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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

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
– Nature materials
(2022)
21,
864
(doi: 10.1038/s41563-022-01262-w)
Single-source Deposition of Mixed-metal Oxide Films Containing Zirconium and 3d Transition Metals for (Photo)electrocatalytic Water Oxidation
V Riesgo-Gonzalez, S Bhattacharjee, X Dong, DS Hall, V Andrei, AD Bond, CP Grey, E Reisner, DS Wright
– Inorganic Chemistry: including bioinorganic chemistry
(2022)
61,
6223
(doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00403)
Automated synthesis and characterization techniques for solar fuel production
KP Sokol, V Andrei
– Nature Reviews Materials
(2022)
7,
251
(doi: 10.1038/s41578-022-00432-1)
Reforming of Soluble Biomass and Plastic Derived Waste Using a Bias‐Free Cu30Pd70|Perovskite|Pt Photoelectrochemical Device (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2022)
S Bhattacharjee, V Andrei, C Pornrungroj, M Rahaman, CM Pichler, E Reisner
– Advanced Functional Materials
(2022)
32,
2270047
(doi: 10.1002/adfm.202270047)
Reforming of Soluble Biomass and Plastic Derived Waste Using a Bias-Free Cu30Pd70|Perovskite|Pt Photoelectrochemical Device
S Bhattacharjee, V Andrei, C Pornrungroj, M Rahaman, CM Pichler, E Reisner
– Advanced Functional Materials
(2021)
32,
2109313
(doi: 10.1002/adfm.202109313)
Back Cover: A Semi‐artificial Photoelectrochemical Tandem Leaf with a CO2‐to‐Formate Efficiency Approaching 1 % (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50/2021)
E Edwardes Moore, V Andrei, AR Oliveira, AM Coito, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2021)
60,
26412
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202113428)
Rücktitelbild: A Semi‐artificial Photoelectrochemical Tandem Leaf with a CO2‐to‐Formate Efficiency Approaching 1 % (Angew. Chem. 50/2021)
E Edwardes Moore, V Andrei, AR Oliveira, AM Coito, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie
(2021)
133,
26616
(doi: 10.1002/ange.202113428)
A Semi‐artificial Photoelectrochemical Tandem Leaf with a CO2‐to‐Formate Efficiency Approaching 1 %
E Edwardes Moore, V Andrei, AR Oliveira, AM Coito, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
(2021)
60,
26303
(doi: 10.1002/anie.202110867)
A Semi‐artificial Photoelectrochemical Tandem Leaf with a CO2‐to‐Formate Efficiency Approaching 1 %
E Edwardes Moore, V Andrei, AR Oliveira, AM Coito, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– Angewandte Chemie
(2021)
133,
26507
(doi: 10.1002/ange.202110867)
Water‐Assisted Growth: Bifunctional Perovskite‐BiVO4 Tandem Devices for Uninterrupted Solar and Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Cycles (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2021)
C Pornrungroj, V Andrei, M Rahaman, C Uswachoke, HJ Joyce, DS Wright, E Reisner
– Advanced Functional Materials
(2021)
31,
2170104
(doi: 10.1002/adfm.202170104)
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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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