Dr. Asfaw Negash Assegde

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsPhysical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation,Solid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
Keywordssolar cells, surface passivation, stability, polymer materials
Honours and awards

2023: Georg Forster research grant program for postdocs

2021: BOF-BIlateral Scientific cooperation, Hasselt University, Belgium

2015: BOF-BIlateral Scientific cooperation, Hasselt University, Belgium

Current contact address

CountryEthiopia
CityDebre Berhan
InstitutionDebre Berhan University
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefan WeberPhysik der Polymere, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Stefan WeberInstitut für Photovoltaik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2023

Programme(s)

2022Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Hulugirgesh Degefu Weldekirstos, Petros Girma, Abebe Tedla, Newayemedhin Aberra & Asfaw Negash Facile Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2/NiO Composite for Photocatalytic Removal of Organic Pollutant Under Sunlight Irradiation. In: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 236, 2025, 580
2024Asfaw Negash, Jeroen Hustings, Allyson Robert, Zewdneh Genene, Desalegn Yilma, Dieter Schreurs, Michiel Mathijs, Jori Liesenborgs, Frank Van Reeth, Koen Vandewal, Wendimagegn Mammo, Shimelis Admassie, Wouter Maes, Jean V. Manca: Exploring the High-Temperature Window of Operation for Organic Photovoltaics: A Combined Experimental and Simulations Study. In: Advanced functional materials, 24, 2024, 2308666
2024Kidan G Gebremariam, Fekadu G Hone, Asfaw Negash, Zewdneh Genene, Jane Dai, Alemayehu G Waketola, Genene T Mola, Wendimagegn Mammo, Newayemedhin A Tegegne: Self-Assembled Monolayer Engineered ZnO Electron Transport Layer to Improve the Photostability of Organic Solar Cells. In: Energy Fuels, 38, 2024, 13304-13314
2023Asfaw Negash, Said Mohammed, Hulugirgesh Degefu Weldekirstos, Abera D Ambaye, Minbale Gashu: Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye using eco-friendly synthesized rGO@ ZnO nanocomposites. In: Nature scientific Report, 13, 2023, 22234