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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

Bifunctional Perovskite‐BiVO4 Tandem Devices for Uninterrupted Solar and Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Cycles
C Pornrungroj, V Andrei, M Rahaman, C Uswachoke, HJ Joyce, DS Wright, E Reisner
– Advanced Functional Materials
(2020)
31,
2008182
(doi: 10.1002/adfm.202008182)
Molecularly engineered photocatalyst sheet for scalable solar formate production from carbon dioxide and water
Q Wang, J Warnan, S Rodríguez-Jiménez, JJ Leung, S Kalathil, V Andrei, K Domen, E Reisner
– Nature Energy
(2020)
5,
703
(doi: 10.1038/s41560-020-0678-6)
The effect of post-deposition annealing conditions on structural and thermoelectric properties of sputtered copper oxide films
C Abinaya, K Bethke, V Andrei, J Baumann, B Pollakowski-Herrmann, B Kanngießer, B Beckhoff, GC Vásquez, J Mayandi, TG Finstad, K Rademann
– RSC advances
(2020)
10,
29394
(doi: 10.1039/d0ra03906c)
Photoelectrochemical devices with lead halide perovskite and bismuth vanadate light absorbers for unassisted solar fuel synthesis
V Andrei
(2020)
(doi: 10.17863/CAM.62159)
Selective CO production from aqueous CO2 using a Cu96In4 catalyst and its integration into a bias-free solar perovskite–BiVO4 tandem device
M Rahaman, V Andrei, C Pornrungroj, D Wright, JJ Baumberg, E Reisner
– Energy & Environmental Science
(2020)
13,
3536
(doi: 10.1039/d0ee01279c)
Integration of a Hydrogenase in a Lead Halide Perovskite Photoelectrode for Tandem Solar Water Splitting
E Edwardes Moore, V Andrei, S Zacarias, IAC Pereira, E Reisner
– ACS Energy Letters
(2019)
5,
232
(doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02437)
Bias-free solar syngas production by integrating a molecular cobalt catalyst with perovskite-BiVO4 tandems
V Andrei, B Reuillard, E Reisner
– Nature Materials
(2019)
19,
189
(doi: 10.1038/s41563-019-0501-6)
Scalable Photoelectrochemical Perovskite-BiVO4 Tandem Devices for Solar Fuel Synthesis
V Andrei, H Lu, SD Pike, RLZ Hoye, B Reuillard, S Ahmad, DS Wright, M De Volder, R Friend, E Reisner
– Proceedings of the nanoGe Fall Meeting19
(2019)
(doi: 10.29363/nanoge.nfm.2019.104)
Triple-Cation-Based Perovskite Photocathodes with AZO Protective Layer for Hydrogen Production Applications
S Ahmad, A Sadhanala, RLZ Hoye, V Andrei, MH Modarres, B Zhao, J Rongé, R Friend, M De Volder
– ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
(2019)
11,
23198
(doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b04963)
Single-Source Bismuth (Transition Metal) Polyoxovanadate Precursors for the Scalable Synthesis of Doped BiVO4 Photoanodes
H Lu, V Andrei, KJ Jenkinson, A Regoutz, N Li, CE Creissen, AEH Wheatley, H Hao, E Reisner, DS Wright, SD Pike
– Advanced Materials
(2018)
30,
e1804033
(doi: 10.1002/adma.201804033)
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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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