Dr. Vito Sgobba

PhD Thesis:

Dye Sensitized Solar cells: synthesis and applications of a novel sensitizer and pentacene as hole conductor material

Field of Research:

Synthesis, characterization, and assembly of hybrid (organic/inorganic) nanostructured materials for novel type of photovoltaic and water splitting devices.

Refereed Publications

(1) Palladium(II) and bidentate phosphine-catalyzed selective synthesis of N-aryl-2-pyrrolidinones via cyclocarbonylative coupling of 2-aminophenol and 2-aminothiophenol. L. Longo, G. Mele, G. Ciccarella, V. Sgobba, B. El Ali, G. Vasapollo, Appl. Organometall. Chem. 2002, 16, 537.

(2) CNT – CdTe Versatile Donor-Acceptor Nanohybrids. D.M. Guldi, G.M.A. Rahman, V. Sgobba, S. Campidelli, D. Bonifazi, N.A. Kotov, M. Prato, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2315.

(3) Multifunctional Molecular Carbon Materials – from Fullerenes to Carbon Nanotubes. D.M. Guldi, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, V. Sgobba, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2006, 35, 471.

(4) Synthesis of a molecularly imprinted polymer for dioxin. C. Malitesta, R. A. Picca, G. Ciccarella, V. Sgobba, M. Brattoli, Sensors 2006, 6, 915.

(5) Supramolecular Assemblies of Different Carbon Nanotubes for Photoconversion Processes. V. Sgobba, G.M.A. Rahman, D.M. Guldi, S. Campidelli, M. Prato, Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 2264.

(6) Synthesis and Characterization of Positively Capped CdTe Quantum Wires that Exhibit Strong Luminescence in Aqueous Media. V. Sgobba, C. Schulz-Drost, D.M. Guldi, Chem. Commun. 2007, 565.

(7) Growth and Characterization of Films containing Fullerenes and Water Soluble Porphyrins for Solar Energy Conversion Applications. V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, S. Conoci, S. Casilli, G. Ricciardi, D.M. Guldi, M. Prato, L. Valli, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3148.

(8) Langmuir-Blodgett films of cationic zinc porphyrin-imidazole functionalized fullerene dyad: Formation and photoelectrochemical studies. R. Marczak, V. Sgobba, W. Kutner, S. Gadde, F. D’Souza, D. M. Guldi, Langmuir 2007, 23, 1917.

(9) Synthesis, Characterization and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanohorns. C. Cioffi, S. Campidelli, C. Sooambar, M. Marcaccio, G. Marcolongo, M. Meneghetti, D. Paolucci, F. Paolucci, C. Ehli, G.M.A. Rahman, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, M. Prato, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3938.

(10) Zero- versus One-Dimensional Water-Soluble CdTe Nanocrystals-Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization. C. Schulz-Drost, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 9694.

(11) Carbon Nanotubes as Integrative Materials for Organic Photovoltaic Devices. V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, J. Mater. Chem. 2008, 153.

(12) Improving Photocurrent Generation – Supramolecularly and Covalently Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes-Polymer / Porphyrin Donor-Acceptor Nanohybrid. G.M.A. Rahman, A. Troeger, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, N. Jux, M.N. Tchoul, W.T. Ford, A. Mateo-Alonso, M. Prato, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 8837.

(13) Facile Decoration of Functionalized Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Phthalocyanines via “Click Chemistry. S. Campidelli, B. Ballesteros, A. Filoramo, D.D. Díaz, G. de la Torre, T. Torres, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, D. Kiessling, F. Werner, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, C. Cioffi, M. Prato, J.-P. Bourgoin, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11503.

(14) Conjugating Luminescent CdTe Quantum Dots with Biomolecules. C. Gerhards, C. Schulz-Drost, V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 14482.

(15) Carbon Nanotubes – Electronic / Electrochemical Properties and Application for Nanoelectronics and Photonics. V. Sgobba, D.M. Guldi, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 165.

(16) A Carbon Nano-Onion-Ferrocene Donor-Acceptor System: Synthesis, Characterization and Properties. C. T. Cioffi, A. Palkar, F. Melin, A. Kumbhar, L. Echegoyen, M. Melle-Franco, F. Zerbetto, G. M. A. Rahman, C. Ehli, V. Sgobba, D. M. Guldi and M. Prato, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 4419.

(17) Electrostatic LbL construction and characterization of photoelectrochemical solar cells based on water soluble polythiophenes and carbon nanotubes. V. Sgobba, A. Troeger, R. Cagnoli, A. Mateo-Alonso, M. Prato, L. Schenetti and Dirk M. Guldi, J. Mat. Chem. 2009, 19, 4319.

(18) Implementation of redox gradients in hydrogen bonded complexes containing N,N-dimethylaniline, flavin and fullerene derivatives. M. Murakami, K. Ohkubo, T. Hasobe, V. Sgobba, D. M. Guldi, F. Wessendorf, A. Hirsch, S. Fukuzumi, J. Mat. Chem. 2010, 20, 1457.

(19) Aligning Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes By Means Of Langmuir–Blodgett Film Deposition: Optical, Morphological, and Photo-electrochemical Studies. V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, A. Ruland, L. Valli, D. Manno, A. Serra, G. M. Farinola, O. H. Omar, D. M. Guldi, Adv. Funct. Mat. 2010, 20, 2481.

(20) Innovative Inorganic Organic Nanohybrid Materials – Coupling Quantum Dots to Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes. C. Schulz-Drost, V. Sgobba, C. Gerhards, S. Leubner, R. M. Krick Calderon, A. Ruland and D. M. Guldi, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 6425.

(21) Carbon nanostructures for solar energy conversion schemes. D. M. Guldi, V. Sgobba, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 606.

Unrefereed Publications

Invited Book Chapters

(1) Covalent and Non-Covalent Approaches Towards Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Materials. V. Sgobba, G.M.A. Rahman, C. Ehli, D.M. Guldi, In Fullerenes, F. Langa de la Puente, J. F. Nierengarten, Eds. RSC Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Series; Cambridge, United Kingdom 2007, 329-379.

(2) Carbon Nanotubes in Electron Donor-Acceptor Nanocomposites. V. Sgobba, G.M.A. Rahman, D.M. Guldi, In Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes, V. Basiuk, Ed. American Scientific Publishers; 2007, 109-147.

(3) Ground and Excited State Charge Transfer and its Implications. D.M. Guldi, V. Sgobba In Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures, D.M. Guldi, N. Martin, Eds. Wiley.VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2009, 233-289.

Others

(1) Non Covalent Assemblies for Solar Energy Conversion. V. Sgobba, C. Ehli, G. M. A. Rahman, D. M. Guldi, Proceedings of 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 2005, 62.

(2) Electrostatic LbL construction and characterization of photoelectrochemical solar cells based on water soluble polythiophenes and carbon nanotubes. V. Sgobba, A. Troeger, R. Cagnoli, A. Mateo-Alonso, M. Prato, F. Parenti, A. Mucci, L. Schenetti, D. M. Guldi, PMSE Preprints 2009, 101, 1653.

(3) Aligned single-wall carbon nanotube films by means of Langmuir-Blodgett deposition: optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies. V. Sgobba, G. Giancane, A. Ruland, L. Valli, D. Manno, A. Serra, G. M. Farinola, O. H. Omar, D. M. Guldi, PMSE Preprints 2010, 00, 0000.

(4) Perspectives on electrochemical insertion of lithium in carbon nanotubes. V. Sgobba, D. M. Guldi, Electroch. Soc. Interf. 2010, 19, 50.

Invited Lectures and Addresses

2005
21-25 September; 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Barcelona, Spain
"Non Covalent Assemblies for Solar Energy Conversion"

2006
20-23. June; Rennes-Erlangen Symposium of Chemistry, Rennes, France
"Integrating SWNT into Donor Acceptor nanohybrids"

2009
4 March; Joint Winter School of ‘Nanoelectronic Materials’ and ‘Catalytic Materials’, Kirchberg, Tyrol, Austria;
"Carbon nanotubes based nanohybrids for solar energy conversion"

20 August; American Chemical Society Falls 2009 National Meeting and Exposition, Washington DC, USA
"Nanostructured and Photoelectrochemical Systems for Solar Photon Conversion"

8 October; International Conference on Carbon Nanostructured Materials, Cnano 2009, Santorini, Greece
"Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysics of Carbon Nanostructure Hybrids for Solar Energy Conversion"

2010
18 March; Joint Winter School of ‘Nanoelectronic Materials’ and ‘Catalytic Materials’, Kirchberg, Tyrol, Austria;
"Aligning single-wall carbon nanotubes by means of Langmuir - Blodgett film deposition – optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies"

21 March; American Chemical Society Spring 2010 National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, USA
"Aligning SWCNT by means of Langmuir - Blodgett film deposition – optical, morphological and photoelectrochemical studies"

28 May; Annual ICMM Workshop, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein, ICMM
"CdTe nanocrystals as photoactive materials for solar energy conversion devices"

1 September; 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress, Nürnberg
“CdTe nanocrystal based devices for photocurrent generation”