Maria Fravventura
PhD student
Email: m.c.fravventura@remove-this.tudelft.nl
Address:
Delft University of Technology
Chemical Engineering
Julianalaan 136
2628 BL Delft
The Netherlands
T: +31(0) 15 2782670
F: +31(0) 15 2787421
Office: 0.214

Research interest:

The aim of my work is to investigate organic bilayer structures for photovoltaic applications. Organic molecular materials are promising for cheap solar cells due to their strong optical absorption in the visible and NIR.

At the interface between an electron acceptor and an electron donor able to efficiently absorb light in a wide spectral region, charge generation can be observed. In order to study the phenomena governing exciton dynamics and charge carrier photogeneration efficiency I perform contactless Time Resolved Microwave Conductivity (TRMC) measurements, together with the use of other optical techniques.

Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) funds this project.

Biography:

• 2010 – present: PhD student, Opto-electronic materials, Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
  Project title: “Exciton and charge carriers dynamics in organic molecular materials for photovoltaics”.
  Promoter: Prof. Dr. L.D.A. Siebbeles
  Supervisor: Dr. Ir. T.J. Savenije
  
• 2007 – 2009: Master of science in “Nanotechnologies and Physics technologies”, Faculty of Physics Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
  Thesis title: “Ion beam induced nanoscale ripples on Si, TiO₂ and Ti surfaces”
  Thesis project developed at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Friedrich Schiller Universitaet, Jena, Germany.
  
• 2004 – 2007:  Bachelor Degree in Physics Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  Thesis title: “Fabrication and spectral characterization of Bragg gratings on birefringent optical fibers”.
  
• Date of birth:      18^th May 1985
• Place of birth:     Milan
• Nationality:         Italian