Samrana Kazim

Ikerbasque Research Fellow, BCMaterials

Ikerbasque Research Fellow at BCMaterials.

Research line:

Semiconductor quantum dots and plasmonic nanoparticle based inks for optoelectronics and bio-sensing applications; Optical, photo-physical and charge transport properties of nanostructured semiconductors.

UNESCO/IUPAC fellowship for postgraduate polymer course in Prague, Czech Republic (2008). Member of the society of semiconductor devices (SSD), the International Society of electrochemistry (ISE) since 2011 and the Electrochemical society (ECS) since 2014.

Previous research experience at Abengoa Research (Seville, Spain), Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry - Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic (Prague, Czech Republic), IIT - Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur, India) and Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi, India).

Ph.D. in Chemistry (2008) at the Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), Delhi, India.

Publicaciones
Congresos y Proceedings

2023

Article / Amplifying the Performance and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Fluorinated Salt as the Surface Passivator

Energy Technology

Ghaderian, A.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Ahmad, S.; Kazim, S.

Article / Interface tweaking of perovskite solar cells with carbon nitride-based 2D materials

Nano Energy

Hemasiri, N.H.; Ashraf, M.; Kazim, S.; Graf, R.; Berger, R.; Ullah, N.; Tahir, M.N.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Probing proton diffusion as a guide to environmental stability in powder-engineered FAPbI3 and CsFAPbI3 perovskites

Cell Reports Physical Science

Haris, M.P.U.; Xia, J.; Kazim, S.; Molenda, Z.; Hirsch, L.; Buffeteau, T.; Bassani, D.M.; Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Uncovering the Role of Electronic Doping in Lead-free Perovskite (CH3NH3)2CuCl4-xBrx and Solar Cells Fabrication

ChemSusChem

Gassara, M.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Kazim, S.; Costantino, F.; Naïli, H.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Fluorinated- and non-fluorinated-diarylamine-Zn(ii) and Cu(ii) phthalocyanines as symmetrical vs. asymmetrical hole selective materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Hernández, A.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Kazim, S.; Ortiz, J.; Ahmad, S.; Sastre-Santos, Á.

2022

Chapter / Advances in 4D Printing of Shape-Memory Materials: Current Status and Developments

Springer-Nature

M. R. Maurya, K. K. Sadasivuni, S. Kazim, J. V. S. K. V. Kalyani, J.-J. Cabibihan, S. Ahmad

Article / The impact of fluorine atoms on a triphenylamine-based dopant-free hole-selective layer for perovskite solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Ghaderian, A.; Pegu, M.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Huang, P.; Ahmad, S.; Kazim, S.

Article / Predicting Perovskite Bandgap and Solar Cell Performance with Machine Learning

Solar RRL

Gok, E.C.; Yildirim, M.O.; Haris, M.P.U.; Eren, E.; Pegu, M.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Huang, P.; Kazim, S.; Uygun Oksuz, A.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Substituents interplay in piperidinyl-perylenediimide as dopant-free hole-selective layer for perovskite solar cells fabrication

Emergent Materials

Payno, D.; Salado, M.; Andresini, M.; Gutiérrez-Moreno, D.; Huang, P.; Ciriaco, F.; Kazim, S.; Sastre-Santos, Á.; Fernández-Lázaro, F.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Molecular Interface Engineering via Triazatruxene-Based Moieties/NiOx as Hole-Selective Bilayers in Perovskite Solar Cells for Reliability

Solar RRL

Hemasiri, N.H.; Caliò, L.; Pegu, M.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Leverage of Pyridine Isomer on Phenothiazine Core: Organic Semiconductors as Selective Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Huang, P.; Manju, ; Kazim, S.; Lezama, L.; Misra, R.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Reducing the Trap Density in MAPbI3 Based Perovskite Solar Cells via Bromide Substitution

ChemPlusChem

Pegu, M.; Ghaderian, A.; Ahmad, S.; Kazim, S.

Article / Microstrain and Urbach Energy Relaxation in FAPbI3-Based Solar Cells through Powder Engineering and Perfluoroalkyl Phosphate Ionic Liquid Additives

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Haris, M.P.U.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Review of technology specific degradation in crystalline silicon, cadmium telluride, copper indium gallium selenide, dye sensitised, organic and perovskite solar cells in photovoltaic modules: Understanding how reliability improvements in mature technolog

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Kettle, J.; Aghaei, M.; Ahmad, S.; Fairbrother, A.; Irvine, S.; Jacobsson, J.J.; Kazim, S.; Kazukauskas, V.; Lamb, D.; Lobato, K.; Mousdis, G.A.; Oreski, G.; Reinders, A.; Schmitz, J.; Yilmaz, P.; Theelen, M.J.

Article / Structural and photophysical investigation of single-source evaporation of CsFAPbI3 and FAPbI3 perovskite thin films

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Klipfel, N.; Haris, M.P.U.; Kazim, S.; Sutanto, A.A.; Shibayama, N.; Kanda, H.; Asiri, A.M.; Momblona, C.; Ahmad, S.; Nazeeruddin, M.K.

Article / Dimers of diethynyl-conjugated zinc-phthalocyanine as hole selective layers for perovskite solar cell fabrication

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Pegu, M.; Molina, D.; Álvaro-Martins, M.J.; Castillo, M.; Ferrer, L.; Huang, P.; Kazim, S.; Sastre-Santos, Á.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Impact of Polymeric Hole-Selective Layers on Chemical Inductance in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells

Energy Technology

Dhifaoui, H.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Mehdi, H.; Bouazizi, A.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Automated Machine Learning Approach in Material Discovery of Hole Selective Layers for Perovskite Solar Cells

Energy Technology

Yildirim, M.O.; Gok Yildirim, E.C.; Eren, E.; Huang, P.; Haris, M.P.U.; Kazim, S.; Vanschoren, J.; Uygun Oksuz, A.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Interface engineering of a hole-transport layer/perovskite with low-band-gap 2D-carbon nitrides for solar cell fabrication

Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Ashraf, M.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Kazim, S.; Ullah, N.; Khan, M.; Adewale Ganiyu, S.; R. Alhooshani, K.; Tahir, M.N.; Ahmad, S.

Review / Strategic factors to design the next generation of molecular water oxidation catalysts: Lesson learned from ruthenium complexes

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Ghaderian, A.; Kazim, S.; Khaja Nazeeruddin, M.; Ahmad, S.

Review / Review of degradation and failure phenomena in photovoltaic modules

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Aghaei, M.; Fairbrother, A.; Gok, A.; Ahmad, S.; Kazim, S.; Lobato, K.; Oreski, G.; Reinders, A.; Schmitz, J.; Theelen, M.; Yilmaz, P.; Kettle, J.

Review / The versatility of polymers in perovskite solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Ghaderian, A.; Heiran, R.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

2021

Book / Perovskite Solar Cells: Materials, Processes, and Devices

Wiley‐VCH GmbH

Shahzada Ahmad, Samrana Kazim, Michael Grätzel,

Chapter / Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite Solar Cells: Materials, Processes, and Devices

M. Pegu, S. Ahmad, S. Kazim

Chapter / Charge Carrier Dynamics in Perovskite Solar Cells

Perovskite Solar Cells: Materials, Processes, and Devices

M. T. Khan, A. Almohammedi, S. Kazim, S. Ahmad

Article / Impact of cation substitution in all solution-processed Cu2(Cd, Zn)SnS4superstrate solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Payno, D.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Decoding the charge carrier dynamics in triple cation-based perovskite solar cells

Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Khan, M.T.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / An Approach to Quantify the Negative Capacitance Features in a Triple-Cation based Perovskite Solar Cells

Advanced Materials Interfaces

Dhifaoui, H.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Aloui, W.; Bouazizi, A.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Interfacial modification of perovskite solar cells via Cs2CO3: Computational and experimental approach

Solar Energy

Raoui, Y.; Pegu, M.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Deciphering the Orientation of the Aromatic Spacer Cation in Bilayer Perovskite Solar Cells through Spectroscopic Techniques

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Pegu, M.; Kazim, S.; Buffeteau, T.; Bassani, D.M.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Asymmetrically Substituted Phthalocyanines as Dopant-Free Hole Selective Layers for Reliability in Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Energy Materials

Huang, P.; Hernández, A.; Kazim, S.; Follana-Berná, J.; Ortiz, J.; Lezama, L.; Sastre-Santos, Á.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Harnessing the potential of lead-free Sn-Ge based perovskite solar cells by unlocking the recombination channels

Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Raoui, Y.; Kazim, S.; Galagan, Y.; Ez-Zahraouy, H.; Ahmad, S.

Article / 1T-Rich 2D-WS2as an interfacial agent to escalate photo-induced charge transfer dynamics in dopant-free perovskite solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Harindu Hemasiri, N.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Sulfurization temperature effects on crystallization and performance of superstrate CZTS solar cells

Solar Energy

Payno, D.; Kazim, S.; Salado, M.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Tailoring of a Phenothiazine Core for Electrical Conductivity and Thermal Stability: Hole-Selective Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Huang, P.; Manju, ; Kazim, S.; Lezama, L.; Misra, R.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Protocol for deciphering the electrical parameters of perovskite solar cells using immittance spectroscopy

STAR Protocols

Khan, M.T.; Huang, P.; Almohammedi, A.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Tetra-indole core as a dual agent: A hole selective layer that passivates defects in perovskite solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Pegu, M.; Kazim, S.; Huang, P.; Lezama, L.; Ahmad, S.

Article / A Machine Learning Approach for Metal Oxide Based Polymer Composites as Charge Selective Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells

ChemPlusChem

Yildirim, M.O.; Gok, E.C.; Hemasiri, N.H.; Eren, E.; Kazim, S.; Oksuz, A.U.; Ahmad, S.

Article / N-Bromosuccinimide as an Interfacial Alleviator for Br/I Exchange in Perovskite for Solar Cell Fabrication

ACS Applied Energy Materials

Pegu, M.; Kazim, S.; Buffeteau, T.; Bassani, D.M.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Substance and shadow of formamidinium lead triiodide based solar cells

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Haris, M.P.U.; Kazim, S.; Pegu, M.; Deepa, M.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Low-Temperature-Processed Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated from Presynthesized CsFAPbI3Powder

ACS Applied Energy Materials

Haris, M.P.U.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Energy level engineering of charge selective contact and halide perovskite by modulating band offset: Mechanistic insights

Journal of Energy Chemistry

Raoui, Y.; Ez-Zahraouy, H.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Mechanistic origin and unlocking of negative capacitance in perovskites solar cells

iScience

Khan, M.T.; Huang, P.; Almohammedi, A.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Unravelling the theoretical window to fabricate high performance inorganic perovskite solar cells

Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Raoui, Y.; Ez-Zahraouy, H.; Ahmad, S.; Kazim, S.

2020

Article / Molecularly engineered thienyl-triphenylamine substituted zinc phthalocyanine as dopant free hole transporting materials in perovskite solar cells

Sustainable Energy and Fuels

Huang, P.; Hernández, A.; Kazim, S.; Ortiz, J.; Sastre-Santos, Á.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Reduced trap density and mitigating the interfacial losses by placing 2D dichalcogenide material at perovskite/HTM interface in a dopant free perovskite solar cells

Nano Energy

Hemasiri, N.H.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Tuning of MEH-PPV electro-optical properties by incorporation of benzylidene-malononitrile-based small organic molecules

Emergent Materials

Dhifaoui, H.; Pegu, M.; Aloui, W.; Bouazizi, A.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Partial substitution of the CdS buffer layer with interplay of fullerenes in kesterite solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Payno, D.; Sánchez, Y.; Blázquez, O.; Giraldo, S.; Salado, M.; Kazim, S.; Saucedo, E.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Pyridine Bridging Diphenylamine-Carbazole with Linking Topology as Rational Hole Transporter for Perovskite Solar Cells Fabrication

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Huang, P.; Manju, ; Kazim, S.; Sivakumar, G.; Salado, M.; Misra, R.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Electrical Methods to Elucidate Charge Transport in Hybrid Perovskites Thin Films and Devices

Chemical Record

Taukeer Khan, M.; Almohammedi, A.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Dibenzo-tetraphenyl diindeno perylene as hole transport layer for high-bandgap perovskite solar cells

Emergent Materials

Pegu, M.; Caliò, L.; Ahmadpour, M.; Rubahn, H.G.; Kazim, S.; Madsen, M.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Interface Engineering by Thiazolium Iodide Passivation Towards Reduced Thermal Diffusion and Performance Improvement in Perovskite Solar Cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Salado, M.; Andresini, M.; Huang, P.; Khan, M.T.; Ciriaco, F.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Polymer Amplification to Improve Performance and Stability toward Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells Fabrication

Energy Technology

Nikbakht, H.; Shalan, A.E.; Salado, M.; Assadi, A.; Boroojerdian, P.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Elucidating the Doping Mechanism in Fluorene-Dithiophene-Based Hole Selective Layer Employing Ultrahydrophobic Ionic Liquid Dopant

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Harindu Hemasiri, N.; Kazim, S.; Calio, L.; Paek, S.; Salado, M.; Pozzi, G.; Lezama, L.; Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Ahmad, S.

Article / UV-Selective Optically Transparent Zn(O,S)-Based Solar Cells

Solar RRL

Lopez-Garcia, A.J.; Bauer, A.; Fonoll Rubio, R.; Payno, D.; Jehl Li-Kao, Z.; Kazim, S.; Hariskos, D.; Izquierdo-Roca, V.; Saucedo, E.; Pérez-Rodríguez, A.

Review / Understanding and harnessing the potential of layered perovskite-based absorbers for solar cells

Emergent Materials

Pegu, M.; Haris, M.P.U.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

2019

Article / Toward Phase Stability: Dion-Jacobson Layered Perovskite for Solar Cells

ACS Energy Letters

Huang, P.; Kazim, S.; Wang, M.; Ahmad, S.

Article / Performance analysis of MAPbI3 based perovskite solar cells employing diverse charge selective contacts: Simulation study

Solar Energy

Raoui, Y.; Ez-Zahraouy, H.; Tahiri, N.; El Bounagui, O.; Ahmad, S.; Kazim, S.

Article / Elucidating the Impact of Charge Selective Contact in Halide Perovskite through Impedance Spectroscopy

Advanced Materials Interfaces

Khan, M.T.; Salado, M.; Almohammedi, A.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

Note / Appraisement of Crystal Expansion in CH3NH3PbI3 on Doping: Improved Photovoltaic Properties

ChemSusChem

Salado, M.; Kazim, S.; Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Ahmad, S.

Note / Appraisement of Crystal Expansion in CH3NH3PbI3 on Doping: Improved Photovoltaic Properties

ChemSusChem

Salado, M.; Kazim, S.; Nazeeruddin, M.K.; Ahmad, S.

Review / Lead-Free Perovskites: Metals Substitution towards Environmentally Benign Solar Cell Fabrication

ChemSusChem

Shalan, A.E.; Kazim, S.; Ahmad, S.

2022

Poster presentation | 2D TMDs: As interfacial layers to promote photo-induced charge transfer dynamics in perovskite solar cells

Synthetic 2D Materials, Summer School 2022, Collaborative Research Centre (CRC), Dresden, Germany. - Poster presentation

Naveen H. Hemasiri, S. Kazim, S. Ahmad

Poster presentation | Mitigating Structural and Electronic Disorders in Formamidinium Lead Triiodide Perovskite Solar Cells

23rd International Conference on Photochemical Conversion & Storage of Solar Energy July, 2022, Switzerland - Poster presentation

M.P.U.Haris, S. Kazim, S. Ahmad

2021

Invited talk | Designing of molecular semiconductors for optoelectronics applications

B&B 2021: BCMaterials – University of Bordeaux symposium on bilateral cooperation in advanced materials and applications - Invited talk

Samrana Kazim

Invited talk | Designing of molecular semiconductors for perovskite solar cells

9th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, online conference, - Invited talk

Samrana Kazim

2020

Invited talk | Molecular designing of hole selective layer for perovskite solar cells,

Dyenamo thematic web workshops, - Invited talk

Samrana Kazim

Invited talk | Materials and devices for emerging photovoltaics technology

Chemicals and materials for emerging technology (CHEMAT) e-conference - Invited talk

Samrana Kazim

Invited talk | Designing of Organic semiconductors as hole selective layer for perovskite solar cells

8th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy conference, IRSEC’20 Web Conference - Invited talk

Samrana Kazim

Poster presentation | Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy: A powerful characterization technique for electronic devices

New Materials for a Better Life!: Advanced multifunctional materials and devices, Leioa - Poster presentation

David Payno, Manuel Salado, Samrana Kazim, Shahzada Ahmad

Poster presentation | Designing high efficient eco-friendly lead-free perovskite solar cells: Drift-diffusion Simulation

Advances and Challenges in Tin Halide ASnX3 Perovskites (TinPero). - Poster presentation

Yassine Raoui, Hamid Ez-Zahraouy, Shahzada Ahmad, Samrana Kazim

2019

Invited talk | Rational Design of charge selective contacts for Metal Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference - IEEE Conference (IRSEC) - Invited talk

Samrana kazim