Giulia Grancini (born May 5, 1984) is an Italian physicist who is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pavia. Her work considers new materials for photovoltaic devices, including perovskites and polymer-based materials. In 2020, Grancini was named the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal of Materials Chemistry Lecturer.
Giulia Grancini | |
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| Born | May 5, 1984 |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Milan |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia University of Oxford Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne University of Pavia |
Early life and education
editGrancini was born in Pavia.[1] She attended the Polytechnic University of Milan. During her doctorate degree she spent one year at the University of Oxford, where she investigated polymer solar cells.[2] Grancini returned to Italy, where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.[1] She spent a year as a visiting researcher at the University of Utah working on the physics of hybrid materials with Zeev Vardeny.[citation needed]
Research and career
editGrancini investigates the interfaces of optoelectronic devices, including organic and organic-inorganic perovskites.[1][3] She moved to the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2015, where she was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to join the research group of Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin.[4][5] At EPFL she established her own independent research group looking at novel materials for photovoltaics.[6] She was awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Energy grant to study multi-dimensional interfaces for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells.[7] She has pioneered hybrid two- and three-dimensional perovskite systems, which can demonstrate high stability and impressive performance in photovoltaic devices. Grancini makes use of ultra-fast spectroscopies to study the dynamics of the photoexcited states of perovskite materials.[4]
In 2018, Grancini was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant.[8] Her proposal, HYbrid NANOstructured multi-functional interfaces for stable, efficient and eco-friendly photovoltaic devices, looks to realise environmentally friendly perovskites and metal-organic frameworks.[8] She was appointed to the faculty at the University of Pavia in 2019, where she leads the PVsquared2 team.[9]
Awards and honours
edit- 2015 Edison Company & Alessandro Volta Foundation National Award for Physics[4]
- 2017 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize in Optics[4]
- 2019 Elected Vice Chair Selection Committee of the Young Academy of Europe[10]
- 2019 Swiss Physical Society Award in Applied Physics[11]
- 2020 USERN Ambassador for Italy[12][13]
- 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship[14]
- 2020 100 Donne nella Scienza Contro gli Stereotipi[15][16]
Selected publications
edit- Samuel D. Stranks; Giles E. Eperon; Giulia Grancini; et al. (1 October 2013). "Electron-hole diffusion lengths exceeding 1 micrometer in an organometal trihalide perovskite absorber". Science. 342 (6156): 341–344. Bibcode:2013Sci...342..341S. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.1243982. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 24136964. Wikidata Q34378473.
- G Grancini; C Roldán-Carmona; I Zimmermann; et al. (1 June 2017). "One-Year stable perovskite solar cells by 2D/3D interface engineering". Nature Communications. 8: 15684. Bibcode:2017NatCo...815684G. doi:10.1038/NCOMMS15684. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 5461484. PMID 28569749. Wikidata Q42217971.
- G Grancini; M Maiuri; D Fazzi; A Petrozza; H-J Egelhaaf; D Brida; G Cerullo; G Lanzani (9 December 2012). "Hot exciton dissociation in polymer solar cells". Nature Materials. 12 (1): 29–33. Bibcode:2013NatMa..12...29G. doi:10.1038/NMAT3502. ISSN 1476-1122. PMID 23223127. S2CID 205408046. Wikidata Q46020298.
References
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- ^ "Giulia Grancini". Million STEM. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "RSC Desktop Seminar Lectureship Series with Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C (Giulia Grancini)". www.rsc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ a b c d "AC1: News | IUPAP: The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics". iupap.org. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ Grancini, Giulia; Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Khaja (2018-11-28). "Dimensional tailoring of hybrid perovskites for photovoltaics". Nature Reviews Materials. 4 (1): 4–22. doi:10.1038/s41578-018-0065-0. ISSN 2058-8437. S2CID 139270295. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Zbinden, Donald (2016-05-25). "MSC Fellowship – Giulia Grancini". Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b "ERC FUNDED PROJECTS". ERC: European Research Council. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae Giulia Grancini". pvsquared2.unipv.it. 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Grancini". Young Academy of Europe. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ SPG-SPS-SSP. "Winners 2018". Schweizerische Physikalische Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "giuliagri – USERN". usern.tums.ac.ir. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Arriva dall'Università di Pavia la miglior scienziata under 40 nel campo della Fisica-Chimica" [The best scientist under 40 in the field of Physics-Chemistry comes from the University of Pavia]. Prima Pavia (in Italian). 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "2020 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship winner: Giulia Grancini – Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog". Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "100Esperte". 100esperte.it. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "La scienziata Giulia Grancini testimonial all'Onu: "Facciamoci spazio nella ricerca"" [Scientist Giulia Grancini testimonial to the UN: "Let's make room for research"]. La Provincia Pavese (in Italian). 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-03-10.