Publications

2026

Potential losses in extracellular electron transfer with Shewanella oneidensis

M. Morgante; C. Comninellis; K. Sivula; F. Fischer 

Journal of Power Sources. 2026. Vol. 662, p. 238785. DOI : 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.238785.

A Decade of Excellence Driving the Next Wave of Energy Research

P. V. Kamat; F. De Angelis; K. B. Hatzell; M. C. Hatzell; L. Polavarapu et al. 

ACS Energy Letters. 2026. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c04254.

Quantifying Inter- and Intramolecular Interactions in Liquids with Correlated Vibrational Spectroscopy: Case Study of CCl 4 and CH 3 CN

M. Flór; V. Vorobev; A. Bouchez; A. Marchioro; D. M. Wilkins et al. 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2026. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c03893.

Impact of Acetic Acid on the Hydrolysis Kinetics of Polycarbonate

D. Ghebremariam; U. Desai; M. Turan; G. Cattaneo; F. Mujovi et al. 

International Journal of Polymer Science. 2026. Vol. 2026, num. 1, p. 3765621. DOI : 10.1155/ijps/3765621.

Small www.small-journal.com RESEARCH ARTICLE Composition-Dependent Wide-Range Tunability of Optical and Electronic Properties in SnS x Se(2-x) Alloy Nanosheets

N. J. Diercks; R. A. Wells; S. Liu; T. Carey; J. Doran et al. 

Small. 2026. DOI : 10.1002/smll.202512066.

2025

Flash-Infrared-Annealing-Enabled High-Temperature Sintering of Photoanodes on Flexible Polymer Foils for Ultralight Photovoltaics

D. Bradford; I. Benesperi; H. Jinno; N. Bhati; R. Avilés-Betanzos et al. 

ACS Energy Letters. 2025. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c03389.

A Push–Pull Type Electron-Selective Self-Assembled Monolayer in Organic Semiconductor Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation

E. Lee; D. Lee; G. Jang; H. Kim; J. S. Park et al. 

ACS Energy Letters. 2025.  p. 6082 – 6091. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02848.

Electron‐Selective Naphthalimide‐Based Monolayers for Tuned Energy Level Alignment in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

P. Ferdowsi; E. Lee; G. Jang; J. S. Park; D. Lee et al. 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2025. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202502789.

Photoelectrochemical Degradation and Regeneration of Ca2fe2o5 Photocathodes

L. De Cian; M. I. Diez-Garcia; B. Goldman; K. Sivula 

RSC APPLIED INTERFACES. 2025. DOI : 10.1039/d5lf00210a.

Unexpected Pathway in Organic Semiconductor Nanoparticle Formation

A. E. Bouchez; C. R. Firth; A. Bertran Inglada; C. Jeanguenat; J. H. Yum et al. 

ACS NANO. 2025. Vol. 19, num. 31, p. 28469 – 28477. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.5c07335.

Controlling Performance of Organic Semiconductor Bulk Heterojunction Nanoparticle Photocatalysts for Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production

K. Sivula 

2025. MATSUS Fall 2025 Conference, València, Spain, 2025-10-20 – 2025-10-24. DOI : 10.29363/nanoge.matsusfall.2025.167.

Photoelectrochemical Solar Fuels: What’s Next?

K. Sivula 

ACS Energy Letters. 2025. Vol. 10, num. 6, p. 2877 – 2879. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01404.

DFT-metadynamics insights on the origin of the oxygen evolution kinetics at the (100)-WSe2 surface

F. Creazzo; K. Sivula; S. Luber 

iScience. 2025. Vol. 28, num. 3, p. 112045. DOI : 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112045.

Cuprous oxide-Shewanella mediated photolytic hydrogen evolution

M. Morgante; N. Vlachopoulos; L. Pan; M. Xia; C. Comninellis et al. 

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2025. Vol. 101, p. 731 – 740. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.12.407.

Semiconducting divalent organic spacer-assisted charge transport in lead-free layered perovskites

W. Thor; L. De Cian; N. J. Diercks; D. Friedrich; J-H. Yum et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2025. DOI : 10.1039/d5ta03603h.

Low-temperature thermite reaction to form oxygen vacancies in metal-oxide semiconductors: A case study of photoelectrochemical cells

J. H. Kim; J. U. Lee; L. Zheng; J. Li; K. Sivula et al. 

Chem. 2025.  p. 102388. DOI : 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.12.006.

Synthesis and characterization of low-dimensional organic-inorganic perovskites for detection and photovoltaic applications

C. Jeanguenat / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

TEMPO bulk passivation boosts the performance and operational stability of rapid-annealed FAPI perovskite solar cells

S. Sánchez-Alonso; L. Pfeifer; O. Vaccarelli; C. Gisler; J. Hennebert et al. 

Joule. 2025.  p. 101972. DOI : 10.1016/j.joule.2025.101972.

2024

A halted photodeposition technique controls co-catalyst loading and morphology on organic semiconductor nanoparticles for solar H 2 production

C. R. Firth; C. Jeanguenat; V. Lutz-Bueno; V. Boureau; K. Sivula 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202403372.

Decoupling Interlayer Spacing and Cation Dipole on Exciton Binding Energy in Layered Halide Perovskites

Y. Kim; S. Nussbaum; D. Chen; N. Grandjean; R. Scopelliti et al. 

Chemistry of Materials. 2024. Vol. 36, p. 10133 – 10141. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c01527.

Free Charge Carrier Generation by Visible-Light-Absorbing Organic Spacers in Ruddlesden-Popper Layered Perovskites

S. Nussbaum; D. Tsokkou; A. T. Frei; D. Friedrich; J-E. Moser et al. 

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2024. Vol. 146, num. 40, p. 22770 – 27778. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.4c09706.

A metadynamics study of water oxidation reactions at (001)-WO3/liquid-water interface

R. Ketkaew; F. Creazzo; K. Sivula; S. Luber 

Chem Catalysis. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.checat.2024.101085.

Carbazole Treated Waterproof Perovskite Films with Improved Solar Cell Performance

J. Jeong; T. Chawanpunyawat; M. Kim; V. Slama; N. Lempesis et al. 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202401965.

Improving the photoelectrocatalytic efficiency of CuWO4 through molybdenum for tungsten substitution and coupling with BiVO4

A. Polo; M. V. Dozzi; G. Marra; K. Sivula; E. Selli 

Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d4se00161c.

Assessing the Charge Carrier Dynamics at Hybrid Interfaces of Organic Photoanodes for Solar Fuels

A. Wieczorek; Y. Liu; H-H. Cho; K. Sivula 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 24, p. 6347 – 6354. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01170.

Supramolecular interactions using β-cyclodextrin in controlling perovskite solar cell performance

P. Ferdowsi; S-J. Kim; T-D. Nguyen; J-Y. Seo; J-H. Yum et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d4ta01741b.

Methylammonium Nitrate-Mediated Crystal Growth and Defect Passivation in Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

S-J. Kim; I. H. Cho; T-D. Nguyen; Y-K. Hong; Y. Kim et al. 

Acs Energy Letters. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00154.

Interfacial engineering through lead binding using crown ethers in perovskite solar cells

S-J. Kim; Y. Kim; R. K. Chitumalla; G. Ham; T-D. Nguyen et al. 

Journal Of Energy Chemistry. 2024. Vol. 92, p. 263 – 270. DOI : 10.1016/j.jechem.2024.01.042.

Inducing porosity in xylose-derived FeNC electrocatalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction

L. Mazzoli; A. Pedersen; S. Kellner; R. D. Hunter; R. Cai et al. 

Green Chemistry. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d3gc04645a.

Composition-tunable transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets via a scalable, solution-processable method

R. A. Wells; N. J. Diercks; V. Boureau; Z. Wang; Y. Zhao et al. 

Nanoscale Horizons. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d3nh00477e.

Polyurethane-Foam Based Space Debris Remediation: A cost-effective and efficient approach

L. E. Gasteiner; L. Hudáček; G. Marcolongo; M. Blöchlinger; N. Meuwly et al. 

2024. 22 IAA Symposium on Space Debris at the International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy, 2024-10-14 – 2024-10-18. p. 1760 – 1768. DOI : 10.52202/078360-0169.

Green hydrogen production using Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bioanode and cuprous oxide-based photocathode

M. Morgante / K. Sivula; F. Fischer (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Solar-driven hydrogen production using organic semiconductor nanoparticles

C. R. Firth / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Surface and Electrolyte Engineering on Semiconductor Electrodes for solar-assisted CO2 Reduction

M. Xia / M. Graetzel; K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

2023

Efficient Cu2O Photocathodes for Aqueous Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate and Syngas

M. Xia; L. Pan; Y. Liu; J. Gao; J. Li et al. 

Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2023. Vol. 145, num. 51, p. 27939 – 27949. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.3c06146.

Ink-Based CuIn0.3Ga0.7S2 Nanocrystal Thin Films as Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction

J. Sun; N. Guijarro; P. Li; U. Thumu; J-H. Yum et al. 

ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acsanm.3c00836.

Edge-Sharing Octahedrally Coordinated Ni-Fe Dual Active Sites on ZnFe2O4 for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

Z. Jiang; X. Zhu; Z. Wang; W. Liu; W. Yan et al. 

Advanced Science. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202301869.

Understanding and Mitigating the Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells Based on a Nickel Oxide Hole Transport Material during Damp Heat Testing

M. Dussouillez; S-J. Moon; M. Mensi; C. M. Wolff; Y. Liu et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2023. Vol. 15, num. 23, p. 27941 – 27951. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.3c02709.

Photogenerated charge transfer in Dion-Jacobson type layered perovskite based on naphthalene diimide

S. Nussbaum; E. Socie; G. C. Fish; N. J. Diercks; H. Hempel et al. 

Chemical Science. 2023. Vol. 14, p. 6052 – 6058. DOI : 10.1039/d3sc00783a.

Do You Really Mean to Call It Highly Efficient?

K. Sivula 

Acs Energy Letters. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 5, p. 2385 – 2386. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00772.

Surface Passivation of FAPbI3-Rich Perovskite with Cesium Iodide Outperforms Bulk Incorporation

T. P. Baumeler; E. A. R. Alharbi; G. Kakavelakis; G. C. Fish; M. T. Aldosari et al. 

Acs Energy Letters. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 5, p. 2456 – 2462. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00609.

Bifunctional hole-shuttle molecule for improved interfacial energy level alignment and defect passivation in perovskite solar cells

S. You; F. T. Eickemeyer; J. Gao; J-H. Yum; X. Zheng et al. 

Nature Energy. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41560-023-01249-0.

Folding the Energy Storage: Beyond the Limit of Areal Energy Density of Micro-Supercapacitors

K-H. Lee; S-W. Kim; M. Kim; D. B. Ahn; Y-K. Hong et al. 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202204327.

Cycloalkane Oxidation Catalyzed by Copper-based Catalysts with H2O2 under Mild Conditions

J. Chimlert; P. Suktanarak; N. Plainpan; M. Paokhan; T. Tuntulani et al. 

Chemistryselect. 2023. Vol. 8, num. 13, p. e202204776. DOI : 10.1002/slct.202204776.

Assembling a Photoactive 2D Puzzle: From Bulk Powder to Large- Area Films of Semiconducting Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets

R. A. Wells; K. Sivula 

Accounts Of Materials Research. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/accountsmr.2c00209.

Enabling Direct Photoelectrochemical H2 Production Using Alternative Oxidation Reactions on WO3

N. Plainpan; R. Ketkaew; S. Luber; K. Sivula 

Chimia. 2023. Vol. 77, num. 3, p. 110 – 115. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2023.110.

Extracellular vesicles transfer chromatin-like structures that induce non-mutational dysfunction of p53 in bone marrow stem cells

J. Ghanam; V. K. Chetty; S. Anchan; L. Reetz; Q. Yang et al. 

Cell Discovery. 2023. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 12. DOI : 10.1038/s41421-022-00505-z.

Transparent Porous Conductive Substrates for Gas-Phase Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

M. Caretti; E. Mensi; K. Raluca-Ana; L. Lazouni; B. Goldman et al. 

Advanced Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202208740.

Precious metal-free (photo)electrochemistry for green hydrogen production

H. E. Johnson / K. Sivula; V. Artero (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Materials engineering for improved stability of perovskite solar cells

Y. Kim / K. Sivula; U. A. Hagfeldt (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Tungsten oxide-based photoanodes: biomass valorization and the effects of oxygen vacancies

N. Plainpan / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Photoelectrochemical Cell Engineering for Solar Energy Conversion

D. Zhang / K. Sivula; U. A. Hagfeldt (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Spacer Cations for the Incorporation in Layered Perovskites

S. Nussbaum / K. Sivula; J. H. Yum (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

2022

Effects of surface wettability on (001)-WO3 and (100)-WSe2: A spin-polarized DFT-MD study

F. Creazzo; R. Ketkaew; K. Sivula; S. Luber 

Applied Surface Science. 2022. Vol. 601, p. 154203. DOI : 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154203.

Light-Responsive Oligothiophenes Incorporating Photochromic Torsional Switches

A. Jozeliunaite; A. Rahmanudin; S. Grazulis; E. Baudat; K. Sivula et al. 

Chemistry-A European Journal. 2022.  p. e202202698. DOI : 10.1002/chem.202202698.

An Organic Semiconductor Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cell for Solar Water Splitting

D. Zhang; H-H. Cho; J-H. Yum; M. Mensi; K. Sivula 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2022. Vol. 12, num. 42, p. 2202363. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202202363.

Multiple Effects Induced by Mo6+ Doping in BiVO4 Photoanodes

A. Polo; M. V. Dozzi; I. Grigioni; C. Lhermitte; N. Plainpan et al. 

Solar Rrl. 2022.  p. 2200349. DOI : 10.1002/solr.202200349.

Covalent Organic Framework Nanoplates Enable Solution-Processed Crystalline Nanofilms for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

L. Yao; A. Rodriguez-Camargo; M. Xia; D. Mucke; R. Guntermann et al. 

Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2022. Vol. 144, num. 23, p. 10291 – 10300. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.2c0143310291.

Transparency and Morphology Control of Cu2O Photocathodes via an in Situ Electroconversion

M. Caretti; L. Lazouni; M. Xia; R. A. Wells; S. Nussbaum et al. 

Acs Energy Letters. 2022. Vol. 7, num. 5, p. 1618 – 1625. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.2c00474.

Tuning Napththalenediimide Cations for Incorporation into Ruddlesden–Popper-Type Hybrid Perovskites

S. Nussbaum; E. Socie; L. Yao; J-H. Yum; J-E. Moser et al. 

Chemistry of Materials. 2022. Vol. 34, num. 8, p. 3798 – 3805. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00246.

High Performance Semiconducting Nanosheets via a Scalable Powder-Based Electrochemical Exfoliation Technique

R. A. Wells; M. Zhang; T-H. Chen; V. Boureau; M. Caretti et al. 

Acs Nano. 2022. Vol. 16, num. 4, p. 5719 – 5730. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.1c10739.

Bulk Heterojunction Organic Semiconductor Photoanodes: Tuning Energy Levels to Optimize Electron Injection

A. Sekar; J. M. Moreno-Naranjo; Y. Liu; J-H. Yum; B. P. Darwich et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2022. Vol. 14, num. 6, p. 8191 – 8198. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.1c21440.

Semiconducting two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides via solution-processable routes

R. A. Wells / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Organic Semiconductors For Photoelectrochemical Applications

A. Sekar / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Engineering of PEM-PEC photocathodes for solar-driven hydrogen production

M. C. M. Caretti / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

Derivative voltammetry: a simple tool to probe reaction selectivity in photoelectrochemical cells

N. Plainpan; F. Boudoire; K. Sivula 

Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2022. Vol. 6, num. 17, p. 3926 – 3930. DOI : 10.1039/D2SE00692H.

Exploring new avenues for perovskite photovoltaics: Molecular functionalization of layered lead-halide perovskites and defect mitigation in lead-free double perovskites

B. A. Primera Darwich / K. Sivula; J. H. Yum (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

2021

Key factors boosting the performance of planar ZnFe2O4 photoanodes for solar water oxidation

A. Polo; F. Boudoire; C. R. Lhermitte; Y. Liu; N. Guijarro et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2021. Vol. 9, num. 48, p. 27736 – 27747. DOI : 10.1039/d1ta07499g.

Identifying Reactive Sites and Surface Traps in Chalcopyrite Photocathodes

Y. Liu; M. Bouri; L. Yao; M. Xia; M. Mensi et al. 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021. Vol. 60, num. 44, p. 23651 – 23655. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202108994.

Rational Design of Photoelectrodes for the Fully Integrated Polymer Electrode Membrane-Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting System: A Case Study of Bismuth Vanadate

G. Zafeiropoulos; P. Varadhan; H. Johnson; L. Kamphuis; A. Pandiyan et al. 

ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2021. Vol. 4, num. 9, p. 9600 – 9610. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.1c01752.

Mott–Schottky Analysis of Photoelectrodes: Sanity Checks Are Needed

K. Sivula 

Acs Energy Letters. 2021. Vol. 6, num. 7, p. 2549 – 2551. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01245.

Benzodithiophene‐Based Spacers for Layered and Quasi‐Layered Lead Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

B. Primera Darwich; N. Guijarro; H. Cho; L. Yao; L. Monnier et al. 

ChemSusChem. 2021. Vol. 14, num. 14, p. 3001 – 3009. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.202100992.

Spray Synthesis of CuFeO2 Photocathodes and In-Operando Assessment of Charge Carrier Recombination

F. Boudoire; Y. Liu; F. Le Formal; N. Guijarro; C. R. Lhermitte et al. 

Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2021. Vol. 125, num. 20, p. 10883 – 10890. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02282.

A semiconducting polymer bulk heterojunction photoanode for solar water oxidation

H-H. Cho; L. Yao; J-H. Yum; Y. Liu; F. Boudoire et al. 

Nature Catalysis. 2021. Vol. 4, num. 5, p. 431 – 438. DOI : 10.1038/s41929-021-00617-x.

A hybrid bulk-heterojunction photoanode for direct solar-to-chemical conversion dagger

L. Yao; Y. Liu; H-H. Cho; M. Xia; A. Sekar et al. 

Energy & Environmental Science. 2021. Vol. 14, num. 5, p. 3141 – 3151. DOI : 10.1039/d1ee00152c.

Organic Semiconductors as Photoanodes for Solar-driven Photoelectrochemical Fuel Production

A. Sekar; K. Sivula 

Chimia. 2021. Vol. 75, num. 3, p. 169 – 179. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2021.169.

A Direct Z-Scheme for the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production from a Water Ethanol Mixture on CoTiO3/TiO2 Heterostructures

C. Xing; Y. Liu; X. Wang; P. Guardia; L. Yao et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2021. Vol. 13, num. 1, p. 449 – 457. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.0c17004.

Systematic investigations of uranium carbide composites oxidation from micro- to nano-scale: Application to waste disposal

N-T. Vuong / K. Sivula; T. Stora (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

Defect engineered nanostructured LaFeO3 photoanodes for improved activity in solar water oxidation

Y. Liu; J. Quiñonero; L. Yao; X. Da Costa; M. Mensi et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2021. Vol. A9, num. 5, p. 2888 – 2898. DOI : 10.1039/D0TA11541J.

Spectroelectrochemical and Chemical Evidence of Surface Passivation at Zinc Ferrite (ZnFe 2 O 4 ) Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation

Y. Liu; M. Xia; L. Yao; M. Mensi; D. Ren et al. 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2021.  p. 2010081. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202010081.

Direct photoelectrochemical oxidation of hydroxymethylfurfural on tungsten trioxide photoanodes

C. R. Lhermitte; N. Plainpan; P. Canjura; F. Boudoire; K. Sivula 

RSC Advances. 2021. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 198 – 202. DOI : 10.1039/D0RA09989A.

Novel Interfacial Characterization and Surface Engineering in Semiconductor Electrodes for Optimized Solar Fuel Production

Y. Liu / K. Sivula; N. Guijarro Carratala (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

2020

Crown Ether Modulation Enables over 23% Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells

T-S. Su; F. T. Eickemeyer; M. A. Hope; F. Jahanbakhshi; M. Mladenovic et al. 

Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020. Vol. 142, num. 47, p. 19980 – 19991. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c08592.

Influence of Composition on Performance in Metallic Iron-Nickel-Cobalt Ternary Anodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis

F. Le Formal; L. Yerly; E. P. Mensi; X. P. Da Costa; F. Boudoire et al. 

Acs Catalysis. 2020. Vol. 10, num. 20, p. 12139 – 12147. 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

F. Zhao; Y. Liu; S. Ben Hammouda; B. Doshi; N. Guijarro et al. 

Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2020. Vol. 272, p. 119033. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119033.

Passivation Mechanism Exploiting Surface Dipoles Affords High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

F. Ansari; E. Shirzadi; M. Salavati-Niasari; T. LaGrange; K. Nonomura et al. 

Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020. Vol. 142, num. 26, p. 11428 – 11433. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c01704.

Generalized Synthesis to Produce Transparent Thin Films of Ternary Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes

C. R. Lhermitte; A. Polo; L. Yao; F. A. Boudoire; N. Guijarro et al. 

Chemsuschem. 2020. Vol. 13, num. 14, p. 3645 – 3653. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.202000926.

Achieving visible light-driven hydrogen evolution at positive bias with a hybrid copper-iron oxide|TiO2-cobaloxime photocathode

C. Tapia; E. Bellet-Amalric; D. Aldakov; F. Boudoire; K. Sivula et al. 

Green Chemistry. 2020. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 3141 – 3149. DOI : 10.1039/d0gc00979b.

Understanding Surface Recombination Processes Using Intensity-Modulated Photovoltage Spectroscopy on Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

Y. Liu; N. Guijarro; K. Sivula 

Helvetica Chimica Acta. 2020.  p. e2000064. DOI : 10.1002/hlca.202000064.

FeO-based nanostructures and nanohybrids for photoelectrochemical water splitting

S. Kment; K. Sivula; A. Naldoni; S. P. Sarmah; H. Kmentova et al. 

Progress In Materials Science. 2020. Vol. 110, p. 100632. DOI : 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100632.

Establishing Stability in Organic Semiconductor Photocathodes for Solar Hydrogen Production

L. Yao; N. Guijarro; F. Boudoire; Y. Liu; A. Rahmanudin et al. 

Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2020. Vol. 142, num. 17, p. 7795 – 7802. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.0c00126.

Taking lanthanides out of isolation: tuning the optical properties of metal-organic frameworks

S. L. Anderson; D. Tiana; C. P. Ireland; G. Capano; M. Fumanal et al. 

Chemical Science. 2020. Vol. 11, num. 16, p. 4164 – 4170. DOI : 10.1039/d0sc00740d.

Hydrogenation of ZnFe2O4 Flat Films: Effects of the Pre-Annealing Temperature on the Photoanodes Efficiency for Water Oxidation

A. Polo; C. R. J. Lhermitte; M. V. Dozzi; E. Selli; K. Sivula 

Surfaces. 2020. Vol. 3, num. 1, p. 93 – 104. DOI : 10.3390/surfaces3010009.

Cu2O photocathodes with band-tail states assisted hole transport for standalone solar water splitting

L. Pan; Y. Liu; L. Yao; D. Ren; K. Sivula et al. 

Nature Communications. 2020. Vol. 11, num. 1, p. 318. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-13987-5.

2019

Roll-to-Roll Deposition of Semiconducting 2D Nanoflake Films of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Optoelectronic Applications

R. A. Wells; H. Johnson; C. R. Lhermitte; S. Kinge; K. Sivula 

ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2019. Vol. 2, num. 12, p. 7705 – 7712. DOI : 10.1021/acsanm.9b01774.

In Situ Electrochemical Oxidation of Cu2S into CuO Nanowires as a Durable and Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Y. Zuo; Y. Liu; J. Li; R. Du; X. Han et al. 

Chemistry Of Materials. 2019. Vol. 31, num. 18, p. 7732 – 7743. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02790.

Multiarm and Substituent Effects on Charge Transport of Organic Hole Transport Materials

K-H. Lin; A. Prlj; L. Yao; N. Drigo; H-H. Cho et al. 

Chemistry of Materials. 2019. Vol. 31, num. 17, p. 6605 – 6614. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00438.

Robust Electron Transport Layers via In Situ Cross-Linking of Perylene Diimide and Fullerene for Perovskite Solar Cells

J-H. Yum; S-J. Moon; L. Yao; M. Caretti; S. Nicolay et al. 

ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019. Vol. 2, num. 9, p. 6616 – 6623. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.9b01154.

Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting: A Detailed Spectroelectrochemical Analysis on the pH-Dependent Performance

Y. Liu; F. Le Formal; F. Boudoire; N. Guijarro 

ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2019. Vol. 2, num. 9, p. 6825 – 6833. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.9b01261.

In situ and operando spectroelectrochemical techniques for evaluating interfacial carrier behavior in emerging photoelectrodes for solar fuel production

Y. Liu; K. Sivula; N. G. Carratala 

2019. Fall National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), San Diego, CA, Aug 25-29, 2019.

Sensing the potential at the semiconductor-liquid interface: Route to uncover the electronic dynamics during photoelectrosynthetic reactions

N. G. Carratala 

2019. 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

N. Guijarro; L. Yao; F. Le Formal; R. A. Wells; Y. Liu et al. 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2019. Vol. 58, num. 36, p. 12696 – 12704. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201906803.

Porous NiTiO3/TiO2 nanostructures for photocatatalytic hydrogen evolution

C. Xing; Y. Liu; Y. Zhang; J. Liu; T. Zhang et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2019. Vol. 7, num. 28, p. 17053 – 17059. DOI : 10.1039/c9ta04763h.

Solution-Processed Ultrathin SnS2-Pt Nanoplates for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

Y. Zuo; Y. Liu; J. Li; R. Du; X. Yu et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019. Vol. 11, num. 7, p. 6918 – 6926. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.8b17622.

Insights into the interfacial carrier behaviour of copper ferrite ( CuFe2O4) photoanodes for solar water oxidation

Y. Liu; F. Le Formal; F. Boudoire; L. Yao; K. Sivula et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2019. Vol. 7, num. 4, p. 1669 – 1677. DOI : 10.1039/c8ta11160j.

Covalent polymer network semiconducting thin-films and method for producing thereof

L. Yao; K. Sivula 

WO2019145025.

2019.

Fully Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Block Copolymers for Organic Photovoltaics via Heck–Mizoroki Coupling

A. Rahmanudin; L. Yao; A. Sekar; H-H. Cho; Y. Liu et al. 

ACS Macro Letters. 2019. Vol. 8, p. 134 – 139. DOI : 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00932.

Alternative Oxidation Reactions for Solar-Driven Fuel Production

C. R. Lhermitte; K. Sivula 

ACS Catalysis. 2019. Vol. 9, p. 2007 – 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.8b04565.

2018

Organic Semiconductor Based Devices for Solar Water Splitting

L. Yao; A. Rahmanudin; N. Guijarro; K. Sivula 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2018. Vol. 8, num. 32, p. 1802585. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.201802585.

A Step toward Economically Viable Solar Fuel Production

K. Sivula 

Chem. 2018. Vol. 4, num. 11, p. 2490 – 2492. DOI : 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.10.015.

Nanocrystalline Boron-Doped Diamond as a Corrosion-Resistant Anode for Water Oxidation via Si Photoelectrodes

P. Ashcheulov; A. Taylor; V. Mortet; A. Poruba; F. Le Formal et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2018. Vol. 10, num. 35, p. 29552 – 29564. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.8b08714.

Defect engineering of liquid phase exfoliated 2D semiconducting WSe2 nanoflakes for solar fuel generation

K. Sivula 

2018. 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

L. Ferlauto; M. J. I. Airaghi Leccardi; N. A. L. Chenais; S. C. A. Gilliéron; P. Vagni et al. 

Nature Communications. 2018. Vol. 9, num. 1, p. 992. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-018-03386-7.

Melt-processing of small molecule organic photovoltaics via bulk heterojunction compatibilization

A. Rahmanudin; L. Yao; X. A. Jeanbourquin; Y. Liu; A. Sekar et al. 

Green Chemistry. 2018. Vol. 20, p. 2218. DOI : 10.1039/C8GC00335A.

Potential-sensing electrochemical atomic force microscopy for in operando analysis of water-splitting catalysts and interfaces

M. R. Nellist; F. A. L. Laskowski; J. Qiu; H. Hajibabaei; K. Sivula et al. 

Nature Energy. 2018. Vol. 3, p. 46 – 52. DOI : 10.1038/s41560-017-0048-1.

Evaluating spinel ferrites MFe2O4 (M = Cu, Mg, Zn) as photoanodes for solar water oxidation: prospects and limitations

N. Guijarro; P. Bornoz; M. Prévot; X. Yu; X. Zhu et al. 

Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 2018. Vol. 2, num. 1, p. 103 – 117. DOI : 10.1039/C7SE00448F.

Catalyst-Free, Fast, and Tunable Synthesis for Robust Covalent Polymer Network Semiconducting Thin Films

L. Yao; A. Rahmanudin; X. A. Jeanbourquin; X. Yu; M. Johnson et al. 

Advanced Functional Materials. 2018.  p. 1706303. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.201706303.

Conjugation break spacers and flexible linkers as tools to engineer the properties of semiconducting polymers

A. Rahmanudin; L. Yao; K. Sivula 

POLYMER JOURNAL. 2018. Vol. 50, num. 8, p. 725 – 736. DOI : 10.1038/s41428-018-0069-z.

Defect Mitigation of Solution-Processed 2D WSe2 Nanoflakes for Solar-to-Hydrogen Conversion

X. Yu; N. Guijarro; M. Johnson; K. Sivula 

Nano Letters. 2018. Vol. 18, num. 1, p. 215 – 222. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03948.

Molecular Engineering Strategies for Morphology Control in Organic Semiconductors for Optoelectronics

M. A. Bin Rahmanudin Hamdan / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. 

Spinel Structural Disorder Influences Solar-Water-Splitting Performance of ZnFe2 O4 Nanorod Photoanodes

X. Zhu; N. Guijarro; Y. Liu; P. Schouwink; R. A. Wells et al. 

Advanced Materials. 2018.  p. 1801612. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201801612.

2017

Evaluating Charge Carrier Transport and Surface States in CuFeO

M. S. Prévot; X. A. Jeanbourquin; W. S. Bourée; F. Abdi; D. Friedrich et al. 

Chemistry of Materials. 2017. Vol. 29, num. 11, p. 4952 – 4962. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01284.

The Many Faces of Mixed Ion Perovskites: Unraveling and Understanding the Crystallization Process

P. Gratia; I. Zimmermann; P. Schouwink; J-H. Yum; J-N. Audinot et al. 

Acs Energy Letters. 2017. Vol. 2, num. 12, p. 2686 – 2693. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00981.

Engineering of supramolecular self-assembly in solution-processed organic semiconductors

X. A. Jeanbourquin / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

CuInGaS2 photocathodes treated with SbX3 (X = Cl, I): the effect of the halide on solar water splitting performance

N. Guijarro; M. S. Prevot; M. Johnson; X. Yu; W. S. Bouree et al. 

Journal Of Physics D-Applied Physics. 2017. Vol. 50, num. 4, p. 044003. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6463/aa524c.

Hybrid Heterojunctions of Solution-Processed Semiconducting 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

X. Yu; A. Rahmanudin; X. A. Jeanbourquin; D. Tsokkou; N. Guijarro et al. 

Acs Energy Letters. 2017. Vol. 2, num. 2, p. 524 – 531. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00707.

Layered 2D semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion

X. Yu; K. Sivula 

Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 2017. Vol. 2, num. 1, p. 97 – 103. DOI : 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.03.007.

Photogenerated Charge Harvesting and Recombination in Photocathodes of Solvent-Exfoliated WSe2

X. Yu; K. Sivula 

Chemistry Of Materials. 2017. Vol. 29, num. 16, p. 6863 – 6875. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02018.

Morphology stabilization strategies for small-molecule bulk heterojunction photovoltaics

A. Rahmanudin; X. A. Jeanbourquin; S. Hanni; A. Sekar; E. Ripaud et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. Vol. 5, num. 33, p. 17517 – 17524. DOI : 10.1039/c7ta05405j.

Solution-processed two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides for solar energy conversion

X. Yu / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Amorphous Ternary Charge-Cascade Molecules for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics

X. A. Jeanbourquin; A. Rahmanudin; X. Yu; M. Johnson; N. Guijarro et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017. Vol. 9, num. 33, p. 27825 – 27831. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.7b04983.

Semiconducting alternating multi-block copolymers via a di-functionalized macromonomer approach

A. Gasperini; M. Johnson; X. Jeanbourquin; L. Yao; A. Rahmanudin et al. 

Polymer Chemistry. 2017. Vol. 8, num. 5, p. 824 – 827. DOI : 10.1039/c6py01921h.

Heterotetracenes: Flexible Synthesis and in Silico Assessment of the Hole Transport Properties

Y. Li; G. Gryn’ova; F. Saenz; X. Jeanbourquin; K. Sivula et al. 

Chemistry – A European Journal. 2017. Vol. 23, num. 33, p. 8058 – 8065. DOI : 10.1002/chem.201701139.

Engineering the self-assembly of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based molecular semiconductors via an aliphatic linker strategy

X. A. Jeanbourquin; A. Rahmanudin; A. Gasperini; E. Ripaud; X. Yu et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2017. Vol. 5, num. 21, p. 10526 – 10536. DOI : 10.1039/C7TA00896A.

Molecular Strategies for Morphology Control in Semiconducting Polymers for Optoelectronics

A. Rahmanudin; K. Sivula 

Chimia. 2017. Vol. 71, num. 6, p. 369 – 375. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2017.369.

Demonstration and Characterization of Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Photoanode for Direct Light-Driven Water Oxidation

P. Bornoz / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

Advancing Materials and Methods for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion

K. Sivula 

Chimia. 2017. Vol. 71, num. 7-8, p. 471 – 474. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2017.471.

Investigating and controlling charge carrier behavior in p-type delafossite CuFeO₂ photocathodes for solar fuel production

M. S. Prévot / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. 

2016

Customized Energy Down-Shift Using Iridium Complexes for Enhanced Performance of Polymer Solar Cells

H-T. Kim; J. H. Seo; J. H. Ahn; M-J. Baek; H-D. Um et al. 

Acs Energy Letters. 2016. Vol. 1, num. 5, p. 991 – 999. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00518.

Effect of molecular weight in diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers in transistor and photovoltaic applications

A. Gasperini; X. A. Jeanbourquin; K. Sivula 

Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 2016. Vol. 54, num. 21, p. 2245 – 2253. DOI : 10.1002/polb.24135.

The Role of Excitons and Free Charges in the Excited-State Dynamics of Solution-Processed Few-Layer MoS

D. Tsokkou; X. Yu; K. Sivula; N. Banerji 

Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2016. Vol. 120, num. 40, p. 23286 – 23292. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09267.

Improving charge collection with delafossite photocathodes: a host–guest CuAlO2/CuFeO2 approach

M. S. Prévot; Y. Li; N. Guijarro; K. Sivula 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2016. Vol. 4, num. 8, p. 3018 – 3026. DOI : 10.1039/C5TA06336A.

Intrinsic Halide Segregation at Nanometer Scale Determines the High Efficiency of Mixed Cation/Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

P. Gratia; G. Grancini; J-N. Audinot; X. Jeanbourquin; E. Mosconi et al. 

Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 2016. Vol. 138, num. 49, p. 15821 – 15824. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.6b10049.

Robust Hierarchically Structured Biphasic Ambipolar Oxide Photoelectrodes for Light-Driven Chemical Regulation and Switchable Logic Applications

W. S. Bourée; M. S. Prévot; X. A. Jeanbourquin; N. Guijarro; M. Johnson et al. 

Advanced Materials. 2016. Vol. 28, num. 42, p. 9308 – 9312. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201602265.

Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion

K. Sivula; R. Van De Krol 

Nature Reviews Materials. 2016. Vol. 1, num. 2, p. 15010. DOI : 10.1038/natrevmats.2015.10.

Rate Law Analysis of Water Oxidation and Hole Scavenging on a BiVO4 Photoanode

Y. Ma; C. A. Mesa; E. Pastor; A. Kafizas; L. Francas et al. 

Acs Energy Letters. 2016. Vol. 1, num. 3, p. 618 – 623. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00263.

Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion [Erratum]

K. Sivula; R. Van De Krol 

Nature Reviews Materials. 2016. Vol. 1, num. 2, p. 16010. DOI : 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.10.

A Gibeon meteorite yields a high-performance water oxidation electrocatalyst

F. Le Formal; N. Guijarro; W. S. Bourée; A. Gopakumar; M. S. Prévot et al. 

Energy & Environmental Science. 2016. Vol. 9, p. 3448 – 3455. DOI : 10.1039/C6EE02375D.

A Bottom-Up Approach toward All-Solution-Processed High-Efficiency Cu(In,Ga)S

N. Guijarro; M. S. Prévot; X. Yu; X. A. Jeanbourquin; P. Bornoz et al. 

Advanced Energy Materials. 2016. Vol. 6, num. 7, p. 1501949. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.201501949.

Toward Large-Area Solar Energy Conversion with Semiconducting 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

X. Yu; K. Sivula 

ACS Energy Letters. 2016. Vol. 1, p. 315 – 322. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00114.

Tailoring self-assembly and optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors via macromolecular engineering

A. Gasperini / K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. 

2015

Enhancing the Thermal Stability of Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Semiconductor Thin Films Using a Flexible Linker Approach

A. Gasperini; X. A. Jeanbourquin; A. Rahmanudin; X. Yu; K. Sivula 

Advanced Materials. 2015. Vol. 27, num. 37, p. 5541 – 5546. DOI : 10.1002/adma.201501826.

Enhancing the Performance of a Robust Sol-Gel-Processed p-Type Delafossite CuFeO2 Photocathode for Solar Water Reduction

M. S. Prevot; N. Guijarro; K. Sivula 

ChemSusChem. 2015. Vol. 8, num. 8, p. 1359 – 1367. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201403146.

Surface modification of semiconductor photoelectrodes

N. Guijarro; M. S. Prevot; K. Sivula 

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2015. Vol. 17, num. 24, p. 15655 – 15674. DOI : 10.1039/c5cp01992c.

Challenges towards Economic Fuel Generation from Renewable Ellectricity: The Heed for Efficient Electro-Catalysis

F. Le Formal; W. S. Bouree; M. S. Prevot; K. Sivula 

Chimia. 2015. Vol. 69, num. 12, p. 789 – 798. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2015.789.

Direct Light-Driven Water Oxidation by a Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymer Photoanode

P. Bornoz; M. S. Prévot; X. Yu; N. Guijarro; K. Sivula 

Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2015. Vol. 137, num. 49, p. 15338 – 15341. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.5b05724.

Templating Sol-Gel Hematite Films with Sacrificial Copper Oxide: Enhancing Photoanode Performance with Nanostructure and Oxygen Vacancies

Y. Li; N. Guijarro; X. Zhang; M. S. Prevot; X. A. Jeanbourquin et al. 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2015. Vol. 7, num. 31, p. 16999 – 17007. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.5b02111.

Self-assembled 2D WSe2 thin films for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

X. Yu; M. S. Prévot; N. Guijarro; K. Sivula 

Nature Communications. 2015. Vol. 6, p. 7596. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms8596.

Toward Economically Feasible Direct Solar-to-Fuel Energy Conversion

K. Sivula 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2015. Vol. 6, num. 6, p. 975 – 976. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00406.

Artificial Photosynthesis with Semiconductor-Liquid Junctions

N. Guijarro; F. Le Formal; K. Sivula 

Chimia. 2015. Vol. 69, num. 1-2, p. 30 – 40. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2015.30.

Autodecomposition Approach for the Low-Temperature Mesostructuring of Nanocrystal Semiconductor Electrodes

N. Guijarro; M. S. Prévot; X. A. Jeanbourquin; X. Yu; K. Sivula 

Chemistry of Materials. 2015. Vol. 27, num. 18, p. 6337 – 6344. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02894.

2014

Unassisted solar water splitting with semiconductor oxide photoanode/photocathode tandem cells

K. Sivula 

2014. 247th National Spring Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Dallas, TX, MAR 16-20, 2014.

Defects Give New Life to an Old Material: Electronically Leaky Titania as a Photoanode Protection Layer

K. Sivula 

Chemcatchem. 2014. Vol. 6, p. 2796 – 2797. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.201402532.

A novel approach for the preparation of textured CuO thin films from electrodeposited CuCl and CuBr

S. Emin; F. F. Abdi; M. Fanetti; W. Peng; W. Smith et al. 

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 2014. Vol. 717, p. 243 – 249. DOI : 10.1016/j.jelechem.2014.01.038.

Multiflake Thin Film Electronic Devices of Solution Processed 2D MoS2

X. Yu; M. S. Prévot; K. Sivula 

Chemistry of Materials. 2014. Vol. 26, p. 5892 – 5899. DOI : 10.1021/cm502378g.

Hematite photoelectrodes for water splitting: evaluation of the role of film thickness by impedance spectroscopy

T. Lopes; L. Andrade; F. Le Formal; M. Gratzel; K. Sivula et al. 

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2014. Vol. 16, num. 31, p. 16515. DOI : 10.1039/C3CP55473B.

Controlling conjugated polymer morphology and charge carrier transport with a flexible-linker approach

A. Gasperini; S. Bivaud; K. Sivula 

Chemical Science. 2014. Vol. 5, num. 12, p. 4922 – 4927. DOI : 10.1039/C4SC02073A.

Enhancing the Charge Separation in Nanocrystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Application: The Role of Surface Modifications

N. Guijarro; M. S. Prevot; K. Sivula 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2014. Vol. 5, num. 21, p. 3902 – 3908. DOI : 10.1021/jz501996s.

A Bismuth Vanadate-Cuprous Oxide Tandem Cell for Overall Solar Water Splitting

P. Bornoz; F. F. Abdi; S. D. Tilley; B. Dam; R. Van De Krol et al. 

Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2014. Vol. 118, num. 30, p. 16959 – 16966. DOI : 10.1021/jp500441h.

2013

Optimization and Stabilization of Electrodeposited Cu2ZnSnS4 Photocathodes for Solar Water Reduction

L. Rovelli; S. D. Tilley; K. Sivula 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2013. Vol. 5, num. 16, p. 8018 – 8024. DOI : 10.1021/am402096r.

Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion with Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells

K. Sivula 

Chimia. 2013. Vol. 67, num. 3, p. 155 – 161. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2013.155.

Effects of Molecular Weight on Microstructure and Carrier Transport in a Semicrystalline Poly(thieno)thiophene

A. Gasperini; K. Sivula 

Macromolecules. 2013. Vol. 46, num. 23, p. 9349 – 9358. DOI : 10.1021/ma402027v.

On the Texturing and Nanostructuring of Iron Oxide Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

M. Cornuz / M. Graetzel; K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2013. 

Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel Production, Surface Traps, and Catalysis

K. Sivula 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2013. Vol. 4, num. 10, p. 1624 – 1633. DOI : 10.1021/jz4002983.

Photoelectrochemical Tandem Cells for Solar Water Splitting

M. S. Prévot; K. Sivula 

Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2013. Vol. 117, num. 35, p. 17879 – 17893. DOI : 10.1021/jp405291g.

2012

Facile fabrication of tin-doped hematite photoelectrodes – effect of doping on magnetic properties and performance for light-induced water splitting

J. Frydrych; L. Machala; J. Tucek; K. Siskova; J. Filip et al. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry. 2012. Vol. 22, num. 43, p. 23232 – 23239. DOI : 10.1039/c2jm34639g.

LaTiO2N/In2O3 photoanodes with improved performance for solar water splitting

C. M. Leroy; A. E. Maegli; K. Sivula; T. Hisatomi; N. Xanthopoulos et al. 

Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2012. Vol. 48, p. 820 – 822. DOI : 10.1039/c1cc16112a.

The Transient Photocurrent and Photovoltage Behavior of a Hematite Photoanode under Working Conditions and the Influence of Surface Treatments

F. Le Formal; K. Sivula; M. Graetzel 

Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2012. Vol. 116, num. 51, p. 26707 – 26720. DOI : 10.1021/jp308591k.

Dynamics of photogenerated holes in surface modified alpha-Fe2O3 photoanodes for solar water splitting

M. Barroso; C. A. Mesa; S. R. Pendlebury; A. J. Cowan; T. Hisatomi et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2012. Vol. 109, num. 39, p. 15640 – 15645. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1118326109.

A Ga2O3 underlayer as an isomorphic template for ultrathin hematite films toward efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting

T. Hisatomi; J. Brillet; M. Cornuz; F. Le Formal; N. Tetreault et al. 

Faraday Discussions. 2012. Vol. 155, p. 223 – 232. DOI : 10.1039/c1fd00103e.

TaOxNy Sputtered Photoanodes For Solar Water Splitting

C. M. Leroy; R. Sanjines; K. Sivula; M. Cornuz; N. Xanthopoulos et al. 

2012. EMRS Symposium T on Materials for Solar Hydrogen via Photo-Electrochemical Production held at the EMRS Spring Meeting. p. 119 – 126. DOI : 10.1016/j.egypro.2012.05.223.

Highly efficient water splitting by a dual-absorber tandem cell

J. Brillet; J-H. Yum; M. Cornuz; T. Hisatomi; R. Solarska et al. 

Nature Photonics. 2012. Vol. 6, num. 12, p. 823 – 827. DOI : 10.1038/Nphoton.2012.265.

Correlating long-lived photogenerated hole populations with photocurrent densities in hematite water oxidation photoanodes

S. R. Pendlebury; A. J. Cowan; M. Barroso; K. Sivula; J. Ye et al. 

Energy & Environmental Science. 2012. Vol. 5, p. 6304 – 6312. DOI : 10.1039/c1ee02567h.

Solar Energy Stored as Hydrogen : Controlling Inexpensive Oxide-based Nanostructures for Efficient Water Splitting

J. M-C. Brillet / M. Grätzel; K. Sivula (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2012. 

2011

Enhanced light harvesting in mesoporous TiO2/P3HT hybrid solar cells using a porphyrin dye

S-J. Moon; E. Baranoff; S. M. Zakeeruddin; C-Y. Yeh; E. W-G. Diau et al. 

Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2011. Vol. 47, p. 8244 – 8246. DOI : 10.1039/c1cc12251g.

Solar Water Splitting: Progress Using Hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) Photoelectrodes

K. Sivula; F. Le Formal; M. Graetzel 

ChemSusChem. 2011. Vol. 4, p. 432 – 449. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201000416.

2010

Examining architectures of photoanode-photovoltaic tandem cells for solar water splitting

J. Brillet; M. Cornuz; F. Le Formal; J-H. Yum; M. Graetzel et al. 

Journal Of Materials Research. 2010. Vol. 25, p. 17 – 24. DOI : 10.1557/JMR.2010.0009.

Light-Induced Water Splitting with Hematite: Improved Nanostructure and Iridium Oxide Catalysis

S. D. Tilley; M. Cornuz; K. Sivula; M. Graetzel 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2010. Vol. 49, p. 6405 – 6408. DOI : 10.1002/anie.201003110.

Preferential Orientation in Hematite Films for Solar Hydrogen Production via Water Splitting

M. Cornuz; M. Graetzel; K. Sivula 

Chemical Vapor Deposition. 2010. Vol. 16, p. 291 – 295. DOI : 10.1002/cvde.201004292.

Controlling photo-activity of solution-processed hematite electrodes for solar water splitting

K. Sivula; J. Brillet; M. Graetzel 

2010. Conference on Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology V, San Diego, CA, Aug 03-05, 2010. DOI : 10.1117/12.860199.

2009

Stocker l’énergie solaire: une solution d’avenir

K. Sivula; F. Le Formal; M. Grätzel; M. Capezzali; H-B. Püttgen 

Bulletin VSE/AES. 2009. num. 7, p. 22 – 27. DOI : 10.5169/seals-856389.