Pia Dally

Postdocs (PD)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

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Building 3, Level 4, Area 3, Workspace 4287-WS11

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Biography

Pia Dally earned her MSc (2016) in physical chemistry, energy storage, and conversion at the Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology, and Physics (ENSCBP) in Bordeaux, France. She completed her PhD from the Institute of Solar Energy (INES), CEA in France, in 2019, working on improving the efficiency and stability of Perovskite-based photovoltaic devices. She then joined the Photovoltaic Institute of Ile de France (IPVF) in 2020 as a postdoctoral fellow to work on understanding perovskite systems via advanced chemical characterizations. She joined KAUST as a postdoctoral fellow at KAUST Solar Center and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at KAUST Catalysis Center, MuRE (multi-scale reaction engineering).

Research Interests

Previous interest was in applying surface analysis techniques such as XPS and UPS to understand the structure-energetic relationships of surfaces and interfaces of Perovskite systems and the contact properties relevant to degradation mechanisms. Current interest will be focused on Forced dynamic (Operando) catalytic reactors to accelerate model discovery in C1 chemistries. 

Selected Publications

  • Pia Dally, et al. The Impact of X-Ray Radiation on Chemical and Optical Properties of Triple-Cation Lead Halide Perovskite: from the Surface to the Bulk, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2304730, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202304730
  • Thomas Campos, Pia Dally, [...], Emmanuelle Deleporte, Unraveling the Formation Mechanism of the 2D/3D Perovskite Heterostructure for Perovskite Solar Cells Using Multi-Method Characterization, J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 31, 13527–13538, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c04957
  • Pia Dally, et al. Unraveling the formation mechanism and ferroelastic behavior of MAPbI3 perovskite thin films prepared in the presence of chloride, Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 31, 13527–13538, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04239
  • Pia Dally, et al. In-Depth Chemical and Optoelectronic Analysis of Triple-Cation Perovskite Thin Films by Combining XPS Profiling and PL Imaging, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 30, 34228–34237, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c22286
  • Pia Dally, et al. Probing the chemistry of perovskite systems by XPS and GD-OES depth-profiling: Potentials and limitations, 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 2021, pp. 0931-0934, DOI: 10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518696

 

Education

  • 2016 – 2019 PhD in Physical Chemistry, Energy and Materials, University Grenoble Alpes, Chambery, France
  • 2013 – 2016: MSc in Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Physics (ENSCBP), Bordeaux, France
  • 2015 – 2016: MSc in Chemistry of Materials, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
  • 2010 – 2013: BSc in Chemistry, Beirut, Lebanon

Professional Profile

  • 2022 – 2024: Postdoctoral fellow at KAUST Solar Center, KAUST Photovoltaics Laboratory, Thuwal – KSA
  • 2020 – 2022: Research and Development Engineer, Photovoltaic Institute of Ile de France (IPVF), Paris – France
  • 2017 – 2019: Faculty Teacher, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble France

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Physical Science and Engineering Division (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

CO2 valorization C-H activation Reforming Operando reactors Micro kinetic modeling Gas-solid reactors High throughput testing