Faculty & Adjunct Professors (MSE): Pichaya Pattanasattayavong
Research Focus:
- Design and synthesis of advanced materials & semiconductors
- Solution-based thin-film processing
- Cost-effective micro/nanoscale device fabrication
- Electronics: transistors and sensors
- Photonics and energy: solar cells, photodetectors, and photoelectrochemical cells
Contact
Electronic Devices and Materials Innovation (EDM) Laboratory
School of Molecular Science and Engineering (MSE)
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
555 Moo 1, Payupnai, Wangchan, Rayong 21210, THAILAND
Email: pichaya.p@vistec.ac.th
Professional Appointments and Education:
| 2023 – present | Co-Founder & Managing Director, Cleantech and Beyond Co., Ltd. |
2021 – present | Assistant Professor, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) |
| 2023 | Visiting Scholar, Hokkaido University |
| 2020 – 2021 | Visiting Lecturer, Kyoto University |
| 2015 – 2021 | Lecturer, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) |
| 2010 – 2014 | PhD in Physics, Imperial College London |
| 2009 – 2010 | MSc in Physics (Distinction), Imperial College London |
| 2005 – 2009 | BEng in Nano-Engineering (First Class Honors), Chulalongkorn University |
Awards and Honors:
2025 | Thailand’s Young Materials Researcher Award, Materials Research Society of Thailand |
| 2024 | E-ASIA Joint Research Program International Grant, Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research and Innovation |
| 2024 | Distinguished Lectureship Award in Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry, Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2024 | Emerging Investigator of Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) |
| 2022 | Basic Research Grant, Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA) |
| 2022 | Research Grant for Outstanding Mid-Career Scholar, National Research Council of Thailand |
| 2021 | Grant for Research Translation/Commercialization, Program Management Unit for Competitiveness |
| 2020 | Outstanding Research in Physical Science, Synchrotron Light Research Institute (Thailand) |
| 2019 | Emerging Investigator of Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) |
| 2019 | Research Grant for Early Career Scholar, Thailand Research Fund |
| 2017 | Research Grant for Strategic Issues, Thailand Research Fund |
| 2017 | Excellent Thesis Award, National Research Council of Thailand |
| 2016 | Research Grant for Early Career Scholar, Thailand Research Fund |
Selected Publications:
(Full list can be found at Google Scholar)
- Topic: Novel materials design and insights
Defect Healing and Improved Hole Transport in CuSCN by Copper(I) Halides
Sukpoonprom, P.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Chattakoonpaisarn, C.; Ittisanronnachai, S.; Sudyoadsuk, T.; Promarak, V.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2025, 13, 7472. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TC00574D.
- Origin of Hole‐Trapping States in Solution‐Processed Copper(I) Thiocyanate and Defect‐Healing by I2 Doping
Worakajit, P.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Thanasarnsurapong, T.; Waiprasoet, S.; Nakajima, H.; Sudyoadsuk, T.; Promarak, V.; Boonchun, A.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33, 2209504. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202209504.
- Elucidating the Coordination of Diethyl Sulfide Molecules in Copper(I) Thiocyanate (CuSCN) Thin Films and Improving Hole Transport by Antisolvent Treatment
Worakajit, P.; Hamada, F.; Sahu, D.; Kidkhunthod, P.; Sudyoadsuk, T.; Promarak, V.; Harding, D. J.; Packwood, D. M.; Saeki, A.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30, 2002355. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202002355.
- Insights into the Synthesis of a Semiconducting Nickel Bis(Dithiolene) Coordination Polymer
Kaiyasuan, C.; Sathiyan, G.; Harding, D. J.; Crespy, D.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2024, 15, 12218. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02787.
- Tin(II) Thiocyanate Sn(NCS)2 – a Wide Band Gap Coordination Polymer Semiconductor with a 2D Structure
Wechwithayakhlung, C.; Packwood, D. M.; Chaopaknam, J.; Worakajit, P.; Ittisanronnachai, S.; Chanlek, N.; Promarak, V.; Kongpatpanich, K.; Harding, D. J.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2019, 7, 3452–3462. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC06150E.
- Topic: Novel energy, electronics, and photonics applications
Unraveling the Effects of Fe Incorporation on High-Performance Water-Splitting Photoanodes
Klahan, K.; Patriarche, G.; Steinmann, S.; Treps, L.; Pécastaings, G.; Camara, O.; Eichel, R.-A.; Chambon, S.; Garrigue, P.; Bossy, C.; Bureekaew, S.; Loget, G.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, Accepted. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c19704.
- Enhancing Photovoltage of Silicon Photoanodes by a High Work-Function Coordination Polymer
Aroonratsameruang, P.; Klahan, K.; Loget, G.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 15587. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c04274.
- Tin(II) Thiocyanate Sn(SCN)2 as an Ultrathin Anode Interlayer in Organic Photovoltaics
Chaopaknam, J.; Wechwithayakhlung, C.; Nakajima, H.; Lertvanithphol, T.; Horprathum, M.; Sudyoadsuk, T.; Promarak, V.; Saeki, A.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Applied Physics Letters 2021, 119, 063301. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0055649.
- A Lightweight Hydrogel System for Passive Cooling of Solar Cells
Lapsirivatkul, T.; Boon‐in, S.; Crespy, D.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Advanced Materials Technologies 2025, 10, 2401285. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401285.
- A Polymer Composite as a Thermal Antifuse for Battery‐free RFID Temperature Indicators
Lapsirivatkul, T.; Strauss, R.; Changtong, C.; Ungpittagul, T.; Tanasaro, T.; Chaopaknam, J.; Crespy, D.; Pattanasattayavong, P.
Advanced Materials Technologies 2025, 10, 2401499. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401499.