Layered materials have many potentials for use in applications requiring (semi)conducting behavior, coupled to anisotropy or preferential orientations. In our group, we try to incorporate them into energy devices of different types, ranging from solar and photoelectrochemical cells up to energy-storage and piezoresistive systems. In general, we choose to resort to highly scalable methods for their production and their processing, mostly solution-based, through the preparation of inks that can undergo further chemical processes or be deposited via spin/spray/dip-coating. In this talk, we will give a collective view of some of the recent projects we are carrying on: we will talk about lead-free 2D perovskites and their application in solar cells, we will discuss some uses of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides in electrochemical capacitors and bio-compatible piezoresistive pressure sensors and we will show results in use of layered species in photoelectrochemical applications.
Prof. Dr. Teresa Gatti: is Full Professor of Chemistry for Applied Technologies at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. She was a previous Group Leader at the Center for Materials Research of the Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany), where she maintains the permanent role of affiliated researcher. She is recipient of the 2021 European Research Council Starting Grant with a project on Janus 2D materials (JANUS BI) and of a 2025 ERC POC grant on piezoresistive sensors based on 2D materials (HYSENS). With her team, she works on the synthesis and characterization of novel low-dimensional systems for use in energy-related and (opto)electronic applications, with major focus on sustainability. She is associate editor of the Springer Nature journal npj 2D Materials and Applications.
Layered materials have many potentials for use in applications requiring (semi)conducting behavior, coupled to anisotropy or preferential orientations. In our group, we try to incorporate them into energy devices of different types, ranging from solar and photoelectrochemical cells up to energy-storage and piezoresistive systems. In general, we choose to resort to highly scalable methods for their production and their processing, mostly solution-based, through the preparation of inks that can undergo further chemical processes or be deposited via spin/spray/dip-coating. In this talk, we will give a collective view of some of the recent projects we are carrying on: we will talk about lead-free 2D perovskites and their application in solar cells, we will discuss some uses of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides in electrochemical capacitors and bio-compatible piezoresistive pressure sensors and we will show results in use of layered species in photoelectrochemical applications.
Prof. Dr. Teresa Gatti: is Full Professor of Chemistry for Applied Technologies at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. She was a previous Group Leader at the Center for Materials Research of the Justus Liebig University Giessen (Germany), where she maintains the permanent role of affiliated researcher. She is recipient of the 2021 European Research Council Starting Grant with a project on Janus 2D materials (JANUS BI) and of a 2025 ERC POC grant on piezoresistive sensors based on 2D materials (HYSENS). With her team, she works on the synthesis and characterization of novel low-dimensional systems for use in energy-related and (opto)electronic applications, with major focus on sustainability. She is associate editor of the Springer Nature journal npj 2D Materials and Applications.
