Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL
Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL
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Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL

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E-mail Koen Copy e-mail
+3211268879 Campus Diepenbeek
Instituut voor Materiaalonderzoek
IMO-1.35
Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL

Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL

Membership

Research

Discipline codes: Optical properties and interactions with radiation (01030408), Semiconductors and semimetals (01030409), Soft condensed matter (01030410), Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications (01030905)

Supervised PhDs

Organic Bolometers for Infrared Detection

Bram Bijnens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Design and synthesis of low-bandgap quasi 2D layered perovskites

Ilan Devroey for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Comparative investigation into the performance and durability of long and short side-chain ionomers in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer

Subir Paul for the title Doctor of Engineering Technology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Ionic interactions for high performance electrochemical transistors

Arwin Goossens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Impact of Electrodes and Device Architecture on the Efficiency and Stability of Photo-Electrochemical Cell for Water Splitting

Osama Rabi for the title Doctor of Engineering Technology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
View all 29 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL

Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes

Louis Jackers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Hybrid perovskites with a twist: inducing chirality towards circularly polarized light emission

Aleksandra Ciesielska for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Single-component organic solar cells: Unprecedented control over the structural properties of donor-acceptor block copolymers

Daan Coenen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

NANOGEN: Conjugated polymer nanoparticles as nanogenerators for H2 delivery in cancer therapy

Thomas Leendertse for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Designing hybrid perovskites for artificial synapses toward neuromorphic computing

Arne Verding for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Non-fullerene acceptors for efficient vacuum-processed organic solar cells

Pietro Calvi for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Optical characterization of conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CNPs) for photocatalytic hydrogen generation

Ferdinando Muraca for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

All colors of the 'rainbow' - Tuning the gap of push-pull conjugated polymers to enhance organic solar cell performance

Laura Leten for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

HEterojunctions of chiraL hybrId PerovskiTes for cIrcularly polarized light photodeteCtors (HELIPTIC)

Ella Cuyvers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Polymeric semiconductors for amplified circularly polarized electroluminescence

Ebbe Loos for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Organic opto-electronic devices for the generation and detection of circularly polarized light

Gijs Verschaeve for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Absorption and photoluminescence spectra of non-fullerene acceptors

Siebe Frederix for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2025
Supervised as Promotor

Advancing Polymeric Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors: From Homocoupling-Free Synthesis to Scalable Fabrication for High-Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Lize Bynens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2025
Supervised as Copromotor

Simulation-assisted design and optimization of novel organic opto-electronic devices

Xueshi Jiang for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2025
Supervised as Promotor

Synergistic design strategies for the improvement of thermally activated delayed fluorescence properties in near-infrared emissive molecules

Sonny Brebels for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2025
Supervised as Copromotor

Widening the Gap - Optimizing Donor and Acceptor Materials for Organic Photovoltaics

Dries Theunissen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2025
Supervised as Copromotor

Non-covalent interaction engineering to tune the structural, optical, and electronic properties of layered hybrid perovskites

Arthur Maufort for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2024
Supervised as Copromotor

Tuning the gap - Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for organic photovoltaics and photodetectors

Kaat Valkeneers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2024
Supervised as Copromotor

Structurally pure and reproducible polymer materials for high-performance organic photovoltaics

Sander Smeets for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2023
Supervised as Copromotor

Quantifying and removing structural defects in conjugated polymer semiconductors: influence on material and device properties

Jochen Vanderspikken for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2023
Supervised as Copromotor

Photothermal Properties of Organic Luminescent Materials

Sigurd Mertens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2023
Supervised as Promotor

Photosynthesis vs Photovoltaics: Light-induced Charge-transfer and Degradation Inspiring Aesthetical and High-Temperature Solar Cells

Jeroen Hustings for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor

Near-infrared organic photodetectors: from molecules to imagers

Sam Gielen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2021
Supervised as Copromotor

Development of Novel Donor and Acceptor Materials for Fullerene-Free Organic Photovoltaics

Ruben Lenaerts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2019
Supervised as Copromotor
View all 29 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL

Publications

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Projects

50 research projects have been found
View all 50 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL

Polymeric semiconductors for amplified circularly polarized electroluminescence (Research)

Polymeric semiconductors for amplified circularly polarized electroluminescence (Research)

Organic opto-electronic devices for the generation and detection of circularly polarized light (Research)

Advanced Light Sources through Nanostructured Materials (AVALON) (Research)

From defect to opportunity: in-depth analysis of structural defects in conjugated polymers and their impact on (flexible) organic electronics (Research)

All colors of the 'rainbow' – Tuning the gap of push-pull conjugated polymers to enhance organic solar cell performance (Research)

All colors of the 'rainbow' – Tuning the gap of push-pull conjugated polymers to enhance organic solar cell performance (Research)

Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (Research)

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles for hydrogen generation (Research)

Hybrid perovskites with a twist: inducing chirality towards circularly polarized light emission (Research)

Hybrid perovskites with a twist: inducing chirality towards circularly polarized light emission (Research)

Single-component organic solar cells: improved control over the polymer sequence toward enhanced device efficiency and lifetime (Research)

NANOGEN: CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOPARTICLES AS NANOGENERATORS FOR HYDROGEN DELIVERY IN CANCER THERAPY (Research)

Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (Research)

Organic spintronics based on intrinsically paramagnetic polymers. (Research)

SOFIA: Self-Powered Infrared Detection for Low-Light Applications (Research)

Non-fullerene acceptors for efficient vacuum-processed organic solar cells (Research)

Organic Electronics and Photonics: Fundamental Optoelectronic Processes and Applications (Research)

Understanding Electronic – Ionic Interactions for High-Performance and Stable Organic Electrochemical Transistors (Research)

ERC-COG 2019: ConTROL: Charge-TRansfer states for high performance Organic eLectronics (Research)

Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors (Research)

Triplet excited states in organic semiconducting materials — the role of molecular motives, spin-orbit coupling, and vibrational effects (Research)

On the chemical origin of intrinsic performance limits of organic electronics. (Research)

Strong light-matter coupling for organic electronics. (Research)

A comprehensive study of the latest discovered phenomena in organic semiconductors (Research)

A comprehensive study of the latest discovered electrooptical phenomena in organic semiconductors (Research)

Design, synthesis, and evaluation of n-type organic thermoelectric materials for low-temperature applications (Research)

ORGanic UPconversion device for SWIR imaging (ORGUP) (Research)

CleanH2 – Fundamental Research in Solar-driven Hydrogen Generation using Earth-abundant Catalysts and Durable Hydrid Perovskites as Light Absorbers. (Research)

Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)

Self-assembly of organic donor-acceptor complexes within the confinement of a perovskite lattice: a fundamental study of the relation between structure and opto-electronic properties. (Research)

"Stable Wide bAndgap Perovskites for Tandem Solar cells" (SWAPTS) (Research)

Narrowing the gap – Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for truly transparent organic photovoltaics (Research)

Summer school – Materiomics: innovative materials from healthcare across quantum to sustainable technologies. (Education)

A fundamental study of energy and charge transfer processes in low dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (Research)

Proceed - Hybrid perovskites as a material platform for conversion, emission and detection of light. (Research)

Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors (Research)

Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for near-infrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)

Study on the INfluence of the sTructurE of the oRganic cation on key Properties of (quasi-)2D hybRid perovskites towards the rational design of Efficient and sTable optoElectRonics (INTERPRETER) (Research)

Photo-luminescent and photo-thermal properties of sub-gap states in non-conventional materials for photovoltaics (Research)

Self-assembly of organic donor-acceptor complexes within the confinement of a perovskite lattice: a fundamental study of the relation between structure and opto-electronic properties. (Research)

Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)

Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for nearinfrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)

RCE-PFF : Resonant-Cavity-Enhanced Organic Photo-detectors and Photovoltaics (Research)

Solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic cavities for near-infrared photodetection - rational combinations of novel donor and acceptor materials and dedicated solution processing for high performance devices (Research)

Unraveling and stretching the fundamental limits of near-infrared photodetection based on organic semiconductors (Research)

Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for near-infrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)

Narrowing the gap – Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for truly transparent organic photovoltaics (Research)

Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)

Self-assembly of organic donor-acceptor complexes within the confinement of a perovskite lattice: a fundamental study of the relation between structure and opto-electronic properties. (Research)

View all 50 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. ir. Koen VANDEWAL

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2025 - 2026

4899

Advanced materials characterization

Co-lecturer
4676

Advanced materials for emerging technologies

Co-lecturer
3967

Biosensors

With assistance
4675

Properties of functional materials

Co-lecturer
5405

Bachelor Project

Coordinating lecturer
5406

Bachelor Project

Coordinating lecturer
3741

Innovative technology in diagnosis and therapeutics

Member of the teaching team
2131

Liquids, solids, and biological matter: structure and transport mechanisms

Co-lecturer
4913

Master's thesis

Coordinating lecturer
4906

Materials for organic electronics

Co-lecturer
3359

Materials on the nanoscale

Coordinating lecturer
4679

Materiomics hands-on project

Coordinating lecturer
4185

Physics & Technology for IT

Coordinating lecturer
9010

Physics & Technology for Computer Scientists

Coordinating lecturer
4904

New materials for photovoltaics

Coordinating lecturer
3761

Optics

Co-lecturer
4677

Sustainable materials and energy

Co-lecturer
1477

Theory of Soft Matter

Member of the teaching team

Academic year 2024 - 2025

4899

Advanced materials characterization

Co-lecturer
4676

Advanced materials for emerging technologies

Co-lecturer
3970

Bioanalytical methods of molecules

Coordinating lecturer
4675

Properties of functional materials

Co-lecturer
3208

Bachelor Project

Coordinating lecturer
3966

Experimental Design in Bioelectronics & Nanotechnology

Member of the teaching team
3741

Innovative technology in diagnosis and therapeutics

Member of the teaching team
2131

Liquids, solids, and biological matter: structure and transport mechanisms

Co-lecturer
4913

Master's thesis

Coordinating lecturer
4906

Materials for organic electronics

Co-lecturer
3359

Materials on the nanoscale

Coordinating lecturer
4679

Materiomics hands-on project

Coordinating lecturer
4185

Physics & Technology for IT

Coordinating lecturer
4904

New materials for photovoltaics

Coordinating lecturer
4677

Sustainable materials and energy

Co-lecturer
1477

Theory of Soft Matter

Member of the teaching team

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