Principal investigator

Research Overview

The team was a pioneer in researching topics related to ecodesign and the environmental assessment of products using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. GID has worked across nearly all sectors, including energy materials, furniture, water, food, plastics, transportation, construction, metals, waste management, toys and nanotechnology. Their focus is on developing innovative and scientifically robust solutions that enhance environmental assessment processes and propose genuinely sustainable alternatives. For instance, they have created tools to facilitate green public procurement and improved methodologies for calculating environmental impacts in areas such as human health toxicity. They have also developed specific techniques for measuring circularity. Many of their researchers engage with early-stage emerging technologies within a wide range of interdisciplinary contexts that include industrial-scale applications and simulations, scenario analyses, contaminant propagation models, chemical synthesis methods, probabilistic modeling techniques, and multicriteria decision-making approaches

Group's research interests

  • Life cycle assessment (LCA) of products, materials and processes.

  • Sustainability assessment (LCSA). Integrated approach that evaluates environmental, social, and economic impacts throughout the life cycle.

  • Ecodesign. Designing products with consideration for environmental specifications to enhance their efficiency in terms of sustainability

  • Sustainability of renewable energies

  • Sustainability of emerging materials and processes

Members

Jaume Adrià Alberola Borràs's picture
Jaume Adrià Alberola Borràs

Research Scientist
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Bárbara Torres-Rochera's picture
Bárbara Torres-Rochera

Research Scientist
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Iván P.Franco's picture
Iván P.Franco

Doctoral Candidate
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Andrea Pino Jarque's picture
Andrea Pino Jarque

Doctoral Candidate
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Sergio Balaguer Beade's picture
Sergio Balaguer Beade

Undergraduate Student
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Publications

2025

  1. Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15,

    Bhattacharyya, S.; Vidal, R.; Alhashim, S.H.; Chen, X.; Ajayan, P.M.

    Comparative Assessment & Environmental Impacts ofLixiviants for Hydrometallurgical Lithium-Ion BatteryRecycling.

    Article page: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aenm.202405348

2024

  1. Materials, 2024, 17, 5953.

    Pino, A.; Ibáñez-Felip, I.; Vidal, R.

    Water Absorption of Underwater Products by Additive Manufacturing.

    Article page: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/17/23/5953

  2. Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 15 (5), 2403981.

    Vidal, R.; Lamminen, N.; Holappa, V.; Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Franco, I.P.; Grandhi, K.; Vivo, P.

    Assessing the Environmental Impact of Pnictogen-based Perovskite-Inspired Materials for Indoor Photovoltaics.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202403981

  3. 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

  4. Advanced Science, 2024, 8 (9), 2400060.

    Vescio, G.; Dirin, D.N.; González-Torres, S.; Sánchez-Diaz, J.; Vidal, R.; Franco, I.P.; Adhikari, S.Das; Chirvony, V.S.; Martínez-Pastor, J.P.; Pacheco, F.A.Vinocou; Przypis, L.; Öz, S.; Hernández, S.; Cirera, A.; Mora-Seró, I.; Kovalenko, M.V.; Garrido, B.

    Inkjet-Printed Red-Emitting Flexible LEDs Based on Sustainable Inks of Layered Tin Iodide Perovskite.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsu.202400060

2021

  1. Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 2021, 2 (5), 2000088 (1-17).

    Vidal, R.; Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Sánchez-Pantoja, N.; Mora-Seró, I.

    Comparison of Perovskite Solar Cells with other Photovoltaics Technologies from the Point of View of Life Cycle Assessment.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aesr.202000088

2020

  1. Nature Sustainability, 2020, 4, 277–285.

    Vidal, R.; Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Habisreutinger, S.N.; Gimeno-Molina, J.L.; Moore, D.T.; Schloemer, T.H.; Mora-Seró, I.; Berry, J.J.; Luther, J.M.

    Assessing health and environmental impacts of solvents for producing perovskite solar cells.

    Article page: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00645-8

  2. Resources Policy, 2020, 68, 101792.

    Vidal, R.; Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Mora-Seró, I.

    Abiotic depletion and the potential risk to the supply of cesium.

    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030142071930995X?via%3Dihub

2019

  1. Materials Today, 2019, 31, 39-46.

    Sanchez, S.; Vallés-Pelarda, M.; Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Vidal, R.; Jerónimo-Rendón, J.J.; Saliba, M.; Boix, P.P.; Mora-Seró, I.

    Flash infrared annealing as a cost-effective and low environmental impact processing method for planar perovskite solar cells.

    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702119302196?via%3Dihub

2018

  1. iSciencie, 2018, 9, 542-551.

    Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Baker, J.A.; De Rossi, F.; Vidal, R.; Beynon, D.; Hooper, K.E.A.; Watson, T.M.; Mora-Seró, I.

    Perovskite Photovoltaic Modules: Life Cycle Assessment of Pre-industrial Production Process.

    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004218301792?via%3Dihub

  2. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2018, 2, 1600-1609.

    Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Vidal, R.; Mora-Seró, I.

    Evaluation of multiple cation/anion perovskite solar cells through life cycle assessment.

    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/se/c8se00053k#!divAbstract

  3. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 2018, 179, 169-177.

    Alberola-Borràs, J.A.; Vidal, R.; Juárez-Pérez, E.J.; Mas-Marzá, E.; Guerrero, A.; Mora-Seró, I.

    Relative impacts of methylammonium lead triiodide perovskite solar cells based on life cycle assessment.

    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927024817306177?via%3Dihub