SolHyCat
Artero Research Group
Nicholas Randell
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nick earned his BSc. (Hons) under the supervision of Dr. Laurie Thompson and Dr. Louise Dawe at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2012, working in the fields of coordination chemistry and magnetochemistry. He completed his PhD in 2017 with Dr. Timothy Kelly at the University of Saskatchewan, studying isoindigo-based organic semiconductors for use in organic solar cells. He joined the Solhycat group in February 2018 as a postdoctoral fellow working on photoaccumulation of charge in ruthenium complexes with Dr. Murielle Chavarot-Kerlidou. Outside the lab Nick enjoys ultimate frisbee, downhill skiing, and hiking, and is excited to spend time in the Alps.
Selected Publications
Tuning the electron storage potential of a charge-photoaccumulating Ru(II) complex by a DFT-guided approach
N.M. Randell, J. Rendon, M. Demeunynck, P.-A. Bayle, S. Gambarelli, V. Artero, J.-M. Mouesca, M. Chavarot-Kerlidou; ChemRxiv Preprint, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.8144063
Recent Advances in Isoindigo-Inspired Organic Semiconductors
N.M. Randell, T.L. Kelly; The Chemical Record, 2018, 19, 973-988 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201800135
Effect of Acceptor Unit Length and Planarity on the Optoelectronic Properties of Isoindigo-Thiophene Donor-Acceptor Polymers
N.M. Randell, C.L. Radford, J. Yang, J. Quinn, D. Hou, Y. Li, T.L. Kelly; Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 4864-4873 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02535
Lewis Acid-Base Chemistry of 7-Azaisoindigo-Based Organic Semiconductors
N.M. Randell, K.F. Fransishyn, T.L. Kelly; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 24788-24796, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b06335
Bisisoindigo: Using a Ring-Fusion Approach to Extend the Conjugation Length of Isoindigo
N.M. Randell, P.C. Boutin, T.L. Kelly; J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 6940-6945, DOI: 10.1039/C5TA07511D
7-Azaisoindigo as a New Electron Deficient Component of Small Molecule Chromophores for Organic Solar Cells
N.M. Randell, A.F. Douglas, T.L. Kelly; J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 1085-1092, DOI: 10.1039/c3ta14263a
Self-Assembled Ln(III)4 (Ln = Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Yb) [2 × 2] Square Grids: a New Class of Lanthanide Cluster
N.M. Randell, M.U. Anwar, M.W. Drover, L.N. Dawe, L.K. Thompson; Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 6731-6742 DOI: 10.1021/ic4008813
Recent presentations
The Design and Synthesis of Charge Accumulating Ru(II) Photosensitizers for Multi-Electron Photocatalytic Solar Fuel Production
At the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition – June 3rd-7th, 2019
The design and synthesis of charge accumulating Ru(II) photosensitizers for multi-electron photocatalytic solar fuel production
GDR Solar Fuels – May 13th-15th, 2019
Tuning the electron storage potential of a charge-accumulating Ru(II) complex towards photocatalytic hydrogen production
LABEX arcane Seminar – January 23rd, 2019 (co-presented with Dr. J. Rendon)