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Maksym V. Kovalenko

Maksym V. Kovalenko

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Materials Science
Switzerland
2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
115
Citations
71204
World Ranking
569
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Maksym V. Kovalenko is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in research spanning engineering and materials science. Their work emphasizes electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics, alongside optics. Subfields also include electronic, optical, and magnetic materials as well as biomedical engineering.

Their research frequently addresses key topics such as perovskite materials and applications, quantum dots synthesis and properties, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials, advancements in battery materials, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, and advanced battery materials and technologies.

Maksym V. Kovalenko has published extensively, with a notable presence in journals and repositories including The Cambridge Structural Database, arXiv (Cornell University), ACS Nano, Nano Letters, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Recent papers include:

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals, 2021, ACS Nano
  • Controlling the nucleation and growth kinetics of lead halide perovskite quantum dots, 2022, Science
  • Efficient Lone-Pair-Driven Luminescence: Structure-Property Relationships in Emissive 5s2 Metal Halides, 2020, ACS Materials Letters
  • Bright Blue and Green Luminescence of Sb(III) in Double Perovskite Cs2MInCl6 (M = Na, K) Matrices, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Perovskite-type superlattices from lead halide perovskite nanocubes, 2021, Nature

The scientist frequently collaborates with co-authors such as Maryna I. Bodnarchuk, Dmitry N. Dirin, Sergii Yakunin, Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, and Gabriele Rainò, indicating a research network actively engaged in the development of nanocrystal and perovskite materials.

Best Publications

  • Nanocrystals of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, and I): Novel Optoelectronic Materials Showing Bright Emission with Wide Color Gamut

    Loredana Protesescu;Loredana Protesescu;Sergii Yakunin;Sergii Yakunin;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Franziska Krieg;Franziska Krieg

  • Prospects of Colloidal Nanocrystals for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications

    Dmitri V. Talapin;Jong-Soo Lee;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Elena V. Shevchenko

  • Properties and potential optoelectronic applications of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals

    Maksym V. Kovalenko;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Loredana Protesescu;Loredana Protesescu;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk

  • Fast Anion-Exchange in Highly Luminescent Nanocrystals of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskites (CsPbX3, X = Cl, Br, I)

    Georgian Nedelcu;Loredana Protesescu;Loredana Protesescu;Sergii Yakunin;Sergii Yakunin;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk

  • Genesis, challenges and opportunities for colloidal lead halide perovskite nanocrystals

    Quinten A. Akkerman;Quinten A. Akkerman;Gabriele Rainò;Gabriele Rainò;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Liberato Manna;Liberato Manna

  • Highly Dynamic Ligand Binding and Light Absorption Coefficient of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Jonathan De Roo;Maria Ibáñez;Maria Ibáñez;Pieter Geiregat;Georgian Nedelcu

  • Low-threshold amplified spontaneous emission and lasing from colloidal nanocrystals of caesium lead halide perovskites

    Sergii Yakunin;Sergii Yakunin;Loredana Protesescu;Loredana Protesescu;Franziska Krieg;Franziska Krieg;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk

  • State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals.

    Amrita Dey;Junzhi Ye;Apurba De;Elke Debroye

  • Prospects of Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

    Maksym V. Kovalenko;Liberato Manna;Liberato Manna;Andreu Cabot;Zeger Hens

  • Colloidal Nanocrystals with Molecular Metal Chalcogenide Surface Ligands

    Maksym V. Kovalenko;Marcus Scheele;Dmitri V. Talapin;Dmitri V. Talapin

  • Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals in the Research Spotlight: Stability and Defect Tolerance

    He Huang;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Stephen V. Kershaw;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Maksym V. Kovalenko

  • Detection of X-ray photons by solution-processed lead halide perovskites

    Sergii Yakunin;Mykhailo Sytnyk;Dominik Kriegner;Shreetu Shrestha

  • Bright triplet excitons in caesium lead halide perovskites

    Michael A. Becker;Michael A. Becker;Roman Vaxenburg;Georgian Nedelcu;Georgian Nedelcu;Peter C. Sercel

  • Band-like transport, high electron mobility and high photoconductivity in all-inorganic nanocrystal arrays

    Jong-Soo Lee;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Jing Huang;Dae Sung Chung

  • Colloidal CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) Nanocrystals 2.0: Zwitterionic Capping Ligands for Improved Durability and Stability

    Franziska Krieg;Franziska Krieg;Stefan T. Ochsenbein;Stefan T. Ochsenbein;Sergii Yakunin;Sergii Yakunin;Stephanie Ten Brinck

  • Metal-free Inorganic Ligands for Colloidal Nanocrystals: S2–, HS–, Se2–, HSe–, Te2–, HTe–, TeS32–, OH–, and NH2– as Surface Ligands

    Angshuman Nag;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Jong-Soo Lee;Wenyong Liu

  • Near-infrared imaging with quantum-dot-sensitized organic photodiodes

    Tobias Rauch;Michaela Böberl;Sandro F. Tedde;Jens Fürst;Jens Fürst

  • Superfluorescence from lead halide perovskite quantum dot superlattices

    Gabriele Rainò;Gabriele Rainò;Gabriele Rainò;Michael A. Becker;Michael A. Becker;Maryna I. Bodnarchuk;Rainer F. Mahrt

  • Harnessing Defect-Tolerance at the Nanoscale: Highly Luminescent Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals in Mesoporous Silica Matrixes

    Dmitry N. Dirin;Dmitry N. Dirin;Loredana Protesescu;Loredana Protesescu;David Trummer;Ilia V. Kochetygov

  • Detection of gamma photons using solution-grown single crystals of hybrid lead halide perovskites

    Sergii Yakunin;Sergii Yakunin;Dmitry N. Dirin;Dmitry N. Dirin;Yevhen Shynkarenko;Yevhen Shynkarenko;Viktoriia Morad

  • Monodisperse antimony nanocrystals for high-rate Li-ion and Na-ion battery anodes: nano versus bulk.

    Meng He;Kostiantyn Kravchyk;Kostiantyn Kravchyk;Marc Walter;Marc Walter;Maksym V. Kovalenko;Maksym V. Kovalenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergii Yakunin
Sergii Yakunin ETH Zurich
Maria Ibáñez
Maria Ibáñez Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Wolfgang Heiss
Wolfgang Heiss University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Maria Antonietta Loi
Maria Antonietta Loi University of Groningen
Dmitri V. Talapin
Dmitri V. Talapin University of Chicago
Frank Krumeich
Frank Krumeich ETH Zurich
Andreu Cabot
Andreu Cabot Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
Yoshihiro Iwasa
Yoshihiro Iwasa University of Tokyo
Jordi Arbiol
Jordi Arbiol Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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