Publication
January 20, 2025
Our latest publication, in collaboration with the Miljanic group at the University of Houston, entitled "Porous Organic Polymers Incorporating Shape-persistent Cyclobenzoin Macrocycles for Organic Solvent Separation" is just accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie.
In this study, we report the synthesis of a macrocyclic porous organic polymer for size and shape selective separation of organic solvents. This research has been funded by NCCR Catalysis.
Congratulations to Timur for this excellent work!
Publication
December 17, 2024
Our latest publication, in collaboration with the Choi group at the Seoul National University, entitled "Solvation Structure Engineering of Weakly Coordinating Sulfonamide Electrolytes for 4.6 V Lithium Metal Batteries" is just accepted for publication in ACS Energy Letters.
In this study, we systematically investigated the effect of ring size (4–6) at the N-terminal to tune their steric and electronic properties of trifluoromethanesulfonamide solvents to realize enhanced contact ion pairs for the formation of an anion-derived solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) and compatibility with the NMC811 cathode.
Award
August 5, 2024
Dr. Timur Ashirov wins the Helvetica Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society for the best-published papers in Helvetica Chimica Acta. Runner up: Mr. Joël F. Keller (University of Basel). Congratulations Timur!
The SCS Helvetica Prize
Since 2019, Helvetica Chimica Acta awards the 'Helvetica Prize' on the occasion of the Fall Meeting of the Swiss Chemical Society to honor outstanding publications of young researchers in Switzerland. The prize is addressed to the best-published papers of PhD/Postdocs in Helvetica. The award winners present their work in a short talk at the Fall Meeting. The prize is endowed with CHF 1'000 for the winner and CHF 500 for the runner-up.
Funding
July, 2024
Dr. Timur Ashirov lands a highly competitive INNOBOOSTER grant from Gebert Rüf Stiftung with his project entitled "SEPARATIC – Hydrogen recovery from the fuel cell purge".
Gebert Rüf Stiftung supports university-based, high-potential businesses from the Venture Kick program with the aim of substantially accelerating their market entry. The funding line is calling for top talents with convincing proposals of how a research & development or design boost can speed up a successful market penetration of their deep tech business. Deeptech refers to technological innovations that are based on significant scientific or engineering breakthroughs and have the potential to solve societal challenges.
Publication
June 11, 2024
Our latest publication entitled "Interfacial Stabilization by Prelithiated Trithiocyanuric Acid as an Organic Additive in Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries" is just accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie.
In this study, we introduced facile bulk functionalization of Li6PS5Cl with prelithiated trithiocyanuric acid as an organic additive strategy to stabilize the interfaces in sulfide-based all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. This research has been funded by SNSF under the Sinergia funding scheme.
Congratulations to Leonie for her excellent work!
New Member
May 1, 2024
Dr. Laras Fadillah joins the group as a postdoctoral fellow as a part of our Sinergia projects targeting interface engineering in sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries. Laras brings a wealth of research experience to the group in the preparation of solid-electrolyte films. Welcome to the group!
Award
April 15, 2024
In late March 2024, Patrick W. Fritz was announced as a 2024 CAS Future Leader. The CAS Future Leader program supports the growth of science leadership among early-career scientists. It provides opportunities to learn leadership skills, engage in scientific discourse, and connect with one’s peers. Patrick and the rest of the cohort will travel to Columbus for a one-week training program followed by attending ACS Fall in Denver. Congratulations Patrick!
Check out the C&EN article about the program here.
Publication
April 7, 2024
Our latest publication entitled "Porous Organic Polymers with Heterocyclic Crown Ethers for Selective Lithium-ion Capture" is just accepted for publication in Chem, Cell Press.
In this study, we report the preparation of a porous organic polymer featuring heterocyclic crown ethers in its cavity, allowing for the selective capture of Li from mixtures of competing ions such as Na(I), Ca(II), or Mg(II). This research has been funded by SNSF.
December 1, 2023
Award
November 15, 2023
Timur Ashirov receives the Vigener Prize for the best PhD thesis!
The Vigener Prize, instituted in 1908 after a donation from Joseph Vigener, honours doctoral work standing out by their excellence. We are very proud to announce that Timur Ashirov has won the Vigener Prize for the best PhD thesis in experimental sciences for his PhD thesis on “Functional Porous Materials and Membranes for Gas Capture and Separation Applications".
Congratulations Timur for this achievement!
Award
March, 2023
Ali along with Dr Timur Ashirov has received the highly prestigious 2023 ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award in Polymer Science and Engineering. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to polymer research from anywhere in the world. Congratulations!
New Members
Murad Najafov, Mingliang Liu and Lea Pompizii (from left to right) joins the group as PhD students, welcome to the group!
Award
December, 2022
Ali has received the Swiss Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award 2023. Thanks to all the past and present group members for making this possible!
Award
July 6, 2022
Timur Ashirov receives the 2022 Swiss Nanotechnology Ph.D. Award given by the Swiss Micro and Nanotechnology (Swiss MNT) Network!
The Swiss Micro- and Nanotechnology Network offers five prizes each of 2’000 CHF for excellent scientific first-author publications in the field of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience published by PhD students.
Congratulations Timur for this achievement!
Publication
June, 2022
Our latest publication entitled "Porous Polyisothiocyanurates for Selective Palladium Recovery and Heterogeneous Catalysis" is just accepted for publication in Chem, Cell Press.
In this study, we reported porous polyisothiocyanurates bearing in situ-generated thiourea binding sites as sorbents for Pd(II) combining high uptake capacity, fast kinetics, and stability under acidic conditions with high selectivity and as ideal hosts for Pd nanoparticles to form highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. This research has been funded by NCCR Catalysis
Publication
When elemental sulfur meets perfluoroaryl-SNAr chemistry!! Our latest publication entitled "Perfluoroaryl-Elemental Sulfur SNAr Chemistry in Covalent Triazine Frameworks with High Sulfur Contents for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries," is just accepted for publication in Advanced Functional Materials!! Congratulations to Sang-hyun for this fantastic work!
Publication
July 21, 2017
Mechanical bonds have come to the rescue for the first time in lithium ion batteries!! Our latest publication entitled "Highly elastic binders integrating polyrotaxanes for silicon microparticle anodes in lithium ion batteries," is just accepted for publication in Science. Congratulations to Taewoo for this outstanding achievement!! and special thanks to our fantastic collaborator Prof. Jang Wook Choi!!!
May 30, 2017
Entering the third dimension!!! Our manuscript entitled "Bottom-up synthesis of fully sp2 hybridized three-dimensional microporous graphitic frameworks as metal-free catalysts" is just accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulations to Siddulu for this excellent work!!!
May 1, 2017
March 10, 2017
March 9, 2017
A MOF recepie for hydrophobicity!! Our manuscript entitled "Highly hydrophobic ZIF-8/carbon nitride foam with hierarchical porosity for oil capture and chemical fixation of CO2" is just accepted for publication in Advanced Functional Materials. This publication also marks MONA Lab`s 70th publication! Congratulations to Daeok for this excellent work!!!
February 9, 2017
A Cationic Porous Organocatalyst!! Our manuscript entitled "Charged Covalent Triazine Frameworks for CO2 Capture and Conversion" is just accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulations to Onur for this outstanding publication!!!
May 1, 2017
After 3 successful years and producing 17 publications in the MONA Lab, Onur recently left the group to embark on his new journey as a Research Fellow at the IBS Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, UNIST. We wish Onur good luck and thank him for all his contributions to the MONA Lab.
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