Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL
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Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL
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Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL
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Research
Discipline codes: Optical properties and interactions with radiation (01030408), Semiconductors and semimetals (01030409), Soft condensed matter (01030410), Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications (01030905)
Supervised PhDs
Widening the Gap: Optimizing Donor and Acceptor Materials for Organic Photovoltaics
Dries Theunissen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes
Sonny Brebels for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Manipulating charge-transfer state properties for highly efficient organic opto-electronics
Xueshi Jiang for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Strong light-matter coupling for organic electronics
Bram Bijnens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Radiative and non-radiative transitions in small molecules for organic electronics
Siebe Frederix for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Design and synthesis of low-bandgap quasi 2D layered perovskites
Ilan Devroey for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors
Lize Bynens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Comparative investigation into the performance and durability of long and short side-chain ionomers in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer
Subir Paul for the title Doctor of Engineering Technology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Ionic interactions for high performance electrochemical transistors
Arwin Goossens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Impact of Electrodes and Device Architecture on the Efficiency and Stability of Photo-Electrochemical Cell for Water Splitting
Osama Rabi for the title Doctor of Engineering Technology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes
Louis Jackers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Hybrid perovskites with a twist: inducing chirality towards circularly polarized light emission
Aleksandra Ciesielska for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Single-component organic solar cells: Unprecedented control over the structural properties of donor-acceptor block copolymers
Daan Coenen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
NANOGEN: Conjugated polymer nanoparticles as nanogenerators for H2 delivery in cancer therapy
Thomas Leendertse for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Designing hybrid perovskites for artificial synapses toward neuromorphic computing
Arne Verding for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Non-fullerene acceptors for efficient vacuum-processed organic solar cells
Pietro Calvi for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Optical characterization of conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CNPs) for photocatalytic hydrogen generation
Ferdinando Muraca for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of n-type organic thermoelectric materials for low-temperature applications
Maarten Iven for the title Doctor of Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
All colors of the 'rainbow' - Tuning the gap of push-pull conjugated polymers to enhance organic solar cell performance
Laura Leten for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Non-covalent interaction engineering to tune the structural, optical, and electronic properties of layered hybrid perovskites
Arthur Maufort for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2024
Supervised as Copromotor
Tuning the gap - Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for organic photovoltaics and photodetectors
Kaat Valkeneers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2024
Supervised as Copromotor
Structurally pure and reproducible polymer materials for high-performance organic photovoltaics
Sander Smeets for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2023
Supervised as Copromotor
Quantifying and removing structural defects in conjugated polymer semiconductors: influence on material and device properties
Jochen Vanderspikken for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2023
Supervised as Copromotor
Photothermal Properties of Organic Luminescent Materials
Sigurd Mertens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Photosynthesis vs Photovoltaics: Light-induced Charge-transfer and Degradation Inspiring Aesthetical and High-Temperature Solar Cells
Jeroen Hustings for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor
Near-infrared organic photodetectors: from molecules to imagers
Sam Gielen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2021
Supervised as Copromotor
Development of Novel Donor and Acceptor Materials for Fullerene-Free Organic Photovoltaics
Ruben Lenaerts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2019
Supervised as Copromotor
Projects
43 research projects have been found
Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of n-type organic thermoelectric materials for low-temperature applications (Research)
01/10/2024 - 30/09/2028
Hybrid perovskites with a twist: inducing chirality towards circularly polarized light emission (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027
Hybrid perovskites with a twist: inducing chirality towards circularly polarized light emission (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027
Single-component organic solar cells: improved control over the polymer sequence toward enhanced device efficiency and lifetime (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027
NANOGEN: CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOPARTICLES AS NANOGENERATORS FOR HYDROGEN DELIVERY IN CANCER THERAPY (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027
Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027
Non-fullerene acceptors for efficient vacuum-processed organic solar cells (Research)
01/10/2024 - 30/04/2026
Organic Electronics and Photonics: Fundamental Optoelectronic Processes and Applications (Research)
01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
Understanding Electronic – Ionic Interactions for High-Performance and Stable Organic Electrochemical Transistors (Research)
01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025
Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025
Triplet excited states in organic semiconducting materials — the role of molecular motives, spin-orbit coupling, and vibrational effects (Research)
01/10/2022 - 30/09/2025
On the chemical origin of intrinsic performance limits of organic electronics. (Research)
01/10/2022 - 30/09/2025
A comprehensive study of the latest discovered phenomena in organic semiconductors (Research)
01/01/2025 - 31/07/2025
A comprehensive study of the latest discovered electrooptical phenomena in organic semiconductors (Research)
17/10/2024 - 31/07/2025
ERC-COG 2019: ConTROL: Charge-TRansfer states for high performance Organic eLectronics (Research)
01/07/2020 - 30/06/2025
CleanH2 – Fundamental Research in Solar-driven Hydrogen Generation using Earth-abundant Catalysts and Durable Hydrid Perovskites as Light Absorbers. (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2024
Self-assembly of organic donor-acceptor complexes within the confinement of a perovskite lattice: a fundamental study of the relation between structure and opto-electronic properties. (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2024
Narrowing the gap – Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for truly transparent organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/11/2021 - 30/09/2024
Summer school – Materiomics: innovative materials from healthcare across quantum to sustainable technologies. (Education)
04/09/2024 - 06/09/2024
A fundamental study of energy and charge transfer processes in low dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (Research)
01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023
Proceed - Hybrid perovskites as a material platform for conversion, emission and detection of light. (Research)
01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023
Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for near-infrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Study on the INfluence of the sTructurE of the oRganic cation on key Properties of (quasi-)2D hybRid perovskites towards the rational design of Efficient and sTable optoElectRonics (INTERPRETER) (Research)
01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
Photo-luminescent and photo-thermal properties of sub-gap states in non-conventional materials for photovoltaics (Research)
01/02/2019 - 31/01/2023
Self-assembly of organic donor-acceptor complexes within the confinement of a perovskite lattice: a fundamental study of the relation between structure and opto-electronic properties. (Research)
01/11/2020 - 31/10/2022
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2020 - 31/10/2022
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for nearinfrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)
01/10/2018 - 30/09/2022
RCE-PFF : Resonant-Cavity-Enhanced Organic Photo-detectors and Photovoltaics (Research)
01/04/2020 - 31/03/2022
Solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic cavities for near-infrared photodetection - rational combinations of novel donor and acceptor materials and dedicated solution processing for high performance devices (Research)
01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Unraveling and stretching the fundamental limits of near-infrared photodetection based on organic semiconductors (Research)
01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for near-infrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2021
Narrowing the gap – Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for truly transparent organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2021
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
16/11/2020 - 16/11/2020
Education
Involved in the following courses
Academic year 2024 - 2025
Academic year 2024 - 2025
Academic year 2023 - 2024
Academic year 2023 - 2024
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