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Giorgio Divitini

Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator
Electron Spectroscopy and Nanoscopy
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Giorgio Divitini received a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Physics from the Universita' degli Studi di Milano in Milan, and a PhD in Materials Science at the University of Cambridge (UK). He was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy for four years before taking on a position as Advanced TEM Officer in the same institution, working in the largest electron microscopy facility for physical sciences in Cambridge. In the summer of 2021 he moved to IIT to start a group dedicated to the advancement of electron microscopy and its applications.

Giorgio is passionate about pushing the boundaries of characterisation at the nanoscale, employing new detectors, new acquisition protocols and new data analysis approaches for electron microscopy and related techniques. His past work includes a variety of analytical techniques, including electron tomography, EDX and EEL spectroscopy, cryo-EM and in situ characterisation. Applications-wise, he has mostly worked on materials and devices relevant for energy, such as solar cells, LEDs and battery materials.

Education

Title: PhD in Materials Science
Institute: University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Country: UK
From: 2009 To: 2012

Title: Master's degree in Physics
Institute: Università degli Studi di Milano
Location: Milan
Country: Italy
From: 2006 To: 2008

Experience External

Title: Advanced TEM Application Specialist
Institute: University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Country: UK
From: 2016 To: 2021

Title: Post-doctoral research associate
Institute: University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Country: UK
From: 2012 To: 2016

Top Publications
2020
Doherty T.A.S., Winchester A.J., Macpherson S., Johnstone D.N., Pareek V., Tennyson E.M., Kosar S., Kosasih F.U., Anaya M., Abdi-Jalebi M., Andaji-Garmaroudi Z., Wong E.L., Madeo J., Chiang Y.-H., Park J.-S., Jung Y.-K., Petoukhoff C.E., Divitini G., Man M.K.L., Ducati C., Walsh A., Midgley P.A., Dani K.M., Stranks S.D.
Performance-limiting nanoscale trap clusters at grain junctions in halide perovskites
Nature, vol. 580, (no. 7803), pp. 360-366
2018
Tian T., Zeng Z., Vulpe D., Casco M.E., Divitini G., Midgley P.A., Silvestre-Albero J., Tan J.-C., Moghadam P.Z., Fairen-Jimenez D.
A sol-gel monolithic metal-organic framework with enhanced methane uptake
Nature Materials, vol. 17, (no. 2), pp. 174-179
2018
Abdi-Jalebi M., Andaji-Garmaroudi Z., Cacovich S., Stavrakas C., Philippe B., Richter J.M., Alsari M., Booker E.P., Hutter E.M., Pearson A.J., Lilliu S., Savenije T.J., Rensmo H., Divitini G., Ducati C., Friend R.H., Stranks S.D.
Maximizing and stabilizing luminescence from halide perovskites with potassium passivation
Nature, vol. 555, (no. 7697), pp. 497-501
2018
Cacovich S., Matteocci F., Abdi-Jalebi M., Stranks S.D., Di Carlo A., Ducati C., Divitini G.
Unveiling the Chemical Composition of Halide Perovskite Films Using Multivariate Statistical Analyses
ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol. 1, (no. 12), pp. 7174-7181
2016
Divitini G., Cacovich S., Matteocci F., Cina L., Di Carlo A., Ducati C.
In situ observation of heat-induced degradation of perovskite solar cells
Nature Energy, vol. 1, (no. 1)
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2023
Orsborne S.R.E., Gorman J., Weiss L.R., Sridhar A., Panjwani N.A., Divitini G., Budden P., Palecek D., Ryan S.T.J., Rao A., Collepardo-Guevara R., El-Sagheer A.H., Brown T., Behrends J., Friend R.H., Auras F.
Erratum: Photogeneration of Spin Quintet Triplet-Triplet Excitations in DNA-Assembled Pentacene Stacks (J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2023) 145:9 (5431−5438) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13743)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 145, (no. 14)
Erratum Journal
2023
Orsborne S.R.E., Gorman J., Weiss L.R., Sridhar A., Panjwani N.A., Divitini G., Budden P., Palecek D., Ryan S.T.J., Rao A., Collepardo-Guevara R., El-Sagheer A.H., Brown T., Behrends J., Friend R.H., Auras F.
Photogeneration of Spin Quintet Triplet-Triplet Excitations in DNA-Assembled Pentacene Stacks
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 145, (no. 9), pp. 5431-5438
Article Journal
2023
Lomonosov V., Wayman T.M.R., Hopper E.R., Ivanov Y.P., Divitini G., Ringe E.
Plasmonic magnesium nanoparticles decorated with palladium catalyze thermal and light-driven hydrogenation of acetylene
Nanoscale
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2023
Kosasih F.U., Di Giacomo F., Ferrer Orri J., Li K., Tennyson E.M., Li W., Matteocci F., Kusch G., Oliver R.A., MacManus-Driscoll J.L., Moore K.L., Stranks S.D., Di Carlo A., Divitini G., Ducati C.
Sodium Diffuses from Glass Substrates through P1 Lines and Passivates Defects in Perovskite Solar Modules
Energy and Environmental Materials
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2023
Najafli E., Ratso S., Ivanov Y.P., Gatalo M., Pavko L., Yoruk C.R., Walke P., Divitini G., Hodnik N., Kruusenberg I.
Sustainable CO2-Derived Nanoscale Carbon Support to a Platinum Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
ACS Applied Nano Materials
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