella material för generering av solbränsle (2017)
- Tuning of NiO into an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting (2017)
- Nano Crystals to Micro Crystals (2016)
- Optical Quantum Confinement and Photocatalysis (2014)
- Stable and accurate simulation of phenomena in relativistic quantum mechanics (2013)
- An efficient approach to solar water splitting based on CuInxGa1-xSe2 reaching 10% overall solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency (2013)
- A Monolithic Device for Solar Water Splitting Based on Series Interconnected CIGS-Cells Reaching Over 10 % Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency (2013)
- A Monolithic Device for Solar Water Splitting Based on Series Interconnected CIGS-Cells Reaching Over 10 % Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency (2013)
- A Monolithic Device for Solar Water Splitting Based on Series Interconnected CIGS-Cells Reaching Over 10 % Solar-to-Hydrogen Efficiency (2013)
- Photoelectrochemical determination of the band edge positions as a function of particle size for ZnO quantum dots (2012)
- Time resolved in situ UV-vis absorption spectroscopy on growing ZnO quantum dots in correlation to steady state fluorescence and x-ray diffraction measurements (2011)
- Time resolved in situ UV-vis absorption spectroscopy on growing ZnO quantum dots: Correlation to steady state fluorescence and x-ray diffraction measurements (2011)
- Potential dependent absorption in ZnO quantum dots and determination of band edges as a function of particle size (2011)
- Electronic Structure of Self-Assembled Monolayerson ZnO Surfaces (2011)
- Electronic Structure of Self-Assembled Monolayers on ZnO Surfaces (2011)
- Water adsorption beyond monolayer coverage on ZnO surfaces and nanoclusters (2008)
Patents
- USE OF RYLENE DERIVATIVES AS PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN SOLAR CELLS (2015)
- Use Of Rylene Derivatives As Photosensitizers In Solar Cells (2014)
- USE OF RYLENE DERIVATIVES AS PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN SOLAR CELLS (2013)
- Use of rylene derivatives as photosensitizers in solar cells (2013)
- USE OF RYLENE DERIVATIVES AS PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN SOLAR CELLS (2012)
Other
- The role of interfacial species and nanostructure of Ni-based electrocatalysts for water splitting (2018)
- Investigating Redox States and Reaction Dynamics of Ni-based Nano-Catalysts for Alkaline Water Splitting (2018)
- Tuning of NiO into an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting (2017)
- Tuning the Overpotential for NiO Nanocatalyst for Water Splitting (2017)
