Dzmitry Ivanou

Principal Researcher

Research group: Processes, Products and Energy

Background: PhD in Chemistry from Belarusian State University, Republic of Belarus

Major research topics

• Electrochemistry
• Photoelectrochemistry of semiconductors
• Electrochemical deposition of metals and semiconductors
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Dye-sensitized solar cells
• Corrosion protection

Selected Publications

Hora, C. S.; Santos, F.; Goreti, M.; Sales, F.; Ivanou, D.; Mendes, A. M. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for Efficient Solar and artificial Light Conversion. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 15, 13464-13470. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02990

Santos, F.; Hora, C.; Bernardo, G.; Ivanou, D.; Mendes, A. Efficient Monolithic Dye Sensitized Solar Cells with Eco-Friendly Silica-Titania Spacer Layers. Sol. Energy 2019, 183 (January), 419–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.056

D. Ivanou, J. Capitão, J. Maçaira, A. Pereira, A. Mendes, Embedded Chromium Current Collectors for Efficient and Stable Large Area Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 165 (16) H1040-H1046 (2018). https://doi:10.1149/2.0441816jes

D.K. Ivanou, Y.A. Ivanova, S.K. Poznyak, M. Starykevich, M. Ferreira, A. Mendes, E.A. Streltsov, Spectral sensitization of TiO2 with electrodeposited PbSe: improvement of photocurrent stability and light conversion efficiency, Electrochim. Acta. 249 (2017) 369–376. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.electacta.2017.08.018

D.K. Ivanou, M. Starykevich, A.D. Lisenkov, M.L. Zheludkevich, H.B. Xue, S.V. Lamaka, M.G.S. Ferreira. Plasma anodized ZE41 magnesium alloy sealed with hybrid epoxy-silane coating, Corrosion Science. 43 (2013) 300–308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2013.04.019

Selected Projects

SunStorage – “Harvesting and storage of solar energy”, with reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016387, Prof. Adelio Mendes (Porto, Portugal); Role: Assistant Researcher

Building Integrated Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (BI-DSC). Advanced Research Grant (Grant Agreement no. 321315), Prof. Adelio Mendes (Porto, Portugal); Role: Member of the research team

Research Cooperation in Renewable Energy Technologies for Electricity Generation (REELCOOP)-Grant Agreement N 608266; Role: Member of the research team