Department of Materials Chemistry
Research in Department for Materials Chemistry focuses on synthesis, characterization and development of advanced materials for sustainable, low carbon energy solutions. The main research areas comprise (i) advanced battery materials, (ii) coating development and (iii) synthesis and characterization of electrocatalysts. In order to better understand the properties and functioning of these materials, we also develop our own spectroscopic, microscopic and electrochemical methods.
Co-workers
Researchers
- dr. Federico Baiutti
- dr. Ivo Bardarov
- dr. Marjan Bele
- dr. Jan Bitenc
- dr. Elena Chernyshova
- prof. dr. Robert Dominko
- prof. dr. Goran Dražić
- dr. Ana Drinčić
- dr. Sara Drvarič Talian
- dr. Pedro Farinazzo Bergamo Dias Martins
- Francisco Javier Garcia Soriano
- dr. Matija Gatalo
- izr. prof. dr. Nejc Hodnik
- dr. Léonard Jean Moriau
- doc. dr. Ivo Jerman
- dr. Primož Jovanovič
- dr. Vasko Jovanovski
- prof. dr. Tomaž Katrašnik
- dr. Marta Klanjšek Gunde
- dr. Anja Kopač Lautar
- dr. Dževad Kozlica
- Dr. Tecush Mohammadi
- dr. Jože Moškon
- dr. Rekha Narayan
- Bhupender Pal
- dr. Klemen Pirnat
- dr. Maja Pivko
- dr. Francisco Ruiz Zepeda
- dr. Milutin Smiljanić
- Sonja Smiljanić
- dr. Dušan Strmčnik
- dr. Luka Suhadolnik
- dr. Angelja Kjara Surca
- dr. Alen Vižintin
- dr. Milena Zorko
Expert fellows
Emeritus Professors
Young Researchers
- Rabail Badar Abbasi
- Lazar Bijelić
- Tina Đukić
- Marko Firm
- Luis Miguel Guerrero Mejia
- Ana Herceg
- Miha Hotko
- Hafiz Ahmad Ishfaq
- Ana Rebeka Kamšek
- Gregor Kapun
- Mitja Kostelec
- Alenka Križan
- Anja Lončar
- Olivera Lužanin
- Aleš Marsel
- Nik Maselj
- Ante Matošin
- Svit Menart
- Tjaša Pavčnik
- Lana Regent
- Blaž Tratnik
- Mariana Vargas Ordaz
- Ožbej Vodeb
Technical Staff
Representative Publications
- BITENC, Jan, LINDAHL, Niklas, VIZINTIN, Alen, ABDELHAMID, Muhammad E., DOMINKO, Robert, JOHANSSON, Patrik. Concept and electrochemical mechanism of an Al metal anode ‒ organic cathode battery. Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 24, 379-383.
- NOČ, Luka, ŠEST, Ervin, KAPUN, Gregor, RUIZ-ZEPEDA, Francisco, BINYAMIN, Yaniv, MERZEL, Franci, JERMAN, Ivan. High-solar-absorptance CSP coating characterization and reliability testing with isothermal and cyclic loads for service-life prediction. Energy & Environmental Science, 2019, 12, 1679-1694.
- RUIZ-ZEPEDA, Francisco, GATALO, Matija, PAVLIŠIČ, Andraž, DRAŽIĆ, Goran, JOVANOVIČ, Primož, BELE, Marjan, GABERŠČEK, Marjan, HODNIK, Nejc. Atomically resolved anisotropic electrochemical shaping of nano-electrocatalyst. Nano Letters, 2019, 19, 4919-4927.
- VIZINTIN, Alen, BITENC, Jan, KOPAČ LAUTAR, Anja, PIRNAT, Klemen, GRDADOLNIK, Jože, STARE, Jernej, RANDON-VITANOVA, Anna, DOMINKO, Robert. Probing electrochemical reactions in organic cathode materials via in operando infrared spectroscopy. Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 661.
- ROJAC, Tadej, BENČAN, Andreja, DRAŽIĆ, Goran, SAKAMOTO, Naonori, URŠIČ NEMEVŠEK, Hana, JANČAR, Boštjan, TAVČAR, Gašper, MAKAROVIČ, Maja, WALKER, Julian, MALIČ, Barbara, DAMJANOVIĆ, Dragan. Domain-wall conduction in ferroelectric BiFeO3 controlled by accumulation of charged defects. Nature Materials, 2017, 16, 322-327.