Giovanni Fanchini, Professor

Contact Information
Office: PAB 229Tel: (519) 661-2111 x86238
E-mail: gfanchin@uwo.ca
Personal web page
Research Areas
Carbon-based nanomaterialsNano-optoelectronics
Research Interests
Fabrication and testing of electronic and optical nano-devices, including solar cells, and their behavior in the environment. Our devices are assembled by solution-processing from organic materials, such as graphene, graphene/ribonucleic acid (RNA) nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes and photo-active polymers and organic crystals. We are especially interested on the role played by structural defects and impurities on the performance of these devices.
Publications
- A. Akbari-Sharbaf, J.M. Baribeau, X. Wu, D.J. Lockwood, G. Fanchini (2013) Disorder and defect formation mechanisms in molecular-beam-epitaxy grown silicon epilayers. Thin Solid Films, 527, 38
- R. Bauld, L.M. Fleury, M. Van Walsh, G. Fanchini (2012) Correlation between density of paramagnetic centers and photovoltaic degradation in polythiophene-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells. Appl. Phys. Lett 101, 103306
- F. Sharifi, R. Bauld, M.S. Ahmed and G. Fanchini (2012) Transparent and conducting Graphene-RNA nanocmposites. Small 8, 699
- P. Barpanda, G. Fanchini, G.G. Amatucci (2011) Structure surface morphology and electrochemical properties of brominated activated carbons. Carbon, 49, 2538
- G. Eda, G. Fanchini, M. Chhowalla (2009) Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material. Nature Nanotechnology 3, 270.
Teaching
Undergraduate:
P2910G: Introduction to Physical Measurement
P4850B: Nanomaterials
Graduate:
P9810B: Optics and Photovoltaics
P9059T: Graduate Seminar
P2910G: Introduction to Physical Measurement
P4850B: Nanomaterials
Graduate:
P9810B: Optics and Photovoltaics
P9059T: Graduate Seminar
Awards
- Petro Canada Young Investigator Award (2013)
- Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation - Early Researcher Award (2010)
- Canada Research Chair in Carbon-based Nanomaterials and Nano-optoelectronics (2009)
- Victoria Solar Energy Fellowship (2009)
Professional Activities
- Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Lecturer (2011)
- Associate Editor - Dataset Papers in Physics