D2R2 Group at Northeastern University
The Data-Driven Renewables Research (D2R2) Group at Northeastern University is led by Dr. Peter Schindler and seeks to discover novel materials for renewable energy applications using high-throughput
quantum chemistry calculations and data-driven materials property predictions. Details on the group's research activties, publications, teaching and open positions can be found on the Group website:
Highlights
Novel Ultrabright and Air-Stable Photocathodes Discovered from Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory Driven Screening
E. R. Antoniuk, P. Schindler, W. A. Schroeder, B. Dunham, P. Pianetta, T. Vecchione, and E. J. Reed
10.1002/adma.202104081
Illustration of our research displayed on the frontispiece of Advanced Materials, issue 44.
Our research displayed on the journal cover
Surface Photovoltage-Induced Ultralow Work Function Material for Thermionic Energy Converters
P. Schindler*, D. C. Riley*, I. Bargatin, K. Sahasrabuddhe, J. W. Schwede, S. Sun, P. Pianetta, Z.-X. Shen, R. T. Howe, and N. A. Melosh
doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01214
Extending the limits of Pt/C catalysts with passivation-gas-incorporated atomic layer deposition
S. Xu, Y. Kim, J. Park, D. Higgins, S.-J. Shen, P. Schindler, D. Thian, J. Provine, J. Torgersen, T. Graf, T. D. Schladt, M. Orazov, B. H. Liu, T. F. Jaramillo, and F. B. Prinz
doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0118-1
Illustration of passivation-gas-incorporated ALD at the atomic scale
Publications
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ArXiv:2303.16350 (2023) arXiv:2303.16350
Electrolyte Coatings for High Adhesion Interfaces in Solid-state Batteries from First Principles
B. Ransom, A. Ramdas, E. Lomeli, J. Fidawi, A. Sendek, T. Devereaux, E. J. Reed, and P. Schindler
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Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 300 (2022) 120741 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120741
Improving intrinsic oxygen reduction activity and stability: Atomic layer deposition preparation of platinum-titanium alloy catalysts
Y. Kim, S. Xu, J. Park, A. L. Dadlani, O. Vinogradovad, D. Krishnamurthy, M. Orazov, D. U. Lee, S. Dull, P. Schindler, H. S. Han, Z. Wang, T. Graf, T. D. Schladt, J. E. Mueller, R. Sarangi, R. Davis, V. Viswanathan, T. F. Jaramillo, D. C. Higgins, and F. B. Prinz
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Advanced Materials, 33, 44 (2021) 120741 10.1002/adma.202104081
Novel Ultrabright and Air-Stable Photocathodes Discovered from Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory Driven Screening
E. R. Antoniuk, P. Schindler, W. A. Schroeder, B. Dunham, P. Pianetta, T. Vecchione, and E. J. Reed
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Advanced Materials, 33, 30 (2021) 2007885. doi.org/10.1002/adma.202007885
Direct Integration of Strained-Pt Catalysts into Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cells with Atomic Layer Deposition
S. Xu, Z. Wang, S. Dull, Y. Liu, D. U. Lee, J. S. Lezama Pacheco, M. Orazov, P. E. Vullum, A. L. Dadlani, O. Vinogradova, P. Schindler, Q. Tam, T. D. Schladt, J. E. Mueller, S. Kirsch, G. Huebner, D. Higgins, J. Torgersen, V. Viswanathan, T. F. Jaramillo, and F. B. Prinz
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ArXiv:2011.10905 (2020) arXiv:2011.10905
Discovery of materials with extreme work functions by high-throughput density functional theory and machine learning
P. Schindler, E. R. Antoniuk, G. Cheon, Y. Zhu, and E. J. Reed
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Physical Review B, 101 (2020) 235447 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.235447
Generalizable density functional theory based photoemission model for the accelerated development of photocathodes and other photoemissive devices
E. R. Antoniuk, Y. Yue, Y. Zhou, P. Schindler, W. A. Schroeder, B. Dunham, P. Pianetta, T. Vecchione, and E. J. Reed
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ACS Energy Letters, 4 (2019) 2436–2443 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01214
Surface Photovoltage-Induced Ultralow Work Function Material for Thermionic Energy Converters
P. Schindler*, D. C. Riley*, I. Bargatin, K. Sahasrabuddhe, J. W. Schwede, S. Sun, P. Pianetta, Z.-X. Shen, R. T. Howe, and N. A. Melosh
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 9 (2019) 9594–9599 10.1021/acsami.8b21054
Electrical Properties of Ultrathin Platinum films by Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition
H. J. K. Kim, K. E. Kaplan, P. Schindler, S. Xu, M. M. Winterkorn, D. B. Heinz, T. S. English, J Provine, F. B. Prinz, and T. W. Kenny
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Nature Catalysis, 1 (2018) 624–630 10.1038/s41929-018-0118-1
Extending the Limits of Pt/C Catalysts with Passivation-Gas-Incorporated Atomic Layer Deposition
S. Xu, Y. Kim, J. Park, D. Higgins, S.-J. Shen, P. Schindler, D. Thian, J Provine, J. Torgersen, T. Graf, T. Schladt, M. Orazov, B. Liu, T. Jaramillo, and F. B. Prinz
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Scripta Materialia, 111 (2016) 106–109 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.08.026
Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of BaTiO3
P. Schindler*, Y. Kim*, D. Thian, J. An, and F. B. Prinz
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 27 (2016) 17599–17605 10.1021/acsami.6b03194
Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of SiN-AlN Nanolaminates for Ultra Low Wet Etch Rate in Hydrofluoric Acid
Y. Kim, J Provine, S. P. Walch, J. Park, W. Phuthong, A. L. Dadlani, H. J. Kim, P. Schindler, K. Kim, and F. B. Prinz
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AIP Advances, 6, 6 (2016) 065012 10.1063/1.4954238
Correlation of Film Density and Wet Etch Rate in Hydrofluoric Acid in Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Silicon Nitride
J Provine, P. Schindler, Y. Kim, S. P. Walch, H. J. Kim, K. H. Kim, and F. B. Prinz
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Acta Materialia, 117 (2016) 153–159 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.07.018
Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of Al-Doped Barium Titanate
Y. Kim, P. Schindler, A. L. Dadlani, S. Acharya, J Provine, J. An, and F. B. Prinz
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 15 (2016) 8148–8156 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00768
Atomically Flat Silicon Oxide Monolayer Generated by Remote Plasma
D. Thian*, Y. T. Yemane*, M. Logar, S. Xu, P. Schindler, M. M. Winterkorn, J Provine, and F. B. Prinz
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Applied Surface Science, 367 (2016) 500–506 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.01.243
Deposition of Large Scale Quantum Dot Monolayer by Langmuir-Blodgett Technique with Dilatational Rheology
S. Xu, A. L. Dadlani, S. Acharya, P. Schindler, and F. B. Prinz
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 34 (2016) 01A138 10.1116/1.4937991
Molecular Oxygen Reactions with Tetrakisdimethylamido-metal Precursors for Atomic Layer Deposition
J Provine*, P. Schindler*, J. Torgersen, H. J. Kim, H. P. Karnthaler, and F. B. Prinz
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4 (2016) 1945–1952 10.1039/c5tc03561a
Atomic Layer Deposition of Barium Oxide and high-k Barium Titanate Thin Films using Novel Pyrrole Based Precursor
S. Acharya*, J. Torgersen*, Y. Kim, J. Park, P. Schindler, A. L. Dadlani, M. Winterkorn, S. Xu, S. Walch, T. Usui, C. Schildknecht, and F. B. Prinz
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ACS Langmuir, 31, 18 (2015) 5057–5062 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00216
Enhanced Step Coverage of TiO2 Deposited on High Aspect Ratio Surfaces by Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition
P. Schindler, M. Logar, J Provine, and F. B. Prinz
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3 (2015) 12192–12198 10.1039/C5TC02912K
Exploring Local Electronic Structure and Geometric Arrangement of ALD Zn(O,S) Buffer Layers using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
A. L. Dadlani*, O. Trejo*, S. Acharya*, J. Torgersen, I. Petousis, D. Nordlund, R. Sarangi, P. Schindler, and F. B. Prinz
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, 43 (2014) 24827–24832 10.1021/jp5073044
Energy States of Ligand Capped Ag Nanoparticles: Relating Surface Plasmon Resonance to Work Function
A. L. Dadlani, P. Schindler, M. Logar, S. P. Walch, and F. B. Prinz
* contributed equally
News Coverage
My research on new materials for thermionic energy conversion was featured in various Austrian news outlets (in German language), such as
Wiener Zeitung,
Tiroler Tageszeitung,
and APA.
Thesis
My doctoral dissertation titled Next generation high-k dielectrics for DRAM produced by atomic layer deposition studied by
transmission electron microscopy can be read
here.