Aim is to:
The aim of our research is to understand and control light-induced processes and their dynamics in materials with application in photocatalysis or photovoltaics, by tuning the static or dynamic nanostructure of the photoactive complex.
We use several complementary spectroscopic methods to visualize light-induced processes in real-time, such as femtosecond transient absorption (photo), time-resolved photoluminescence, infrared absorption, Raman and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. To directly connect fundamental processes to the overall performance, we perform the spectroscopy studies at in-situ conditions, enabling to understand the role of parameters such as the electrolyte composition and the applied bias potential.
Spectroscopic techniques:
- Femtosecond transient optical absorption
- Ultrafast photoluminescence using streak camera detection
- Transient x-ray absorption spectroscopy (at synchrotron facilities)
Recent publications:
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2024
Rotaxane-Functionalized Dyes for Charge-Rectification in p-Type Photoelectrochemical Devices (2024)Advanced science, 11(9). Article 2306032. Bouwens, T., Bakker, T., Zhu, K., Huijser, A., Mathew, S. & Reek, J. N. H.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202306032Manipulation of Crystal Orientation and Phase Distribution of Quasi-2D Perovskite through Synergistic Effect of Additive Doping and Spacer Engineering (2024)Inorganic chemistry, 63(11), 5246-5259. Zhang, X., Einhaus, L., Huijser, A. & ten Elshof, J. E.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00335Photophysical Study on the Effect of the External Potential on NiO-Based Photocathodes (2024)ACS applied materials & interfaces, 16(4), 5217-5224. Zhu, K., Einhaus, L. M., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c09566CuBO2: A Potential Alternative for NiO as a Hole Acceptor Layer (2024)ChemSusChem, 17(2). Article e202300800. Zhu, K., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202300800
2023
Disentangling Hot Carrier Decay and the Nature of Low-n to High-n Transfer Processes in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Layered Perovskites (2023)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 127(48), 23312-23322. Einhaus, L. M., Zhang, X., Zhu, K., Korterik, J. P., Molenaar, R., Askes, S. H. C., Mul, G., ten Elshof, J. E. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05415Photon Energy-Dependent Ultrafast Exciton Transfer in Chlorosomes of Chlorobium tepidum and the Role of Supramolecular Dynamics (2023)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 127, 7581−7589. Frehan, S. K., Dsouza, L., Li, X., Eric, V., Jansen, T. L. C., Mul, G., Holzwarth, A. R., Buda, F., Agur Sevink, G. J., de Groot, H. J. M. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c05282Ultrafast Anisotropy Decay Reveals Structure and Energy Transfer in Supramolecular Aggregates (2023)ACS Physical Chemistry Au, 127(34), 7487-7496. Eric, V., Castro, J. L., Li, X., Dsouza, L., Frehan, S. K., Huijser, A., Holzwarth, A. R., Buda, F., Agur Sevink, G. J., de Groot, H. J. M. & Jansen, T. L. C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04719Photophysical Characterization of Ru Nanoclusters on Nanostructured TiO2 by Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Spectroscopy (2023)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 127(29), 14353-14362. Wenderich, K., Zhu, K., Bu, Y., Tichelaar, F. D., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04075Dye-sensitized photocathodes: Materials and interfacial photodynamics (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Zhu, K.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555739Manifestation of hydrogen bonding and exciton delocalization on the absorption and two-dimensional electronic spectra of chlorosomes (2023)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 127(5), 1097-1109. Eric, V., Li, X., Dsouza, L., Frehan, S. K., Huijser, A., Holzwarth, A. R., Buda, F., Sevink, G. J. A., de Groot, H. J. M. & Jansen, T. L. C.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c07143Using supramolecular machinery to engineer directional charge propagation in photoelectrochemical devices (2023)Nature chemistry, 15(2), 213-221. Bouwens, T., Bakker, T., Zhu, K., Hasenack, J., Dieperink, M., Brouwer, A. M., Huijser, A., Mathew, S. & Reek, J.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-022-01068-y
2022
Dual Role of Surface Hydroxyl Groups in the Photodynamics and Performance of NiO-Based Photocathodes (2022)Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(24), 11010-11018. Zhu, K., Frehan, S. K., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c04301Patterned 2D Layered Perovskite Solar Cell under Controlled Crystallization by Imprint Lithography (2022)[Contribution to conference › Poster] Hybrid & Organic Photovoltaics, HOPV 2022. Zhang, X., Einhaus, L. M., Huijser, A. & ten Elshof, J. E.Probing the Photodynamics of (Micropatterned) Quasi-2D Metal Halide Perovskites (2022)[Contribution to conference › Poster] Hybrid & Organic Photovoltaics, HOPV 2022. Einhaus, L. M., Zhang, X., Mul, G., ten Elshof, J. E. & Huijser, A.Excited state photodynamics in two dimensional metal halide perovskites (2022)[Contribution to conference › Poster] NWO Physics@Veldhoven 2022. Einhaus, L. M., Zhang, X., Mul, G., ten Elshof, J. E. & Huijser, A.
2021
Ultrafast photoinduced heat generation by plasmonic HfN nanoparticles (2021)Advanced Optical Materials, 9(19). Article 2100510. O'Neill, D. B., Frehan, S. K., Zhu, K., Zoethout, E., Mul, G., Garnett, E., Huijser, A. & Askes, S.https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202100510Unraveling the Mechanisms of Beneficial Cu-Doping of NiO-Based Photocathodes (2021)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 125(29), 16049-16058. Zhu, K., Frehan, S. K., Jaros, A., O'Neill, D. B., Korterik, J. P., Wenderich, K., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c03553Photophysics of photothermal activation of plasmonic nanostructures (2021)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. O'Neill, D. B.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036551793A Bioinspired Strategy for Directional Charge Propagation in Photoelectrochemical Devices Using Supramolecular Machinery (2021)[Working paper › Preprint]. Bouwens, T., Bakker, T., Zhu, K., Hasenack, J., Dieperink, M., Brouwer, A. M., Huijser, A., Mathew, S. & Reek, J. N. H.https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-228311/v1
2020
Silver Nanocubes Coated in Ceria: Core/Shell Size Effects on Light-Induced Charge Transfer (2020)ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12(1), 1905-1912. O'Neill, D. B., Prezgot, D., Ianoul, A., Otto, C., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b18393
2019
Time-Dependent Photoluminescence of Nanostructured Anatase TiO2 and the Role of Bulk and Surface Processes (2019)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 123(43), 26653-26661. Brüninghoff, R., Wenderich, K., Korterik, J. P., Mei, B. T., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06890
2018
Hydrogen generating Ru/Pt bimetallic photocatalysts based on phenyl-phenanthroline peripheral ligands (2018)ChemPhysChem, 19(22), 3084-3091. O'reilly, L., Pan, Q., Das, N., Wenderich, K., Korterik, J., Vos, J., Pryce, M. T. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201800658Shedding Light on the Nature of Photoinduced States Formed in a Hydrogen-Generating Supramolecular RuPt Photocatalyst by Ultrafast Spectroscopy (2018)The journal of physical chemistry A, 122(31), 6396-6406. Huijser, A., Pan, Q., Van Duinen, D., Laursen, M. G., El Nahhas, A., Chabera, P., Freitag, L., González, L., Kong, Q., Zhang, X., Haldrup, K., Browne, W. R., Smolentsev, G. & Uhlig, J.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00916
2017
Effect of Water Addition during Preparation on the Early-Time Photodynamics of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Layers (2017)ChemPhysChem, 18(23), 3320-3324. Aphrham, S., Pan, Q., Zaccarine, S. F., Felter, K. M., Thieme, J., van den Nieuwenhuijzen, K. J. H., ten Elshof, J. E. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201700896
2016
Early-time photodynamics of ruthenium-based photocatalysts for light-induced hydrogen generation (2016)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Pan, Q.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036541657Back Cover: The Critical Role Played by the Catalytic Moiety in the Early-Time Photodynamics of Hydrogen-Generating Bimetallic Photocatalysts (ChemPhysChem 17/2016) (2016)ChemPhysChem, 17(17), 2774. Pan, Q., Mecozzi, F., Korterik, J. P., Vos, J. G., Browne, W. R. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201600881Peripheral ligands as electron storage reservoirs and their role in enhancement of photocatalytic hydrogen generation (2016)Chemical communications, 52, 9371-9374. Pan, Q., Freitag, L., Kowacs, T., Falgenhauer, J. C., Korterik, J. P., Schlettwein, D., Browne, W. R., Pryce, M. T., Rau, S., Gonzalez, L., Vos, J. G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc05222cSubtle changes to peripheral ligands enable high turnover numbers for photocatalytic hydrogen generation with supramolecular photocatalysts (2016)Inorganic chemistry, 55(6), 2685-2690. Kowacs, T., O'Reilly, L., Pan, Q., Huijser, A., Lang, P., Rau, S., Browne, W. R., Pryce, M. T. & Vos, J. G.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01752The critical role played by the catalytic moiety in the early-time photodynamics of hydrogen-generating bimetallic photocatalysts (2016)ChemPhysChem, 17, 2654-2659. Pan, Q., Mecozzi, F., Korterik, J. P., Vos, J. G., Browne, W. R. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201600458
2015
Shedding Light on Molecule Nanoparticle Photophysics (2015)[Contribution to conference › Poster] MESA+ Meeting 2015. van Duinen, D., Pan, Q., Sterl, F. & Huijser, A.Supramolecular bimetallic assemblies for photocatalytic hydrogen generation from water (2015)Faraday Discussions, 185, 143-170. Kowacs, T., Pan, Q., Lang, P., O'Reilly, L., Rau, S., Browne, W. R., Pryce, M. T., Huijser, A. & Vos, J. G.https://doi.org/10.1039/C5FD00068HH/D isotope effects in high temperature proton conductors (2015)Solid state ionics, 275, 9-13. Bonanos, N., Huijser, A. & Poulsen, F. W.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2015.03.028
2014
Directionality of ultrafast electron transfer in a hydrogen evolving Ru-Pd based photocatalyst (2014)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 118(36), 20799-20806. Pan, Q., Mecozzi, F., Korterik, J. P., Sharma, D., Herek, J. L., Vos, J. G., Browne, W. R. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/jp506269hSkin pigment renders sun's UV radiation harmless using projectiles (2014)[Other contribution › Other contribution]. University of Lund. Huijser, J. M.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140926085818.htmSuperior photoprotective motifs and mechanisms in eumelanins uncovered (2014)Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(33), 11626-11635. Corani, A., Huijser, A., Gustavsson, T., Markovitsi, D., Malmqvist, P.-A., Pezzella, A., D'Ischia, M. & Sundström, V.https://doi.org/10.1021/ja501499q
2013
Employment of plasmonic field enhancement by silver nanoshells for increasing the absorption cross section of ruthenium-based chromophores (2013)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 37th Annual meeting NNV AMO Lunteren 2013. Sterl, F. & Huijser, A.Employment of plasmonic field enhancement by silver nanoshells for increasing the absorption cross section of ruthenium based chromophores (2013)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 26th International Conference on Photochemistry, ICP 2013. Sterl, F., Pan, Q. & Huijser, A.Spectroscopic studies on the intramolecular charge transfer dynamics; the role of bridging ligands in the Ru/Pd complexes (2013)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 26th International Conference on Photochemistry, ICP 2013. Pan, Q., Sharma, D., Mecozzi, F., Browne, W. R., Vos, J. G., Herek, J. L. & Huijser, A.http://www.kuleuven.be/communicatie/congresbureau/congres/icp2013Probing the origin of fluorescence quenching of a graphene-porphyrin hybrid material (2013)In XVIIIth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena. Article 04027 (EPJ Web of Conferences; Vol. 41). EPJ Web of conferences. Sharma, D., Zhang, X., Feringa, B. L., Browne, W. R., Herek, J. L. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134104027Active and passive control of zinc phthalocyanine photodynamics (2013)Faraday Discussions, 163, 433-445. Sharma, D., Huijser, A., Savolainen, J., Steen, G. & Herek, J. L.https://doi.org/10.1039/C3FD20156BControl of the charge injection and recombination dynamics in zinc phthalocyanine sensitized TiO2 nanoparticles by modification of the anchoring ligand (2013)[Contribution to conference › Poster] NWO/CW Study Group Meeting 2013. Huijser, A., Steen, G. W., Sharma, D. & Herek, J.Probing the role of anchoring ligands in charge separation dynamics of novel zinc (2013)[Contribution to conference › Poster] Physics@FOM Veldhoven 2013. Steen, G., Sharma, D., Torres, T., Herek, J. L. & Huijser, A.Excited-State Proton-Transfer Processes of DHICA Resolved: From Sub-Picoseconds to Nanoseconds (2013)The journal of physical chemistry letters, 4(9), 1383-1388. Corani, A., Pezzella, A., Passcher, T., Gustavsson, T., Markovitsi, D., Huijser, A., D'Ischia, M. & Sundström, V.https://doi.org/10.1021/jz400437qImpact of the Anchoring Ligand on Electron Injection and Recombination Dynamics at the Interface of Novel Asymmetric Push-Pull Zinc Phthalocyanines and TiO2 (2013)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 117(48), 25397-25404. Sharma, D., Steen, G., Korterik, J. P., García-Iglesias, M., Vazquez, P., Torres, T., Herek, J. L. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/jp410080aManipulating charge separation dynamics of zinc phthalocyanine based TiO2 films through asymmetrical push-pull structures (2013)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and International Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013. Sharma, D., Steen, G., Torres, T., Herek, J. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801025
2012
Ultrafast fluorescence quenching of porphyrin in graphene-porphyrin hybrid material (2012)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 36th NNV AMO Annual Meeting Lunteren 2012. Sharma, D., Zhang, X., Feringa, B. L., Browne, W. R., Herek, J. L. & Huijser, A.Probing the origin of fluorescence quenching of a graphene-porphyrin hybrid material (2012)[Contribution to conference › Poster] Gordon Conference on Donor/Acceptor Interactions 2012. Sharma, D., Zhang, X., Feringa, B. L., Browne, W. R., Herek, J. L. & Huijser, A.Probing the origin of fluorescence quenching of graphene-porphyrin hybrid material (2012)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 18th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena 2012. Sharma, D., Zhang, X., Feringa, B. L., Browne, W. R., Herek, J. L. & Huijser, A.Bottom-Up Approach to Eumelanin Photoprotection: Emission Dynamics in Parallel Sets of Water-Soluble 5,6-Dihydroxyindole-Based Model Systems (2012)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 116(44), 13151-13158. Corani, A., Huijser, A., Iadonise, A., Pezzella, A., Sundström, V. & d'Ischia, M.https://doi.org/10.1021/jp306436fPhotophysics of indole-2-carboxylic acid in an aqueous environment (2012)Physical chemistry chemical physics, 14(6), 2078-2086. Huijser, A., Rode, M. F., Corani, A., Sobolewski, A. L. & Sundström, V.https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CP22958G
2011
Environmental Physics (3rd ed.), by E. Boeker and R. van Grondelle: Section on the photochemistry of epidermal melanins (2011)In Environmental Physics: Sustainable Energy and Climate Change, 3rd edition. Wiley. Huijser, J. M.https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Environmental+Physics%3A+Sustainable+Energy+and+Climate+Change%2C+3rd+Edition-p-9780470666760Functionality of epidermal melanin pigments: knowledge on UV-dissipative mechanisms and research perspectives (2011)Physical chemistry chemical physics, 13(20), 9119-9127. Huijser, A., Pezzella, A. & Sundström, V.https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp20131j
2010
UV-Dissipation Mechanisms in the Eumelanin Building Block DHICA (2010)ChemPhysChem, 11(11), 2424-2431. Huijser, A., Pezzella, A., Hannestad, J. K., Panzella, L., Napolitano, A., D'Ischia, M. & Sundström, V.https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201000257
2009
Effects of molecular organization on exciton diffusion in thin films of bioinspired light-harvesting molecules (2009)Journal of materials chemistry, 19(34), 6067-6072. Siebbeles, L. D. A., Huijser, A. & Savenije, T. J.https://doi.org/10.1039/b902593f
2008
The mechanism of long-range exciton diffusion in a nematically organized porphyrin layer (2008)Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(37), 12496-12500. Huijser, A., Savenije, T. J., Meskers, S. C. J., Vermeulen, M. J. W. & Siebbeles, L. D. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/ja803753yCharge carrier dynamics in TiO(2) nanoparticles at various temperatures (2008)Chemical physics letters, 461(1-3), 93-96. Savenije, T. J., Huijser, A., Vermeulen, M. J. W. & Katoh, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2008.06.078An experimental study on the molecular organization and exciton diffusion in a bilayer of a porphyrin and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (2008)Journal of Applied Physics, 104(3). Article 034505. Huijser, A., Savenije, T. J., Shalav, A. & Siebbeles, L. D. A.https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2958325Efficient exciton transport in layers of self-assembled porphyrin derivatives (2008)Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(8), 2485-2492. Huijser, A., Suijkerbuijk, B. M. J. M., Gebbink, R. J. M. K., Savenije, T. J. & Siebbeles, L. D. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/ja075162a
2007
Photosensitization of TiO2 and SnO2 by artificial self-assembling mimics of the natural chlorosomal bacteriochlorophylls (2007)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 111(31), 11726-11733. Huijser, A., Marek, P. L., Savenije, T. J., Siebbeles, L. D. A., Scherer, T., Hauschild, R., Szmytkowski, J., Kalt, H., Hahn, H. W. & Balaban, T. S.https://doi.org/10.1021/jp072927sEffect of the particle size on the electron injection efficiency in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 films studied by time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) measurements (2007)The Journal of physical chemistry C, 111(28), 10741-10746. Katoh, R., Huijser, A., Hara, K., Savenije, T. J. & Siebbeles, L. D. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/jp072585q
2006
Efficient light-harvesting layers of homeotropically aligned porphyrin derivatives (2006)Advanced materials, 18(17), 2234-2239. Huijser, A., Savenije, T. J., Kotlewski, A., Picken, S. J. & Siebbeles, L. D. A.https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200600045Effect of the structure of substituents on charge separation in meso-tetraphenylporphyrin/TiO2 bilayers (2006)Thin solid films, 511-512, 208-213. Huijser, A., Savenije, T. J. & Siebbeles, L. D. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.12.101
2005
Exciton diffusion and interfacial charge separation in meso-tetraphenylporphyrin/TiO2 bilayers: Effect of ethyl substituents (2005)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 109(43), 20166-20173. Huijser, A., Savenije, T. J., Kroeze, J. E. & Siebbeles, L. D. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/jp053265eMaterials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells and for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2005)Environmental engineering and management journal, 4(3), 293-305. Huijser, A. & Schoonman, J.
2004
UV polymerization of oligothiophenes and their application in nanostructured heterojunction solar cells (2004)Macromolecules, 37(15), 5557-5564. Huisman, C. L., Huijser, A., Donker, H., Schoonman, J. & Goossens, A.https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0357265