Projects per year
Personal profile
SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)
My research interests center around understanding of the fundamental physical and chemical processes of a wide range of materials. My primary focus is on metal halide perovskites and related compounds, porous materials, and low-dimensional systems, including graphene, transition-metal dichalcogenides, and nanotubes. By employing first-principles simulation techniques, such as density functional theory (DFT), GW method, and AIMD, I investigate the behavior of these functional materials at the atomic and electronic level to optimize their performance and facilitate their integration with tailored characteristics in diverse fields, such as photovoltaics and solar cells, energy storage, optoelectronics, and photocatalysis.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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First-principles modelling of Porous Metal Halide Materials for Energy applications
Zibouche, N. (Principal Investigator)
16/09/25 → 15/09/26
Project: Research
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AIchemy Summer Internship - "Computational Design of New Chiral Metal Halide Semiconductors Using High-Throughput and Machine Learning"
Zibouche, N. (Principal Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
7/07/25 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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RSC Undergraduate Research Bursary
Zibouche, N. (Principal Investigator)
7/07/25 → 29/08/25
Project: Research
Research output
- 6 Journal article
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Unravelling the Impact of Porosity on Water Stability of Porous Bi(III) Halide Semiconductors and Their Potential for Red Tide Mitigation
Azmy, A., Anderson, A. B., Mishra, A., Lo, E., Tariq, N., Gkikas, I. N., Sauval, B., Giunto, N., Kaur, A., Krzypkowski, S., Zibouche, N., Philippidis, G. P. & Spanopoulos, I., 11/11/2025, In: Chemistry of Materials. 37, 21, p. 8636-8648 13 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Charting the Irreversible Degradation Modes of Low Bandgap Pb‐Sn Perovskite Compositions for De‐Risking Practical Industrial Development
Kamaraki, C., Klug, M. T., Lim, V. J. ‐., Zibouche, N., Herz, L. M., Islam, M. S., Case, C. & Miranda Perez, L., 8/03/2024, In: Advanced Energy Materials. 14, 10, 2302916.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Synthesis, optical, electronic and magnetic studies of air-stable chiral Cu( ii ) chlorides †
Azmy, A., Mudiyanselage, N. W. Y. A. Y., Nassar, K. E. S., Pham, M., Zibouche, N., Phan, M.-H. & Spanopoulos, I., 14/10/2024, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12, 38, p. 25730-25739 9 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Improving the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells using π-conjugated aromatic additives with differing hydrophobicities †
Wang, R., Altujjar, A., Zibouche, N., Wang, X., Spencer, B. F., Jia, Z., Thomas, A. G., Mokhtar, M. Z., Cai, R., Haigh, S. J., Saunders, J. M., Islam, M. S. & Saunders, B. R., 1/06/2023, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 16, 6, p. 2646-2657 12 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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One-Year Water-Stable and Porous Bi(III) Halide Semiconductor with Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Performance
Azmy, A., Zhao, X., Angeli, G. K., Welton, C., Raval, P., Wojtas, L., Zibouche, N., Manjunatha Reddy, G. N., Trikalitis, P. N., Cai, J. & Spanopoulos, I., 13/09/2023, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 15, 36, p. 42717-42729 13 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile38 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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UK Resonant Acoustic Mixing Workshop and Symposium on Mechanochemistry and Sustainability
Zibouche, N. (Speaker)
28/07/2025 → 1/08/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
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Elements of Success
Spencer, G. (Speaker), Munoz-Herranz, M. P. (Speaker), Kerridge, A. (Speaker), Griffin, J. (Speaker), Fielden, J. (Speaker), Baum, J. (Speaker), Aktar, N. (Speaker), Halcovitch, N. (Speaker), Baldock, S. (Speaker), Danos, L. (Speaker), Toghill, K. (Speaker), Mertens, S. (Speaker), Evans, N. (Speaker), Simpson, P. (Speaker), Bentley, P. (Speaker), Docherty, J. (Speaker), Gortz, V. (Speaker), Mercer, M. (Speaker), Pullen, J. (Speaker) & Zibouche, N. (Speaker)
2/07/2025Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Nicholas Kotov
Zibouche, N. (Host)
22/05/2025Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Outreach talk
Zibouche, N. (Speaker)
1/04/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Other
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Lancaster University Chemistry Offer Holder Event
Hardy, J. (Host), Spencer, G. (Organiser), Kerridge, A. (Participant), Baum, J. (Participant), Danos, L. (Participant), Zibouche, N. (Participant), Aktar, N. (Participant), Mertens, S. (Participant), Hua, X. (Participant), Fairclough, R. (Participant), Barker Benavides, C. (Participant), Pell, E. (Participant), Horsburgh, J. (Participant), Langford, B. (Participant), Andrews, H. (Participant), Murphy, D. (Participant), Hogarth, D. (Participant) & Ward, O. (Participant)
22/03/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Other
Prizes
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CGE NetZero pump priming funding
Zibouche, N. (Recipient), 25/06/2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)