Kevin Sivula
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| Professor Kevin Sivula | |
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| Born | 1979 (age 45–46) Minnesota, USA |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | USA |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🏅 Awards | Werner Prize Air Liquide Essential Small Molecules Award Prix Zeno Karl Schindler |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/limno/ |
Kevin Sivula (born 1979 in Minnesota, USA) is a highly cited American chemical engineer and researcher in the field of solar cells. He is a professor of molecular engineering at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and the head of the Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials at EPFL's School of Basic Sciences.[1][2][3]
Career[edit]
Sivula studied at the University of Minnesota and obtained a Bachelor degree in chemical engineering in 2002. He completed a doctorate with a thesis on "Controlling the morphology of solution-processed bulk heterojunction photovoltaics" in 2007 at the University of California, Berkeley under the direction of Jean Fréchet.[4][5][6]
He then joined Michael Grätzel’s group at EPFL as a postdoctoral researcher and investigated photo-electrochemical processes of water splitting.[7][8][9]
In 2011, he became tenure track assistant professor and began an independent research program at EPFL's Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering.[10]. In 2018, he was promoted to associate professor of chemical engineering. He directs the Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials and teaches courses in transport phenomena, chemical product design, and solar energy conversion.[1][11]
Research[edit]
Sivula’s research is dedicated to the understanding and engineering of charge transport and transfer in novel and inexpensive optoelectronic materials, in particular for solar energy conversion. The development of economical and robust semiconducting materials that can be processed by rapid roll-to-roll techniques into high-performance devices represents a significant challenge and is crucial to enabling low-cost global-scale solar energy conversion. Therefore his research is directed towards understanding composition, crystallinity, self-assembly, and morphology in key systems in order to control the electronic band gap, light absorption, charge transfer, and carrier transport in thin film semiconductors to enable advance device performance. He contributed important research advances in three main areas: Semiconductors for solar-fuel production,[12][13] understanding and controlling charge transport in thin film organic semiconductors,[14][15][16] and solution processing and self-assembly of 2D-semicondutors.[17][18]
His research was featured on Photonics,[19] Nano Werk,[20] Swiss nation TV RTS,[21], Reuters,[22] Clean Technica,[23] and Futura Sciences.[24]
Distinctions[edit]
Sivula is the the recipient of the 2017 Werner Prize by the Swiss Chemical Society Werner Prize,[25] the 2016 Air Liquide Essential Small Molecules Award,[26][27] the 2011 Prix Zeno Karl Schindler,[28], and the 2007 Graduate Student Gold Award by the Materials Research Society.[29][30]
He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Swiss Chemical Society.[31]
In 2020, Clarivate ranked him among the 1000 most highly cited researchers.[3]
Selected works[edit]
- Sivula, Kevin; Le Formal, Florian; Grätzel, Michael (2011-04-18). "Solar Water Splitting: Progress Using Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Photoelectrodes". ChemSusChem. 4 (4): 432–449. doi:10.1002/cssc.201000416. PMID 21416621.
- Tilley, S. David; Cornuz, Maurin; Sivula, Kevin; Grätzel, Michael (2010-08-23). "Light-Induced Water Splitting with Hematite: Improved Nanostructure and Iridium Oxide Catalysis". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49 (36): 6405–6408. doi:10.1002/anie.201003110. PMID 20665613.
- Paracchino, Adriana; Laporte, Vincent; Sivula, Kevin; Grätzel, Michael; Thimsen, Elijah (June 2011). "Highly active oxide photocathode for photoelectrochemical water reduction". Nature Materials. 10 (6): 456–461. Bibcode:2011NatMa..10..456P. doi:10.1038/nmat3017. ISSN 1476-1122. PMID 21552270.
- Sivula, Kevin; van de Krol, Roel (February 2016). "Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion". Nature Reviews Materials. 1 (2): 15010. Bibcode:2016NatRM...115010S. doi:10.1038/natrevmats.2015.10. ISSN 2058-8437.
- Dotan, Hen; Sivula, Kevin; Grätzel, Michael; Rothschild, Avner; Warren, Scott C. (2011). "Probing the photoelectrochemical properties of hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3 ) electrodes using hydrogen peroxide as a hole scavenger". Energy Environ. Sci. 4 (3): 958–964. doi:10.1039/C0EE00570C. ISSN 1754-5692.
- Prévot, Mathieu S.; Sivula, Kevin (2013-09-05). "Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells for Solar Water Splitting". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 117 (35): 17879–17893. doi:10.1021/jp405291g. ISSN 1932-7447.
- Brillet, Jeremie; Yum, Jun-Ho; Cornuz, Maurin; Hisatomi, Takashi; Solarska, Renata; Augustynski, Jan; Graetzel, Michael; Sivula, Kevin (December 2012). "Highly efficient water splitting by a dual-absorber tandem cell". Nature Photonics. 6 (12): 824–828. Bibcode:2012NaPho...6..824B. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.265. ISSN 1749-4885.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "13 new professors appointed at ETH Zurich and EPFL | ETH-Board". www.ethrat.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "People". www.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "kevin sivula's Publons profile". publons.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ↑ "Controlling the morphology of solution-processed bulk heterojunction photovoltaics - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ Sivula, K.; Ball, Z. T.; Watanabe, N.; Fréchet, J. M. J. (2006-01-19). "Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer Compatibilizers and Their Effect on the Morphology and Performance of Polythiophene:Fullerene Solar Cells". Advanced Materials. 18 (2): 206–210. doi:10.1002/adma.200501787. ISSN 0935-9648.
- ↑ Sivula, Kevin; Luscombe, Christine K.; Thompson, Barry C.; Fréchet, Jean M. J. (November 2006). "Enhancing the Thermal Stability of Polythiophene:Fullerene Solar Cells by Decreasing Effective Polymer Regioregularity". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128 (43): 13988–13989. doi:10.1021/ja064434r. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 17061856.
- ↑ Sivula, Kevin; Zboril, Radek; Le Formal, Florian; Robert, Rosa; Weidenkaff, Anke; Tucek, Jiri; Frydrych, Jiri; Grätzel, Michael (2010-06-02). "Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with Mesoporous Hematite Prepared by a Solution-Based Colloidal Approach". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (21): 7436–7444. doi:10.1021/ja101564f. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 20443599.
- ↑ Brillet, Jeremie; Yum, Jun-Ho; Cornuz, Maurin; Hisatomi, Takashi; Solarska, Renata; Augustynski, Jan; Graetzel, Michael; Sivula, Kevin (2012-11-11). "Highly efficient water splitting by a dual-absorber tandem cell". Nature Photonics. 6 (12): 824–828. Bibcode:2012NaPho...6..824B. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.265. ISSN 1749-4885.
- ↑ Sivula, Kevin; Formal, Florian Le; Grätzel, Michael (2009-07-14). "WO 3 −Fe 2 O 3 Photoanodes for Water Splitting: A Host Scaffold, Guest Absorber Approach". Chemistry of Materials. 21 (13): 2862–2867. doi:10.1021/cm900565a. ISSN 0897-4756.
- ↑ "18 new professors at the ETH Zurich and the EPFL | ETH-Board". www.ethrat.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "Teaching". www.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ Bornoz, Pauline; Prévot, Mathieu S.; Yu, Xiaoyun; Guijarro, Néstor; Sivula, Kevin (2015-12-16). "Direct Light-Driven Water Oxidation by a Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Photoanode". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137 (49): 15338–15341. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b05724. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 4683565. PMID 26576469.
- ↑ Guijarro, Néstor; Prévot, Mathieu S.; Yu, Xiaoyun; Jeanbourquin, Xavier A.; Bornoz, Pauline; Bourée, Wiktor; Johnson, Melissa; Le Formal, Florian; Sivula, Kevin (2016-04-01). "A Bottom-Up Approach toward All-Solution-Processed High-Efficiency Cu(In,Ga)S 2 Photocathodes for Solar Water Splitting". Advanced Energy Materials. 6 (7): 1501949. doi:10.1002/aenm.201501949.
- ↑ Prévot, Mathieu S.; Guijarro, Néstor; Sivula, Kevin (2015-04-24). "Enhancing the Performance of a Robust Sol-Gel-Processed p-Type Delafossite CuFeO 2 Photocathode for Solar Water Reduction". ChemSusChem. 8 (8): 1359–1367. doi:10.1002/cssc.201403146. PMID 25572288.
- ↑ Bornoz, Pauline; Prévot, Mathieu S.; Yu, Xiaoyun; Guijarro, Néstor; Sivula, Kevin (2015-12-16). "Direct Light-Driven Water Oxidation by a Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Photoanode". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137 (49): 15338–15341. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b05724. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 4683565. PMID 26576469.
- ↑ Zhu, Xiaodi; Guijarro, Néstor; Liu, Yongpeng; Schouwink, Pascal; Wells, Rebekah A.; Le Formal, Florian; Sun, Song; Gao, Chen; Sivula, Kevin (2018-08-01). "Spinel Structural Disorder Influences Solar-Water-Splitting Performance of ZnFe 2 O 4 Nanorod Photoanodes". Advanced Materials. 30 (34): 1801612. doi:10.1002/adma.201801612. PMID 29975805.
- ↑ Yu, Xiaoyun; Prévot, Mathieu S.; Guijarro, Néstor; Sivula, Kevin (November 2015). "Self-assembled 2D WSe2 thin films for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 7596. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.7596Y. doi:10.1038/ncomms8596. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4506493. PMID 26126745.
- ↑ Yao, Liang; Guijarro, Néstor; Boudoire, Florent; Liu, Yongpeng; Rahmanudin, Aiman; Wells, Rebekah A.; Sekar, Arvindh; Cho, Han-Hee; Yum, Jun-Ho; Le Formal, Florian; Sivula, Kevin (2020-04-29). "Establishing Stability in Organic Semiconductor Photocathodes for Solar Hydrogen Production". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142 (17): 7795–7802. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c00126. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 32270679 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ "Supercheap Hydrogen Recipe: Sunlight + Water + Rust". www.photonics.com. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "Self-assembled 2D materials for cheaper solar energy storage". Nanowerk. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "L'EPFL développe une solution "low cost" pour produire de l'hydrogène". rts.ch (in français). 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ Editorial, Reuters. "Renewable energy storage gets boost from Namibian meteorite | Reuters Video". reut.rs. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ Casey, Tina (2015-08-20). "The Lowdown on Solar, Hydrogen and Power-to-Gas". CleanTechnica. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ Futura, Delphine Bossy. "Stockage de l'énergie solaire : de rouille et d'eau". Futura (in français). Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "Awards: Werner Prize". Swiss Chemical Society. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "First Air Liquide Awards on Essential Small Molecules: K. Sivula, S.Kitagawa, R. Matsuda, J.-M. Savéant, M. Robert, and C. Costentin / Wolf Prize in Chemistry: R. G. Bergman / Swiss Chemical Society Awards: K. Sivula, C. Sparr, and R. R. Knowles / Knighth". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56 (10): 2539–2540. 2017-03-01. doi:10.1002/anie.201700844. PMID 28185395.
- ↑ "Producing hydrogen from water and solar energy". Air Liquide. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "EPFL Prize". www.zenokarlschindler-foundation.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "Past Recipients | MRS Graduate Student Awards". www.mrs.org. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ↑ "CV – Prof. Kevin SIVULA" (PDF). Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Home". Swiss Chemical Society. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
External links[edit]
- Kevin Sivula publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Website of the Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Optoelectronic Nanomaterials
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