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Dr Virgil Andrei

Research Fellow - St John's

Biography:

PhD in Chemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2020)
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (2016)
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (2014)

Research Interests

My interests revolve around the development of renewable energy sources, such as photoelectrocatalysis, thermoelectrics and photovoltaics. Currently, I am working on photovoltaic-photoelectrocatalytic cells, which can split water to produce hydrogen, or reduce atmospheric CO2 under solar light illumination. This interdisciplinary approach is fundamental for the wide-scale implementation of sustainable solar fuels. A further enhancement in the energy conversion efficiency can be expected by adding a thermoelectric component to these hybrid devices, to produce electricity from the existing residual heat.

Publications

High carrier mobility along the [111] orientation in Cu2O photoelectrodes.
L Pan, L Dai, OJ Burton, L Chen, V Andrei, Y Zhang, D Ren, J Cheng, L Wu, K Frohna, A Abfalterer, TC-J Yang, W Niu, M Xia, S Hofmann, PJ Dyson, E Reisner, H Sirringhaus, J Luo, A Hagfeldt, M Grätzel, SD Stranks
– Nature
(2024)
628,
765
(doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07273-8)
Hybrid photothermal–photocatalyst sheets for solar-driven overall water splitting coupled to water purification
C Pornrungroj, AB Mohamad Annuar, Q Wang, M Rahaman, S Bhattacharjee, V Andrei, E Reisner
– Nature Water
(2023)
1,
952
(doi: 10.1038/s44221-023-00139-9)
Integrated capture and solar-driven utilization of CO2 from flue gas and air
S Kar, M Rahaman, V Andrei, S Bhattacharjee, S Roy, E Reisner
– Joule
(2023)
7,
1496
(doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.022)
Thermoelectric–Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting under Concentrated Solar Irradiation
C Pornrungroj, V Andrei, E Reisner
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2023)
145,
13709
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c01892)
Solar-driven liquid multi-carbon fuel production using a standalone perovskite–BiVO4 artificial leaf
M Rahaman, V Andrei, D Wright, E Lam, C Pornrungroj, S Bhattacharjee, C Pichler, H Greer, J Baumberg, E Reisner
– Nature Energy
(2023)
8,
629
(doi: 10.1038/s41560-023-01262-3)
Nanowire photochemical diodes for artificial photosynthesis.
V Andrei, I Roh, P Yang
– Sci Adv
(2023)
9,
eade9044
(doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade9044)
Photoelectrochemical CO2-to-fuel conversion with simultaneous plastic reforming
S Bhattacharjee, M Rahaman, V Andrei, M Miller, S Rodríguez-Jiménez, E Lam, C Pornrungroj, E Reisner
– Nature Synthesis
(2023)
2,
182
(doi: 10.1038/s44160-022-00196-0)
Solar Panel Technologies for Light-to-Chemical Conversion.
V Andrei, Q Wang, T Uekert, S Bhattacharjee, E Reisner
– Accounts of Chemical Research
(2022)
55,
3376
(doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00477)
Floating perovskite-BiVO4 devices for scalable solar fuel production
V Andrei, GM Ucoski, C Pornrungroj, C Uswachoke, Q Wang, DS Achilleos, H Kasap, KP Sokol, RA Jagt, H Lu, T Lawson, A Wagner, SD Pike, DS Wright, RLZ Hoye, JL MacManus-Driscoll, HJ Joyce, RH Friend, E Reisner
– Nature
(2022)
608,
518
(doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04978-6)
Long-term solar water and CO2 splitting with photoelectrochemical BiOI-BiVO4 tandems.
V Andrei, RA Jagt, M Rahaman, L Lari, VK Lazarov, JL MacManus-Driscoll, RLZ Hoye, E Reisner
– Nat Mater
(2022)
21,
864
(doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01262-w)
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Research Group

Telephone number

01223 336396 (shared)

Email address

va291@cam.ac.uk

College

St John's College

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