Dr Matěj Velický

Senior Scientist, Department of Electrochemical Materials

E-mail

matej.velicky@jh-inst.cas.cz

Focus

Microscale spectroelectrochemistry of graphene, TMDC/metal interfaces, electrolyte gating of 2D materials.

Expertise

2D materials, in situ spectroelectrochemistry, metal-assisted exfoliation, Raman/photoluminescence spectroscopy.

Running Projects

2025 - 2027 Engineering interactions between 2D transition metal dichalcogenides and solid surfaces, Czech Science Foundation (25-16345S)
2022 - 2026 Tunable Electrochemistry of Two-Dimensional Semiconductors, Czech Academy of Science (LQ200402201)
2022 - 2024 Fundamental physics of interfaces between 2D materials and metals Standard Grant, Czech Science Foundation (22-04408S)
2017 - 2020 Stimuli-Responsive Two-Dimensional Materials for Renewable Energy, European Commission (746685)

Background

2021 - present Senior Scientist, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)
2020 - 2021 Associate Scientist, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)
2017 - 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, Cornell University (USA) and University of Manchester (UK)
2016 - 2017 Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast (UK)
2012 - 2016 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester (UK)
2011 - 2012 Knowledge Transfer Associate, University of Manchester (UK)
2007 - 2011 PhD in Chemistry, University of Manchester (UK)
2006 - 2007 Researcher, Nuclear Research Institute Řež (Czech Republic)
2001 - 2007 Master’s degree in Nuclear Chemistry, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic).

Awards

2021 Lumina Quaruntur Award (CAS)
2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (EC)
2017 Young Investigator Award (ACS)
2016 PCCP Poster Prize (ECS)

Selected publications

Hanušová et al., Hybridization Directionality Governs the Interaction Strength between MoS₂ and Metals. Nano Letters 25, 2025, 12995-13002
Sahu et al., Tuning of MoS₂ Photoluminescence in Heterostructures with CrSBr. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17, 2025, 25693-25701
Velický et al., Electrochemical Fingerprints of the Electronic Band Structure of Two-Dimensional Materials. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 50, 2025, 101650
Abbas et al., Electrostatic Gating of Monolayer Graphene by Concentrated Aqueous Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 14, 2023, 4281-4288
Velický M. et al., Strain and Charge Doping Fingerprints of the Strong Interaction between Monolayer MoS₂ and Gold. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 11, 2020, 6112-6118
Velický M., Hu S., Woods C.R., Tóth P.S., Zólyomi V., Geim A.K., Abruña H.D., Novoselov K.S. and Dryfe R.A.W., Electron Tunneling through Boron Nitride Confirms Marcus-Hush Theory Predictions for Ultramicroelectrodes. ACS Nano 14, 2020, 993-1002
Velický M., Toth P.S., Woods C.R., Novoselov K.S. and Dryfe R.A.W., Electrochemistry of the Basal versus Edge Plane of Graphite Revisited. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123, 2019, 11677-11685
Velický M., Donnelly G.E., Hendren W.R., McFarland S., Scullion D., DeBenedetti W.J.I., Calinao Correa G, Han Y., Wain A.J., Hines M.A., Muller D.A, Novoselov K.S., Abruña H.D, Bowman R.M., Santos E.J.G. and Huang F., Mechanism of Gold-Assisted Exfoliation of Centimeter-Sized Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers. ACS Nano 12, 2018, 10463-10472
Velický M., Toth P.S., Rakowski A.M., Rooney A.P., Kozikov A., Woods C.R., Mishchenko A., Fumagalli L., Yin J., Zólyomi V., Georgiou T., Haigh S.J., Novoselov K.S. and Dryfe, R.A.W., Exfoliation of Natural van der Waals Heterostructures to a Single Unit Cell Thickness. Nature Communications 8, 2017, 14410
Velický M., Bissett M.A., Woods C.R., Toth P.S., Georgiou T., Kinloch I.A., Novoselov K.S. and Dryfe R.A.W., Photoelectrochemistry of Pristine Mono- and Few-Layer MoS₂. Nano Letters 16, 2016, 2023-2032