René Daniel Méndez López

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rené-daniel-méndez-lópez-483b7485
Rene is in his 2nd year of PhD (2021) working on ways to avoid water and soil pollution by lead (Pb2+) present in perovskite solar cells in ways that do not hinder their photovoltaic performance.
Rene works in coordination with local industry (3GSolar Photovoltaics, https://www.3gsolar.com/ ) for performance of perovskite solar cells under indoor light illumination, in a strategy for replacing batteries for the internet of things (funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 764787. https://maestro-itn.eu/)
Research interests:
- Safe managing of perovskite solar cells
- 2D-perovskites
- Organic photovoltaics
- Organic semiconductors
Education:
- Bachelor in Chemistry 2009-2014 (specialized on organic and analytical chemistry) at Autonomous University of Coahuila (Mexico) http://www.uadec.mx/quimicas/
- Bachelor thesis 2013-2014 Conjugated polymers based with triple bonds for organic solar cells. Applied Chemistry Research Center (CIQA) https://www.ciqa.mx/
- Master in Science 2015-2018 (Organic and Molecular Electronics) at Technical University of Dresden (Germany) https://tu-dresden.de/mn/physik/studium/master-organische-und-molekulare-elektronik?set_language=en
- Master thesis 2017-2018 Conjugated polymers based on diketopyrrolopyrrole for Organic Field Effect Transistors (OFETs) Leibniz-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany. https://www.ipfdd.de/en/about-us/
Publications:
- “Copolymers of Diketopyrrolopyrrole and Benzothiadiazole: Design and Function from Simulations with Experimental Support” Raychev D., Mendez Lopez R.D., Kiriy A., Seifert G., Sommer J., Guskova O. Macromolecules 2019, 52, 3, 904-914. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02500