Hartwin Peelaers

Associate Professor · peelaers@ku.edu

Dr. Peelaers uses first-principles methods, based on density functional theory (DFT), to improve our understanding of the physics of wide-bandgap oxides, battery cathode materials, and charge transfer and separation in organic photovoltaics. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and was a postdoctoral researcher and Associate Specialist at UC Santa Barbara. In 2024 he received an NSF CAREER award to investigate vanadium oxides as cathode material for non-Li ion batteries.