Maksym Kovalenko

Maksym V. Kovalenko (born 1982) is a full professor of inorganic chemistry and the head of the Functional Inorganic Materials group at ETH Zurich. A part of the research activities of the group are conducted at Empa (Dübendorf).[1] He is working in the fields of solid-state chemistry, quantum dots and other nanomaterials, surface chemistry, self-assembly, optical spectroscopy, optoelectronics and energy storage.[2]

For the Ukrainian footballer, see Maksym Kovalenko (footballer).
Maksym V. Kovalenko
Maksym Kovalenko in 2018
Born1982
Hola Prystan, Ukraine
Alma materChernivtsi National University, Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz (Ph.D.)
OccupationAssociate Professor of Chemistry
AwardsRössler Prize, Werner Prize, Ruzicka Preis
Scientific career
InstitutionsETH Zurich, Empa, University of Chicago (postdoc)
Notable studentsMaria Ibáñez
WebsiteKovalenko Lab

Early life and education

Maksym Kovalenko was born in 1982 in southern Ukraine. He grew up in the Ukrainian area of Bukovina. He studied chemistry at Chernivtsi National University. In 2007, Kovalenko obtained his Ph.D. at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heiss. During this time, he focused on narrow band gap quantum dots, and published several articles on HgTe,[3] SnTe,[4] PbSe[5] as well as iron oxide[6] nanocrystals. A part of these works was carried out at the Molecular Foundry (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA).

Academic career and research

After the completion of his Ph.D., he moved to the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois as a post-doctoral research assistant in the group of Prof. Dmitri Talapin. In 2009, Kovalenko published an article in Science describing the use of inorganic ligands on colloidal nanocrystals.[7] Such an all-inorganic design of semiconductor nanocrystals had enabled their integration into diverse electronic and optoelectronic devices.[8][9][10][11]

In 2011, Kovalenko accepted an assistant professorship at ETH Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. Initially, the research group focused on the development of new synthetic approaches for nanocrystals and their utilization in rechargeable batteries and photodetectors.[12][13][14] In 2015, the group introduced highly luminescent nanocrystals of cesium lead halide perovskites[15] and shortly thereafter, in 2016-2017, formamidinium lead halide nanocrystals.[16][17]

In 2016, Kovalenko received tenure and became an associate professor at ETH Zurich and continued to lead his research group at both ETH Zurich and Empa. Since then, the research group of Kovalenko has focused on understanding and improving colloidal perovskite nanocrystals,[18][19] their assembly into long-range ordered superlattices and their exploration as quantum light sources.[20] Additionally, the group continues to investigate the surface chemistry of nanocrystals[21][22] and novel electrode materials for Li-ion and non-Li battery technologies.[23][24] The group is increasingly active in the discovery of novel semiconductors and light emitters.[25][26][27][28] In 2018, the group received financial support from the ETH+ Initiative to establish a crystal growth and characterization facility for research purposes as well as for education and training of students.[29] The expertise of the group now also includes single-particle spectroscopy,[30] fabrication of light-emitting diodes[31][32] and testing materials for hard radiation detection.[33][34]

In August 2020, Kovalenko was promoted to full professor at ETH Zurich.

Additional roles

Kovalenko currently serves as an associate editor for the journal Chemistry of Materials.[35] He has served as the chair of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (LAC) at ETH Zurich from 2018-2019.

Awards and recognition

References
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  3. Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Kaufmann, Erich; Pachinger, Dietmar; Roither, Jürgen; Huber, Martin; Stangl, Julian; Hesser, Günter; Schäffler, Friedrich; Heiss, Wolfgang (March 2006). "Colloidal HgTe Nanocrystals with Widely Tunable Narrow Band Gap Energies: From Telecommunications to Molecular Vibrations". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128 (11): 3516–3517. doi:10.1021/ja058440j. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 16536514.
  4. Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Heiss, Wolfgang; Shevchenko, Elena V.; Lee, Jong-Soo; Schwinghammer, Harald; Alivisatos, A. Paul; Talapin, Dmitri V. (September 2007). "SnTe Nanocrystals: A New Example of Narrow-Gap Semiconductor Quantum Dots". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129 (37): 11354–11355. doi:10.1021/ja074481z. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 17722931.
  5. Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Talapin, Dmitri V.; Loi, Maria Antonietta; Cordella, Fabrizio; Hesser, Günter; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Heiss, Wolfgang (2008-04-07). "Quasi-Seeded Growth of Ligand-Tailored PbSe Nanocrystals through Cation-Exchange-Mediated Nucleation" (PDF). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47 (16): 3029–3033. doi:10.1002/anie.200705604. hdl:11370/38065cf6-cf5a-4b78-abcb-9284a14562a7. PMID 18338346.
  6. Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Lechner, Rainer T.; Hesser, Günter; Schäffler, Friedrich; Heiss, Wolfgang (May 2007). "Fatty Acid Salts as Stabilizers in Size- and Shape-Controlled Nanocrystal Synthesis: The Case of Inverse Spinel Iron Oxide". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129 (20): 6352–6353. doi:10.1021/ja0692478. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 17472378.
  7. Talapin, Dmitri V.; Scheele, Marcus; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2009-06-12). "Colloidal Nanocrystals with Molecular Metal Chalcogenide Surface Ligands". Science. 324 (5933): 1417–1420. doi:10.1126/science.1170524. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19520953. S2CID 21845356.
  8. Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Zaumseil, Jana; Lee, Jong-Soo; Talapin, Dmitri V. (2010-07-28). "Expanding the Chemical Versatility of Colloidal Nanocrystals Capped with Molecular Metal Chalcogenide Ligands". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 (29): 10085–10092. doi:10.1021/ja1024832. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 20593874.
  9. Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Schaller, Richard D.; Jarzab, Dorota; Loi, Maria A.; Talapin, Dmitri V. (2012-02-08). "Inorganically Functionalized PbS–CdS Colloidal Nanocrystals: Integration into Amorphous Chalcogenide Glass and Luminescent Properties". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134 (5): 2457–2460. doi:10.1021/ja2087689. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 22239647.
  10. Dolzhnikov, D. S.; Zhang, H.; Jang, J.; Son, J. S.; Panthani, M. G.; Shibata, T.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Talapin, D. V. (2015-01-23). "Composition-matched molecular "solders" for semiconductors". Science. 347 (6220): 425–428. doi:10.1126/science.1260501. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 25569110.
  11. Wang, Yuanyuan; Fedin, Igor; Zhang, Hao; Talapin, Dmitri V. (2017-07-28). "Direct optical lithography of functional inorganic nanomaterials". Science. 357 (6349): 385–388. doi:10.1126/science.aan2958. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 28751606.
  12. Kravchyk, Kostiantyn; Protesescu, Loredana; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Krumeich, Frank; Yarema, Maksym; Walter, Marc; Guntlin, Christoph; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2013-03-20). "Monodisperse and Inorganically Capped Sn and Sn/SnO 2 Nanocrystals for High-Performance Li-Ion Battery Anodes". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135 (11): 4199–4202. doi:10.1021/ja312604r. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 23414392.
  13. Dirin, Dmitry N.; Dreyfuss, Sébastien; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Nedelcu, Georgian; Papagiorgis, Paris; Itskos, Grigorios; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2014-05-07). "Lead Halide Perovskites and Other Metal Halide Complexes As Inorganic Capping Ligands for Colloidal Nanocrystals". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136 (18): 6550–6553. doi:10.1021/ja5006288. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 4524702. PMID 24746226.
  14. Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Yakunin, Sergii; Piveteau, Laura; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (December 2015). "Host–guest chemistry for tuning colloidal solubility, self-organization and photoconductivity of inorganic-capped nanocrystals". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 10142. doi:10.1038/ncomms10142. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4682102. PMID 26647828.
  15. Protesescu, Loredana; Yakunin, Sergii; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Krieg, Franziska; Caputo, Riccarda; Hendon, Christopher H.; Yang, Ruo Xi; Walsh, Aron; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2015-06-10). "Nanocrystals of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, and I): Novel Optoelectronic Materials Showing Bright Emission with Wide Color Gamut". Nano Letters. 15 (6): 3692–3696. doi:10.1021/nl5048779. ISSN 1530-6984. PMC 4462997. PMID 25633588.
  16. Protesescu, Loredana; Yakunin, Sergii; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Bertolotti, Federica; Masciocchi, Norberto; Guagliardi, Antonietta; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2016-11-02). "Monodisperse Formamidinium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals with Bright and Stable Green Photoluminescence". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138 (43): 14202–14205. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b08900. ISSN 0002-7863. PMC 5799874. PMID 27737545.
  17. Protesescu, Loredana; Yakunin, Sergii; Kumar, Sudhir; Bär, Janine; Bertolotti, Federica; Masciocchi, Norberto; Guagliardi, Antonietta; Grotevent, Matthias; Shorubalko, Ivan; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Shih, Chih-Jen (2017-03-28). "Dismantling the "Red Wall" of Colloidal Perovskites: Highly Luminescent Formamidinium and Formamidinium–Cesium Lead Iodide Nanocrystals". ACS Nano. 11 (3): 3119–3134. doi:10.1021/acsnano.7b00116. ISSN 1936-0851. PMC 5800405. PMID 28231432.
  18. Krieg, Franziska; Ochsenbein, Stefan T.; Yakunin, Sergii; ten Brinck, Stephanie; Aellen, Philipp; Süess, Adrian; Clerc, Baptiste; Guggisberg, Dominic; Nazarenko, Olga; Shynkarenko, Yevhen; Kumar, Sudhir (2018-03-09). "Colloidal CsPbX 3 (X = Cl, Br, I) Nanocrystals 2.0: Zwitterionic Capping Ligands for Improved Durability and Stability". ACS Energy Letters. 3 (3): 641–646. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.8b00035. ISSN 2380-8195. PMC 5848145. PMID 29552638.
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  20. Rainò, Gabriele; Becker, Michael A.; Bodnarchuk, Maryna I.; Mahrt, Rainer F.; Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Stöferle, Thilo (November 2018). "Superfluorescence from lead halide perovskite quantum dot superlattices". Nature. 563 (7733): 671–675. arXiv:1804.01873. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0683-0. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 30405237. S2CID 53213886.
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  22. Dirin, Dmitry N.; Benin, Bogdan M.; Yakunin, Sergii; Krumeich, Frank; Raino, Gabriele; Frison, Ruggero; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (October 2019). "Microcarrier-Assisted Inorganic Shelling of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals". ACS Nano. 13 (10): 11642–11652. doi:10.1021/acsnano.9b05481. ISSN 1936-0851. PMC 6812064. PMID 31585035.
  23. Dubey, Romain J.‐C.; Sasikumar, Pradeep Vallachira Warriam; Krumeich, Frank; Blugan, Gurdial; Kuebler, Jakob; Kravchyk, Kostiantyn V.; Graule, Thomas; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (October 2019). "Silicon Oxycarbide—Tin Nanocomposite as a High‐Power‐Density Anode for Li‐Ion Batteries". Advanced Science. 6 (19): 1901220. doi:10.1002/advs.201901220. ISSN 2198-3844. PMC 6774025. PMID 31592424.
  24. Kravchyk, Kostiantyn V.; Walter, Marc; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (December 2019). "A high-voltage concept with sodium-ion conducting β-alumina for magnesium-sodium dual-ion batteries". Communications Chemistry. 2 (1): 84. doi:10.1038/s42004-019-0186-4. ISSN 2399-3669.
  25. Benin, Bogdan M.; Dirin, Dmitry N.; Morad, Viktoriia; Wörle, Michael; Yakunin, Sergii; Rainò, Gabriele; Nazarenko, Olga; Fischer, Markus; Infante, Ivan; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2018-08-27). "Highly Emissive Self-Trapped Excitons in Fully Inorganic Zero-Dimensional Tin Halides". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57 (35): 11329–11333. doi:10.1002/anie.201806452. PMC 6175341. PMID 29999575.
  26. Nazarenko, Olga; Kotyrba, Martin R.; Yakunin, Sergii; Wörle, Michael; Benin, Bogdan M.; Rainò, Gabriele; Krumeich, Frank; Kepenekian, Mikaël; Even, Jacky; Katan, Claudine; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2019-03-26). "Guanidinium and Mixed Cesium–Guanidinium Tin(II) Bromides: Effects of Quantum Confinement and Out-of-Plane Octahedral Tilting". Chemistry of Materials. 31 (6): 2121–2129. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00038. ISSN 0897-4756. PMC 6438322. PMID 30930536.
  27. Morad, Viktoriia; Shynkarenko, Yevhen; Yakunin, Sergii; Brumberg, Alexandra; Schaller, Richard D.; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2019-06-26). "Disphenoidal Zero-Dimensional Lead, Tin, and Germanium Halides: Highly Emissive Singlet and Triplet Self-Trapped Excitons and X-ray Scintillation". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141 (25): 9764–9768. doi:10.1021/jacs.9b02365. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 31244134.
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  31. Ochsenbein, Stefan T.; Krieg, Franziska; Shynkarenko, Yevhen; Rainò, Gabriele; Kovalenko, Maksym V. (2019-06-19). "Engineering Color-Stable Blue Light-Emitting Diodes with Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11 (24): 21655–21660. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b02472. ISSN 1944-8244. PMID 31117429. S2CID 162181731.
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