ABOUT
Dr. Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena is an Associate Professor and the Goizueta Junior Faculty Chair in the School of Materials Science and Engineering and the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained his PhD degree in Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut in 2014. He pursued two postdoctoral fellowships, one at EPFL in Switzerland and another at MIT, where he was awarded a Department of Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship. He joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2019.
His group focuses on understanding the relationship between chemistry, crystallographic structure, and properties of emerging semiconducting materials for the development of optoelectronic devices. Dr. Correa-Baena is developing deposition techniques, such as atomic layer deposition and thermal evaporation, for hybrid organic-inorganic materials with atomic and nanoscale control. His group is also developing advanced characterization methods, including synchrotron-based x-ray scattering and fluorescence, to answer fundamental questions about metastable hybrid materials.
His research program has attracted funding from the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, NASA, industry partners, and foundations, among others. His work has been cited over 38,000 times (h-index of 67) making him a top cited researcher as recognized every year by the Web of Science Group Highly Cited Researchers since 2019 and Nature Index Leading early career researcher in materials science (2019).
PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9tYvKQUAAAAJ&hl=en
- Correa-Baena, J.-P.*; Nienhaus, L.; Kurchin, R. C.; Shin, S. S.; Wieghold, S.; Putri Hartono, N. T.; Layurova, M.; Klein, N. D.; Poindexter, J. R.; Polizzotti, A.; Sun, S.; Bawendi, M. G.; Buonassisi, T., A-Site Cation in Inorganic A3Sb2I9 Perovskite Influences Structural Dimensionality, Exciton Binding Energy, and Solar Cell Performance. Chemistry of Materials 2018, 30 (11), 3734-3742.
- Correa-Baena, J.-P.*; Saliba, M.; Buonassisi, T.; Grätzel, M.; Abate, A.; Tress, W.; Hagfeldt, A., Promises and challenges of perovskite solar cells. Science 2017, 358 (6364), 739-744. Science cover of the 358th edition.
- Correa-Baena, J.-P.*; Tress, W.; Domanski, K.; Anaraki, E. H.; Turren-Cruz, S.-H.; Roose, B.; Boix, P. P.; Gratzel, M.; Saliba, M.; Abate, A.; Hagfeldt, A., Identifying and suppressing interfacial recombination to achieve high open-circuit voltage in perovskite solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science 2017, 10 (5), 1207-1212.
- Correa-Baena, J.-P.*; Abate, A.; Saliba, M.; Tress, W.; Jesper Jacobsson, T.; Gratzel, M.; Hagfeldt, A., The rapid evolution of highly efficient perovskite solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science 2017, 10 (3), 710-727.
- Bella, F.; Griffini, G.; Correa-Baena, J.-P.↵; Saracco, G.; Grätzel, M.; Hagfeldt, A.; Turri, S.; Gerbaldi, C., Improving efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells with photocurable fluoropolymers. Science 2016, 354, 203-206.
- Saliba, M.; Matsui, T.; Domanski, K.; Seo, J.-Y.; Ummadisingu, A.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Correa-Baena, J.-P.; Tress, W. R.; Abate, A.; Hagfeldt, A.; Grätzel, M., Incorporation of rubidium cations into perovskite solar cells improves photovoltaic performance. Science 2016, 354, 206-209.
- Anaraki, E. H.; Kermanpur, A.; Steier, L.; Domanski, K.; Matsui, T.; Tress, W.; Saliba, M.; Abate, A.; Gratzel, M.; Hagfeldt, A.; Correa-Baena, J.-P.*, Highly efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells by solution-processed tin oxide. Energy & Environmental Science 2016, 9 (10), 3128-3134.
- Correa-Baena, J.-P.*; Anaya, M.; Lozano, G.; Tress, W.; Domanski, K.; Saliba, M.; Matsui, T.; Jacobsson, T. J.; Calvo, M. E.; Abate, A.; Grätzel, M.; Miguez, H.; Hagfeldt, A., Unbroken perovskite: interplay of morphology, electro-optical properties and ionic movement. Advanced Materials 2016, 28, 5031.
- Correa-Baena, J.-P.*; Steier, L.; Tress, W.; Saliba, M.; Neutzner, S.; Matsui, T.; Giordano, F.; Jacobsson, T. J.; Srimath Kandada, A. R.; Zakeeruddin, S. M.; Petrozza, A.; Abate, A.; Nazeeruddin, M. K.; Gratzel, M.; Hagfeldt, A., Highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells through band alignment engineering. Energy & Environmental Science 2015, 8 (10), 2928-2934.
- Correa-Baena, J. P.; Agrios, A. G., Transparent Conducting Aerogels of Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014, 6 (21), 19127-19134.
EDUCATION & AWARDS
- Ph.D. Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut - 2014
- M.S. Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut - 2011
- B.S. Management and Engineering for Manufacturing at the University of Connecticut - 2008.
- US Department of Energy, EERE, Postdoctoral fellowship , 2017-18
- Postdoctoral Researcher of the Year ISIC-EFPL, Postdoctoral Award, 2015
- NSF Graduate Fellowship (GK-12), PhD Fellowship, 2011
- NSF EAPSI Fellowship, Research Fellowship, 2011
- Jack E. Stephens National Scholarship, Scholarship, 2006
- UConn Honors Seminar Award, Scholarship, 2005
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Juan-Pablo’s group focuses on the understanding and control of low-cost semiconductor electronic dynamics at the nanoscale, particularly in solar cell and light emitting diode applications.
His group develops advanced deposition and characterization techniques with emphasis on the nanoscale. Low-cost equipment and high throughput materials are at the center of the group’s efforts, as well as synchrotron-based mapping and imaging approaches.
Current projects include:
- high-throughput deposition of halide perovskites with nanoscale control,
- synchrotron-based elemental imaging techniques with nanoscale resolution, and
- development of new materials for improved solar cell performance and long-term durability.