Denys Kurbatov

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Head of Research Department, Sumy State University,
Leading Researcher of Sumy State University

EDUCATION:

2006-2009: Рostgraduate studies, Electronics and information technologies Faculty, specialty ‒ Solid state physics, Sumy State University, Ukraine;

2001-2006: M.Sc. (Hons) Electronic devices, Electronics and information technologies Faculty, Sumy State University, Ukraine.

SCIENTIFIC DEGREES AND TITLES:

2013: Senior Research Fellow, specialty 01.04.07 ‒ Solid state physics;

2010: Ph.D. in Solid state physics, specialty 01.04.07 ‒ Solid state physics.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

from 2012: Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Optoelectronics and Solar Power Engineering, Sumy State University, Ukraine;

from 2011: Head of Research Department, Sumy State University, Ukraine;

2010-2011: Vice Pro-rector of Research Department, Sumy State University, Ukraine;

2009: Researcher, Sumy State University, Ukraine;

2007-2011: Professor’s Assistant of General and Theoretical Physics Department, Sumy State University, Ukraine.

INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING:

from 2019: Nuclear Power Institute of China (NPIC) (Chengdu, PRC);

from 2018: State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technologies (CPST) (Vilnius, Lithuania);

from 2016: Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) (Berlin, Germany).

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS:

[1] Dobrozhan O., Vorobiov S., Kurbatov D., Baláž S. et al. Structural properties and chemical composition of ZnO films deposited onto flexible substrates by spraying polyol mediated nanoinks / Superlattices and Microstructures, (2020) 140, art. no. 106455. (Q2, IF = 2.385)
[2] Dobrozhan O., Shelest I., Stepanenko A., Kurbatov D. et al. Structure, substructure and chemical composition of ZnO nanocrystals and films deposited onto flexible substrates / Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, (2020) 108, art. no. 104879, (Q2, IF = 2.722)
[3] Shamardin A., Kurbatov D., Grase L. et al. Quality improvement of CZTS thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis method using pulsed Nd: YAG laser irradiation / (2019) Applied Surface Science, 488, pp. 827-835 (Q1, IF = 5.155)
[4] Shamardin A., Kurbatov D., Medvids A. Effect of deposition temperature on the growth mechanism of chemically prepared CZTGeS thin films (2019) Surface and Interface Analysis, 51 (7), pp. 733-742 (Q2, IF = 1.319)
[5] Diachenko O.V., Dobrozhan O.A., Opanasyuk A.S, Kurbatov D.I., Čerškus A. The influence of optical and recombination losses on the efficiency of thin-film solar cells with a copper oxide absorber layer (2018) Superlattices and Microstructures, 122, pp. 476-485. (Q2, IF = 2.385)
[6] Yeromenko Y.S., Gnatenko Y.P., Opanasyuk A.S., Kurbatov D.I.et al. Photoluminescence of high optical quality CdS:Dy thin films deposited by close-spaced vacuum sublimation (2018) Journal of Luminescence, 197, pp. 343-348. (Q2, IF = 2.961)
[7] Martinez-Tomas C., Klymov O., Agouram S., Kurbatov D., Opanasyuk A., Muñoz-Sanjosé V.Substructural Properties and Anisotropic Peak Broadening in Zn1−xMnxTe Films Determined by a Combined Methodology Based on SEM, HRTEM, XRD, and HRXRD (2016) Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 47 (12), pp. 6645-6654 (Q1, IF = 2.244)
[8] Dobrozhan O., Kurbatov D., Opanasyuk A., Cheong H., Cabot A. Influence of substrate temperature on the structural and optical properties of crystalline ZnO films obtained by pulsed spray pyrolysis (2015) Surface and Interface Analysis, 47 (5), pp. 601-606. (Q2, IF = 1.319)
[9] Kurbatov D.I., Kosyak V.V., Kolesnyk M.M. et al. Structural and electrical properties of ZnS/CdTe and ZnTe/CdTe heterostructures (2013) Materials Chemistry and Physics, 138 (2-3), pp. 731-736 (Q2, IF = 2.781)
[10] Kurbatov D., Opanasyuk A., Sofronov D., Khlyap, H. Structural and optical properties of vacuum-deposited ZnS nanostructures (2013) Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 210 (2), pp. 291-296 (Q2, IF = 1.606)
[11] Opanasyuk A.S., Kurbatov D.I., Kosyak V.V., Kshniakina, S.I., Danilchenko S.N. Characteristics of structure formation in zinc and cadmium chalcogenide films deposited on nonorienting substrates (2012) Crystallography Reports, 57 (7), pp. 927-933 (Q2, IF = 0.751)
[12] Kurbatov D., Opanasyuk A., Duvanov S.M., Balogh A.G., Khlyap H. Growth kinetics and stoichiometry of ZnS films obtained by close-spaced vacuum sublimation technique (2011) Solid State Sciences, 13 (5), pp. 1068-1071. (Q2, IF = 2.155)
[13] Kurbatov D.I. Electrical properties of zinc-sulfide films produced by close-spaced vacuum sublimation (2013) Semiconductors, 47 (9), pp. 1164-1169 (Q3, IF = 0.691)
[14] Kurbatov D., Opanasyuk A., Kshnyakina S. et al. Luminescent and optical characteristics of zinc sulfide thin films produced by close-spaced vacuum sublimation (2010) Romanian Reports of Physics, 55 (1-2), pp. 213-219 (Q1, IF = 1.940)

Monographs

[1] D.I. Kurbatov, A.S. Opanasyuk. Nanostructures and Films Based On Classical Wide Gap Semiconductors for Photovoltaic Applications, New York (Nova Science Publisher). – 2014. - 146 р.
[2] D. Kurbatov, A. Opanasyuk, H. Khlyap, Advanced Aspects of Spectroscopy(book)/Injection and Optical Spectroscopy of Localized States in II-VI Semiconductor Films (Chapter), InTech, Croatia. – 2012. - 538 p.
[3] Oleksandr Dobrozhan, Denys Kurbatov, Petro Danilchenko and Anatoliy Opanasyuk, Semiconductors (book)/ Nanostructured ZnO, Cu2ZnSnS4, Cd1−xZnxTe Thin Films Obtained by Spray Pyrolysis Method (Chapter), InTech, Croatia. – 2018. - 176 p.
[4] Ivashchenko M.M., Kurbatov D.I., Gnatenko Yu.P., Opanasyuk A.S., Horizons in World Physics/ Luminescence study of II-VI-based thin films deposited by close-spaced vacuum sublimation technique/monograph. New York: Nova Science. - V. 299, 1-43., 2019 ISBN: 978-1-53615-362-0 (eBook) ISSN: 2159-2004р.
[5] Opanasyuk А.S., Tyrkusova N.V., Kolesnyk M.M., Kosyak V.V., Kurbatov D.І. Dobrozhan О.А. Injection spectroscopy of localized states in films of semi-insulating compounds A2B6 (monograph) Sumy: Sumy State University, 2017. UDC 539.216.2(0.034) 252 p.

Patents

[1] Diachenko O.V., Opanasyuk А.S., Kurbatov D.I. Automated device for applying semiconductor films and their solid solutions by non-vacuum method (No. 114980, 27.03.2016)
[2] Diachenko O.V., Opanasyuk А.S., Kurbatov D.I. The method of obtaining MgO layers by spray pyrolysis.Патент на корисну модель (No. 113142, 10.01.2017)
[3] Dobrozhan O.A., Opanasyuk А.S., Kurbatov D.I. Method of deposition of polycrystalline films of multicomponent compounds (Cu2 (MII)) (MIV) (S, Se) 4 (MII: Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Cd, Hg; MIV: Si, Ge, Sn) by pulsating spray pyrolysis (No. 115891, 25.04.2017)
[4] Shamardin A.V., Kurbatov D.I., Diachenko O.V. Method of improving quality of thin layers in polycrystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 films obtained without vacuum spray pyrolysis method by laser irradiation (No. 141172, 25.03.2020)

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS:

[1] Grant of the President of Ukraine “Optimization of the properties of thin films of solid solutions based on A2B6 compounds for use in solar converters of the new generation” (No. F61/70-2015), 2015
[2] “Ukraine higher education. Renovation and modernisation of research laboratories of SSU” European Investment Bank (Luxembourg) (No. 20120493), 2016
[3] Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Obtaining and optimizing the properties of semiconductor films (ZnO, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se)4 and metals (Ag, Cu) printed on a 3D printer for electronics devices” (No. 35 0118U003576), 2018-2020
[4] Bilateral project between Sumy State University and Sogang University (Seoul, South Korea) “Use of new materials of buffer and absorption layers for cheap film polycrystalline solar cells based on heterojunctions (No. M/209), 2011-2013
[5] Grant of Swiss National Science Foundation “Improving energy security through the Swiss-Ukrainian-Estonian institutional partnership” (No. SCOPES IZ74Z0_160564/1), 2016
[6] Bilateral project between Sumy State University and SRICPST (Vilnius, Lithuania) “Optimization of the structure and phase composition of SnxSy and Zn1-xMgxO compounds for third-generation film solar cells” (No. М/80-2018), 2018-2019
[7] Cooperation project between Sumy State University and Chinese Electronics Export and Import Corporation CEIEC (China, Beijing). (No. USE-16/ 2-30D/K-13), 2013
[8] Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine „Creation and optimization of properties of photosensitive elements on the basis of films of sulfides (oxides) of tin and zinc (SnS2 / SnS, ZnO (S) / SnS)” (No. 0116U006813.), 2016-2018
[9] Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine „Synthesis, research and optimization of properties of cadmium and zinc chalcogenides films doped with rare earth and isovalent impurities” (No. 0116U002619), 2016-2018
[10] Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Structural, optical and electrical characteristics of thin and thick films of solid solutions of CdTe with isovalent impurities (Mn, Zn) for high-efficiency detectors of ionizing radiation and solar cells”, (No. 0115U003242), 2015-2017
[11] Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Structural, optical and electrical characteristics of thin and thick films of solid solutions of CdTe with isovalent impurities (Mn, Zn) for high-efficiency detectors of ionizing radiation and solar cells” , (No. 0115U003242), 2013-2015
[12] Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine “Synthesis and optimization of properties of Cu2ZnSn (Ge) SSe4 semiconductor films obtained by non-vacuum methods for third-generation solar converters”, (No. 52.21.04-01.17/20ЗП), 2013-2015

EXPERT ACTIVITY:

Examination of research projects

[1] Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (selection of projects of young scientists, selection of projects of the state order for scientific and technical production)
[2] State Innovative Financial and Credit Institution (selection of projects for the promotion and use of inventions (patents)
[3] European Investment Bank Fund (selection of projects under the program “Higher Education of Ukraine”)
[4] Fund of Scientific Society of students, post-graduate students, doctoral students and young scientists of Sumy State University (selection of projects for grants of Scientific Society of students, post-graduate students, doctoral students and young scientists of Sumy State University)

Examination of scientific publications in journals

[1] Physica status solidi (а) (Scopus, Web of Science, IF (2017-2019) – 1.795)
[2] Physica B: Condensed Matter (Scopus, Web of Science, IF (2017) – 1.453)
[3] Solid State Science (Scopus, Web of Science, IF (2017-2019) – 1.861)
[4] Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (Scopus, Web of Science, IF (2018) – 2.207)
[5] Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics (Scopus) (2015-2019)

TRAINING OF SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL:

Joint training of Ph.D. in the specialty 01.04.01 ‒ Physics of devices, elements and systems, with colleagues from the University of Valencia (Spain) and the Riga Technical University (Latvia)

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

2012-2014, 2016-2018: Winner of the scholarship of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for young scientists;

from 2002: Master of sports (automodel sport).