Principal investigator

Research Overview

The main interest of the group is to develop advanced photoactive materials for applications in energy, photonics and catalysis. The team integrates a balanced expertise on the design, synthesis and functional characterization of different materials and energy conversion devices. Especially relevant to our research is understanding the formation mechanisms of materials structure to provide systems with enhanced functional properties. Our current efforts focus on applications spanning from advanced light emission, green H2 production, environmental remediation and waste valorization.

Group's research interests

  • (Photo)electrocatalytic H2 production using earth-abundant materials.

  • Biomass electrolysis (glycerol oxidation).

  • Design and development of (photo)electrolyzers.

  • Sustainable synthesis of metal halide perovskites for photovoltaics and optoelectronics.

  • Spectral conversion and photoactive nanoparticles and hybrid organic-inorganic systems for photocatalysis, energy conversion and integrated optics..

  • Sol-gel approaches, Soft Chemistry and self-assembly processes.

Members

Sixto Giménez's picture
Sixto Giménez

Principal Investigator
View profile
Beatriz Julian-Lopez's picture
Beatriz Julian-Lopez

Principal Investigator
View profile
Ana María Gutierrez Blanco's picture
Ana María Gutierrez Blanco

Research Scientist
View profile
Venkatesan Jayaraman's picture
Venkatesan Jayaraman

Research Scientist
View profile
Lakshman Sundar Arumugam's picture
Lakshman Sundar Arumugam

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Gabriel Marius Burcea Mutcu's picture
Gabriel Marius Burcea Mutcu

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Thais Caroline de Almeida da Silva's picture
Thais Caroline de Almeida da Silva

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Lorenzo Forzanini's picture
Lorenzo Forzanini

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Samiksha Mukesh Jain's picture
Samiksha Mukesh Jain

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Eva Ng's picture
Eva Ng

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Neeraja Puthuparambil's picture
Neeraja Puthuparambil

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Christian Robles's picture
Christian Robles

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Radeya Vasquez's picture
Radeya Vasquez

Doctoral Candidate
View profile
Carlos Palmer Peiró's picture
Carlos Palmer Peiró

Undergraduate Student
View profile

Publications

2025

  1. Carbon Energy, 2025, 3, e70065.

    Balog, A.; Ng, E.; Samu, F.Ferenc; Kecsenovity, E.; Csík, A.; Giménez, S.; Janáky, C.

    The Importance of Catalyst Choice in Photoelectrochemical Glycerol Oxidation.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cey2.70065

  2. ChemSusChem, 2025, e202501180.

    Fernandez-Climent, R.; Giusi, D.; Miceli, M.; Mesa, C.A.; Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Li, J.; Redondo, J.; Schiller, F.; Barja, S.; Celorrio, V.; Kornienko, N.; Ampelli, C.; Giménez, S.

    Electrochemical Transformation of Copper Sulfide Electrodes for Selective CO2-to-Formate Conversion.

    Article page: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.202501180

  3. Chemical Science, 2025, 16, 5475.

    Garcés-Pineda, F.Andrés; Yu, J.; Mesa, C.A.; Plana-Ruiz, S.; Ruano, D.; Liang, Y.; Lingenfelder, M.; Giménez, S.; Mascarós, J.Ramón Gal

    Operando evidence on the chirality-enhanced oxygen evolution reaction in intrinsically chiral electrocatalysts.

    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/sc/d4sc07927b

  4. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2025, e00543, 1-9.

    Lee, S.Y.; Kim, J.; Vasquez, R.; Ng, E.; Lee, H.Joong; Mora-Seró, I.; Giménez, S.

    Comparative Study of Bulk and Nanoscale BiVO4 Photoanodes in Photoelectrochemical Oxidation Reactions.

    Article page: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/admi.202500543

  5. Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, 2025, 678, 518-533.

    Silva, I.F.; Pulignani, C.; Odutola, J.; Galushchinskiy, A.; Teixeira, I.F.; Isaacs, M.; Mesa, C.A.; Scoppola, E.; These, A.; Badamdorj, B.; Muñoz-Márquez, M.Ángel; Zizak, I.; Palgrave, R.; Tarakina, N.V.; Giménez, S.; Brabec, C.J.; Bachmann, J.; Cortes, E.; Tkachenko, N.; Savateev, O.; Jiménez-Calvo, P.

    Enhancing deep visible-light photoelectrocatalysis with a single solid-state synthesis: Carbon nitride/TiO2 heterointerface.

    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979724020861

  6. ChemElectroChem, 2025, 12, e202400534.

    Ng, E.; Mesa, C.A.; Más-Marzá, E.; Giménez, S.

    Current-Dependent Product Distribution and Reaction Mechanisms of Glycerol Electrooxidation on Nickel.

    Article page: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/celc.202400534

  7. ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 11786−11795.

    Kong, H.; Gupta, S.; Mayer, M.T.; Ng, E.; Mesa, C.A.; Giménez, S.; Adbi, F.F.; Van de Krol, R.; Favaro, M.

    Resolving Peak Overlap in HPLC Analysis of Glycerol Oxidation Products by Utilizing Various Detectors: Application to BiVO4 Photoanodes.

  8. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2025, 8, 5056-5066.

    Arumugam, L.Sundar; Durantini, J.E.; Follana-Berná, J.; Schiller, F.; Etxeberria, A.; Forzanini, L.; Barja, S.; Sastre-Santos, Á.; Giménez, S.

    Hybrid Carbon Nitride/Cobalt Phthalocyanine Nanocomposites for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.4c03257

  9. ACS Measurement Science Au, 2025, 5, 367−377.

    Ng, E.; Mesa, C.A.; Más-Marzá, E.; Giménez, S.

    Simple and Effective HPLC Method for Elucidating Glycerol Oxidation Products.

  10. Energy & Fuels, 2025, 39, 12716-12730.

    Torres, A.F.Pérez; Kong, H.; Krishnamurti, S.Sri; Liang, F.; Giménez, S.; Van de Krol, R.; Favaro, M.

    Multiphysics Modeling of Photoelectrochemical Devices for Simultaneous Solar-Driven Biomass Reforming and Hydrogen Production.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c01590

  11. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 521, 167001.

    Jayaraman, V.; Anand, R.; Sivagurunathan, A.T.; Yun, G.Yin; Giménez, S.; Kim, D.H.

    Ruthenium confinement on yttrium iron molybdenum nitride for stable overall water splitting.

    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894725078404?via%3Dihub

  12. EES Solar, 2025,

    Galve-Lahoz, S.; Sánchez-Diaz, J.; Marco-Guimbao, J.; Guenani, N.I.; Simancas, J.; Rodríguez-Pereira, J.; Lucia-Tamudo, J.; Díaz-Tendero, S.; Pascual, J.; Julián-López, B.; Martínez-Pastor, J.P.; Barea, E.M.; Mora-Seró, I.; Delgado, J.Luis

    Fluorinated fullerene interlayers for tin halide perovskite solar cells with enhanced operational air stability and minimized voltage losses.

    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/el/d5el00071h

  13. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2025, x (x), e00516.

    Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; da Silva, T.Caroline A.; Franco, I.P.; Sánchez, R.S.; Julián-López, B.; Mora-Seró, I.; Vidal, R.

    Environmental Impacts and Cost Analysis of Perovskite Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Diode Applications.

    Article page: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsu.202500516

  14. ChemSusChem, 2025,

    Robles, C.; Montañés, L.; Mesa, C.A.; Iglesias, D.; Rabelo, H.; Spadaro, M.Chiara; Arbiol, J.; Schiller, F.; Barja, S.; Julián-López, B.; Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Sans, V.; Giménez, S.

    Continuous-Flow Synthesis of BiVO4 Nanoparticles: From Laboratory Scale to Practical Systems.

  15. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025, 16, 2785.

    Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Mejuto, C.

    Understanding Biomass Valorization through Electrocatalysis: Transformation of Glycerol and Furan Derivatives.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03553

2024

  1. ChemElectroChem, 2024, 202400534, 1-10.

    Ng, E.; Mesa, C.A.; Más-Marzá, E.; Giménez, S.

    Current-Dependent Product Distribution and Reaction Mechanisms of Glycerol Electrooxidation on Nickel.

    Article page: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/celc.202400534

  2. Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 13 (4), 2402270.

    Paul, S.; Adhikari, S.Das; Pareja-Rivera, C.; Masi, S.; Julián-López, B.; Martínez-Pastor, J.P.; Escuder, B.; Mora-Seró, I.

    Impact of Peptide-Based Supramolecular Gels on the Passivation and Optical Properties of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic Dye Degradation in Water.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adom.202402270

  3. ChemSusChem, 2024, 18, 9, e202402073.

    Reyes-Francis, E.; Julián-López, B.; Echeverría-Arrondo, C.; Rodríguez-Pereira, J.; Esparza, D.; Lopez-Luke, T.; Espino-Valencia, J.; Prochowicz, D.; Mora-Seró, I.; Turren-Cruz, S.H.

    Enhancing Stability of Microwave-Synthesized Cs2SnxTi1-xBr6 Perovskite by Cation Mixing.

    Article page: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.202402073

  4. Energy & Environmental Materials, 2024, 8, 1, e12810.

    da Silva, T.Caroline A.; Sánchez, R.S.; Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Vidal, R.; Mora-Seró, I.; Julián-López, B.

    Advancing Scalability and Sustainability of Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes Through the Microwave Synthesis of Nanocrystals.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eem2.12810

  5. APL Energy, 2024, 2, 016106.

    Mesa, C.A.; Garcés-Pineda, F.Andrés; García-Tecedor, M.; Yu, J.; Khezri, B.; Plana-Ruiz, S.; López, B.; Iturbe, R.; López, N.; Giménez, S.; Galán-Mascarós, J.R.

    Experimental evidences of the direct influence of external magnetic fields on the mechanism of the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction.

    Article page: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/ape/article/2/1/016106/3262919/Experimental-evidences-of-the-direct-influence-of
… … next › last »