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Gerko Oskam

Gerko Oskam

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Materials Science
Mexico
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
48
Citations
10928
World Ranking
10747
National Ranking
3

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
10683
World Ranking
4768
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Gerko Oskam is affiliated with CINVESTAV in Mexico and works primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Energy, and Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Oskam's work focuses on topics such as Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials, Conducting Polymers and Applications, and Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications.

The scientist has contributed articles to multiple publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Solar Energy

Recent notable papers authored by Gerko Oskam include:

  • Open-Circuit Voltage (VOC) Enhancement in TiO2-Based DSSCs: Incorporation of ZnO Nanoflowers and Au Nanoparticles, 2020, ACS Omega
  • Benzothiadiazole-based photosensitizers for efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells and 8.7% efficiency semi-transparent mini-modules, 2020, Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • Understanding equivalent circuits in perovskite solar cells. Insights from drift-diffusion simulation, 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • An intensity-modulated photocurrent spectroscopy study of the charge carrier dynamics of WO3/BiVO4 heterojunction systems, 2020, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Phase-Pure Copper Vanadate (α-CuV2O6): Solution Combustion Synthesis and Characterization, 2020, Chemistry of Materials

Gerko Oskam has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Juan A. Anta, Geonel Rodríguez-Gattorno, Dena Pourjafari, Antonio J. Riquelme, and Renán Escalante. These professional associations have resulted in multiple joint publications across their research fields.

Best Publications

  • Phase-pure TiO 2 nanoparticles: anatase, brookite and rutile

    D Reyes-Coronado;G Rodríguez-Gattorno;M E Espinosa-Pesqueira;C Cab

  • ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN POROUS NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO2 PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS

    Fei Cao;Gerko Oskam;Gerald J. Meyer;Peter C. Searson

  • Electrochemical deposition of metals onto silicon

    G Oskam;J G Long;A Natarajan;P C Searson

  • Pseudohalogens for Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Photoelectrochemical Cells

    Gerko Oskam;Bryan V. Bergeron;Gerald J. Meyer,‡,† and;Peter C. Searson

  • The Growth Kinetics of TiO2 Nanoparticles from Titanium(IV) Alkoxide at High Water/Titanium Ratio

    Gerko Oskam;Gerko Oskam;Abhinav Nellore;R. Lee Penn;Peter C. Searson

  • A Solid State, Dye Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cell

    Fei Cao;Gerko Oskam;Peter C. Searson

  • Metal oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and application

    Gerko Oskam

  • Influence of solvent on the growth of ZnO nanoparticles.

    Zeshan Hu;Gerko Oskam;Peter C. Searson

  • Dye-sensitized solar cells with natural dyes extracted from achiote seeds

    N.M. Gómez-Ortíz;I.A. Vázquez-Maldonado;A.R. Pérez-Espadas;G.J. Mena-Rejón

  • Epitaxial Assembly in Aged Colloids

    R. Lee Penn;Gerko Oskam;Timothy J. Strathmann;Peter C. Searson

  • Electrical and optical properties of porous nanocrystalline TiO2 films

    Fei Cao;Gerko Oskam;Peter C. Searson;Jeremy M. Stipkala

  • The Influence of Anion on the Coarsening Kinetics of ZnO Nanoparticles

    Zeshan Hu;Gerko Oskam;R. Lee Penn;Noshir Pesika

  • Dye-Sensitized SnO2 Electrodes with Iodide and Pseudohalide Redox Mediators

    Bryan V. Bergeron;Andras Marton;Gerko Oskam;Gerald J. Meyer

  • Island growth in electrodeposition

    Lian Guo;Gerko Oskam;Aleksandar Radisic;Peter M Hoffmann

  • Coarsening of metal oxide nanoparticles

    Gerko Oskam;Zeshan Hu;R. Lee Penn;Noshir Pesika

  • Electrochemical Deposition of Copper on n‐Si/TiN

    Gerko Oskam;Philippe M. Vereecken;Peter C. Searson

  • Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles in 2-propanol by reaction with water.

    Zeshan Hu;David J Escamilla Ramírez;Beatriz E Heredia Cervera;Gerko Oskam

  • A Numerical Model for Charge Transport and Recombination in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Juan A. Anta;Fabiola Casanueva;Gerko Oskam

  • Electron Diffusion and Back Reaction in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: The Effect of Nonlinear Recombination Kinetics

    Julio Villanueva-Cab;Hongxia Wang;Gerko Oskam;Laurence M. Peter

  • Photovoltaic performance of nanostructured zinc oxide sensitised with xanthene dyes

    E. Guillén;F. Casanueva;J.A. Anta;A. Vega-Poot

  • Electrochemical deposition of copper on n-SI/TIN

    G. Oskam;P. M. Vereecken;J. G. Long;B. J. Moran

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter C. Searson
Peter C. Searson Johns Hopkins University
Juan A. Anta
Juan A. Anta Pablo de Olavide University
John J. Kelly
John J. Kelly Utrecht University
Daniel Vanmaekelbergh
Daniel Vanmaekelbergh Utrecht University
R. Lee Penn
R. Lee Penn University of Minnesota
Gerald J. Meyer
Gerald J. Meyer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jinzhan Su
Jinzhan Su Xi'an Jiaotong University
Matthew D. Jones
Matthew D. Jones Neuroscience Research Australia
Trystan Watson
Trystan Watson Swansea University

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