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Persoonlijk profiel
Research profile
René Janssen leads the interdepartmental research group Molecular Materials and Nanosystems at Eindhoven University of Technology, which is part of the departments Chemical Engineering and Chemistry as well as Applied Physics. The research objective of the group is to investigate and develop molecules, macromolecules and (nano)structured materials with tailored physical properties. The interest in these functional molecular materials and nanosystems is driven by the scientific challenge to understand the underlying mechanisms of the physical phenomena in systems of reduced dimensionality, down to the molecular level. Future applications are in organic and polymer solar cells, electrochemical cells, transistors and diodes.
Janssen has in particular obtained a thorough understanding of the subtle interactions of light and the chemical and electrical structures at the nanoscale. This has led to major improvements in the efficiency of polymer solar cells. The group now works on multi-junction molecular solar-to-electricity conversion devices, to further improve efficiencies. Another focus in Janssen's research is solar-to-fuel conversion using organic semiconductors in a process mimicking natural photosynthesis. To this aim new organic materials and electrocatalysts are being developed.
Academic background
René Janssen studied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, the Netherlands) where he received his MSc degree in 1983 cum laude. In 1987, he obtained his PhD at the same university with an experimental and theoretical study on organic radicals in single crystals. In 1991, he was appointed associate professor at TU/e in the field of physical organic chemistry. In 1993 and 1994, he was an associate researcher with the group of Professor Alan Heeger at the University of California Santa Barbara to work on the photophysical properties of conjugated polymers. In 2000, he was appointed full professor at TU/e in Physical Organic Chemistry at the department of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry. In 2003, he was also appointed Professor of Molecular Materials and Nanosystems at the department of Applied Physics. In 2011 Janssen was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and in 2013 he was appointed distinguished university professor at TU/e. Janssen received important grants and awards, among which the Pioneer grant from the Dutch science foundation NWO (1999), the René Descartes Prize from the European Commission (2000), a NWO TOP grant (2006), an ERC Advanced Grant (2013) and the NWO Spinoza Prize (2015). He is a member of the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems and one of the principal investigators of the long-term NWO Gravitation research program 'Functional Molecular Systems', which in 2012 was funded with 26,9 million euro.
leerstoel
Fysisch organische chemie
Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
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Projecten
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Light manangement for industrial two terminval perovskite silicon tandem PV modules
Janssen, R. A. J., Zhang, D. & Janssen, R. A. J.
1/09/21 → 31/08/23
Project: Onderzoek direct
Onderzoeksoutput
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3D Perovskite Passivation with a Benzotriazole-Based 2D Interlayer for High-Efficiency Solar Cells
Caiazzo, A., Maufort, A., van Gorkom, B. T., Remmerswaal, W. H. M., Orri, J. F., Li, J., Wang, J., van Gompel, W. T. M., Van Hecke, K., Kusch, G., Oliver, R. A., Ducati, C., Lutsen, L., Wienk, M. M., Stranks, S. D., Vanderzande, D. & Janssen, R. A. J., 10 apr. 2023, In: ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6, 7, blz. 3933–3943 11 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Crystalline silicon solar cells with thin poly-SiOx carrier-selective passivating contacts for perovskite/c-Si tandem applications
Singh, M., Datta, K., Amarnath, A., Wagner, F., Zhao, Y., Yang, G., Bracesco, A., Phung, N., Zhang, D., Zardetto, V., Najafi, M., Veenstra, S. C., Coletti, G., Mazzarella, L., Creatore, M., Wienk, M. M., Janssen, R. A. J., Weeber, A. W., Zeman, M. & Isabella, O., 2023, (Geaccepteerd/In druk) In: Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Determinant Role of Solution-State Supramolecular Assembly in Molecular Orientation of Conjugated Polymer Films
Deng, J., Zheng, L., Ding, C., Guo, Y., Xie, Y., Wang, J., Ke, Y., Li, M., Li, L. & Janssen, R. A. J., 3 jan. 2023, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 33, 1, 11 blz., 2209195.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
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Device Performance of Emerging Photovoltaic Materials (Version 3)
Almora, O., Baran, D., Bazan, G. C., Cabrera, C. I., Erten-Ela, S., Forberich, K., Guo, F., Hauch, J., Ho-Baillie, A. W. Y., Jacobsson, T. J., Janssen, R. A. J., Kirchartz, T., Kopidakis, N., Loi, M. A., Lunt, R. R., Mathew, X., McGehee, M. D., Min, J., Mitzi, D. B., Nazeeruddin, M. K., & 11 anderen , 6 jan. 2023, In: Advanced Energy Materials. 13, 1, 2203313.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Artikel recenseren › peer review
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Efficient Continuous Light-Driven Electrochemical Water Splitting Enabled by Monolithic Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Photovoltaics
Datta, K., Branco, B., Zhao, Y., Zardetto, V., Phung, N., Bracesco, A., Mazzarella, L., Wienk, M. M., Creatore, M., Isabella, O. & Janssen, R. A. J., 24 jan. 2023, In: Advanced Materials Technologies. 8, 2, 6 blz., 2201131.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand2 Citaten (Scopus)27 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Supporting Data for Enhancement-mode PEDOT:PSS Organic Electrochemical Transistors using Molecular De-doping
Janssen, R. A. J. (Bijdrager), Keene, S. T. (Bijdrager), Zakhidov, D. (Bijdrager), Weijtens, C. H. L. (Bijdrager), van der Pol, T. P. A. (Bijdrager), Salleo, A. (Bijdrager) & van de Burgt, Y. B. (Bijdrager), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 30 aug. 2021
DOI: 10.4121/16535400
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CCDC 2013159: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Meskers, S. C. J. (Bijdrager), Janssen, R. A. J. (Bijdrager), Saes, B. H. W. (Bijdrager), Lutz, M. (Bijdrager) & Wienk, M. M. (Bijdrager), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 30 jun. 2020
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25kvm7, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25kvm7&sid=DataCite
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Supporting Data for The mechanism of dedoping PEDOT: PSS by aliphatic polyamines
Keene, S. T. (Bijdrager), van de Burgt, Y. B. (Bijdrager), Janssen, R. A. J. (Bijdrager), Meskers, S. C. J. (Bijdrager), Saes, B. H. W. (Bijdrager), van der Pol, T. P. A. (Bijdrager) & Salleo, A. (Bijdrager), 4TU.Centre for Research Data, 30 aug. 2021
DOI: 10.4121/16535553
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CCDC 2013158: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Meskers, S. C. J. (Bijdrager), Janssen, R. A. J. (Bijdrager), Saes, B. H. W. (Bijdrager), Lutz, M. (Bijdrager) & Wienk, M. M. (Bijdrager), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 30 jun. 2020
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25kvl6
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CCDC 1957368: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Más-Montoya, M. (Bijdrager), Gómez, P. (Bijdrager), Curiel, D. (Bijdrager), da Silva, I. (Bijdrager), Wang, J. (Bijdrager) & Janssen, R. A. J. (Bijdrager), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 3 okt. 2019
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc23psxj
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Prijzen
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Prof. dr. ir. Rene Janssen
Janssen, René A.J. (Ontvanger), 2015
Prijs: NWO › Spinoza › Wetenschappelijk
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Research Center for Functional Molecular Systems
Meijer, E.W. (Bert) (Ontvanger), van Hest, Jan C.M. (Ontvanger), Brunsveld, Luc (Ontvanger), Janssen, René A.J. (Ontvanger) & Sijbesma, Rint P. (Ontvanger), 2013
Prijs: NWO › Zwaartekracht › Wetenschappelijk
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Solar Energy Conversion in Molecular Multi-Junctions
Janssen, René A.J. (Ontvanger), 2013
Prijs: ERC › Advanced › Wetenschappelijk
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University professor: Prof. dr. ir. R.A.J. (René) Janssen
Janssen, René A.J. (Ontvanger), 2013
Prijs: TU/e › University professor › Wetenschappelijk
Cursussen
Knipsels
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Energy Transition with Anna Wieczorek and Rene Jansen (Podcast Science is here)
Anna J. Wieczorek & René A.J. Janssen
2/07/20
1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: PR activiteiten
Impacts
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Organic flow batteries
Koen Hendriks (Onderzoeker) & René A.J. Janssen (Onderzoeker)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
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Organic solar cells
René A.J. Janssen (Onderzoeker), Stefan C.J. Meskers (Onderzoeker) & Martijn M. Wienk (Onderzoeker)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
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Perovskite solar cells
René A.J. Janssen (Onderzoeker), Stefan C.J. Meskers (Onderzoeker) & Martijn M. Wienk (Onderzoeker)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
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Photodetectors
Gerwin H. Gelinck (Onderzoeker), René A.J. Janssen (Onderzoeker) & Stefan C.J. Meskers (Onderzoeker)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
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Solar fuels
René A.J. Janssen (Onderzoeker), C.F.J. (Kees) Flipse (Onderzoeker) & Martijn M. Wienk (Onderzoeker)
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Scriptie
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Struktuur van fosforanyl- en fosforaananionradikalen : een ESR studie en ab initio berekeningen
Auteur: Janssen, R. A. J., 28 feb. 1983Scriptie/Masterproef: Master