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05/2023
Our phd student Juraj spent one month at Physics Department, Hong Kong University
 

01/2023
Our new paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry C is out!
 

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09/2022
Our new paper in ASC Energy Letters is 

is out!
 

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09/2022
Our new paper in Communications Materials 

is out!
 

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05/2022
Our new paper in Chemistry of Materials is out!
 

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05/2022
Results of our project have been presented at 17th European Powder diffraction conference that was held in Šibenik, 31 May - 04 June.
 

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Abstracts reported at EPDIC17 can be downloaded here.

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05/2022
On May 18, Aleksandra Djurišić delivered a lecture at Rudjer Boskovic Institute.
 

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She also brought a gift - working microphone - for our PhD student Juraj who often has audio problems during our weekly meetings on Zoom :-)

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04/2022
Our PhD student Juraj Ovčar presented the results of our project and his thesis at XX
 

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01/2022
Our new paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry C is out!
 

Our paper was included in special issue of Journal of Materials Chemistry C HOT Papers that contain work marked as HOT! The papers were selected by  Editors as especially significant based on reviewers’ recommendations and their own appraisal.

Our paper was also highlighted on front cover!

11/2021
Our PhD studnet Juraj attended  the workshop HIGH-THROUGHPUT WORKFLOWS FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE WITH THE ATOMIC SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT (ASE) AND FIREWORKS at Technical University of Denmark.
 
 
 
 

4-days combined workshop/hackathon (2-day/2-day) aimed to introduce young scientists from the electronic structure community to the latest developments in the Atomic Simulation Environment (ASE) and Fireworks software packages. This meeting gave developers and users of ASE the possibility to present and discuss ongoing developments and to coordinate their efforts. A particular focus shall be put on automatized high-throughput computations for which the first fundamental steps are already implemented in ASE and are readily available for customization and further development. To this end, the coupling to Fireworks/atomate as a code independent workflow engine will be explored and possible synergy effects will be identified.

https://www.conferencemanager.dk/ase-fireworks-workshop/conference

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08/2021
Progress of 2DPEROEXLORE project is highlighted on web pages of Rudjer Bošković Institute and Croatian Science Foundation
 
 
 
 

08/2021
Our new paper in Advanced Optical Materials (IF=9.9) is out!
 
 
 
 

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The performance of quasi-2D perovskite light emitting diodes (LEDs) with mixed small cations, cesium and formamidinium (FA), is significantly affected by their ratio. The best devices obtained for Cs:FA ratio of 1:1 exhibit a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 12.1%, maximum luminance of 15 070 cd m−2 and maximum current efficiency of 46.1 cd A−1, which is significantly higher (about 3 times) compared to devices with FA only (maximum EQE of 4.1%, maximum luminance of 4521 cd m−2) and Cs-only (maximum EQE of 4.0%, maximum luminance of 4886 cd m−2). The photoluminescence quantum yield of the Cs:FA 1:1 sample is similarly enhanced, 21.3% compared 5.4% and 6%, for FA-only and Cs-only samples, respectively. It can be observed that the Cs:FA ratio significantly affects the crystallization of the perovskite, with the optimal 1:1 ratio resulting in the formation of tetragonal Cs0.5FA0.5PbBr3 phase (different from cubic FAPbBr3 and orthorhombic CsPbBr3) with pronounced preferential orientation as well as a significant reduction in the trap density, which leads to a substantial improvement in the light-emitting performance

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.202100393 

05/2021
New postdoc joined our project. Lidija welcome!
 
 
 
 

Dr. Lidija Kanižaj, the winner of 2020 LOREAL-UNESCO Award for Women in Science, joined our project team!

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04/2021
Our new paper, in collaboration with our colleagues from HKU and CityU HK, published in Advanced Functional Materials (IF=18.8) is out!  
 
 
 
 

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04/2021
Happy Easter from PEROEXPLORE!
 
 
 
 

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02/2021
Visit from HRZZ!
 
 
 
 

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We've presented the results of our project to the  our partners from HRZZ. 

02/2021
New equipment installed @RBI!
 
 
 
 

UV/Vis and PL spectrophotometers are installed and ready to be used at Dept. of Materials Physics, RBI

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02/2021
We are seeking for a motivated postdoc researcher with expertise in perovskites and crystallography to join our project team! 

If interested, send us your CV and let's talk!  

12/2020
Happy holidays!!! 

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10/2020
First year project report submitted! 

06/2020
Due to COVID-19 we are still in, but our first paper about spacer cation engineering for achievement of phase control in J. Mater. Chem. A (IF=7.4) is out!

The effect of alkylammonium tail length in phenyl-alkyl spacer cations in quasi-2D Ruddlesden–Popper perovskites on the phase distribution in low n films (n = 2 stoichiometry) is investigated. An increase in alkyl chain length suppresses the formation of the n = 1 phase (and consequently higher n phases), which is attributed to the change in the packing arrangement of spacer cations from parallel (one and two carbon atom alkyl chains) to non-parallel (3 carbon atom alkyl chains). A single blue emission peak corresponding to the n = 3 phase (466 nm) and n = 2 phase (436 nm) is obtained in the PL spectra of phenylpropylammonium quasi-2D perovskites with methylammonium (MA) and formamidinium (FA) cations, respectively. The same trends in phase distribution, namely a reduction in the proportion of the n = 1 phase with increasing alkyl chain length, are observed for both MA- and FA-based perovskites. However, FA-based samples exhibited higher crystallinity but worsened morphology (more pinholes) and less efficient funneling compared to MA-based samples. Consequently, efficient sky-blue LEDs with the highest EQE of 3.35% are obtained for PPA2MAPb2Br7 perovskite.

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05/2020
NEW cluster nodes @RBI installed! 

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New equipment for theoretical calculations installed and ready to be used at Dept. of Theoretical Physics, RBI

05/2020
State-of-the-art XRPD machine installed at our partner institution Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Science, Zagreb

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New XRPD is purchased in the scope of the Physics Department project for infrastructure support financed by the European Regional Development Fund, OP "Competitiveness and Cohesion" 2014 - 2020.

New structures waiting to be determined by this monster machine at our partner institution! 

03/2020

2DPEROEXLORE works at home

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01/2020
Computational school, Trieste, Italy

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Juraj attended Computational School on Electronic Excitations in Novel Materials Using the Yambo Code, in Trieste, Italy, where he learned about post-DFT simulations, in particular many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) approaches and the calculation of electronic and optical properties of materials. 

http://indico.ictp.it/event/9018/

11/2019
2DPEROEXLORE project meeting @ HKU

Team members J. Popovic and Z. Skoko visited Prof. A. Djurisic at HKU. Many discussions on a preliminary data resulted in detailed plan for the next period fully defined. Full force ahead!

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11/2019
2DPEROEXPLORE welcomes new member!

PhD student Juraj Ovčar joined our team. Juraj will be working together with Ivor and Luca on the theoretical calculations related to the structure of 2D perovskites.

Juraj welcome!

10/2019
Contract signed!

Contract between HKU and RBI is signed. Our project has officially started!

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