Prof. Dr. Ilia Valov

Scientific Staff at Peter Grünberg Institute

Head of Group Nanoelectrochemistry

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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI)

Elektronische Materialien (PGI-7)

Gebäude 04.6 / Raum 48

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My applications-oriented research interests include:

Memrsitive materials, technologies and systems. Relation between materials, processes and functionalities.

Nanobattery effect in ReRAMs. Switching mechanisms. Volatile and non-volatile memories. Neuromorphic functionalities. Random nanowire networks.

Memrsitive sensors.

Electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen production. Electrocatalytic materials for oxygen evolution reaction.

Degradation of electrocatalytic materials under real working conditions. Amorphisation, structural and chemical transformations, loss of activity, dissolution.

Vita

Education
2006	Dr. rer. nat. with summa cum laude (Physical Chemistry) Physikalisch Chemisches Institut der Justus-Liebig Universität, Gießen, June 2006. Title: Nitrogen Doped Zirconia (N-YSZ): preparation, characterization and electrode processes
1993-1998	M. Sc. in Materials Science with focus Physical Chemistry / Electrochemistry, UCTM, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1993-1998 Master thesis: Electrochemical Reduction of Arsenic from Low Concentrated Solutions
1990-1993	M. Sc. in Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, UCTM, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1990-1993. Master thesis: Electrochemical Purification of Waste Waters
Academic Career
12/2018 -	Head of Group "Nanoelectrochemistry" (PGI-7, Forschungszentrum Jülich)
05/2018	Appointment as a Professor (Full Professor) at Zernike Institut for Advanced Materials, Groningen, the Netherlands (not accepted)
01/2018	Guest Professor at Tsinghua University, China
2009 - 2018	Senior Scientist at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Institute for Solid State Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich).Teaching at RWTH-Aachen University
2006 - 2009	Post-doc at Justus-Liebig Universität, Gießen
2002-2006	Ph.D at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (within special priority programm SPP 1136 "Substitutionseffekte in ionischen Festkörpern" of DFG)
1998-2002	Research Associate at Institut of Physical Chemistry, Bulagrian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Publikationen

Selected publications:

1. Lübben, M. et al. Design of defect-chemical properties and device performance in memristive systems. Science Advances 6, eaaz9079 (2020)

2. Milano, G. et al. Self-limited single nanowire systems combining all-in-one memristive and neuromorphic functionalities. Nature Communications 9, 5151 (2018)

3. Wedig, A. et al. Nanoscale cation motion in TaOx, HfOx and TiOx memristive systems. Nature Nanotechnology 11, 67-74 (2016)

4. Valov, I. et al. Nanobatteries in redox-based resistive switches require extension of memristor theory. NatureCommunications 4, 1771 (2013)

5. Valov, I. et al. Atomically controlled electrochemical nucleation at superionic solid electrolyte surfaces. Nature Materials 11, 530-535 (2012)

Selected press releases

Here a brief overview of some recent press realeases:

Welt 25.11.2020: Memristoren – die nächste Stufe der künstlichen Intelligenz

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 05.06.2020: Eine reine Nervensache

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 17.01.2019: Der gepflegte Dialog der Drähte

Press Release Forschungszentrum Jülich 11.05.2020: Artificial Synapses on Design

IEEE Spectrum 13.10.2015: Memristors Don’t Work the Way We Thought

Letzte Änderung: 04.09.2023