Dr. Daniel Kroupa
Office: CHB 216
Email: dkroupa@uw.edu
Education
- 2017 Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder (and National Renewable Energy Laboratory) with Profs. Matthew Beard and Arthur Nozik
- 2012 B.S. Chemistry, Butler University, with Prof. Todd Hopkins
Awards & Honors
- 2017 Washington Research Foundation Innovational Postdoctoral Fellow in Clean Energy
- 2012 Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society Inductee
- 2012 Butler University Corrine Welling Graduate Studies Scholarship
- 2011-2012 Butler University Chemistry Department Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Publications
2020
Kroupa, D.M.; Crane, M.J.; Silva, J.S.; Gamelin. D.R. "Ray-Tracing Analysis of Module-Level Power Generation from Quantum-Cutting Ytterbium-Doped Lead Halide Perovskites." Proc. IEEE 47th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference(PVSC), 2020, 0868-0874.(view)
2019
Henckel, D. A.; Enright, M. J.; Eslami, N. P.; Kroupa, D. M.; Gamelin, D. R.; Cossairt, B. M. "Measuring Equilibrium Binding at Quantum Dot Surfaces using Cyclic Voltammetry." Nano Lett., 2020, 20, 2620-2624. (view)
Kroupa, D.M.; Crane, M.J.; Gamelin, D.R. "Single-Source Flash Sublimation of Metal-Halide Semiconductors." Proc. SPIE, 2019, 11084 (Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces XVIII), 110840J. (view)
Crane, M.J.; Kroupa, D.M; Gamelin, D.R. "Detailed-Balance Analysis of Yb3+:CsPb(Cl1-xBrx)3 Quantum-Cutting Layers for High-Efficiency Photovoltaics under Real-World Conditions." Energy and Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 2486-2495. (view)
Crane, M. J.; Kroupa, D.; Roh, J. Y. D.; Anderson, R. T.; Smith, M. D.; Gamelin, D. R. "Single-Source Vapor Deposition of Quantum-Cutting Yb3+:CsPb(Cl1-XBrx)3 and Other Complex Metal-Halide Perovskites." ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2, 4560-4565. (view)
Cohen, T.A.; Milstein, T.J.; Kroupa, D.M.; MacKenzie, J.D.; Luscombe, C.; Gamelin. D.R. "Quantum-Cutting Yb3+-Doped Perovskite Nanocrystals for Monolithic Bilayer Luminescent Solar Concentrators." J Mat. Chem. A 2019, 7, 9279-9288. (view)
Milstein, T.J.; Kluherz T.K.; Kroupa, D.M.; Erickson, C.S.; De Yoreo, J.J.; Gamelin, D.R. "Anion Exchange and the Quantum-Cutting Energy Threshold in Ytterbium-Doped CsPb(Cl1-x Brx)3 Perovskite Nanocrystals." Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 1931-1937. (view)
2018
Kroupa, D.M.; Roh, J.Y.; Milstein, T.J.; Creutz, S.E.; Gamelin, D.R. "Quantum-Cutting Ytterbium-Doped CsPb(Cl1-xBrx)3 Perovskite Thin Films with Photoluminescence Quantum Yields over 190%." ACS Energy Lett. 2018, 3, 2390-2395.(view)
Araujo, J.; Brozek, C.K.; Kroupa. D.M.; Gamelin, D.R. "Degenerately n-Doped Colloidal PbSe Quantum Dots: Band Assignments and Electrostatic Effects." Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 3893. (view)
Kroupa, D.M.; Vörös, M.; Brawand, N. P.; Brett W. McNichols; Castaneda, C.V.; Miller, E. M.; Nozik, A. J.; Sellinger, A.; Galli, G.; Beard, M.C. "Optical Absorbance Enhancement in PbS/Cinnamate Ligand Complexes." J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2018, 9, 9425.
Milstein, T.J.; Kroupa, D.M.; Gamelin, D.R. "Picosecond Quantum Cutting Generates Photoluminescence Quantum Yields Over 100% in Ytterbium-Doped CsPbCl3 Nanocrystals." Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 3792. (view)
Kroupa, D.M.; Arias, D.; Carroll, G. M.; Granger, D.; Blackburn, J.; Anthony, J.; Beard, M. C.; Johnson, J. C. "Control of Energy Flow Dynamics between Tetracene Ligands and PbS Quantum Dots by Size Tuning and Ligand Coverage." Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 865.
2017
Kroupa, D.M.; Hughes, B. K.; Miller, E. M.; Chernomordik, B. C.; Nozik, A. J.; Beard, M.C. "Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Silver- Doped PbSe Quantum Dots." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10382.
Kroupa, D.M*.; Vörös*, M.; Brawand, N. P.; Brett W. McNichols; Miller, E. M.; Gu, J.; Nozik, A. J.; Sellinger, A.; Galli, G.; Beard, M.C. "Tuning Colloidal Quantum Dot Band Edge Positions through Solution-phase Surface Chemistry Modification." Nature Commun. 2017, 8, 15257.
2016
Kroupa, D.M.; Anderson, N C.; Castaneda, C. V.; Nozik, A. J.; Beard, M.C. "In situ Spectroscopic Characterization of a Solution-phase X-type Ligand Exchange at Colloidal Lead Sulphide Quantum Dot Surfaces." Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 13893.
Miller, E. M.*; Kroupa, D. M.*; Zhang, J.; Schulz, P.; Marshall, A. R.; Kahn, A.; Lany, S.; Luther, J. M.; Beard, M. C.; Perkins, C. L.; van de Lagemaat, J. "Revisiting the Valence and Conduction Band Size Dependence of PbS Quantum Dot Thin Films." ACS Nano 2016, 10, 3302.
2015
Kim, S.; Marshall, A. R.; Kroupa, D. M.; Miller, E. M.; Luther, J. M.; Jeong, S.; Beard, M. C. "Air-Stable and Efficient PbSe Quantum-Dot Solar Cells Based upon ZnSe to PbSe Cation-Exchanged Quantum Dots." ACS Nano 2015, 9, 8157.
Zhang, J.; Chernomordik, B. D.; Crisp, R. W.; Kroupa, D. M.; Luther, J. M.; Miller, E. M.; Gao, J.; Beard, M. C. "Preparation of Cd/Pb chalcogenide heterostructured janus particles via controllable cation exchange." ACS Nano 2015, 9, 7151.
Zhang, J.; Crisp, R. W.; Gao, J.; Kroupa, D. M.; Beard, M. C.; Luther, J. M. "Synthetic Conditions for High-Accuracy Size Control of PbS Quantum Dots." J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 1830.
Crisp, R. W.; Kroupa, D. M.; Marshall, A. R.; Miller, E. M.; Zhang, J.; Beard, M. C.; Luther, J. M. "Metal Halide Solid-State Surface Treatment for High Efficiency PbS and PbSe QD Solar Cells." Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 9945.
2014
Hughes, B. K.; Blackburn, J. L.; Kroupa, D. M.; Shabaev, A.; Erwin, S. C.; Efros, A. L.; Nozik, A. J.; Luther, J. M.; Beard, M. C. "Synthesis and Spectroscopy of PbSe Fused Quantum Dot Dimers." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 4670.
2012
Kroupa, D. M.; Brown, C. J.; Heckman, L. M.; Hopkins, T. A. "Chiroptical study of chiral discrimination by amino acid based ionic liquids" J. Phys. Chem. B. 2012, 116, 4952.