Horst Complex

dr.ir. J.M. Huijser (Annemarie)

Associate Professor
TNW-CE-PCS
Horst Complex ME226
j.m.huijser@utwente.nl
+31534894449
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I am a Physical Chemist specialized in light-matter interactions.

Current and previous positions

Jan. 2021 - present: Associate Professor, Photocatalytic Synthesis group, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Dec. 2016 - Dec. 2020: Assistant Professor, Photocatalytic Synthesis group, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Nov. 2011-Nov. 2016: Assistant Professor, Optical Sciences group, University of Twente, the Netherlands

May 2008-Oct. 2011: Postdoctoral scientist, Chemical Physics department, Lund University, Sweden. Advisor: Prof. Villy Sundstrom

Education

2014: Dutch University Teaching Qualification (UTQ)

2008: Ph.D. degree. Thesis: 'Energy transfer dynamics in molecular layers of porphyrin derivatives'. Supervisors: Prof. Laurens Siebbeles and Dr. Tom Savenije, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 

2004: M.Sc. degree (cum laude) in Chemical Engineering, specialization in Physical Chemistry, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Grants and Awards

2023: NWO ENW M2 Open Competition grant, with Dr. Andrea Baldi (VU Amsterdam) (k€700)

2022: NWO Wind and Solar Energy grant, with Dr. Rebecca Saive (University of Twente) (M€1.2)

2021: NWO ENW M1 Open Competition grant (k€310)

2020: NWO Open Technology Program grant, with Prof. André ten Elshof (University of Twente) (k€580)

2018: TOP grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), offering outstanding researchers the opportunity to strengthen or renew challenging and innovative lines of research, with Prof. Huub De Groot (Leiden) and Dr. Tomas Jansen (Groningen) (k€820)

2004: Award for best M.Sc. student Chemical Engineering (out of ca. 50 students), Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

2004: Cum laude award (top 5 %) for M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Organisations

Research aim

Solar conversion into electricity or fuel relies on a complex interplay of many light-induced processes. To improve the device performance, it is essential to develop fundamental insight in all these processes occurring in a broad time window from femtoseconds to milliseconds. My research aims at understanding and controlling structure-functionality relationships in photocatalytic and photovoltaic materials, by steering 1) the static or 2) the dynamic nanostructure of the complex. I have an active (inter)national multidisciplinary collaboration network with colleagues from various disciplines. My team and I employ advanced complementary ultrafast spectroscopic methods to visualize light-induced processes in real-time, such as femtosecond transient absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy. As process conditions play a major role in the device performance, we have recently also developed facilities to carry out our ultrafast spectroscopy studies under operating conditions, demonstrating the major role of the environment in the photodynamics that underpin the performance.

Team members             

Collaborations

Preparation of photoactive materials and nanostructured layers

  • Prof. Joost Reek, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Prof. André ten Elshof, University of Twente, the Netherlands
  • Prof. Han Gardeniers, University of Twente, the Netherlands

Modeling of excited state processes

  • Prof. Leticia González, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Dr. Thomas Jansen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Complementary spectroscopic and microscopic expertises

  • Prof. Huub de Groot, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
  • Prof. Alfred Holzwarth, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim, Germany
  • Dr. Tom Savenije, TU Delft, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Cees Otto, University of Twente, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Jens Uhlig, Lund University, Sweden
  • Dr. Kristoffer Haldrup, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  • Dr. Grigory Smolentsev, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
  • Prof. Anatoli Ianoul, Carleton University, Canada
  • Dr. Sven Askes, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Andrea Baldi, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Research institutes

  • Dr. Sjoerd Veenstra, Solliance/TNO, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  • Dr. Juliane Borchert, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Freiburg, Germany

Presentations at conferences and events

  • Lecture Conference on Photochemistry, Mainz, Germany (Sept. 2024)
  • AMOLF “Sustainable Energy Materials Symposium”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Sept. 2023, invited)
  • National Fundamentals and Methods of Chemistry day, May 2022 (invited)
  • International Conference on Photochemistry, July 2021
  • National Physics at Veldhoven annual conference, January 2021 (invited)
  • National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, United States, August 2020 (invited, talk cancelled due to pandemic)
  • AVS66 International Conference, Columbus, United States, October 2019 (invited)
  • NanoG International Conference, Torremolinos, Spain, October 2018
  • Nordic Femtochemistry Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2018
  • International Photochemistry Conference, Strasbourg, France, July 2017
  • Conference on Light-Harvesting processes, Kloster Banz, Germany, March 2017
  • International NanoG16 Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 2016
  • International Femtochemistry Conference, Hamburg, Germany, July 2015 (invited ‘hot topic’ talk)
  • International Conference on Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, Berlin, Germany, July 2014, 2 contributions
  • International Conference on Photochemistry, Leuven, Belgium, July 2013
  • Gordon Research Conference on Photochemistry, Easton, United States, July 2013
  • International conference on Quantum Solar Energy Conversion, Bad Gastein, March 2013 (invited talk)
  • Nordic Femtochemistry conference, Ylläs, Finland, June 2010
  • EU CERC3 meeting on solar energy conversion for young chemists, Spa, Belgium, April 2007
  • International workshop on Quantum Solar Energy Conversion, Bad Hofgastein, Austria, March 2007

Publications

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2024

Effects of Combining Dion-Jacobson and Ruddlesden-Popper Spacers on the Photophysics of Quasi-2D Perovskites (2024)Advanced Optical Materials, 12(32). Article 2401629. Einhaus, L. M., Zhang, X., Korterik, J. P., Mul, G., ten Elshof, J. E. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401629Limiting Molecular Twisting: Upgrading a Donor–Acceptor Dye to Drive H2 Evolution (2024)Advanced science, 11(40). Article 2403454. Zhu, K., Rodríguez, A. P., Brands, M. B., de Haas, T., Buda, F., Reek, J. N. H., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202403454Phase distribution regulation of formamidinium-based quasi-2D perovskites through solution engineering (2024)Journal of materials chemistry C, 12(38), 15671-15681. Zhang, X., Einhaus, L., Huijser, A. & ten Elshof, J. E.https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc02231aSlow hole diffusion limits the efficiency of p-type dye-sensitized solar cells based on the P1 dye (2024)Energy Advances, 3(8), 2035-2041. Brands, M. B., Lugier, O. C. M., Zhu, K., Huijser, A., Tanase, S. & Reek, J. N. H.https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ya00271gAn integrated approach towards extracting structural characteristics of chlorosomes from a bchQ mutant of Chlorobaculum tepidum (2024)Physical chemistry chemical physics, 26(22), 15856-15867. Dsouza, L., Li, X., Erić, V., Huijser, A., Jansen, T. L. C., Holzwarth, A. R., Buda, F., Bryant, D. A., Bahri, S., Sai Sankar Gupta, K. B., Sevink, G. J. A. & de Groot, H. J. M.https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP00221KDye-sensitized NiO photocathodes: Research progress, current mechanistic understanding, and research perspectives (2024)Chemical Physics Reviews, 5(2). Article 021305. Zhu, K., Mul, G. & Huijser, A.https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0170022Observation of Dark States in Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectra of Chlorosomes (2024)The Journal of physical chemistry B, 128(15), 3575-3584. Erić, V., Li, X., Dsouza, L., 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.4c00067Rotaxane-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., 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/10.3990/1.9789036551793

Research profiles

BSc programs Advanced Technology and Chemical Science and Engineering

  • Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy (202000663)
  • Supervisor Materials Project (202200193)

MSc programs Nanotechnology, Chemical Science and Engineering and Applied Physics

  • Lecturer Microscopy and Spectroscopy (201600043)
  • Module Coordinator Characterization of Nanostructures (201600043)
  • Supervisor Inorganic Materials and Molecular S&T project (193700070)

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2023/2024

  • NWO TOP The molecular twist of long-range exciton transfer in chiral self-assembled supramolecular matrices.
  • NWO OTP Towards stable patterned metal-halide perovskites with controlled optical and photophysical properties
  • ARC CBBC Catalytically active coatings for the removal of indoor pollutants
  • NWO M1 Can vibronic coupling aid efficient photochemical conversion?
  • NWO M2 Selective CO2 photoreduction on plasmonic nanoparticles

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