Argonne National Laboratory

Jens Niklas

Chemist

Jens Niklas is a Chemist with the Solar Energy Conversion Group.

Biography

Education

  • Diploma (MS) Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • Dr. (Ph.D.) Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Selected Recent Publications

  • J. Niklas, T. Zheng, A. Neshchadin, K.L. Mardis, L. Yu, O.G. Poluektov ​“Polaron and Exciton Delocalization in Oligomers of High-Performance Polymer PTB7”, JACS, 2020, 142, 1359-1366. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10859
  • L. Kohler, J. Niklas, R.C. Johnson, M. Zeller, O.G. Poluektov, K.L. Mulfort ​“Molecular Cobalt Catalysts for H2 Generation with Redox Activity and Proton Relays in the Second Coordination Sphere”, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 1697-1709. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03297
  • J. Niklas, O. G. Poluektov ​“Charge Transfer Processes in OPV Materials as Revealed by EPR Spectroscopy”, Advanced Energy Materials, Invited Review, 2017, 7, 1602226
  •  S. Soltau, J. Niklas, P. Dahlberg, K. Mulfort, O. Poluektov, L. Utschig, ​“Charge Separation Related to Photocatalytic H2 Production from a Ru-apoflavodoxin-Ni Biohybrid”, ACS Energy Letters, 2017, 2, 230-237.
  • M. Ortiz, S. Cho, J. Niklas, S. Kim, O. G. Poluektov, W. Zhang, G. Rumbles, J. Park ​“Through-Space Ultrafast Photoinduced Electron Transfer Dynamics of a C70-Encapsulated Bisporphyrin Covalent Organic Polyhedron in a Low-Dielectric Medium”, JACS, 2017, 139, 4286−4289.  
  • J. Ho, E. Kish, D. Méndez-Hernández, K. Wong-Carter, S. Pillai, G.Kodis, J. Niklas, O. G. Poluektov, D. Gust, T. A. Moore, A. L. Moore, V. S. Batista, B. Robert ​“Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer in Artificial and Natural Photosynthetic Antennas”, PNAS, 2017, 114 (28), E5513-E5521.
  •  D. Basu, S. Mazumder, J. Niklas, H. Baydoun, D. Wanniarachchi, X. Shi, R.J. Staples, O.G. Poluektov, H.B. Schlegel, C.N. Verani ​“Evaluation of the coordination preferences and catalytic pathways of heteroaxial cobalt oximes towards hydrogen generation” Chemical Science, 2016, 7, 3264-3278.
  •  C. Yu,  M. Graham, J. Zadrozny, J. Niklas, M. Krzyaniak, M. Wasielewski, O. Poluektov, D. Freedman, ​“Long Coherence Times in Surface-Compatible Nuclear Spin-Free Vanadium Qubits”, JACS, 2016,  138(44),  14678–14685.