Gustav Persson
guspe[at]chalmers.se
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Biography
Born and raised in Kungshamn, Sweden. Gustav earned a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering and Physics in 2016 and a Master of Science in Applied Physics in 2018 at Chalmers Technical University, Gothenburg. He is currently employed as a PhD student under supervision of Eva Olsson for electron microscopy studies of organic photovoltaic devices and thermoelectric systems.

Research Interests

• Currently investigating organic photovoltaic devices and thermoelectric systems using advanced electron microscopy techniques, with the goal to increase efficiencies beyond today's state of the art.

• Previous research focused on soft electron microscopy studies of lignocellulosic biomass in order to increase yield of sustainable biofuel, and studies of carbon-based nanofiber materials and their properties as anodes in lithium ion batteries.
• Main techniques: SEM, ESEM, FIB-SEM, TEM and x-ray techniques such as EDX and soft x-ray emission spectroscopy (SXES).

Publications

• Matsakas L., Nitsos C., Raghavendran V., Yakimenko O., Persson G., Olsson E., Rova U., Olsson L., Christakopoulos P.: "A Novel Hybrid Solvent Organosolv: Steam Explosion method for the efficient fractionation and pretreatment of birch biomass" Biotechnology for Biofuels 11:160 (2018)
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1163-3
  
• Matsakas L., Raghavendran V., Yakimenko O., Persson G., Olsson E., Rova U., Olsson L., Christakopoulos P.: "Lignin-first biomass fractionation using a hybrid organosolv - Steam explosion pretreatment technology improves the saccharification and fermentability of spruce biomass", Bioresource Technology 273, 521-528 (2019).
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.11.055