Publications by Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo

Benzothiadiazole Aryl-amine Based Materials as Efficient Hole Carriers in Perovskite Solar Cells

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Cristina Rodriguez Seco

Four hole transport materials (HTMs) based on a benzothiadiazole (BT) central core have been synthesized and successfully employed in triple-cation mixed-halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs), reaching 18.05% solar to energy conversion efficiency. The synth ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Minimization of Carrier Losses for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells through Structural Modification of Triphenylamine Derivatives

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Cristina Rodriguez Seco

Three hole transport materials (HTMs) based on a substituted triphenylamine moiety have been synthesized and successfully employed in triple-cation mixed-halide PSCs, reaching efficiencies of 19.4 %. The efficiencies, comparable to those obtained using spi ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2020

Mechanistic study of the photo‐generation of hydrogen by decamethylruthenocene

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Heron Vrubel, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Laurent Alexis Clément Vannay, Sunny Isaïe Maye, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

Hydrogen evolution by decamethylruthenocene (Cp*2RuII) was studied in detail highlighting that metallocenes are capable of photo‐reducing hydrogen without the need of an additional sensitizer. Electrochemical, gas chromatographic and spectroscopic (UV/vis, ...

2019

Photo-induced dynamic processes in perovskite solar cells: the influence of perovskite composition in the charge extraction and the carrier recombination

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Kyung Taek Cho, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo

2018

Photoproduction of Hydrogen by Decamethylruthenocene Combined with Electrochemical Recycling

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Grégoire Clément Gschwend, Laurent Alexis Clément Vannay, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

The photoinduced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by decamethylruthenocene, Cp2RuII (Cp=C5Me5), is reported. The use of a metallocene to photoproduce hydrogen is presented as an alternative strategy to reduce protons without involving an additional phot ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Enhanced reactivity of water clusters towards oxidation in water/acetonitrile mixtures as studied by voltammetry at IrO2 nanoparticle modified FTO electrodes

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon

The water oxidation process in acidified water/acetonitrile mixtures was studied by cyclic voltammetry using fluorinated tin oxide (FTO) electrodes modified layer-by-layer with deposited bilayers of positively charged poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2016

Boosting Water Oxidation Layer-by-Layer

Hubert Girault, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Heron Vrubel, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Véronique Amstutz, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta

Electrocatalysis of water oxidation was achieved using fluorinated tin oxide (FTO) electrodes modified with layer-by-layer deposited films consisting of bilayers of negatively charged citrate-stabilized IrO2 NPs and positively charged poly(diallyldimethyla ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Charging and Discharging at the Nanoscale: Fermi Level Equilibration of Metallic Nanoparticles

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Evgeny Smirnov

The redox properties of metallic nanoparticles are discussed, in particular the relationships between excess charge, size and the Fermi level of the electrons. The redox potentials are derived using simple electrostatic models to provide a straightforward ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2015

Decamethylruthenocene Hydride and Hydrogen Formation at Liquid|Liquid Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Thomas James Stockmann, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Lucie Josette Renée Rivier

The formation and the dissociation of metal hydrides are key steps within the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) pathway for photochemical water splitting, but also impacts a wide range of other catalytic, industrial, and biochemical reactions. Herein, we d ...

American Chemical Society2015

Catalysis of water oxidation in acetonitrile by iridium oxide nanoparticles

Hubert Girault, Manuel Alejandro Méndez Agudelo, Heron Vrubel, Véronique Amstutz, Micheal Diarmaid Scanlon, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta

Water oxidation catalysed by iridium oxide nanoparticles (IrO2 NPs) in water–acetonitrile mixtures using [RuIII(bpy)3]3+ as oxidant was studied as a function of the water content, the acidity of the reaction media and the catalyst concentration. It was obs ...

2015