Former M.Sc. students (from 2003)

In case you are interested in a digital copy of one of the MSc theses, please contact ims.tnw@utwente.nl


Lasse Wichmann

Towards a Model System for Studying Ferroelectric Catalysts in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

2023

Pamela Garrido Olvera

NiOx and K-doped NiOx for p-i-n perovskite solar cells

2023

Anne Rikhof

Modelling the yield of building integrated photovoltaic systems employing free space luminescent solar concentrators

2023

Esther van de Logt

Characterization and growth of YBCO on CNO nanosheets

2023

Leonie Horst

Modelling the Spectro-Angular Reflectance of Grass for Accurate Bifacial Photovoltaic Yield Calculation

2023

Maarten Jager

Copper Niobate Electrodes for Alkali Metal-Ion Batteries

2023

Jasman Singh Gambhir

Impact of nanopillar dimension in thermoelectric vertically aligned nanocomposites

2023

Silvi Bundo

Diffuse and Specular Reflectors Enhancing Yield of Road-Integrated Photovoltaics

2022

Eloy Marcelis

The influence of applying a buffer layer on the growth and solid phase crystallization of tantalum-doped tin oxide

2022

Yun-Ching Lin

Ternary Nb-Based Oxide Nanosheet Syntheses & Coating for Modification of Garnet-Type LLZO Solid-State Electrolyte

2022

Hiten Tarpara

Thin-film Growth of Li3YBr6 as Solid-State-Electrolyte for Li-ion Battery by PLD

2022

Duc Tan Nguyen

Synthesis and characterization of niobium doped titanium oxide nanosheets

2022

Christos Soukaras

Growth of Wide-Bandgap Halide Perovskites by Pulsed Laser Deposition

2022

Jelle Ruiters

RRR optimization of SrRuO3 thin films using pulsed laser deposition

2022

Tom Coolman

Termination Engineering on the Ferroelectric-Electrode Interface in Thin Films

2022

Sharath Rameshbabu

Optimization and growth of Ni-rich LiNixMnyCozO2 thin film cathode materials for Li-ion battery

2022

Akshay Kumar

Fabrication of solid polymer layer of poly-methyl methacrylate mixed with Lumogen F Red 305 for the use in Free Space Luminescent Solar Concentrators

2022

Menno Struik

Morphological analyses of ultra thin oxide electrode materials and offcenter deposited BaTiO3 for ferroelectric tunneling applications

2022

Iris van den Bosch

Charge transfer in multilayer catalysts to enhance the oxygen evolution reaction performance

2022

Sam Borkent

Towards epitaxial thin films lithion-ion batteries

2022

Arthur van der Sar

Growth and Reduction of Nickelate Thin Films; Towards the Fabrication of Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2 via Heterostructure Design

2021

Alex van Druten

Optimizing the growth of Ca2RuO4 for piezotransistors and articial synapses

2021

Emma van der Minne

Ferromagnetic perovskites as oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

2021

Luc Weeber

A Study on the Electrostrictive Mechanism of Gadolinium Doped Ceria Oxide

2021

Jianyao Tang

TiNbO nanosheets as a high-rate electrode material for lithium-ion battery

2021

Geert Heres

Free-space Luminescent Solar Concentrators

2021

Naomi Sanders

Over-lithiated Li1+x Mn2O4 as high capacity cathode in thin film batteries

2021

Alsan Özpinar

Micropatterning of Benzylammonium Lead Iodide Films for Photovoltaic Applications

2021

Arkarsh Narsepalli Somanatha Babu

Towards the superconductivity in nickelates

2021

Christopher van Gils

Structural study of LLZO as solidstate electrolyte

2020

Noureen Raza

Design, modelling, and X-ray characterization of voltage-dependent Lead Zirconate Titanate actuators

2020

Lisanne Einhaus

Free-space concentration of diffused light

2020

Stan Kaal

Pulsed laser deposition of lead-free halide perovskite absorber materials for solar cell applications

2020

Ties Lubbers

Development of Manganese-Doped Vanadium Pentoxide Nanosheets for Lithium Intercalation

2019

Thijs Dubbelink

Out-of-plane ionic conductivity for Li3xLa2/3–xTiO3 thin films

2019

Vivien Kiyek

Pulsed Laser Deposition of All-Inorganic Halide Perovskites for Solar Cell Absorber

2019

Laura Schmengler

Exploring deposition methods for high-mobility zirconium-doped indium oxide

2019

Martijn Mulder

Epitaxial hafnium zirconate on GaN by Pulsed Laser Deposition

2019

Walt Schagen

Phase engineering of bismuth ferrite thin films by substitutional gallium doping

2019

Reza Mokhtari

Investigation of Ferroelectricity in BTO thin-films and fabrication of FTJs using UV & E-Beam lithography

2019

Mohammad Torkamanzadeh

Defect engineering of two-dimenstional MnO2 nanosheets for supercapacitors

2018

Giuseppe Spano

Reduction of Fe-based perovskites

2018

Moritz Nunnenkamp

Electrospray deposition of exfoliated metal oxide nanosheets

2018

Rui Xia

TaO3 Nanosheet as Electrolyte for All Solid State Lithium Batteries

2018

Melvin Timmerman

Graphene oxide and calcium niobate nanosheets

2018

Alexander Hulsker

Understanding the sensitivity of MEMS cantilever sensors: an insight in their mechanics and surface chemistry

2018

Kevin Hofhuis

(cum laude)

Imaging the vanadium dioxide metal-insulator transition in space and time

2017

Yorick Birkhölzer

(cum laude)

Towards memristive ferroelectric tunnel junctions on silicon for neuromorphic applications

2017

Tom Cornelissen

Tuning the metal-insulator transition in superlattices of NdNiO3 and SmNiO3

2017

Chris Vos

Self-assembly of vertical anode/electrolyte nanostructures for solid-state Li-ion batteries

2017

Ece Demerir

Investigation of a charge transfer at complex oxide interfaces

2017

Tasos Englezos

Potential enhancement of thermoelectric energy conversion in cobaltite superlattices

2015

Jaap Geessinck

(cum laude) 

Finite Size Effects in a Laterally Confined 2D Electron Gas; Using the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interface

2015

Jeffrey Vaes

Functionalization of cantilevers for the production of selective e-noses

2015

Jasper Smit

On the sticking of species; investigation of the off-stoichiometry caused by processes during PLD growth of perovskites containing volatile species

2015

Roy Lubbers

Layered hybrid (in)organic materials for lubrication

2015

Thomas Aukes

Analysis of domain structure and dynamics in tetragonal Lead Zirconate Titanate

2015

Vera Smulders

Nickel-Zirconia Anodes by Electrospinning for use in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

2014

Maarten de Ruiter

Modified Layered Hydroxides for Solid Lubrication

2014

Tom Hammer

Enlarged Ca2Nb3O10- nanosheets: flux synthesis, exfoliation and LB deposition

2014

Roy de Putter

Towards Stoichiometric Growth of YBiO3 Thin Films using Pulsed Laser Deposition; A plasma approach

2014

Bahruz Mammadov

Arg-Glyc-Asp(RGD) functinalized bioglass nanofibers

2014

Petra Dral

The application of nanosheets as seed layer for oriented film growth and film transfer

2013

Melanie Ihns

Structural engineering of Ca3Co4O9 thermoelectric thin films

2013

Sander Kommeren

Inkjet Printed Solar Cells

2013

David Dubbink

Pulsed laser deposition of self-assembled PZT nanostructures

2013

Wouter Vijselaar

A Novel Method of BaTiO3 Patterning and a Stability Study of the Used Precursors

2013

Werner Wessels

Piezoelectric properties of atomically smooth PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 thin films

2012

Maike Baltussen

Numerical Study on the Colloidal Stability of Oxide Nanosheets

2011

Herman Heijmerikx

Thermoelectric response of NaxCoO2 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition

2011

Paul-Christiaan Spruijtenburg

Template controlled octahedral rotations and the metal-insulator transition in SrRuO3

2011

Rik Groenen

Electrical and microwave characteristics of silver nanoparticles composites

2010

Maarten Nijland

Polymer-assisted deposition of SrRuO3 thin films

2010

Peter Brinks

Highly anisotropic transport properties at interfaces of oxides

2010

Sandra Stadman

Soft lithography of functional oxide materials

2010

Adit Jayusman

Electrical characterization of pentacene single-crystal devices

2010

Wouter Maijenburg

Alignment of electrochemically synthesized nanowires

2009

Jaap Kautz

Structural, magnetic and transport properties of (110) oriented LSMO

2009

Enne Faber

Combining soft lithography and functional monolayers with electrodeposition to form nickel and zinc oxide nanostructures

2009

Rogier Besselink

Exfoliated Nanosheets from Lepidocrocite type layered titanates

2009

Bouwe Kuiper

Self-assembled SrRuO3 nanowires through selective growth on DyScO3 surface terminations

2009

Gerard van Bemmel

Sublimation of 6,13-pentacenequinone from pentacene single crystal surfaces

2009

Eddy Rodijk

Zinc oxide nanowires: synthesis and characterization

2009

Vasileios Besikiotis

Development of gadolinia doped ceria electrolyte for IT-SOFC

2008

Xin Wan

Growth and characteristion of CaTiO3 thin films with a (111) orientation

2008

Luuk van Rees

Electronic effects at interfaces between complex oxides

2008

Ruud Steenwelle

Characterization of piezo- and ferroelectric thin films by Scanning Probe Techniques

2007

Wouter Baake

Thin film potentiometric NOx sensor by pulsed laser deposition

2007

Bart Prinsen

Nucleation and growth on SrTiO3 substrates characterized by ex-situ AFM

2007

Lodewijk Liebrecht

Sol-gel derived barium titanate thin films

2006

Raymon Verhoeven

Characterisation of La0.75Sr0.25Cr0.50 Mn0.50O3-δ (LSCM) redox-stable perovskite anodes for solid oxide fuel cells

2006

Michiel Maas

Integrating PZT in silicon technology by pulsed laser deposition

2005

Michael van den Bossche

Oxygen vacancy ordering in iron-doped calcium titanate

2005

Jetske Stortelder

Ionic conductivity in yttria-stabilized zirconia thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition

2005

Peter de Veen

Preparation and Characterization of CuO + 3Y-TZP nano-nano composites

2005

Maarten Verbraeken

Advanced supporting anodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

2005

Ard Vlooswijk

Growth & characterization of p-type transparent oxide semiconductors

2005

Paul te Riele

Growth of Nanoparticles in the Pulsed Laser Deposition Process

2004

Gerwin Hassink

The properties and growth of multiferroic BiMnO3

2004

George van der Donk

Designing an oxygen coulometric titration set-up to study mixed-conducting perovskites

2004

Sjoerd Kuipers

Inorganic membrane layer characterization using ellipsometry – Water sorption study on hydrogen-selective silica membranes

2004

Martijn te Molder

Deposition and properties of Ti-α-Al2O3 thin films

2004

Wolter Siemons

Toward electric field effect devices in correlated oxide systems

2004

Arjen Giesbers

Development of intermediate temperature SOFCs - Oxygen reduction mechanism

2004

Alisia Peters

Synthesis and characterisation of templated mesoporous silica membranes

2004

Arjen Molag

Studying surface diffusion processes with time resolved RHEED

2004