Institute of Energy Technologies

Nanoengineering of Materials Applied to Energy (NEMEN)

Research Lines

The NEMEN group has been awarded by AGAUR (2017SGR128).

 

Research Team
Jordi Llorca , Responsible
Ignasi Casanova , Researcher
Núria J. Divins , PDI-Lector
Youri Koubychine , Researcher
Lluís Soler , Researcher

Facilities

 

R+D+I
  • MECATEN . Mechanochemical preparation of catalysts for energy applications: Methane activation and hydrogen generation. 2019-2021. IP: J. Llorca
  • BASE3D-INK-3D . Tecnologies per a la deposició de tintes continues. 2019-2021. IP: Fundació Privada Centre (CIM)
  • Fusion CAT . Fusió a Catalunya. 2019-2022. IP: Barcelona Supercomputing Center
  • H2020-813748-BIKE . Bimetallic catalyst knowledge-based development for energy Applications . IP: Vladimiro Dal Santo (CNR, Itàlia)
  • MACROSENSE . Methane spectroscopic gas sensor based on macroporous silicon for the monitoring of natural gas pipelines. 2020-2021. IP: J. Llorca
  • PHOXSOL . Solar Hydrogen generation using photocatalytic doped titania inverse opals. 2019-2021. IP: Ll. Soler
  • MINECO ref. ENE2015-63969-C3-1-R. Microreactors fabricated with 3D printing technologies for the catalytic and photocatalytic production of hydrogen (2016-2018).
  • MINECO ref. ENE2012-61715EXP. Simultaneous modulation of optical and electronic properties to generate hydrogen with photocatalysts and sunlight (2015-2016).
  • MINECO ref. ENE2012-36368. Hydrogen generation and conditioning for portable fuel cells with microreactors and photocatalysts (2013-2015).
  • COMRDI15-1-0036-11 (Generalitat de Catalunya). Energy saving and flexibility in buildings (REFER).
  • COMRDI15-1-0037-06 (Generalitat de Catalunya). Synthetic fuels (COSIN).
  • WO2018235032 : Trovarelli, A., Colussi, S., Danielis, M., Toso, A., Llorca, J. (2017). Catalysts based on Pd/CeO 2 and preparation method thereof. 21/06/2018.
  • WO2017109244 : Armelin, E., Fabregat, G., Llorca, J. Alemán, C. (2017). Electro-chemical sensor and coating method, production method and corresponding uses. 29/06/2017.

 

PhD Thesis
  • X. García : Estudis in situ de processos catalítics amb fotoemissió electrònica.
  • Y. Chen : Mechanochemical preparation of TiO 2 -based photocatalysts for hydrogen production.
  • S. Fazli : Preparation of metal-based catalysts by ball milling method for partial oxidation of methane.
  • S. García : Study of the behaviour of gadolinium doped uranium oxide under hyperalkaline conditions.
  • A. Cifuentes : Simulació i desenvolupament de reactors catalítics per a la tecnologia de l'hidrogen.
  • A. Braga : Preparation and XPS characterization of bimetallic catalysts for methane activation.
  • O. Nomen : Beam transport and beam dump sections of facilities for qualification of fusion reactors materials.
  • M. Armengol : Reformació de metà amb diòxid de carboni amb catalitzadors bimetàl·lics.
  • Enrico Manosperti : CLIC 7 TeV Beam Delivery System.
  • J. Serafin : Titanium dioxide and nanoshaped ceria for solar hydrogen production (2022).
  • I. Lucentini : Producción de hidrógeno a partir de amoniaco en reactores de paredes catalíticas (2021).
  • A. Soto : Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and how to Accelerate the Development and Commercialization of Carbon Capture Technologies and Carbon-Based Products in the European and United States Markets (2021).
  • C. Xing : Metal titanates for the hydrogen evolution reaction.
  • J. Coello : Local Optics Corrections in the HL-LHC(2021).
  • K.B. Rodríguez : Formation and Evolution of Carbonate Phases upon Accelerated Carbonation of Mg-Oxides and Silicates (2020).
  • Z. Hazami : Development of a Solid State Amplifier for the 3rd Harmonic Cavity for ALBA Synchrotron Light Source (2020).
  • G. Gómez : Valorization of low concentration sugar side-stream from dissolving pulp production (2019).
  • A. Farooqui : Solar-fuels via two-step thermochemical redox cycles for power and fuel production (2019).
  • A. Cwik: : Advanced carbon capture and storage technologies (2019).
  • L. Rodríguez-Chiang : Enhancement of methane production from the anaerobic digestion of chemical pulp and paper mill effluents (2019).
  • L. Martínez : Nanoestructuras de TiO 2 de baja dimensionalidad para la obtención fotocatalítica de hidrógeno (2019).
  • A. Elkoro : Optimización de la reología de componentes fotocatalíticos para aplicaciones avanzadas en elementos de fachada (2018).
  • A. Castedo : Producción fotocatalítica de H 2 con microrreactores y cristales fotónicos (2018).
  • E. Aguiló : Estructuras supramoleculares de oro(I) con propiedades luminiscentes. Estudios de agregación y aplicaciones (2017).
  • A. Hedayati : On-site pure hydrogen production in a catalytic membrane reactor by ethanol steam reforming (2016).
  • A. Schiffer : Thermal analysis and modelization of Li-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles. (2016).
  • M. Domínguez : Aerogels catalítics de Co-Si sobre monòlits ceramics per a produir hidrogen mitjançant la reformació d’etanol (2016).

 

Scientific Production

The scientific production of the NEMEN group can be found here .