Prof. Jacek Jasieniak | ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science

Prof. Jacek Jasieniak

Chief Investigator

Nanomaterials Laboratory for Next Generation Technologies

Jacek Jasieniak is a materials chemist and is applying his knowledge in nanomaterials, coatings and devices to all three themes. His background in external engagement also means that he is taking on an active role in this area for the Centre, assisting the Director.

Qualifications: 
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physical Chemistry, Chancellor's Prize, University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Nanotechnology, 1st Class Honours, University Medal, Flinders University

Publications

Journal Articles
Akinoglu, E. Metin; Hoogeveen, D. A.; Cao, C.; Simonov, A. N.; Jasieniak, J. J. Prospects of Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Systems Based on Metal Halide Perovskites. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (5), 7860 - 7878 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10387. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10387
Senevirathna, D. C.; Yu, J. Choul; Peiris, T. A. Nirmal; Li, B.; Michalska, M.; Li, H.; Jasieniak, J. J. Impact of Anion Impurities in Commercial PbI2 on Lead Halide Perovskite Films and Solar Cells. ACS Materials Letters 2021, 3 (4), 351 - 355 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00098. doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00098
Ng, C. Kiu; Deng, H.; Li, H.; Yin, W.; Alan, T.; Jasieniak, J. J. Synthesis of CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals with acoustically actuated millisecond mixing. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2021, 9 (1), 313 - 321 DOI: 10.1039/D0TC04519E. doi: 10.1039/D0TC04519E
Yin, W.; Li, H.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Tadgell, B.; Scully, A. D.; Wang, M.; Huang, W.; McNeill, C. R.; Wong, W.; Medhekar, N. V.; et al. Detection of Halomethanes Using Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. ACS Nano 2021, 15 (1), 1454–1464 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08794. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08794
Yu, J. Choul; Sun, J.; Chandrasekaran, N.; Dunn, C. J.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Jasieniak, J. J. Semi-transparent perovskite solar cells with a cross-linked hole transport layer. Nano Energy 2020, 71, 104635 DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104635. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104635
van Embden, J.; Mendes, J. O.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Gaspera, E. Della. Solution-Processed CuSbS2 Thin Films and Superstrate Solar Cells with CdS/In2S3 Buffer Layers. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020, 3 (8), 7885-7895 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01296,10.1021/acsaem.0c01296.s001. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.0c01296,10.1021/acsaem.0c01296.s001
Ng, C. Kiu; Yin, W.; Li, H.; Jasieniak, J. J. Scalable synthesis of colloidal CsPbBr perovskite nanocrystals with high reaction yields through solvent and ligand engineering. Nanoscale 2020, 12 (8), 4859 - 4867 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10726F. doi: 10.1039/C9NR10726F
Li, B.; Shi, J.; Lu, J.; Tan, W. Liang; Yin, W.; Sun, J.; Jiang, L.; Jones, R. T.; Pigram, P.; McNeill, C. R.; et al. Facile Deposition of Mesoporous PbI2 through DMF:DMSO Solvent Engineering for Sequentially Deposited Metal Halide Perovskites. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020, 3 (4), 3358 - 3368 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b02391,10.1021/acsaem.9b02391.s001. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.9b02391,10.1021/acsaem.9b02391.s001
Sun, J.; Chandrasekaran, N.; Liu, C.; Scully, A. D.; Yin, W.; Ng, C. Kiu; Jasieniak, J. J. Enhancement of 3D/2D Perovskite Solar Cells Using an F4TCNQ Molecular Additive. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020, 3 (9), 8205 - 8215 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.0c00553,10.1021/acsaem.0c00553.s001. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.0c00553,10.1021/acsaem.0c00553.s001
Shi, J.; Li, Y.; Wu, J.; Wu, H.; Luo, Y.; Li, D.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Meng, Q. Exciton Character and High‐Performance Stimulated Emission of Hybrid Lead Bromide Perovskite Polycrystalline Film. Advanced Optical Materials 2020, 1902026 DOI: 10.1002/adom.201902026. doi: 10.1002/adom.201902026
Wang, M.; Vasudevan, V.; Lin, S.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Russo, S.; Birbilis, N.; Medhekar, N. V. Molecular mechanisms of thermal instability in hybrid perovskite light absorbers for photovoltaic solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 8 (34), 17765 - 17779 DOI: 10.1039/D0TA05356B. doi: 10.1039/D0TA05356B
Zheng, J.; Luo, C.; Shabbir, B.; Wang, C.; Mao, W.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, Y.; Dong, Y.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Pan, C.; et al. Flexible photodetectors based on reticulated SWNT/perovskite quantum dot heterostructures with ultrahigh durability. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (16), 8020 - 8026 DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08026G. doi: 10.1039/C8NR08026G
Ritchie, C.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Mulvaney, P. Aqueous Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Nanocrystals. Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31 (6), 2138-2150 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00100. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00100
Dai, Z.; Ou, Q.; Wang, C.; Si, G.; Shabbir, B.; Zheng, C.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, Y.; Dong, Y.; et al. Capillary-bridge mediated assembly of aligned perovskite quantum dots for high-performance photodetectors. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2019, 7 (20), 5954 - 5961 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC01104H. doi: 10.1039/C9TC01104H
Wang, C.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Yin, W.; Frazer, L.; Funston, A. M.; Jasieniak, J. J. Facile purification of CsPbX3 (X = Cl−, Br−, I−) perovskite nanocrystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2019, 151 (12), 121105 DOI: 10.1063/1.5123306. doi: 10.1063/1.5123306
Sun, J.; Pascoe, A. R.; Meyer, S.; Wu, Q.; Gaspera, E. Della; Raga, S. R.; Zhang, T.; Nattestad, A.; Bach, U.; Cheng, Y. - B.; et al. Ultrasonic spray deposition of TiO2 electron transport layers for reproducible and high efficiency hybrid perovskite solar cells. Solar Energy 2019, 188, 697 - 705 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.06.045. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.06.045
Ng, C. Kiu; Wang, C.; Jasieniak, J. J. Synthetic Evolution of Colloidal Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals. Langmuir 2019, 35 (36), 11609-11628 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00855. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00855
Liu, J.; Shabbir, B.; Wang, C.; Wan, T.; Ou, Q.; Yu, P.; Tadich, A.; Jiao, X.; Chu, D.; Qi, D.; et al. Flexible, Printable Soft‐X‐Ray Detectors Based on All‐Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots. Advanced Materials 2019, 31 (30), 1901644 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901644. doi: 10.1002/adma.201901644
Sun, J.; Lu, J.; Li, B.; Jiang, L.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Scully, A. D.; Gengenbach, T. R.; Cheng, Y.; Jasieniak, J. J. Inverted perovskite solar cells with high fill-factors featuring chemical bath deposited mesoporous NiO hole transporting layers. Nano Energy 2018, 49, 163 - 171 DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.04.026. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.04.026
Ritchie, C.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Styles, M.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Mulvaney, P. Aqueous Synthesis of High-Quality Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 Nanocrystals and Their Thermal Annealing Characteristics. Langmuir 2018, 34 (4), 1655 - 1665 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03885. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03885
Shi, J.; Zhang, H.; Li, Y.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Li, Y.; Wu, H.; Luo, Y.; Li, D.; Meng, Q. Identification of high-temperature exciton states and their phase-dependent trapping behaviour in lead halide perovskites. Energy & Environmental Science 2018, 11 (6), 1460 - 1469 DOI: 10.1039/C7EE03543H. doi: 10.1039/C7EE03543H
Sun, J.; Jasieniak, J. J. Semi-transparent solar cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2017, 50 (9), 093001 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa53d7. doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa53d7
Marques, F. C.; Jasieniak, J. J. Ionization potential and electron attenuation length of titanium dioxide deposited by atomic layer deposition determined by photoelectron spectroscopy in air. Applied Surface Science 2017, 422, 504 - 508 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.06.062. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.06.062
De Nolf, K.; Cosseddu, S. M.; Jasieniak, J. J.; Drijvers, E.; Martins, J. C.; Infante, I.; Hens, Z. Binding and Packing in Two-Component Colloidal Quantum Dot Ligand Shells: Linear versus Branched Carboxylates. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139 (9), 3456 - 3464 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b11328. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b11328