Michael Krueger
Senior Group Leader
Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) & Freiburg Materials Research Centre (FMF)
University of Freiburg (Germany)
Journal Editor of Hybrid Materials
E-mail: mkrueger@versita.com
Page: http://www.fmf.uni-freiburg.de/~nanoscience
http://versita.com/hybmat
Fields of interest:
Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and nanohybridmaterials and their utilization in applications such as energy harvesting, energy conversion and bioanalytics.
Recent publications:
D. Celik, M. Krüger, C. Veith, H. Schleiermacher, B. Zimmermann, S. Allard, I. Dumsch, U. Scherf, F. Rauscher, P. Niyamakom:
Performance Enhancement of CdSe Nanorod-PCPDTBT Based Hybrid Solar Cells Utilizing a Novel Combination of Postsynthetic Nanoparticle Surface Treatments,
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, Vol. 98, (2012), pp. 433-440.
M. Darbandi, G. Urban and M. Krueger:
Bright Luminescent, Colloidal Stable Silica Coated CdSe/ZnS Nanocomposite by an In Situ, One-Pot Surface Functionalization,
J. Colloid. Interf. Sci., Vol. 365(1), (2012), pp. 41-45.
Y. Yuan, F.-S. Riehle, R. Nitschke and M. Krüger:
Highly photoluminescent and photostable CdSe quantum dot-nylon hybrid composites for efficient light conversion applications,
Mater. Sci. Eng. B-adv. Vol. 177, (2012), pp. 245-250.
Y. Zhou, M. Eck and M. Krüger:
Organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells: state of the art, challenges and perspectives, in Solar Cells-New Aspects and Solutions,
In „Solar Cells – New Aspects and Solutions” Ed.Leonid A. Kosyachenko,
Intech, Croatia, ISBN 979-953-307-191-5, (2011), pp. 95-120.
L. Hussein, Y. J. Feng, N. Alonso-Vante, G. Urban and M. Krüger:
Functionalized-carbon nanotube supported electrocatalysts and buckypaper-based biocathodes for glucose fuel cell applications,
Electrochim. Acta, Vol. 56, (2011), pp. 7659-7665.
Y. Zhou, M. Eck, C. Men, F. Rauscher, P. Niyamakom, S. Yilmaz, I. Dumsch, S. Allard, U. Scherf, M. Krüger:
Efficient Polymer Nanocrystal Hybrid Solar Cells by Improved Nanocrystal Composition,
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, Vol. 12, (2011), pp. 3227-3232.
L. Hussein, G. Urban, M. Krüger:
Fabrication and Characterization of Buckypaper-Based Nanostructured Electrodes as a Novel Material for Biofuel Cell Applications,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Vol. 13, (2011), pp. 5831-5839.
F. Rauscher, P. Niyamakom, S. Yilmaz, I. Dumsch, S. Allard, U. Scherf, M. Krüger, Y. Zhou , M. Eck, C. Veit, B. Zimmermann:
Efficiency enhancement for bulk-heterojunction hybrid solar cells based on acid treated CdSe quantum dots and low bandgap polymer PCPDTBT,
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, Vol. 4, (2011), pp. 1232-1237.
Y. Zhou, M. Eck, M. Krüger:
Bulk-heterojunction hybrid solar cells based on colloidal nanocrystals and conjugated polymers,
Energy Environ. Sci., Vol. 3, (2010), pp. 1851-1864.
M. Darbandi, G. Urban, M. Krüger:
A facile synthesis method to silica coated CdSe/ZnS nanocomposites with tunable size and optical properties,
J. Coll. Interf, Science, Vol. 351, (2010), pp. 30-34.
Y. Yuan, F.-S. Riehle, H. Gu, R. Thomann, G. Urban, M. Krüger:
Critical Parameters for the Scale-Up Synthesis of Quantum Dots,
J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol, Vol. 10, (2010), pp. 6041-6045.
Y. Zhou, F.-S. Riehle, Y. Yuan, H.-F. Schleiermacher, M. Niggemann, G. A. Urban, M. Krüger:
Improved efficiency of hybrid solar cells based on non ligand-exchanged CdSe quantum dots and poly(3-hexylthiophene),
Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 96, (2010), pp. 013304-3.
F.S. Riehle, R. Bienert, R. Thomann, G.A. Urban, M. Krüger:
Blue Luminescence and Superstructures from Magic Size Cluters of CdSe,
Nano Lett., Vol. 9(2), (2009), pp. 514-518.