Dr Orawan Winther-Jensen - Researcher Profile

Biography

Orawan works in the School of Chemistry at Monash University as a Research Fellow

 

 

Orawan’s research areas of interest are:

 

• Synthesis and Characterization of Gel-Ionic Liquid Electrolytes
• Conducting Polymer Nanoparticles
• Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

 

Summary

Orawan completed her PhD in Chemistry (2006) at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI), University of Wollongong, under the supervision of Dr. Simon E. Moulton and Prof. Gordon G. Wallace. Her thesis was based on the characterisation and application of inherently conducting polymer nanoparticles, in which these ICP nanoparticles have been applied to biosensors and electrochromic devices. Presently, Orawan is working on developing gel-ionic liquid (IL) electrolyte for dye sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) at Monash, expected to solve instability issues that are problematic in conventional liquid electrolyte systems.

 

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Wollongong

Year awarded: 2006

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: Chulalongkorn university

Year awarded: 1994

Publications

Journal Articles

Kolodziejczyk, B.P., Winther-Jensen, O., Macfarlane, D.R., Winther-Jensen, B., 2012, Conducting polymer alloys for photo-enhanced electro-catalytic oxygen reduction, Journal Of Materials Chemistry [P], vol 22, issue 21, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 10821-10826.

Armel, V., Winther-Jensen, O., Kerr, R.J.P., Macfarlane, D.R., Winther-Jensen, B., 2012, Designed electrodeposition of nanoparticles inside conducting polymers, Journal Of Materials Chemistry [P], vol 22, issue 37, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge UK, pp. 19767-19773.

Hilder, M., Winther-Jensen, O., Winther-Jensen, B., Macfarlane, D.R., 2012, Graphene/zinc nano-composites by electrochemical co-deposition, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [P], vol 14, issue 40, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 14034-14040.

Izgorodin, A., Winther-Jensen, O., Macfarlane, D.R., 2012, On the stability of water oxidation catalysts: challenges and prospects, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 65, issue 6, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 638-642.

Swiegers, G.F., Macfarlane, D.R., Officer, D.L., Ballantyne, A.M., Boskovic, D., Chen, J., Dismukes, G., Gardner, G.P., Hocking, R.K., Smith, P.F., Spiccia, L., Wagner, P., Wallace, G.G., Winther-Jensen, B., Winther-Jensen, O., 2012, Towards hydrogen energy: progress on catalysts for water splitting, Australian Journal of Chemistry [E], vol 65, issue 6, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 577-582.

Winther-Jensen, O., Chatjaroenporn, K., Winther-Jensen, B., Macfarlane, D.R., 2012, Towards hydrogen production using a breathable electrode structure to directly separate gases in the water splitting reaction, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [P], vol 37, issue 10, Pergamon-Elsevier Scienct Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 8185-8189.

Winther-Jensen, O., Winther-Jensen, B., Macfarlane, D., 2011, Photostimulated electrocatalysis of water oxidation by conjugated polymers, Electrochemistry Communications [P], vol 13, issue 4, Elsevier Science Inc, New York USA, pp. 307-309.

Thompson, B.C., Winther-Jensen, O., Vongsvivut, J., Winther-Jensen, B., Macfarlane, D.R., 2010, Conducting polymer enzyme alloys: Electromaterials exhibiting direct electron transfer, Macromolecular Rapid Communications [P], vol 31, issue 14, WILEY-VCH Verlag GMBH, Weinheim Germany, pp. 1293-1297.

Winther-Jensen, O., Armel, V., Forsyth, M., Macfarlane, D.R., 2010, In situ photopolymerization of a gel ionic liquid electrolyte in the presence of iodine and its use in dye sensitized solar cells, Macromolecular Rapid Communications [P], vol 31, issue 5, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Germany, pp. 479-483.

Winther-Jensen, O., Desai, S., Shepherd, R., Innis, P., Winther-Jensen, B., Forsyth, M., Wallace, G., Macfarlane, D., 2010, Ion effects in REDOX cycling of conducting polymer based electrochromic materials, Electrochemistry Communications [P], vol 12, issue 11, Elsevier Science Inc, New York USA, pp. 1505-1508.

Izgorodin, A., Winther-Jensen, O., Winther-Jensen, B., Macfarlane, D.R., 2009, CdS thin-film electrodeposition from a phosphonium ionic liquid, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics [P], vol 11, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 8532-8537.

Winther-Jensen, O., Ranganathan, V., Sun, J., Winther-Jensen, B., Macfarlane, D.R., 2009, Self polymerising ionic liquid gel, Chemical Communications [P], Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, pp. 3041-3043.

Winther-Jensen, B., Winther-Jensen, O., Forsyth, M., Macfarlane, D.R., 2008, High rates of oxygen reduction over a vapor phase-polymerized PEDOT electrode, Science, vol 321, issue 5889, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, pp. 671-674.

Pringle, J.M., Winther-Jensen, O., Lynam, C., Wallace, G.G., Forsyth, M., Macfarlane, D.R., 2008, One-step synthesis of conducting polymer-noble metal nanoparticle composites using an ionic liquid, Advanced Functional Materials, vol 18, Wiley - VCH Verlag, Germany, pp. 2031-2040.