
Overview
Background
Julian A. Steele received his Ph.D. in physics from The Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong, before undertaking postdoctoral work at KU Leuven (Belgium) and UC Berkeley (USA). From 2023, he began a DECRA Fellowship at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, working on a range of condensed matter topics, within which phase transition phenomena in metal halide perovskite semiconductors feature heavily.
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Works
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2022
Journal Article
Site-sensitive selective CO2 photoreduction to CO over gold nanoparticles
Huang, Haowei, Zhao, Jiwu, Weng, Bo, Lai, Feili, Zhang, Menglong, Hofkens, Johan, Roeffaers, Maarten B. J., Steele, Julian A. and Long, Jinlin (2022). Site-sensitive selective CO2 photoreduction to CO over gold nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61 (28) e202204563. doi: 10.1002/anie.202204563
2022
Journal Article
Metal halide perovskite based heterojunction photocatalysts
Huang, Haowei, Verhaeghe, Davy, Weng, Bo, Ghosh, Biplab, Zhang, Hongwen, Hofkens, Johan, Steele, Julian A. and Roeffaers, Maarten B. J. (2022). Metal halide perovskite based heterojunction photocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 61 (24) e202203261. doi: 10.1002/anie.202203261
2022
Journal Article
Photothermal Suzuki coupling over a metal halide perovskite/Pd nanocube composite catalyst
Wang, Chunhua, Weng, Bo, Keshavarz, Masoumeh, Yang, Min-Quan, Huang, Haowei, Ding, Yang, Lai, Feili, Aslam, Imran, Jin, Handong, Romolini, Giacomo, Su, Bao-Lian, Steele, Julian A., Hofkens, Johan and Roeffaers, Maarten B. J. (2022). Photothermal Suzuki coupling over a metal halide perovskite/Pd nanocube composite catalyst. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14 (15), 17185-17194. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c24710
2022
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Planar heterojunction boosts solar-driven photocatalytic performance and stability of halide perovskite solar photocatalyst cell
Wang, Chunhua, Huang, Haowei, Weng, Bo, Verhaeghe, Davy, Keshavarz, Masoumeh, Jin, Handong, Liu, Biao, Xie, Haipeng, Ding, Yang, Gao, Yujie, Yuan, Haifeng, Steele, Julian A., Hofkens, Johan and Roeffaers, Maarten B.J. (2022). Planar heterojunction boosts solar-driven photocatalytic performance and stability of halide perovskite solar photocatalyst cell. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 301 120760, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120760
2022
Journal Article
Solar-to-chemical fuel conversion via metal halide perovskite solar-driven electrocatalysis
Huang, Haowei, Weng, Bo, Zhang, Hongwen, Lai, Feili, Long, Jinlin, Hofkens, Johan, Douthwaite, Richard E., Steele, Julian A. and Roeffaers, Maarten B. J. (2022). Solar-to-chemical fuel conversion via metal halide perovskite solar-driven electrocatalysis. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13 (1), 25-41. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03668
2022
Journal Article
Ultrasensitive turn-on luminescence humidity sensor based on a perovskite/zeolite composite
Gao, Yu-Jie, Romolini, Giacomo, Huang, Haowei, Jin, Handong, Saha, Rafikul Ali, Ghosh, Biplab, De Ras, Michiel, Wang, Chunhua, Steele, Julian A., Debroye, Elke, Hofkens, Johan and Roeffaers, Maarten B. J. (2022). Ultrasensitive turn-on luminescence humidity sensor based on a perovskite/zeolite composite. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10 (34), 12191-12196. doi: 10.1039/d2tc02498e
2022
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Flexible metal halide perovskite photodetector arrays via photolithography and dry lift-off patterning
Xia, Benzheng, Tu, Min, Pradhan, Bapi, Ceyssens, Frederik, Tietze, Max Lutz, Rubio-Giménez, Víctor, Wauteraerts, Nathalie, Gao, Yujie, Kraft, Michael, Steele, Julian A., Debroye, Elke, Hofkens, Johan and Ameloot, Rob (2022). Flexible metal halide perovskite photodetector arrays via photolithography and dry lift-off patterning. Advanced Engineering Materials, 24 (1) 2100930, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/adem.202100930
2021
Journal Article
Tunable luminescence from stable silver nanoclusters confined in microporous zeolites
Romolini, Giacomo, Steele, Julian A., Hofkens, Johan, Roeffaers, Maarten B. J. and Coutino-Gonzalez, Eduardo (2021). Tunable luminescence from stable silver nanoclusters confined in microporous zeolites. Advanced Optical Materials, 9 (23) 2100526, 2100526. doi: 10.1002/adom.202100526
2021
Journal Article
Ambient processed and stable all-inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells with efficiencies nearing 20% using a spray coated Zn1−xCsxO electron transport layer
Mali, Sawanta S., Patil, Jyoti V., Steele, Julian A. and Hong, Chang Kook (2021). Ambient processed and stable all-inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells with efficiencies nearing 20% using a spray coated Zn1−xCsxO electron transport layer. Nano Energy, 90 (Part A) 106597, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106597
2021
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Manipulating crystallization dynamics through chelating molecules for bright perovskite emitters
Zou, Yatao, Teng, Pengpeng, Xu, Weidong, Zheng, Guanhaojie, Lin, Weihua, Yin, Jun, Kobera, Libor, Abbrent, Sabina, Li, Xiangchun, Steele, Julian A., Solano, Eduardo, Roeffaers, Maarten B. J., Li, Jun, Cai, Lei, Kuang, Chaoyang, Scheblykin, Ivan G., Brus, Jiri, Zheng, Kaibo, Yang, Ying, Mohammed, Omar F., Bakr, Osman M., Pullerits, Tönu, Bai, Sai, Sun, Baoquan and Gao, Feng (2021). Manipulating crystallization dynamics through chelating molecules for bright perovskite emitters. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 4831, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25092-7
2021
Journal Article
Lattice dynamics and optoelectronic properties of vacancy-ordered double perovskite Cs2TeX6(X = Cl-, Br-, I-) single crystals
Folgueras, Maria C., Jin, Jianbo, Gao, Mengyu, Quan, Li Na, Steele, Julian A., Srivastava, Shivani, Ross, Michael B., Zhang, Rui, Seeler, Fabian, Schierle-Arndt, Kerstin, Asta, Mark and Yang, Peidong (2021). Lattice dynamics and optoelectronic properties of vacancy-ordered double perovskite Cs2TeX6(X = Cl-, Br-, I-) single crystals. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125 (45), 25126-25139. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08332
2021
Journal Article
State of the art and prospects for halide perovskite nanocrystals
Dey, Amrita, Ye, Junzhi, De, Apurba, Debroye, Elke, Ha, Seung Kyun, Bladt, Eva, Kshirsagar, Anuraj S., Wang, Ziyu, Yin, Jun, Wang, Yue, Quan, Li Na, Yan, Fei, Gao, Mengyu, Li, Xiaoming, Shamsi, Javad, Debnath, Tushar, Cao, Muhan, Scheel, Manuel A., Kumar, Sudhir, Steele, Julian A., Gerhard, Marina, Chouhan, Lata, Xu, Ke, Wu, Xian-Gang, Li, Yanxiu, Zhang, Yangning, Dutta, Anirban, Han, Chuang, Vincon, Ilka ... Polavarapu, Lakshminarayana (2021). State of the art and prospects for halide perovskite nanocrystals. ACS Nano, 15 (7), 10775-10981. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08903
2021
Journal Article
Trojans that flip the black phase: impurity-driven stabilization and spontaneous strain suppression in γ-CsPbI3 perovskite
Steele, Julian A., Prakasam, Vittal, Huang, Haowei, Solano, Eduardo, Chernyshov, Dmitry, Hofkens, Johan and Roeffaers, Maarten B. J. (2021). Trojans that flip the black phase: impurity-driven stabilization and spontaneous strain suppression in γ-CsPbI3 perovskite. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (28), 10500-10508. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c05046
2021
Journal Article
Kinetics of moisture-induced phase transformation in inorganic halide perovskite
Lin, Zhenni, Zhang, Ye, Gao, Mengyu, Steele, Julian A., Louisia, Sheena, Yu, Sunmoon, Quan, Li Na, Lin, Chung-Kuan, Limmer, David T. and Yang, Peidong (2021). Kinetics of moisture-induced phase transformation in inorganic halide perovskite. Matter, 4 (7), 2392-2402. doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.04.023
2021
Journal Article
Dual-channel charge carrier transfer in CsPbX3 perovskite/W18O49 composites for selective photocatalytic benzyl alcohol oxidation
Cheng, Ruolin, Steele, Julian A., Roeffaers, Maarten B. J., Hofkens, Johan and Debroye, Elke (2021). Dual-channel charge carrier transfer in CsPbX3 perovskite/W18O49 composites for selective photocatalytic benzyl alcohol oxidation. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4 (4), 3460-3468. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.0c03215
2021
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Experimental evidence of chloride‐induced trap passivation in lead halide perovskites through single particle blinking studies
Jin, Handong, Steele, Julian A., Cheng, Ruolin, Parveen, Nagma, Roeffaers, Maarten B. J., Hofkens, Johan and Debroye, Elke (2021). Experimental evidence of chloride‐induced trap passivation in lead halide perovskites through single particle blinking studies. Advanced Optical Materials, 9 (23) 2002240. doi: 10.1002/adom.202002240
2021
Journal Article
Phase transition dynamics in one-dimensional halide perovskite crystals
Lai, Minliang, Lei, Teng, Zhang, Ye, Jin, Jianbo, Steele, Julian A. and Yang, Peidong (2021). Phase transition dynamics in one-dimensional halide perovskite crystals. MRS Bulletin, 46 (4), 310-316. doi: 10.1557/s43577-021-00047-x
2021
Journal Article
Texture formation in polycrystalline thin films of all-inorganic lead halide perovskite
Steele, Julian A., Solano, Eduardo, Jin, Handong, Prakasam, Vittal, Braeckevelt, Tom, Yuan, Haifeng, Lin, Zhenni, de Kloe, René, Wang, Qiong, Rogge, Sven M. J., Van Speybroeck, Veronique, Chernyshov, Dmitry, Hofkens, Johan and Roeffaers, Maarten B. J. (2021). Texture formation in polycrystalline thin films of all-inorganic lead halide perovskite. Advanced Materials, 33 (13) 2007224, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.202007224
2021
Journal Article
Highly mobile large polarons in black phase CsPbI3
Zhang, Heng, Debroye, Elke, Steele, Julian A., Roeffaers, Maarten B. J., Hofkens, Johan, Wang, Hai I. and Bonn, Mischa (2021). Highly mobile large polarons in black phase CsPbI3. ACS Energy Letters, 6 (2), 568-573. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02482
2021
Journal Article
Implementing dopant-free hole-transporting layers and metal-incorporated CsPbI2Br for stable all-inorganic perovskite solar cells
Mali, Sawanta S., Patil, Jyoti V., Steele, Julian A., Rondiya, Sachin R., Dzade, Nelson Y. and Hong, Chang Kook (2021). Implementing dopant-free hole-transporting layers and metal-incorporated CsPbI2Br for stable all-inorganic perovskite solar cells. ACS Energy Letters, 6 (2), 778-788. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02385
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Structual and optical characterisation of disordered optoelectronic materials and devices
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Shih-Chun Lo, Associate Professor Ebinazar Namdas
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Next-Generation Optoelectronics
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lianzhou Wang
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