Pavel Chábera
Research Interest
- Ultrafast (pump-probe) spectroscopy
- Dye-sensitized solar cells
- Iron based photosensitizers (solar cells, photo-catalysis)
- Photo-catalysis, water-splitting, artificial photosynthesis
Current projects
Nature paper published!
Pavel Chábera et al., Nature 543, 627–628; (30 March 2017) doi:10.1038/nature21430
Feature article by Felix Castellano
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v543/n7647/full/543627a.html
RECENT PRESS RELEASE:
www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/article/framtidens-solceller-bygger-pa-jarnets-molekyler
Outreach video by LU, regarding iron-based solar cells:
- NHC-carebens - the iron sensitizers
- Dye-sensitized solar cells (ultrafast dynamics, interfacial electron transfer)
- Ultrafast dynamics in Zn-porphyrin solar cells
- Iron based solar cells (Fe carbenes)
- Artificial molecular photocatalysis (Ru=Co, ZnPBAT)
Selected Publications
Title:Effect of carotenoid structure on excited-state dynamics of carbonyl carotenoids
Authors: Chabera, P. et al.
Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, 8795-8803,
Year: 2009
doi: 10.1039/b909924g
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Authors: Imahori, H. et al.
Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115, 3679-3690
Year: 2011
doi: doi:10.1021/jp103747t
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Authors: Zidek, K. et al.
Journal: Nano Letters, 12, 6393-6399
Year: 2012
doi: doi:10.1021/nl303746d
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Authors: Ponseca, C. S., Jr. et al.
Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, 5189-5192
Year: 2014
doi: doi:10.1021/ja412583t
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Title: Iron sensitizer converts light to electrons with 92% yield
Authors: Harlang, T. C. B. et al.
Journal: Nature Chemistry, 7, 883-889
Year: doi:10.1038/nchem.2365
doi: 2015
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