Marek B. Majewski, PhD

Thesis supervisor Seeking students

Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Thesis supervision details

Supervised programs: Chemistry (MSc), Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (MSc, MASc), Chemistry (PhD)

Research areas: Inorganic chemistry, solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis, photochemistry, photocatalysis, optical spectroscopy

Contact information

Email:

marek.majewski@concordia.ca

Website:

Solar Energy Conversion Group

Biography

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow - Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center and Northwestern University
PhD - The University of British Columbia
BSc - University of Saskatchewan

Research Interests

Inorganic chemistry, solar energy conversion, artificial photosynthesis, photochemistry, photocatalysis, optical spectroscopy

Teaching

Chem 498/630: Solar Energy Conversion is a one-term course open to all degree programs. This course requires CHEM 234 (Physical Chemistry I: Thermodynamics) and CHEM 241 (Inorganic Chemistry I: Introduction to Periodicity and Valence Theory). This course will explore how inorganic chemistry enables solar energy conversion (as a source of alternative energy) through photochemistry/photobiology and photovoltaics (solar cells).

Chem 242: Inorganic Chemistry II: The Chemistry of the Main Group Elements is a one-term course in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. This course requires CHEM 241 (Inorganic Chemistry I: Introduction to Periodicity and Valence Theory) and is a survey of the properties and reactions of: hydrogen; Group 1, lithium to cesium; and Group 2, beryllium to radium; including the theory of ionic bonding and structure. The chemistry of Group 13, boron to thallium; Group 14, carbon to lead; Group 15, nitrogen to bismuth; Group 16, sulphur to polonium; Group 17, the halogens; and Group 18, the chemistry of the noble gases.

Selected Publications

Most up-to-date publications list

Singh, Z.; Donnarumma, P.; Majewski, M. B. Molecular Copper(I)–Copper(II) Photosensitizer–Catalyst Photoelectrode for Water Oxidation. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 12994–12999. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01670]

Villanueva, F. Y.; Manioudakis, J.; Naccache, R.; Majewski, M. B. Carbon Dot Sensitized Photoanodes forVisible Light Driven Organic Transformations. ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. 2020, 3, 2756-2765. [DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c00094]