Tom Savenije

Tom Savenije is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology. His research focuses on the optical and electronic properties of novel organic and inorganic semiconductors, particularly metal halide perovskites and conjugated polymers, with applications in photovoltaics, LEDs, and photoelectrochemical cells.

His work emphasizes understanding how material composition and morphology influence charge carrier dynamics. He employs advanced time-resolved techniques such as time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC), transient absorption spectroscopy, and photoluminescence to study charge generation, transport, and recombination processes.

• Photovoltaic Materials
• Charge Carrier Dynamics
• Photo-induced Microwave Conductivity (TRMC)
• Organic Semiconductors
• Perovskite Materials
• Solar Cells

Although no specific articles are listed in the provided texts, his research consistently revolves around the fundamental physics of photoactive materials, particularly using TRMC to probe charge mobility and lifetime in thin films. This technique, which he helped develop during his postdoctoral work at TU Delft, has become widely adopted internationally.

Tom Savenije completed his PhD in 1997 at Wageningen Agricultural University on Artificial Photosynthesis. He held postdoctoral positions at TU Delft in the Inorganic Chemistry and Radiation Chemistry Departments, later becoming an Associate Professor. In 2009/2010, he served as a Visiting Professor in Würzburg, Germany.

He teaches courses such as Chemical Thermodynamics, Chemistry and Physics of Solids, and Energy Transition: Photon Power within the MST and Chemical Engineering programs. He supervises PhD students, including Jasmeen Nespoli, whose project investigates non-radiative recombination in perovskite solar cells in collaboration with AMOLF.

The Savenije Group maintains a comprehensive suite of experimental facilities for material synthesis and characterization, including gloveboxes, spin-coaters, physical vapor deposition, XRD, XPS, TEM, SEM, AFM, UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy, TRMC, transient absorption, Kelvin probe, and Hall measurements.