June 21, 2019
Robert J. Phipps studied Chemistry at Imperial College London in 2006 and then moved to the University of Cambridge to complete his PhD (2010) with Prof. Matthew Gaunt on the development of new copper-catalysed arylation reactions. Since then, he has worked at the University of California, Berkeley on a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship with Prof. […]
June 21, 2019
Cristina Rodríguez Seco, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Emilio Palomares (ICIQ), has defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Low-Molecular Weight Organic Semiconductors for Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells” (assigned to the Department of Technologies for Nanosystems, Bioengineering and Energy of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 21st at the ICIQ Library. The members […]
June 14, 2019
Sofia Paulo Mirasol, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Emilio Palomares (ICIQ) and Dr. Eugenia Martínez (Eurecat), has defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Optoelectronics Properties of Quantum Dots for Biomedicine and Energy-to-light” (assigned to the Department of Electrical Electronic Engineering and Automation of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 14th at the […]
June 13, 2019
The work of the Palomares group focuses on hybrid molecular photovoltaic devices, such as perovskite-based solar cells. This new technology is evolving rapidly thanks to its excellent properties to transform sunlight into electrical current. Now, two papers on perovskite-based solar cells published in Energy Environmental Science by the Palomares and Vidal groups have been highlighted […]
June 13, 2019
In the 11th edition of the SusChem-JIQ awards, a jury of experts representing all areas of chemistry in Spain has awarded two ICIQers for their work. Dr. Zhaofeng Wang, a former postdoc in Dr. Marcos G. Suero’s group, has received the SusChem-JIQ award in the Postdoc category for the best 2018 scientific publication in chemistry. […]
June 13, 2019
Prof. Kleij is pushing waste valorisation to an extreme. His research group has been involved over the last years in the development of homogeneous catalysts based on earth-abundant metals such as iron and aluminium for the incorporation of the carbon dioxide molecule into substrates in order to form carbonate or urethane functionalities. This lead the […]
June 13, 2019
Prof. Martín has been devoting for the last 10 years to the development of nickel catalysed carboxylation processes using carbon dioxide as a raw material. Nickel has the advantageous of being a non-toxic and readily available transition metal, which makes it attractive for the development of synthetic applications. In particular, catalytic methods for the carboxylation […]