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:

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Highlights

Advanced Materials (2021) , 33, 44, pp 120741.
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

Advanced Materials Frontispiece
Illustration of our research displayed on the frontispiece of Advanced Materials, issue 44.

ACS Energy Letters Cover
Our research displayed on the journal cover
ACS Energy Letters (2019) , 4, pp 2436–2443.
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


Nature Catalysis (2018) , 1, pp 624–630.
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

Nature Catalysis
Illustration of passivation-gas-incorporated ALD at the atomic scale

Publications

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.

News coverage

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.

PhD Thesis