Research Topics
Micrograph: Licklederer Preparative methodsWe combine electrochemical techniques, surface chemistry, and atomic layer deposition (ALD) to create novel, complex nanostructures with well-defined geometry and tunable structural parameters. Nanoscale 2018, 10, 8385-8390 |
Electrode surfaces
ChemElectroChem cover (RSC) We investigate systematically how increases in the specific surface area of a nanoporous electrode are reflected in the current density. ChemElectroChem 2018, 5, 1259-1264 |
Photovoltaics
Micrograph: Minguez Bacho We study how the efficiency of ‘extremely thin absorber’ (ETA) solar cells is affected by the thickness of the light absorbing layer and the other geometric parameters of the nanostructured semiconductor junction. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 5971-5981 |
Magnetism
Image: Bochmann We create ordered arrays of elongated magnetic nanostructures for data storage application. By introducing structural irregularities along the axis of the structures, we aim to be able to store, read and write many bits of information per object. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2018, 112, 242403 |
Surface chemistryWe adsorb reactive molecules to solid surfaces, either for the purpose of designing reaction cycles for ALD, or for performing redox reactions at the solid/liquid interface. 
Image: Abel/Wu/Bachmann ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol. 2017, 6, N171-N175 |