Tom Braeckevelt

PhD Fellow (EA17)
Tom.Braeckevelt@UGent.be
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A1 Publications

Published

2025

Quantitative Description of Strongly Correlated Materials by Combining Downfolding Techniques and Tensor Networks , D. Vrancken, S. Ganne, D. Verraes, T. Braeckevelt, L. Devos, L. Vanderstraeten, J. Haegeman, V. Van Speybroeck , Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation , 21, 16, 7830-7844 , 2025
Increasing the Phase Stability of CsPbI3 Nanocrystals by Zn2+ and Cd2+ Addition: Synergy of Transmission Electron Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics , I. Skvortsova, T. Braeckevelt, A. De Backer, N. Schrenker, B. Pradhan, J. Hofkens, S. Van Aert, V. Van Speybroeck, S. Bals , ACS Nano , 19, 18, 17698-17708 , 2025

2024

Investigation of the Octahedral Network Structure in Formamidinium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals by Low-Dose Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy , N. J. Schrenker, T. Braeckevelt, A. De Backer, N. Livakas, C.-P. Yu, T. Friedrich, M.B.J. Roeffaers, J. Hofkens, J. Verbeeck, L. Manna, V. Van Speybroeck, S. Van Aert, S. Bals , Nano Letters , 24, 35, 10936-10942 , 2024

2023

Additivity of atomic strain fields as a tool to strain-engineering phase-stabilized CsPbI3 perovskites , J. Teunissen, T. Braeckevelt, I. Skvortsova, J. Guo, B. Pradhan, E. Debroye, M. Roeffaers, J. Hofkens, S. Van Aert, S. Bals, S.M.J. Rogge, V. Van Speybroeck , The Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 127, 48, 23400-23411 , 2023 , IF: 3.7 , 157/344 [Q2]
Understanding the phase transition mechanism in the lead halide perovskite CsPbBr₃ via theoretical and experimental GIWAXS and Raman spectroscopy , A.E.J. Hoffman, R.A. Saha, S. Borgmans, P. Puech, T. Braeckevelt, M.B.J. Roeffaers, J.A. Steele, J. Hofkens, V. Van Speybroeck , APL Materials , Volume 11, Issue 4, article number 041124 , 2023 , IF: 6.635 , 33/161 [Q1]

2022

An embedded interfacial network stabilizes inorganic CsPbI3 perovskite thin films , J.A. Steele, T. Braeckevelt, V. Prakasam, G. Degutis, H. Yuan, H. Jin, E. Solano, P. Puech, S. Basak, M.I. Pintor-Monroy, H. Van Gorp, G. Fleury, R.X. Yang, Z. Lin, H. Huang, E. Debroye, D. Chernyshov, B. Chen, M. Wei, Y. Hou, R. Gehlhaar, J. Genoe, S. De Feyter, S.M.J. Rogge, A. Walsh, E.H. Sargent, P. Yang, J. Hofkens, V. Van Speybroeck, M.B.J. Roeffaers , Nature Communications , 13, 7513 , 2022 , IF: 16.6 , 6/73 [Q1]
How the Layer Alignment in Two-dimensional Nanoporous Covalent Organic Frameworks Impacts Its Electronic Properties , K. S. Rawat, S. Borgmans, T. Braeckevelt, C.V. Stevens, P. Van der Voort, V. Van Speybroeck , ACS Applied Nano Materials , 5, 10, 14377-14387 , 2022 , IF: 6.14 , 101/345 [Q2]
Accurately Determining the Phase Transition Temperature of CsPbI3 via Random-Phase Approximation Calculations and Phase-Transferable Machine Learning Potentials , T. Braeckevelt, R. Goeminne, S. Vandenhaute, S. Borgmans, T. Verstraelen, J.A. Steele, M. Roeffaers, J. Hofkens, S.M.J. Rogge, V. Van Speybroeck , Chemistry of Materials , 34, 19, 8561–8576 , 2022 , IF: 8.6 , 63/342 [Q1]

2021

Texture Formation in Polycrystalline Thin Films of All-Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite , J.A. Steele, E. Solano, H. Jin, V. Prakasam, T. Braeckevelt, H. Yuan, Z. Lin, R. de Kloe, Q. Wang, S.M.J. Rogge, V. Van Speybroeck, D. Chernyshov, J. Hofkens, M. Roeffaers , Advanced Materials , 33 (13), 2007224 , 2021 , IF: 32.086 , 4/163 [Q1]

2019

Thermal unequilibrium of strained black CsPbI3 thin films , J.A. Steele, H. Jin, I. Dovgaliuk, R.F. Berger, T. Braeckevelt, H. Yuan, C. Martin, E. Solano, K. Lejaeghere, S.M.J. Rogge, C. Notebaert, W. Vandezande, K.P.F. Janssen, B. Goderis, E. Debroye, Y.-K. Wang, Y. Dong, D. Ma, M. Saidaminov, H. Tan, Z. Lu, V. Dyadkin, D. Chernyshov, V. Van Speybroeck, E.H. Sargent, J. Hofkens, M. Roeffaers , Science , 365 (6454), 679-684 , 2019 , IF: 41.845 , 2/71 [Q1]

Other Publications

Dissertations

(D2) , Designing 2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites for game-changing photovoltaics , T. Braeckevelt , Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. ir. Veronique Van Speybroeck, Dr. ir. Kurt Lejaeghere , 2018

Keynote / Plenary / Invited talks

2022 - 2025

Invited talk
Pushing the limits of computational chemistry: the phase diagram of water , M. Bocus, T. Braeckevelt, P. Dobbelaere, A. Maet, W. Temmerman, S. Vandenhaute, S. Vanlommel, J. Vekeman, V. Van Speybroeck , EuroHPC User Days 2025 , Copenhagen, Denmark , Tue, 30/09/2025 to Wed, 01/10/2025
Invited talk
Phase stability in metal halide perovskites from static DFT calculations to ML enabled large scale MD simulations , T. Braeckevelt , Meeting on Psiflow ML Potentials for Perovskites , Eindhoven, The Netherlands , Mon, 27/01/2025

Talks

2022 - 2025

Accurately determining the transition temperature of metal halide perovskites via RPA calculations and phase-transferable machine learning potentials , T. Braeckevelt, R. Goeminne, S. Vandenhaute, S. Borgmans, T. Verstraelen, J.A. Steele, M. Roeffaers, J. Hofkens, S.M.J. Rogge, V. Van Speybroeck , DFT2022 , Brussels, Belgium , Mon, 29/08/2022 to Fri, 02/09/2022

Posters

2022 - 2024

DFT+TN: A new method to accurately model complex materials from first principles , S. Ganne, D. Vrancken, D. Verraes, T. Braeckevelt, L. Devos, L. Vanderstraeten, J. Haegeman, V. Van Speybroeck , FEARS 2025 , Ghent Belgium , Mon, 13/10/2025
Quantitative Description of Strongly Correlated Materials by Combining Downfolding Techniques and Tensor Networks , D. Vrancken, S. Ganne, D. Verraes, T. Braeckevelt, L. Devos, L. Vanderstraeten, J. Haegeman, V. Van Speybroeck , International Conference on Strongly Correlated Quantum Materials (ICSCQM) , Hvar, Croatia , Sun, 12/10/2025 to Fri, 17/10/2025
First-Principles Evidence for Strongly Correlated Superconductivity Driven by Structural Variations in La3Ni2O7 , D. Verraes, T. Braeckevelt, N. Bultinck, V. Van Speybroeck , International Conference on Strongly Correlated Quantum Materials (ICSCQM) , Hvar, Croatia , Sun, 12/10/2025 to Fri, 17/10/2025
Evidence for Strongly Correlated Superconductivity in La3Ni2O7 from First Principles , D. Verraes, T. Braeckevelt, N. Bultinck, V. Van Speybroeck , Role of Topology, Dimensionality and Correlations in Unconventional Superconductivity , Les Diablerets, Switzerland , Sun, 04/05/2025 to Fri, 09/05/2025

2020

Stabilizing the perovskite phase of cesium lead iodide thin films via interfacial strains , T. Braeckevelt, J.A. Steele, K. Lejaeghere, S.M.J. Rogge, M. Roeffaers, J. Hofkens, V. Van Speybroeck , MolSim-2020: Understanding Molecular Simulation , Amsterdam, The Netherlands , Mon, 06/01/2020 to Fri, 17/01/2020

2019

Stabilizing the perovskite phase of cesium lead iodide thin films via interfacial strains , T. Braeckevelt, J.A. Steele, K. Lejaeghere, S.M.J. Rogge, M. Roeffaers, J. Hofkens, V. Van Speybroeck , 5th International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO19) , Lausanne, Switzerland , Mon, 30/09/2019 to Wed, 02/10/2019
Stabilizing the perovskite phase of cesium lead iodide thin films via interfacial strains , T. Braeckevelt, J.A. Steele, K. Lejaeghere, S.M.J. Rogge, M. Roeffaers, J. Hofkens, V. Van Speybroeck , ICAMM conference , Rennes, France , Mon, 01/07/2019 to Wed, 03/07/2019

Funding