Moyses Araujo

Research
I am a condensed matter physicist with strong interest on renewable and clean energy science. My research group employs density functional theory, along with molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations, to investigate physical-chemical processes in condensed matter that are relevant for energy conversion and storage. More specifically, we are interested on scientific problems in the field of soft condensed matter, polymer physics, operando spectroscopy, battery materials, photo-electro-catalysis and photovoltaics.
Teaching
- Computational Physics
- Solid State Physics
Bio
Docent Moyses Araujo received his PhD degree, in Condensed Matter Physics, from Uppsala University (UU). Thereafter, he has held a postdoc position at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm with a distinguished scholarship from the Swedish Research Council (VR). As a recognition of his work in Sweden, he has won three research awards, viz. Benzelius prize (from the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala), Ångstrom Premium (UU), and Bjurzon’s Premium (the highest award for PhD thesis at UU). In 2011, he has moved for a postdoc in USA, at Yale University, with a prestigious scholarship from the Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI). In 2012, he has returned to Sweden as researcher at UU and in 2014 he has started his independent research group in the same institution with support from VR through the Young Researcher Grant. In 2018 he has become Docent in Physics at Uppsala University. From September 2020, he has joint Karlstad University as universitetslektor/Associate Professor in condensed matter theory.
Selected publications
- Cleber F. N. Marchiori, M. Ebadi, Rodrigo P. de Carvalho, Daniel Brandell
and C. Moyses Araujo “Understanding the electrochemical stability of solid polymer electrolytes from atomic-scale modelling”
Chemistry of Materials, 32, 7237-7246 (2020).
- J. L. Silva ... C. Moyses Araujo “X-ray Photoelectron Fingerprints of High-valent Ruthenium–oxo Complexes Along the Oxidation Reaction Pathway in Aqueous Environment” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 7636 (2019).
- Mahsa Ebadi, Cleber Marchiori, Jonas Mindemark, Daniel Brandell and C. Moyses Araujo “Assessing Structure and Stability of Polymer/Lithium-Metal Interfaces from First-Principles Calculations” J. Mater. Chem. A 7, 8394 (2019).
- Palas Baran Pati, Giane Damas, Lei Tian, Daniel LA Fernandes, Lei Zhang, Ilknur Bayrak Pehlivan, Tomas Edvinsson, C Moyses Araujo and Haining Tian “An experimental and theoretical study of an efficient polymer nano-photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution” Energy & Environmental Science 10, 1372-1376 (2017)
- C. Moyses Araujo et al. “Disorder-induced Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Chromite Thin Films” Scientific Reports 4, 4684 (2014).
- C. Moyses Araujo et al. “Fuel selection for regenerative organic fuel cell/flow battery: thermodynamics consideration” Energy & Environmental Science 5, 9534 (2012).
- Lele Duan, C. Moyses Araujo, Marten Ahlquist, and Licheng Sun “Highly Efficient and Robust Molecular Ruthenium Catalysts for Water Oxidation” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA (PNAS) 109, 15584 (2012).
- C. Moyses Araujo et al. “Room temperature ferromagnetism in pristine MgO thin films” Applied Physics Letters 96, 232505 (2010).
- C. Moyses Araujo, A. Blomqvist, Ralph H. Scheicher, and R. Ahuja, “Superionicity in the Hydrogen Storage Material Li2NH: Molecular Dynamics Simulations” Physical Review B 79, 172101 (2009).
Publications
- Chao Zhang, Jun Cheng, Yiming Chen, Maria K. Y. Chan, Qiong Cai, Rodrigo P. Carvalho, Cleber Marchiori, Daniel Brandell, Moyses Araujo, Ming Chen, Xiangyu Ji, Guang Feng, Kateryna Goloviznina, Alessandra Serva, Mathieu Salanne, Toshihiko Mandai, Tomooki Hosaka, Mirna Alhanash, Patrik Johansson, Yun-Ze Qiu, Hai Xiao, Michael Eikerling, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Marko M. Melander, Georg Kastlunger, Assil Bouzid, Alfredo Pasquarello, Seung-Jae Shin, Minho M. Kim, Hyungjun Kim, Kathleen Schwarz, Ravishankar Sundararaman, 2023
- Rodrigo P. Carvalho, Daniel Brandell, Moyses Araujo, 2023
- Ishita Jalan, Cleber Marchiori, Zewdneh Genene, André Johansson, Moyses Araujo, Ergang Wang, Jan van Stam, Ellen Moons, 2023
- Ziyauddin Khan, Anna Martinelli, Leandro R. Franco, Divyaratan Kumar, Alexander Idström, Lars Evenäs, Moyses Araujo, Xavier Crispin, 2023
- Jingnan Wu, Zhaoheng Ling, Leandro R. Franco, Sang Young Jeong, Zewdneh Genene, Josue Mena, Si Chen, Cailing Chen, Moyses Araujo, Cleber Marchiori, Joost Kimpel, Xiaoming Chang, Furkan H. H. Isikgor, Qiaonan Chen, Hendrik Faber, Yu Han, Frederic Laquai, Maojie Zhang, Han Young Woo, Donghong Yu, Thomas D. D. Anthopoulos, Ergang Wang, 2023
- Suraj Prasad, Cleber Marchiori, Zewdneh Genene, Leif Ericsson, Moyses Araujo, Ergang Wang, Ellen Moons, 2023
- O. M. Sousa, F. Sorgenfrei, L. V. C. Assali, M. V. Lalic, A. B. Klautau, P. Thunström, Moyses Araujo, O. Eriksson, H. M. Petrilli, 2023
- Felicia Zaar, Moyses Araujo, Rikard Emanuelsson, Maria Stromme, Martin Sjodin, 2023
- Leandro R. Franco, Kalil Cristhian Figueiredo Toledo, Tiago Araujo Matias, Moyses Araujo, Koiti Araki, Kaline Coutinho, 2023
- Young Won Choi, Moyses Araujo, Raquel Lizarraga, 2022
- Rodrigo P. Carvalho, Cleber Marchiori, Daniel Brandell, Moyses Araujo, 2022
- Qiaonan Chen, Yung Hee Han, Leandro R. Franco, Cleber F. N. Marchiori, Zewdneh Genene, Moyses Araujo, Jin-Woo Lee, Tan Ngoc-Lan Phan, Jingnan Wu, Donghong Yu, Dong Jun Kim, Taek-Soo Kim, Lintao Hou, Bumjoon J. Kim, Ergang Wang, 2022
- Rodrigo P. Carvalho, Mirna Alhanash, Cleber Marchiori, Daniel Brandell, C. Moyses Araujo, 2022
- Rian E. Aderne, Bruno Gabriel A. L. Borges, Harold C. Avila, Fredrik von Kieseritzky, Jonas Hellberg, Marlus Koehler, Marco Cremona, Lucimara S. Roman, Moyses C. Araujo, Maria Luiza M. Rocco, Cleber Marchiori, 2022
- Cleber F.N. Marchiori, Giane B. Damas, Moyses Araujo, 2022
- Rodrigo P. Carvalho, Cleber Marchiori, Daniel Brandell, Moyses Araujo, 2022
- Leandro R. Franco, Kalil Cristhian Figueiredo Toledo, Tiago Araujo Matias, Paola Andrea Benavides, Henrique Musseli Cezar, Moyses Araujo, Kaline Coutinho, Koiti Araki, 2022
- Huanji Liu, Juncheng Zhu, Dan Tian, Rodrigo Carvalho, Zhicheng Shi, Zhao Cai, Xinghua Chang, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Yu Zhou, Jiliang Zhu, 2021
- Wentao Jin, Guangde Chen, Xiangyang Duan, Moyses Araujo, Xubo Jia, Yuan Yin, Yelong Wu, 2021
- Lucas Scalon, Alfredo Leithold Neto, Luis O. Araujo, Soraia Zaioncz, Joao B. Floriano, Andreia G. Macedo, Moyses Araujo, Cleber Marchiori, Paula C. Rodrigues, 2021
- Giane B. Damas, Dmytro A. Ivashchenko, Ivan Rivalta, Moyses Araujo, 2021
- Rodrigo P. Carvalho, Cleber F. N. Marchiori, Viorica-Alina Oltean, Steven Renault, Tom Willhammar, Cesar Pay Gomez, Moyses Araujo, Daniel Brandell, 2021
- Giane B. Damas, Luciano T. Costa, Rajeev Ahuja, Moyses Araujo, 2021
- Rodrigo P Carvalho, Cleber Marchiori, Moyses Araujo, Daniel Brandell, 2020
- Jose Luis Silva, Barbara Brena, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2020
- Mahsa Ebadi, Therese Eriksson, Prithwiraj Mandal, Luciano T. Costa, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Jonas Mindemark, Daniel Brandell, 2020
- Robson R Guimaraes, Josue M Gon\c calves, Olle Björneholm, C Moyses Araujo, Arnaldo Naves de Brito, Koiti Araki, 2020
- Rodrigo M. Ronchi, Cleber Marchiori, Moyses Araujo, Jeverson T. Arantes, Sydney F. Santos, 2020
- Rodrigo Pereira de Carvalho, Cleber Marchiori, Daniel Brandell, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2020
- Cleber Marchiori, Rodrigo Pereira de Carvalho, Mahsa Ebadi, Daniel Brandell, Moyses Araujo, 2020
- Mahsa Ebadi, Cleber Marchiori, Jonas Mindemark, Daniel Brandell, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2019
- Mariia V. Pavliuk, Sol Gutierrez Alvarez, Yocefu Hattori, Maria E. Messing, Joanna Czapla-Masztafiak, Jakub Szlachetko, Jose Luis Silva, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Daniel L. A. Fernandes, Li Lu, Christopher J. Kiely, Mohamed Abdellah, Peter Nordlander, Jacinto Sá, 2019
- Amina Mirsakiyeva, Mahsa Ebadi, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Daniel Brandell, Peter Broqvist, Jolla Kullgren, 2019
- Mahsa Ebadi, Antoine Nasser, Marco Carboni, Reza Younesi, Cleber Marchiori, Daniel Brandell, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2019
- Leandro Benatto, Cleber Marchiori, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Marlus Koehler, 2019
- Giane B. Damas, Caetano Miranda, Ricardo Sgarbi, James Portela, Mariana R. Camilo, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2019
- Cleber F.N. Marchiori, Daniel Brandell, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2019
- Katharina Rudisch, William F. Espinosa-Garcia, Jorge M. Osorio-Guillen, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Charlotte Platzer Björkman, Jonathan J. Scragg, 2019
- Giane Damas, Fredrik von Kieseritzky, Jonas Hellberg, Cleber Marchiori, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2019
- Giane Damas, Cleber Marchiori, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2019
- Yu Zhou, Joshua, V Pondick, Jose Luis Silva, John M. Woods, David J. Hynek, Grace Matthews, Xin Shen, Qingliang Feng, Wen Liu, Zhixing Lu, Zhixiu Liang, Barbara Brena, Zhao Cai, Min Wu, Liying Jiao, Shu Hu, Hailiang Wang, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Judy J. Cha, 2019
- Jose Luis Silva, Isaak Unger, Tiago A. Matias, Leandro R. Franco, Giane Damas, Luciano T. Costa, Kalil C. F Toledo, Tulio C. R. Rocha, Arnaldo N. de Brito, Clara-Magdalena Saak, Kaline Coutinho, Koiti Araki, Olle Björneholm, Barbara Brena, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2019
- Pascal Acker, Luisa Rzesny, Cleber F. N. Marchiori, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Birgit Esser, 2019
- Carlos A Triana, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Rajeev Ahuja, Gunnar Niklasson, Tomas Edvinsson, 2018
- Giane Damas, Cleber F. N. Marchiori, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2018
- Yu Zhou, Jose Luis Silva, John M. Woods, Joshua V. Pondick, Qingliang Feng, Zhixiu Liang, Wen Liu, Li Lin, Bingchen Deng, Barbara Brena, Fengnian Xia, Hailin Peng, Zhongfan Liu, Hailiang Wang, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Judy J. Cha, 2018
- Valeria Lanzilotto, Jose Luis Silva, Teng Zhang, Matus Stredansky, Cesare Grazioli, Konstantin Simonov, Erika Giangrisostomi, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Monica De Simone, Marcello Coreno, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Barbara Brena, Carla Puglia, 2018
- W. F. Espinosa-Garcia, S. Perez-Walton, J. M. Osorio-Guillen, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2018
- Palas Baran Pati, Giane Damas, Lei Tian, Daniel L. A. Fernandes, Lei Zhang, Ilknur Bayrak Pehlivan, Tomas Edvinsson, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Haining Tian, 2017
- Rafael B. Araujo, Amitava Banerjee, Puspamitra Panigrahi, Li Yang, Martin Sjödin, Maria Strömme, C. Moyses Araujo, Rajeev Ahuja, 2017
- Mahsa Ebadi, Matthew Lacey, Daniel Brandell, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2017
- Rafael B. Araujo, Amitava Banerjee, Puspamitra Panigrahi, Li Yang, Maria Strömme, Martin Sjödin, C. Moyses Araujo, Rajeev Ahuja, 2017
- W. F. Espinosa-Garcia, J. M. Osorio-Guillen, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2017
- Carlos A. Triana, Carlos Moyses Araujo, Rajeev Ahuja, Gunnar A. Niklasson, Tomas Edvinsson, 2017
- Mahsa Ebadi, Luciano T. Costa, C. Moyses Araujo, Daniel Brandell, 2017
- Martin Walbruhl, Andreas Blomqvist, Pavel A. Korzhavyi, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2017
- Stéven Renault, Viorica Alina Oltean, Moyses Araujo, Anton Grigoriev, Kristina Edström, Daniel Brandell, 2016
- Johan R González-Moya, Yunier Garcia-Basabe, Maria Luiza M Rocco, Marcelo B Pereira, Jefferson L Princival, Luciano C Almeida, C Moyses Araujo, Denis G F David, Antonio Ferreira da Silva, Giovanna Machado,, 2016
- Mahsa Ebadi, Daniel Brandell, Carlos Moyses Araujo, 2016
- Carlos Triana, Moyses Araujo, Rajeev Ahuja, Gunnar A. Niklasson, Tomas Edvinsson, 2016
- Stéven Renault, Viorica Alina Oltean, Moyses Araujo, Anton Grigoriev, Kristina Edström, Daniel Brandell, 2016
- Stéven Renault, Viorica Alina Oltean, C. Moyses Araujo, Anton Grigoriev, Kristina Edström, Daniel Brandell, 2016
- J. M. Osorio-Guillen, W. F. Espinosa-Garcia, Moyses Araujo, 2015
- Rocio Sanchez-de-Armas, Barbara Brena, Ivan Rivalta, Carlos Moyses Graca Araujo, 2015
