Francisco Gonell Gómez successfully defended his PhD thesis last Monday 13th March at Universitat Jaume I (UJI). The doctoral thesis, entitled “Design of new nanomaterials for their use in catalysis and photochemistry” was supervised by Beatriz Julián López, Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at UJI, and Avelino Corma Canós, Research Professor at Instituto de Tecnologia Química (ITQ-CSIC).
The PhD thesis addressed the rational design of oxide and fluoride based nanoparticles prepared by Soft Chemistry Routes with controlled size, morphology, surface properties and crystalline phases. The precise control of these parameters allowed a fine-tuning of their catalytic and photochemical properties towards different industrially relevant processes (selective hydrogenations, solar H2 production…) and promising novel applications (infrared activated catalysts and multimodal spectral converters).
The candidate received the highest marks “Cum Laude” by the evaluation committee and the thesis was awarded with a European PhD Label.
