Roman Yatskiv (Jackiv), Ph.D.

Research interests:

Photoluminescence spectroscopy of compound semiconductors;
Electrical characterization of semiconductor materials;
Growth and characterization of low-dimensional semiconductor structures.

Education:

2007: Ph.D.: Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Microelectronics. Specialization: Electronics.

2002: Mgr.: Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Faculty of Physics, Department of Electronics and Power Engineering.

Current research projects:

Principal investigator of the projects:

• Electric charge transport in heterostructures of semiconductor oxides with copper halides

Selected past projects:

Principal investigator of the projects:

• Modification and investigation of optoelectronic properties of ZnO thin films and nanostructures for photovoltaic applications
• Preparation and characterisation of disordered materials for application in infrared spectra
• Study of charge transport mechanisms in graphene-semiconductor junctions
• Study of the optoelectronic properties of hybrid heterojunction
• Glasses transmitting infrared radiation based on heavy metal oxides
• Electrophoretic deposition of nanostructured ZnO films and their use in hazardous gas detection
• Study of metal nanoparticle layers deposited by electrophoresis on semiconductor III-V-N compounds
  
• The role of transition metals and rare earth elements in the preparation of materials based on InP for radiation detectors

Laboratories:

• Laboratory for optical characterization of materials
• Laboratory for electrical characterization of materials

Selected publications:

1. R. Yatskiv, J. Grym, Temperature-dependent properties of semimetal graphite-ZnO Schottky diodes, Appl Phys Lett, 101 (2012).
2. R. Yatskiv, J. Grym, K. Zdansky, K. Piksova, Semimetal graphite/ZnO Schottky diodes and their use for hydrogen sensing, Carbon, 50 (2012) 3928-3933.
3. R. Yatskiv, V.V. Brus, M. Verde, J. Grym, P. Gladkov, Electrical and optical properties of graphite/ZnO nanorods heterojunctions, Carbon, 77 (2014) 1011-1019.
4. S. Tiagulskyi, R. Yatskiv, H. Faitová, Š. Kučerová, J. Vaniš, J. Grym, Electrical properties of nanoscale p-n heterojunctions formed between a single ZnO nanorod and GaN substrate, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 107 (2020) 104808.
5. O. Černohorský, J. Grym, H. Faitová, N. Bašinová, Š. Kučerová, R. Yatskiv, J. Veselý, Modeling of Solution Growth of ZnO Hexagonal Nanorod Arrays in Batch Reactors, Crystal Growth & Design, 20 (2020) 3347-3357.
6. L. Piliai, D. Tomeček, M. Hruška, I. Khalakhan, J. Nováková, P. Fitl, R. Yatskiv, J. Grym, M. Vorokhta, I. Matolínová, M. Vrňata, New Insights towards High-Temperature Ethanol-Sensing Mechanism of ZnO-Based Chemiresistors, Sensors, 20 (2020) 5602.
7. R. Yatskiv, S. Tiagulskyi, J. Grym, J. Vaniš, N. Bašinová, P. Horak, A. Torrisi, G. Ceccio, J. Vacik, M. Vrňata, Optical and electrical characterization of CuO/ZnO heterojunctions, Thin Solid Films, 693 (2020) 137656.
8. P. Kostka, R. Yatskiv, J. Grym, J. Zavadil, Luminescence, up-conversion and temperature sensing in Er-doped TeO2-PbCl2-WO3 glasses, J Non-Cryst Solids, 553 (2021) 120287.

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