Introduction

​​Research and development of innovative designs and architectures for high efficiency silicon-based and hybrid perovskite solar cells.​​

• Thermochromic Perovskite Inks for Reversible Smart Window Applications
  M. De Bastiani, M.I. Saidaminov, I. Dursun, L. Sinatra, W. Peng, U. Buttner, O.F. Mohammed...
  Chemistry of Materials, 29(8), pp. 3367-3370, (2017)
• Ion Migration and the the Role of Pre-conditioning cycles in the Stabilization of the J-V Characteristics of Invert...
  De Bastiani M., Dell’Erba G., Gandini M., D’Innocenzo V., Neutzner S., Kandada A. R. S., G...
  Adv. Energy Mater., 6, 1501453, (2016)
• Role of the crystallization substrate on the photoluminescence properties of organo-lead mixed halides perovskites
  De Bastiani M, D’Innocenzo V., Stranks S. D., Snaith H. J., Petrozza A.
  APL Mater., 2 (8), 081509, (2014)
• The critical role of interfacial dynamics in the stability of organic photovoltaic devices
  Grancini G., De Bastiani M., Martino N., Fazzi D., Egelhaaf H-J., Sauermann T., Antognazza...
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 8249, (2014)
• Role of microstructure in the electron–hole interaction of hybrid lead halide perovskites
  Grancini G., Kandada A. R. S., Frost J. M., Barker A. J., De Bastiani M., Gandini M., Marr...
  Nature Photon., 9, 695, (2015)
• Mapping Electric Field–Induced Switchable Poling and Structural Degradation in Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskite Thin F...
  Leijtens T., Hoke E. T. H., Grancini G., Slotcavage D. J., Eperon G. E., Ball J. M., De Ba...
  Adv. Energy Mater., 1500962, (2015)
• 17.6% stabilized efficiency in low-temperature processed planar perovskite solar cells
  Tao C., Neutzner S., Colella L., Marras S., Kandada A. R. S, Gandini M., De Bastiani M., P...
  Energy Environ. Sci., 8, 2365, (2015)
• Charge selective contacts, mobile ions and anomalous hysteresis in organic–inorganic perovskite solar cells
  Zhang Y., Liu M., Eperon G. E., Leijtens T. C., McMeekin D., Saliba M., Zhang W., De Basti...
  Mater. Horiz., 2, 315, (2015)
• Tuning the light emission properties by band gap engineering in hybrid lead halide perovskite
  D’Innocenzo V., Kandada A. R. S., De Bastiani M., Gandini M., Petrozza A.
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136 (51), 17730, (2014)
• The impact of the crystallization processes on the structural and optical properties of hybrid perovskite films for...
  Grancini G., Marras S., Prato M., Giannini C., Quarti C., De Angelis F., De Bastiani M., E...
  J. Phys Chem. Lett., 5, 3836, (2014)

• ​​Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Italian Institute of Technolgy, University of Padua, Padova, Italy, 2016

• ​2016-2017: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia​​
• 2015-2016: Fellow researcher, Center for Nanoscience and Technology, CNST@PoliMi, Italian Institute of Technology, Milan, Italy

• ​KAUST Solar​ Center (KSC)
• Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)