Alexander Carl
Education:
Worcester State University, B.S. Chemistry, 2015
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Chemistry, 2020
Alex completed his B.S. in Chemistry at Worcester State University where he studied organometallic chemistry with Jeremy R. Andreatta Ph.D. The focus of his research was on Lewis acid-base binding of pyridine to boryl-functionalized metallocenes for the purpose of C-H activation. His current studies at WPI are on the passivation and secondary functionalization of Si(111) surfaces. Secondary functionalizions include moieties which would promote interfacial adhesion and efficient charge carrier transport in tandem-junction configurations.
Office Location
Gateway Park 2238
Contact
Phone:
774-364-5274
Research Lab
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Surface Science
Solar Energy
X-ray
Photoelectron
Spectroscopy
Surface Chemistry
Photovoltaics
Semiconductors
Scholarly Work
Scholarly Work:
Zhang, X.; Desrochers, S. J.; Carl, A. D.; Geagea, N.; Zielinski, K.; Emmert, M. H.* Low Temperature Dehydrations of Non-Activated Alcohols via Halide Catalysis, Org. Chem. Frontiers 2016, in print.
Quantification of Surface Reactivity and Step-Selective Etching Chemistry on Single-Crystal BiOI(001). Julia L Martin, Roy Stoflet, Alexander D. Carl, Katarina Himmelberger, Sergio Granados-Focil, and Ronald L. Grimm Langmuir, 2020, XXX, XXXX-XXXX.
Open-Circuit Photovoltage Exceeding 950 mV with an 840 mV Average at Sb2S3–Thianthrene+/0 Junctions Enabled by Thioperylene Anhydride Back Contacts. Curtis W. Doiron, Nicholas A. Fitzpatrick, Clare P. Masucci, Julia L. Martin, Alexander D. Carl, Ronald G
High Performance Lead-Free Solar Cells Based on Tin-Halide Perovskite Thin Films Functionalized by a Divalent Organic Cation. Min Chen, Qingshun Dong, Felix T. Eickemeyer, Yuhang Liu, Zhenghong Dai, Alexander D. Carl, Behzad Bahrami, Ashraful Chowdhury
The Effect of Corrosion on Conventional and Nanomaterial Copper Cold Spray Surfaces for Antimicrobial Applications.Kristin Sundberg, Yanggang Wang, Brajendra Mishra, Alexander D. Carl, Ronald L. Grimm, Alino Te, Lindsay Lozeau, Bryer Sousa, Richard Sisson
Dual Liquid Junction Photoelectrochemistry: Part II. Open-Circuit Photovoltage Variations Due to Surface Chemistry, Interfacial Dipoles, and non-Ohmic Junctions at Back Contacts. Margaret A. Russell, Roghi E. Kalan, Anthony J. Pugliese, Alexander Carl
ZSM-5 Decrystallization and Dealumination in Hot Liquid Water. Alex R. Maag, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Jason Tam, Cheen Aik Ang, Gisele Azimi, Alexander D. Carl, Xinlei Huang, Luis J. Smith, Ronald L. Grimm, Jesse Q. Bond and Michael T. Timko
The Balancing Light Absorption and Charge Transport in Vertical SnS2 Nanoflake Photoanodes with Stepped Layers and Large Intrinsic Mobility. Binod Giri, Maryam Masroor, Tao Yan, Kateryna Kushnir, Alexander D. Carl, Curtis Doiron, Haochuan Zhang
Covalent Attachment and Characterization of Perylene Monolayers on Si(111) and TiO2 for Electron-Selective Carrier Transport. Alexander D. Carl and Ronald L. Grimm
The Stability and Oxidation of Supported Atomic-Size Catalysts in Reactive Environments. Satish Kumar Iyemperumal, Thomas G. Fenton, Samantha L. Gillingham, Alexander D. Carl, Ronald L. Grimm, Gonghu Li, and N. Aaron Deskins
Detection of Adsorbates on Emissive MOF Surfaces with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Jingjing Yan, Alexander D. Carl, Alex R. Maag, John C. MacDonald, Peter Mueller, Ronald L. Grimm, and Shawn C. Burdette
Highly Stable and Efficient All-inorganic Lead-free Perovskite Solar Cells with Native-oxide Passivation Min Chen, Ming-Gang Ju, Hector F. Garces, Alexander D. Carl, Luis K. Ono, Zafer Hawash, Yi Zhang, Tianyi Shen, Yabing Qi, Ronald L. Grimm
Selective CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Single Cobalt Sites on Carbon Nitride under Visible-light Irradiation. Peipei Huang, Jiahao Huang, Sebastian Pantovich, Alexander D. Carl, Thomas Fenton, Christine A. Caputo, Ronald L. Grimm, Anatoly I. Frenkel
Synergy between Defects, Photoexcited Electrons, and Supported Single Atom Catalysts for CO2 Reduction. Junbo Chen, Satish Kumar Iyemperumal, Thomas Fenton, Alexander D. Carl, Ronald L. Grimm, Gonghu Li, and Nathaniel Aaron Deskins
Elucidation of Chemical Species and Reactivity at Methylammonium Lead Iodide and Cesium Tin Bromide Perovskite Surfaces via Orthogonal Reaction Chemistry. Weiran Gao, Kenneth Zielinski, Benjamin N. Drury, Alexander D. Carl, and Ronald L. Grimm
Cesium Titanium(IV) Bromide Thin Films Based Stable Lead-free Perovskite Solar Cells. Chen, M.; Ju, M.-G.; Carl, A. D.; Zong, Y.; Grimm, R. L.; Gu, J.; Zeng, X. C.; Zhou, Y.; Padture, N. P.
Enhancing the Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency of Solution-Deposited Bi2S3 Thin Films by Annealing in Sulfur Vapor at Elevated Temperature Zhu, Z.; Iyemperumal, S. K.; Kushnir, K.; Carl, A. D.; Zhou, L.; Brodeur, D.; Grimm, R.; Titova, L.; Deskins
Synthesis and Characterization of Alkylamine-Functionalized Si(111) for Perovskite Adhesion With Minimal Interfacial Oxidation or Electronic Defects Carl, A. D.; Kalan, R. E.; Obayemi, J. D.; Zebaze Kana, M. G.; Soboyejo, W. O.; Grimm, R. L.
Low temperature dehydrations of non-activated alcohols via halide catalysis Zhang, X.; Desrochers, S. J.; Carl, A. D.; Geagea, N.; Zielinski, K.; Emmert, M. H.