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Present group

Prof. dr. Marlies Van Bael

Prof. dr. Marlies Vanbael
Location

Agoralaan Gebouw F, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium

Function
Full professor

Prof. dr. An Hardy

An hardy
Location

Agoralaan Gebouw F, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium

Function
Professor

PhD alumni

2003

  • Dirk Mondelaers (‘De synthese en karakterisering van ZnO nanopoeders en dunne films bereid vanuit waterige oplossing’)

  • Kristof Van Werde (‘Realisatie en de optimalisering van de waterige oplossing-gel methode voor de bereiding van perovskiet PZN en gedopeerde PZN verbindingen’)

2004

  • An Hardy (‘Studie van de waterige oplossinggel methode voor de bereiding van ferro-elektrisch lanthaan gesubstitueerd bismuttitanaat’)

  • Daniël Nelis ('Studie van de waterige oplossing-gel methode voor de bereiding van ferro-elektrische SrBi2Ta2O9 en SrBi2Nb2O9 poeders en dunne lagen’)

2005

  • Dirk Van Genechten (‘Watergebaseerde bereiding van nano-gestructureerde ferro-elektrische lood zirconaat titanaat films’)

2007

  • Ine Truijen (‘Studie van de invloed van syntheseparameters op de microstructuur van TIO2 lagen voor fotovoltaïsche toepassingen’)

2009

  • Ilse Haeldermans (‘Polymer based hybrid materials for photovoltaic applications: a morphological and electro-optical approach’)

2010

  • Nadia Lepot (‘Synthese en karakterisering van polypropyleen nanocomposieten’)

  • Ken Elen (‘Vormspecifieke Synthese van ZnO Nanodeeltjes en hun gebruik ter vorming van Biodegradeerbare Nanocomposieten’)

2011

  • Christopher De Dobbelaere (‘Lagetemperatuursdepositie en structuurvorming als nieuwe uitdagingen voor de waterige oplossing-gel route: een case studie met PbTiO3’)

2012

  • Stan Claes (‘Development, modification and optimization of poly [1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] pervaporation membranes’)

  • Linny Baeten (‘Nanorod metal oxide based electrodes and their application in hybrid photovoltaics’)

  • Alexander Riskin (‘Study of the CSD process for the ordered deposition of metallic nanocrystals’)

2013

  • Bertie Souvereyns (‘Controlled synthesis of substrate supported TiO2 nanostructures with different/interesting morphologies’)

2014

  • Andrius Stanulis (‘Synthesis and characterization of multifunctional tin based compounds’)

  • Anke Kelchtermans (‘Synthesis and in-depth characterization of Al-doped ZnO nanoparticles as building blocks for TCO layers’)

  • Nick Peys (‘How to master vanadium oxide stoichiometry and phase formation? Insights in the aqueous precursor chemistry’)

2015

  • Giedrius Degutis (‘Study of the CVD diamond growth mechanism in the presence of a metal-based interlayer’)

  • Nikolina Pavlovic (‘Single phase and composite multiferroic thin films and heterostructures from aqueous chemical solution deposition’)

  • Lize Jaspers (‘Study of zinc oxide coatings for improvement of the gas barrier, UV-protection and photodegradation characteristics of the bioplastic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)’)

  • Sven Gilis (‘Chemical solution deposition of oxides for energy storage applications: the breakthrough in coating high aspect ratio 3D structures’)

2017

  • Boaz Moeremans (‘Study and optimization of the solid-electrolyte interphase on silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries’) 
  • Giulia Maino (‘Chemical Solution Deposition of LiMn2O4 cathodes for thin film lithium ion batteries: Following the path from precursor chemistry towards active 2D and high aspect ratio 3D layers’)

2018

  • Wouter Marchal (‘Redox mechanisms in low-temprature solution processing of materials for flexible electronics’)

2019

  • Dries De Sloovere (‘Wet-chemical synthesis processes of electrodes for sustainable lithium- and sodium-ion batteries’)

2020

  • Bjorn Joos (‘Toward green and sustainable lithium batteries, from novel electrolytes in LIBs to circular active materials in Li-S batteries’)

2021

  • Andreas Paulus (‘Solution synthesized Li-rich layered oxide cathodes for LIBs : effect of cationic substitutions on oxygen anionic redox chemistry’)