CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Data Name: Sgobba Surname: Vito Academic Title: Dr. Ing. Researcher ID: R-4009-2016 Office Mailing Address: ZAE – Bayerisches Zentrum für Angewandte

Energieforschung e.V. (Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research)

Haberstr. 2a – Office 0.11 91058 Erlangen Germany Phone: 0049 (0) 9131 9398 163 Fax: 0049 (0) 9131 9398 199 E–mail: vito.sgobba@zae–bayern.de Home page: http://www.zae–bayern.de/das–zae–bayern/standorte/erlangen.html Energie Campus Nürnberg Fürther Straße 250 – Office 16.1.12 90429 Nürnberg Phone: 0049 (0) 911 56854 9356 Fax: 0049 (0) 911 56854 9351 Home page: www.encn.de Private Mailing Address: Staffelweg 3 91054 Erlangen Germany

Mobile Phone: 0049 (0)160 846 5351 Skype: v_i–t_o

Marital Status: Single Date of Birth: 03. March 1967

Place of Birth: 70043 Monopoli, Italy Publications: 34 Research Papers 1 Patent 7 Book Chapters International Presentations: 10 H–index: 22 (ISI) Citations: 1698 (ISI) (1634 excluding self citations)

1. Education Dissertation in Material Engineering (Ph.D.) 11.12.2004 Universita' del Salento (Note: excellent) Via Arnesano Chair: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Vasapollo 73100 Lecce (Italy)

Title: Novel synthesis of Ru(II) bipyridine salts OPV bridged as sensitizer, and pentacene

precursor spin coated as hole conductor layer. Application and performance measurements

on dye sensitized solar cells. “Laurea” in Chemistry (Note:104/110) 21.07.2000 Universita' degli Studi di Bari (Master of Science) Via E. Orabona Chair: Prof. Dr. Francesco Naso 70125 Bari (Italy) Diploma in Chemistry (Note 43/60) 17.10.1986 Industrial Technical Institute for (High School) Chemists “Luigi Dell’Erba”, Castellana Grotte (Bari–Italy)

2. Previous and Current Positions

02/2015–today Group Leader, ZAE – Bayerisches Zentrum für Angewandte

Energieforschung e.V. (Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research). Board: Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Brabec

02/2014–02/2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials for Electronics and

Energy Technology – iMEET – Friedrich–Alexander–Universität

Erlangen–Nürnberg and Energie Campus Nürnberg Chair: Prof. Dr. Christoph J. Brabec

02/2005–01/2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials Friedrich–Alexander–Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi

2001–2004 PhD and undergraduate student Tutor, Istituto di Ingegneria dei Materiali, Universita' del Salento, Lecce,

Italy. Chair: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Vasapollo

06/1994–06/1995 Civil service – Environmental monitoring by WWF c/o CTS Lecce, Italy

3. Grants and Sponsored Programs Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Principal Investigator (2008–2012) Organisch/anorganische Hybridstrukturen für potentielle Hochleistungszellen OPV–Hybride

Future Technologies for Small and Mid Sized Enterprises (ZUTECH) Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen "Otto von Guericke" (AiF) e. V.

Coordinator and Principal Investigator (2008–2012) Entwicklung organischer flexibler Solarzellen durch Porphyrin– und CNT–Funktionalisierung textiler Oberflächen – "OSoPo”

4. Scholarships and Fellowships 2002 Societa' Chimica Italiana–Summer school on Organic Synthesis “A. Corbella”, Gargnano, Italy 2003 1 year Maria Curie–Fellowship (Universitaat van Amsterdam)

Chair: Prof. Luisa De Cola 2003 Dutch Polymer Institute Winter School on Organic and Polymer Photovoltaics, Drieberghen, the Netherland 2003 RSMC New Perspective in Photochemistry, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands

5. Professional Memberships American Chemical Society (ACS)

6. Refereed Publications

(1) Palladium(II) and bidentate phosphine–catalyzed selective synthesis of N–aryl–2–pyrrolidinones via cyclocarbonylative coupling of 2–aminophenol and 2–

aminothiophenol. L. Longo, G. Mele, G. Ciccarella, V. Sgobba, B. El Ali, G. Vasapollo, Appl. Organometall. Chem. 2002, 16, 537

(2) CNT – CdTe Versatile Donor–Acceptor Nanohybrids. D.M. Guldi, G.M.A. Rahman, V. Sgobba, S. Campidelli, D. Bonifazi, N.A. Kotov, M. Prato, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2315

(3) Multifunctional Molecular Carbon Materials – from Fullerenes to Carbon Nanotubes. D.M. Guldi, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, V. Sgobba, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2006, 35, 471

(4) Synthesis of a molecularly imprinted polymer for dioxin. C. Malitesta, R. A. Picca, G. Ciccarella, V. Sgobba, M. Brattoli, Sensors 2006, 6, 915

(5) Supramolecular Assemblies of Different Carbon Nanotubes for Photoconversion Processes. V. Sgobba, G.M.A. Rahman, D.M. Guldi, S. Campidelli, M. Prato, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 2264

(6) Synthesis and Characterization of Positively Capped CdTe Quantum Wires that Exhibit Strong Luminescence in Aqueous Media. V. Sgobba, C. Schulz–Drost, D.M. Guldi, Chem. Commun. 2007, 565

(7) Growth and Characterization of Films containing Fullerenes and Water Soluble Porphyrins for Solar Energy Conversion Applications. V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, S. Conoci, S. Casilli, G. Ricciardi, D.M. Guldi, M. Prato, L. Valli, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3148

(8) Langmuir–Blodgett films of cationic zinc porphyrin–imidazole functionalized fullerene dyad: Formation and photoelectrochemical studies. R. Marczak, V. Sgobba, W. Kutner, S. Gadde, F. D’Souza, D. M. Guldi, Langmuir 2007, 23, 1917

(9) Synthesis, Characterization and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanohorns. C. Cioffi, S. Campidelli, C. Sooambar, M. Marcaccio, G. Marcolongo, M. Meneghetti, D. Paolucci, F. Paolucci, C. Ehli, G.M.A. Rahman, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, M. Prato, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3938

(10) Zero– versus One–Dimensional Water–Soluble CdTe Nanocrystals–Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization. C. Schulz–Drost, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 9694

(11) Carbon Nanotubes as Integrative Materials for Organic Photovoltaic Devices. V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18 153

(12) Improving Photocurrent Generation – Supramolecularly and Covalently Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes–Polymer / Porphyrin Donor–Acceptor Nanohybrid. G.M.A. Rahman, A. Troeger, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, N. Jux, M.N. Tchoul, W.T. Ford, A. Mateo–Alonso, M. Prato, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 8837

(13) Facile Decoration of Functionalized Single–Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Phthalocyanines via “Click Chemistry”. S. Campidelli, B. Ballesteros, A. Filoramo, D.D. Díaz, G. de la Torre, T. Torres, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, D. Kiessling, F. Werner, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, C. Cioffi, M. Prato, J.P. Bourgoin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11503

(14) Conjugating Luminescent CdTe Quantum Dots with Biomolecules. C. Gerhards, C. Schulz–Drost, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 14482

(15) Carbon Nanotubes – Electronic / Electrochemical Properties and Application for Nanoelectronics and Photonics. V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 165

(16) A Carbon Nano–Onion–Ferrocene Donor–Acceptor System: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties. C.T. Cioffi, A. Palkar, F. Melin, A. Kumbhar, L. Echegoyen, M. Melle–Franco, F. Zerbetto, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, V. Sgobba, D. M. Guldi and M. Prato, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 4419

(17) Electrostatic LbL construction and characterization of photoelectrochemical solar cells based on water soluble polythiophenes and carbon nanotubes. V. Sgobba, A. Troeger, R. Cagnoli, A. Mateo–Alonso, M. Prato, L. Schenetti and D.M. Guldi, J. Mat. Chem. 2009, 19, 4319

(18) Implementation of redox gradients in hydrogen bonded complexes containing N,N–dimethylaniline, flavin and fullerene derivatives. M. Murakami, K. Ohkubo, T. Hasobe, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, F. Wessendorf, A. Hirsch, S. Fukuzumi, J. Mat. Chem. 2010, 20, 1457

(19) Aligning Single–Walled Carbon Nanotubes By Means Of Langmuir–Blodgett Film Deposition: Optical, Morphological, and Photo–electrochemical Studies. G. Giancane, A. Ruland, V. Sgobba, L. Valli, D. Manno, A. Serra, G.M. Farinola, O.H. Omar, D.M. Guldi, Adv. Funct. Mat. 2010, 20, 2481

(20) Innovative Inorganic Organic Nanohybrid Materials – Coupling Quantum Dots to Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. C. Schulz–Drost, V. Sgobba, C. Gerhards, S. Leubner, R.M. Krick Calderon, A. Ruland, D.M. Guldi, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 6425

(21) Carbon nanostructures for solar energy conversion schemes. D.M. Guldi, V. Sgobba, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 606

(22) Enhancing photocurrent efficiencies by resonance energy transfer in CdTe quantum dot multilayers – towards rainbow solar cells. A. Ruland, C. Schulz–Drost, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, Adv. Mat. 2011, 23, 4573

(23) Characterization of Composite Phthalocyanine–Fatty Acid Films from the Air/Water Interface to Solid Supports. G. Giancane, D. Manno, A. Serra, V. Sgobba, L. Valli, J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 14956

(24) Spectroscopic investigations, characterization and chemical sensor application of composite Langmuir–Schäfer films of anthocyanins and oligophenylenevinylene derivatives. S. Bettini, L. Valli, A. Santino, C. Martinelli, G. Farinola, A. Cardone, V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, Dyes and Pigments 2012, 94, 156

(25) P–doped Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes / Perylene Diimide Derivative Photoelectrochemical Cells for Photocurrent Generation. A. Troeger, M. Ledendecker, J. Margraf, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, B.F. Vieweg, E. Spiecker, S.L. Suraru, F. Würthner, Adv. Energy Mater. 2012, 2, 536

(26) Quantum–Dot–Sensitized Solar Cells: Understanding Linker Molecules through Theory and Experiment. J. T. Margraf, A. Ruland, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, T. Clark, Langmuir 2013, 29, 2434

(27) Charge carrier dynamics in a ternary bulk heterojunction system consisting of P3HT, fullerene, and a low bandgap polymer. M. Koppe, H.J. Egelhaaf, E. Clodic, M. Morana,

L. Lüer, A. Troeger, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, T. Ameri, C.J. Brabec, Adv. Energy Mater. 2013, 3, 949

(28) Transient Absorption Spectroscopy Studies on Polythiophene Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Organic Blend Films Sensitized with a Low Band Gap Polymer. H. Löslein, T. Ameri, G.J. Matt, M. Koppe, H.J. Egelhaaf, A. Troeger, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, C.J. Brabec, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2013, 34, 1090

(29) Two Similar Near–Infrared Absorbing Benzannulated Aza–BODIPY Dyes as Light–Harvesting Co–Sensitizers for Ternary Inverted Solar Cells. J. Min, T. Ameri, R. Gresser, D. Baran, M. Riede, A. Troeger, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, C.J. Brabec, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 5609

(30) "Theoretical and Experimental Insights into the Surface Chemistry of Semiconductor Quantum Dots" J. Margraf, A. Ruland, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, T. Clark, Langmuir 2013, 29, 15450

(31) Langmuir–Schäfer films for aligned carbon nanotubes functionalized with a conjugate polymer and photoelectrochemical response enhancement. V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, A. Operamolla, G. Farinola, D.M. Guldi, L. Valli, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 153

(32) Morphology analysis of the near IR sensitized polymer / fullerene organic solar cells by implementing low bandgap polymer analogous of C–/Si–PCPDTBT. T. Ameri, P. Khoram, T. Heumüller, D. Baran, F. Machui, A. Troeger, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, S. Rathgeber, U. Scherf, C.J. Brabec, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 19461

(33) High efficiency and stability small molecule solar cells developed by bulk microstructure fine-tuning. J. Min, X. Jiao, V. Sgobba, B. Kan, T. Heumueller, S. Rechberger, E. Spiecker, D.M. Guldi, X. Wan, Y. Chen, H. Ade, C.J. Brabec, Nano Energy 2016, 28, 241

(34) Light harvesting enhancement upon incorporating alloy structured CdSeXTe1-X quantum dots in DPP:PC61BM bulk heterojunction solar cell. R. Soltani, A. A. Katbaba, K. Schaumberger, N. Gasparini, C.J. Brabec, S. Fladischer, E. Spiecker, A.G. Alabau, A. Ruland, A. Sahag, D.M. Guldi, V. Sgobba, T. Ameri, J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C6TC04308A.

7. Patents

(1) Verfahren zum Entfernen einer Oxidschicht bei Silizium-Nanopartikeln. V. Sgobba,

M.A. Makhdoom, E. Stern, N. Gähwens, C.J. Brabec, 08/2016 Ref. No: Application No:

DE 10 2016 216 125.3.

8. Unrefereed Publications

Invited Book Chapters

(1) Covalent and Non–Covalent Approaches towards Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Materials. V. Sgobba, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, D.M. Guldi, In Fullerenes, F. Langa de la Puente, J.F. Nierengarten, Eds. RSC Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Series; Cambridge, United Kingdom 2007, 329–379

(2) Carbon Nanotubes in Electron Donor–Acceptor Nanocomposites. V. Sgobba, G.M.A. Rahman, D.M. Guldi, In Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes, V. Basiuk, Ed. American Scientific Publishers; 2007, 109–147

(3) Ground and Excited State Charge Transfer and its Implications. D.M. Guldi, V. Sgobba, In Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures, D.M. Guldi, N. Martin, Eds. Wiley.VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2009, 233–289

(4) Covalent Approaches towards Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Materials. V. Sgobba, C. Ehli, D.M. Guldi, In Fullerenes, Ed. F. Langa de la Puente, J.F. Nierengarten, Eds. RSC Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Series; Cambridge, United Kingdom 2011, 549–612

(5) Use of extracted anthocyanin derivatives in nanostructures for solar energy conversion. G. Giancane, V. Sgobba, L. Valli, In Handbook of Green Chemistry Ed. P.T. Anastas, 2012, 8, 245–259

(6) Multilayer Assembly for Solar Energy Conversion. A. Troeger, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, Ed. Jean–Francois Nierengarten, Structure and Bonding, Springer–Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014, 159 (Fullerenes and Other Carbon–Rich Nanostructures), 55–99.

(7) Nanohybrids based on porphyrins, phthalocyanines and subphthalocyanines in combination with graphene and related materials: recent developments. V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, In Handbook of Porphyrin Science: With Applications to Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Engineering, Biology and Medicine Ed. Karl Kadish, Kevin Smith and Roger Guilard, World Scientific, Singapore, 2014, accepted.

Others

(1) Non Covalent Assemblies for Solar Energy Conversion. V. Sgobba, C. Ehli, G. M. A. Rahman, D. M. Guldi, Proceedings of 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 2005, 62

(2) Electrostatic LbL construction and characterization of photoelectrochemical solar cells based on water soluble polythiophenes and carbon nanotubes. V. Sgobba, A. Troeger, R. Cagnoli, A. Mateo–Alonso, M. Prato, F. Parenti, A. Mucci, L. Schenetti, D. M. Guldi, PMSE Preprints 2009, 101, 1653

(3) Aligned single–wall carbon nanotube films by means of Langmuir–Blodgett deposition: optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies. V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, A. Ruland, L. Valli, D. Manno, A. Serra, G. M. Farinola, O. H. Omar, D. M. Guldi, PMSE Preprints 2010, 00, 0000

(4) Perspectives on electrochemical insertion of lithium in carbon nanotubes. V. Sgobba, D. M. Guldi, Electroch. Soc. Interf. 2010, 19, 50

9. News and Media Chem. Soc. Rev. 2006, 35, 471 is featured: – on the Cover of issue 5 of Chemical Society Reviews, 2006. Has been recognized to the top 20 articles published in 2006, contributing to the 2008 ChemSocRev impact factor Chem. Commun. 2007, 565 is featured: – as a Hot Paper in Chemical Communications, January 19th, 2007 J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 18, 143 is featured: – as a Hot Paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry, March 7th, 2008 Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 8837 is featured: – as a Very Important Paper Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 165 is featured: – on the Cover of issue 2 of Chemical Society Reviews, 2008 Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 6425 is featured: .– as a Hot paper of Angewandte Chemie, June 22th, 2010 Adv. En. Mat., 2012, 2, 536 if featured: – on the Cover of issue of Adv. En. Mat., 2012

10. Invited Lectures and Seminars 2005 21–25 September; 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Barcelona, Spain "Non Covalent Assemblies for Solar Energy Conversion" 2006

20–23. June; Rennes–Erlangen Symposium of Chemistry, Rennes, France "Integrating SWNT into Donor Acceptor nanohybrids"

2009

4 March; Joint Winter School of ‘Nanoelectronic Materials’ and ‘Catalytic Materials’, Kirchberg, Tyrol, Austria "Carbon nanotubes based nanohybrids for solar energy conversion" 20 August; American Chemical Society Falls 2009 National Meeting and Exposition, Washington DC, USA "Nanostructured and Photoelectrochemical Systems for Solar Photon Conversion" 8 October; International Conference on Carbon Nanostructured Materials, Cnano 2009, Santorini, Greece "Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysics of Carbon Nanostructure Hybrids for Solar Energy Conversion"

2010 18 March; Joint Winter School of ‘Nanoelectronic Materials’ and ‘Catalytic Materials’, Kirchberg, Tyrol, Austria; "Aligning single–wall carbon nanotubes by means of Langmuir – Blodgett film deposition – optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies" 21 March; American Chemical Society Spring 2010 National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, USA "Aligning SWCNT by means of Langmuir – Blodgett film deposition – optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies" 28 May; Annual ICMM Workshop, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein, ICMM "CdTe nanocrystals as photoactive materials for solar energy conversion devices" 1 September; 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Nürnberg "CdTe nanocrystal based devices for photocurrent generation"

2011 28 March; American Chemical Society Spring 2011 National Meeting and Exposition, Anaheim, USA "Enhancing photocurrent efficiency by cascade resonance energy transfer in panchromatic CdTe quantum dot multilayers"

2012 1 March; 2nd International Symposium on "Disperse Systems for Electronic Devices", Fraunhofer Institute – Erlangen "Quantum dot based films for photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion" 13 December; Solar Factory OPV / Mol PPV Meeting – ZAE Bayern – Erlangen “Photophysics of near IR sensitized organic bulk heterojunction solar cells“

15 December; Miniworkshop research area B EAM – Erlangen “Photophysics of near IR sensitized organic bulk heterojunction solar cells“

2014 24 Februar; Zwischenevaluierung–EnCN Projekt „Solarfabrik der Zukunft“ – EnCN Nürnberg

11. Other Notable Contributions

Proposals Evaluator

Eu Proposals: H2020–FETOPEN–2014–2015–RIA

Executive Unit for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)

Journal Reviewer

Advanced Functional Materials Applied Surface Science Chemical Communication Chemistry & Sustainability – ChemSusChem – Energy & Materials ChemElectroChem Electrochemical and Solid–State Letters Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures Journal of Photonics for Energy (JPE) Journal of Material Chemistry A Journal of the Electrochemical Society Macromolecular Rapid Communications Nanoscale Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Synthetic Metals

12. Supervision of Thesis a. Bachelor Thesis 2006 Daniel Peitz: "Integration of light and redoxactive carbon nanotubes in electrochemical dye sensitized solar cells" 2009 Antonio Notarnicola: "Photoelectrochemical solar cells based on CdTe quantum dots and carbon nanotubes"

Katharina Obesser: "Inverted bulk heterojunction solar cells and photoelectrochemical cells based on carbon nanostructures" Rafael M. Krick Calderon:"CdTe quantum dot – carbon nanotube nanohybrids for solar energy conversion" 2010 Johannes Margraf: "Photoelectrochemical cells based on doped and undoped carbon nanotubes and a perylene diimide derivative" 2011 Marc Ledendecker: "Investigation of the effects of doping in electrochemical photovoltaic cells" 2012 Marcus Heilmann: "Optimierung von Quantum–Dot–sensitized Solar Cells durch Modifizierung der Gegenelektrode" 2016 Sebastian Kyhner: „Synthesis of long silver nanowires, characterization and upscaling process” b. Master and Diploma Thesis 2004 Magda Brattoli: "Synthesis of a molecularly imprinted polymer for dioxin" 2008

Christian Schulz–Drost: "Synthesis, photophysical and microscopical characterization of rod–shaped, water soluble CdTe Nano–Crystals" 2009 Andres Ruland Palaia: "Nanostructured photoelectrochemical cells" Anna Troeger: "Photoelectrochemical LbL and bulk heterojunction solar cells based on carbon nanostructures" 2010

Tobias Jochum: "Tuning water soluble CdTe nanocrystals through chemical modification with imidazolium salt"

Sebastian Feihl: "Influence of doping on ZnO based dye sensitized solar cells" 2011

Bernhard Leitner: "Erhöhung des Fotostroms durch Morphologiekontrolle von mehrwandigen Kohlenstoff–Nanoröhren in Perylendiimidderivat / MWCNT Solarzellen"

2012 Johannes Margraf: "Probing and modeling interfaces in dye sensitized solar cells" 2014 Antoni Gimeno Alabau: "Near–infrared absorbing nanocrystals for photovoltaic" 2016 Sebastian Kühner: “Sinthesis and purification of ultralong silver nanowires for transparent electrodes” Ph.D. Thesis 2005

Stefano Martino: "Nuovi sviluppi nella preparazione ed applicazione di film di diadi contenenti derivati fullerenici e sistemi donori"

2010 Christian Schulz–Drost: "Low–Dimensional semiconductor nanocrystals en route towards innovative nanohybrids for solar energy conversion"

2012 Anna Troeger: "Photoelectrochemical and organic bulk heterojunction solar cells based on carbon nanostructures"

2013 Andres Ruland: "Synthesis, assembly and characterization of hybrid (organic–inorganic) nanostructured materials for solar energy conversion devices"

2015 Muhammad Atif Makhdoom: “Low Temperature processed p–doped silicon nanoparticles films for PV application”