Prof. Dr. Wouter Maes - UHasselt

Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. W. Maes
Research stay Université de Nice (Sophia-Antipolis), June 2003, Prof. Dr. M.
Gingras
July 2000
July 1998
Master of Science in Chemistry (“Licentiaat”) (Major: Organic Chemistry), KU
Leuven, Belgium, Master Thesis: “The use of 1,3,5-triazines in dendrimer
chemistry”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Dehaen (Molecular Design & Synthesis,
KU Leuven, Belgium), Honors: graduated “with Highest Distinction”
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (“Kandidaat”), LUC Diepenbeek, Belgium,
Honors: graduated “with High Distinction”
Awards
2013 2013 recipient (Belgium) Young Investigator for the Organic Division of
EuCheMs
Research Interests
Organic semiconductors, Organic photovoltaics, Conjugated polymers, Synthetic organic chemistry,
Porphyrinoid macrocycles, Supramolecular chemistry, (Hetera)Calixarenes, …
List of publications (h-index 19)
- Peer reviewed journal contributions
94. “Poly(3-alkylthiophene) nanofibers for optoelectronic applications”: Dierckx, W.; Oosterbaan, W.
D.; Bolsée, J.-C.; Maes, W.; Vanderzande, D.; Manca, J. J. Mater. Chem. C, manuscript in progress.
93. “Direct arylation as a versatile tool toward thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-based semiconducting
materials”: Kudrjasova, J.; Penxten, H.; Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.; Maes, W. Org. Biomol. Chem.,
manuscript in progress.
92. “Enhanced open circuit voltage in polymer solar cells made from N-acyl-dithienopyrrole based
low bandgap copolymers”: Vanormelingen, W.; Kesters, J.; Verstappen, P.; Drijkoningen, J.;
Devisscher, D.; Kudrjasova, J.; Manca, J.; Lutsen, L.; Vanderzande, D.; Maes, W., manuscript in
progress.
91. “Role of structural order on optical properties, film morphology and hole transport of poly(3-
hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and P3HT/PbS blends”: Firdaus, Y.; Kudret, S.; Khetubol, A.; Maes, W.;
Lutsen, L.; Li, B.; Frederickx, W.; Flamée, S.; Vanderlinden, W.; Hens, Z.; De Feyter, S.; Vanderzande,
D.; Van der Auweraer, M. manuscript in progress.
90. “Electro-reduction of molecular oxygen to water mediated by Co(II)-porphyrins – effect of the
relative positions of voluminous meso-substituents”: Marín, A.; Aguirre, M. J.; Dehaen, W.; Maes, W.;
Ngo, T. H.; Ramírez, G.; Arévalo, M. C., Electrochimica Acta, manuscript submitted.