Ute Cappel
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Institutionen för fysik och astronomi; Röntgenfysik
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 335 91 55
- E-mail:
- ute.cappel@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 516
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
I'm a fellow of the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) at the research program "Condensed Matter Physics of Energy Materials" in the Division of X-ray Photon Science.
Opportunities
I currently have a PhD position in time-resolved X-ray based spectroscopy available in my group. Read more and apply here!
See more information about my research group below.
Biography
Short CV
Master in Science (MSci) in Chemical Physics, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, 2007
PhD in Chemistry with a Specialisation in Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2011, Characterisation of Organic Dyes for Solid State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Docent in Chemistry with specialization in Inorganic Materials Chemistry, KTH, Sweden, 2018
Intra-European Marie Curie fellow, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, United Kingdom, 2012-2014
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Division of Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2014-2017
Assistant Professor at the Division of Applied Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2017-2020
Associate Professor at the Division of Applied Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, from 2020-2023
Current Position: Associate Professor and WISE (Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability) fellow at the Division of X-ray Photon Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden, from 2023
Publications: A complete and updated list of my publications can be found on Google Scholar.
Research
Research Interests
My research focus is the characterisation of materials for and processes in solar cells. My particular interest is to develop and use time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to measure the electronic structure during the light-to-electricity conversion process.
Opportunities
I currently have a PhD position in time-resolved X-ray based spectroscopy available in my group. Read more and apply here!
Group Members
Karen Radetzky (PhD student)
Birgit Kammlander (PhD student)
Fredrik Johansson (postdoc)
Alberto García-Fernández (postdoc at KTH)
Former PhD students
Sebastian Svanström (PhD thesis)
Tamara Sloboda (PhD thesis)
Publications
Recent publications
- Composition dependence of X-ray stability and degradation mechanisms at lead halide perovskite single crystal surfaces (2024)
- Tailoring Ultra-fast Charge Transfer in MoS2 (2020)
- Electronic Structure Characterization of Cross-Linked Sulfur Polymers (2018)
- Low Dose Photoelectron Spectroscopy at BESSY II (2018)
- Femtosecond and Attosecond Electron-Transfer Dynamics in PCPDTBT (2018)
All publications
Articles
- Composition dependence of X-ray stability and degradation mechanisms at lead halide perovskite single crystal surfaces (2024)
- Tailoring Ultra-fast Charge Transfer in MoS2 (2020)
- Electronic Structure Characterization of Cross-Linked Sulfur Polymers (2018)
- Low Dose Photoelectron Spectroscopy at BESSY II (2018)
- Femtosecond and Attosecond Electron-Transfer Dynamics in PCPDTBT (2018)
- The synergistic effect of dimethyl sulfoxide vapor treatment and C-60 electron transporting layer towards enhancing current collection in mixed-ion inverted perovskite solar cells (2018)
- First layer water phases on anatase TiO2(101) (2018)
- Defect-Induced Water Bilayer Growth on Anatase TiO2(101) (2018)
- Preparation of mixed-ion and inorganic perovskite films using water and isopropanol as solvents for solar cell applications (2018)
- Inorganic CsPbI3 Perovskite Coating on PbS Quantum Dot for Highly Efficient and Stable Infrared Light Converting Solar Cells (2018)
- Partially Reversible Photoinduced Chemical Changes in a Mixed-Ion Perovskite Material for Solar Cells (2017)
- Chemical and Physical Reduction of High Valence Ni States in Mesoporous NiO Film for Solar Cell Application. (2017)
- Characterization techniques for dye-sensitized solar cells (2017)
- Valence Level Character in a Mixed Perovskite Material and Determination of the Valence Band Maximum from Photoelectron Spectroscopy (2017)
- Chemical Distribution of Multiple Cation (Rb+, Cs+, MA+, and FA+) Perovskite Materials by Photoelectron Spectroscopy (2017)
- Evidence for photo-induced charge separation between dye molecules adsorbed to aluminium oxide surfaces (2016)
- Electronic structure dynamics in a low bandgap polymer studied by time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (2016)
- HELIOS-A laboratory based on high-order harmonic generation of extreme ultraviolet photons for time-resolved spectroscopy (2015)
- Energy level alignment in TiO2/metal sulfide/polymer interfaces for solar cell applications (2014)
- Low-Temperature Solution Processing of Mesoporous Metal-Sulfide Semiconductors as Light-Harvesting Photoanodes (2013)
- Comparing spiro-OMeTAD and P3HT hole conductors in efficient solid state dye-sensitized solar cells (2012)
- Characterization of the Interface Properties and Processes in Solid State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing a Perylene Sensitizer (2011)
- Energy Alignment and Surface Dipoles of Rylene Dyes adsorbed to TiO2 nanoparticles (2011)
- The influence of local electric fields on photoinduced absorption in dye-sensitized solar cells. (2010)
- Characterization of surface passivation by poly(methylsiloxane) for dye-sensitized solar cells employing the ferrocene redox couple. (2010)
- Dye regeneration by spiro-MeOTAD in solid state dye-sensitized solar cells studied by photoinduced absorption spectroscopy and spectroelectrochemistry. (2009)
- A broadly absorbing perylene dye for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. (2009)
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