Three IREC researchers receive Ramon y Cajal fellowships (RyC 2021), whose contract begins on January 2023: The purpose of these fellowships is to promote the incorporation of research personnel, from Spain or abroad, with an…
IREC is pleased to host Adrià Sánchez Ruiz that has started his doctoral thesis project based on catalytic 2D carbides -MXenes for H₂ production processes and CO₂ reduction in September 2022. He will conduct research at…
The Hyprolyzer project started on the 1st of September 2022, and stands for “Solar hydrogen production by a scalable electrolyzer-photovoltaic system”. This project aims to validate a 100 cm2-prototype for H₂ production, consisting of an electrolyzer connected…
Microscale thin-film-based solid oxide fuel cells (μSOFCs) are an emerging alternative for portable power supply due to their high efficiency, fuel flexibility and high volumetric and specific power densities. Promising cathode materials for μSOFCs are…
The production of synfuels using electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a technology that is expected to play a key role for decarbonizing the EU energy system and improving sustainability and circular economy. However, before…
Albert Tarancón, Prof. ICREA and head of the Nanoionics and Fuel Cells group at IREC, has been granted a European Research Council (ERC) on Proof of Concept (PoC) grants for TRANSIONICS (ID 101066321), devoted to…
The main goal of the 3D-PRESS project was to advance on the 3D printing concepts for safer, cheaper and customizable all-solid state Li batteries (ASSLB). More specifically, the project focused on the design, production, characterization…
The CONCORD project starts in May 2022, and stands for “Multiport power converter for cost-effective, resilient, secure, and environment-friendly Electrical-based Systems”. This project reenvisions the power converter technology developments and its applications that are necessary to ensure…
AGAUR has recently granted two grants for hiring predoctoral FI research staff to two researchers to develop their PhD thesis at IREC: Yago Domínguez. Title “New routes of hydrogen storage and utilization using graphene oxide”…
The MALMO project starts on the 24th of March 2022, and stands for “New machine learning process monitoring methodologies based on spectroscopic techniques for inline inspection of thin film PV industrial manufacturing processes”. This project aims at…