533 citations
Counting papers with at most 25 authors, so collaboration author lists do not stand in for the people here.
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis AvançatsES21 papers
- Universitat de BarcelonaES12 papers
- Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFR8 papers
- Université Grenoble AlpesFR7 papers
- Institut Català de Nanociència i NanotecnologiaES5 papers
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaES5 papers
- Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia de la Universitat de Barcelona5 papers
- Institut polytechnique de GrenobleFR5 papers
- Technical University of MunichDE5 papers
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasES4 papers
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneCH4 papers
- Imperial College LondonGB3 papers
39 papers
Wide-Surface Furnace for In Situ X-Ray Diffraction of Combinatorial Samples using a High-Throughput Approach
Giulio Cordaro, Juande Sirvent, Cristian Mocuta +7
The combinatorial approach applied to functional oxides has enabled the production of material libraries that formally contain infinite compositions. A complete ternary diagram can…
Molecular ink-based synthesis of Bi(SzSe1-z)(IxBr1-x) solid solutions as tuneable materials for sustainable energy applications
David Rovira, Ivan Caño, Cibran Lopez +16
Quasi-one-dimensional (Q-1D) van der Waals chalcohalides have emerged as promising materials for advanced energy applications, combining tunable optoelectronic properties and compo…
Investigating oxides by electrochemical projection of the oxygen off-stoichiometry diagram onto a single sample
Alexander Stangl, Alexander Schmid, Adeel Riaz +10
The oxygen stoichiometry is an essential key to tune functional properties of advanced oxide materials and thus has motivated numerous studies of the oxygen off-stoichiometry diagr…
Enhancing atomic-resolution in electron microscopy: A frequency-domain deep learning denoiser
Ivan Pinto-Huguet, Marc Botifoll, Xuli Chen +6
Atomic resolution electron microscopy, particularly high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy, has become an essential tool for many scientific fields…
Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Workflow for Transmission Electron Microscopy: From Data Analysis Automation to Materials Knowledge Unveiling
Marc Botifoll, Ivan Pinto-Huguet, Enzo Rotunno +17
(Scanning) transmission electron microscopy ((S)TEM) has significantly advanced materials science but faces challenges in correlating precise atomic structure information with the…
Analog control of electrical conductivity in La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-δ through oxygen deficiency induced magnetic transition
Paul Nizet, Francesco Chiabrera, Nicolau López-Pintó +9
Switchability of materials properties by applying controlled stimuli such as voltage pulses is an emerging field of study with applicability in adaptive and programmable devices li…
Optoionic Impedance Spectroscopy (OIS): a model-less technique for in-situ electrochemical characterization of mixed ionic electronic conductors
Paul Nizet, Francesco Chiabrera, Yunqing Tang +5
Functional properties of mixed ionic electronic conductors (MIECs) can be radically modified by (de)insertion of mobile charged defects. A complete control of this dynamic behaviou…
Real time observation of oxygen diffusion in CGO thin films using spatially resolved Isotope Exchange Raman Spectroscopy
Alexander Stangl, Nicolas Nuns, Caroline Pirovano +4
The exploitation of advanced materials for novel energy, health and computing applications requires fundamental understanding of enabling physicochemical mechanisms, including ioni…
Composition variations in Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells: not a gradient, but an interlaced network of two phases
Aubin JC. M. Prot, Michele Melchiorre, Felix Dingwell +10
Record efficiency in chalcopyrite-based solar cells Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 is achieved using a gallium gradient to increase the band gap of the absorber towards the back side. Although t…
Ion Intercalation in Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
Yunqing Tang, Francesco Chiabrera, Alex Morata +10
Ion intercalation of perovskite oxides in liquid electrolytes is a very promising method for controlling their functional properties while storing charge, which opens the potential…
Isotope Exchange Raman Spectroscopy (IERS): a novel technique to probe physicochemical processes
Alexander Stangl, Dolors Pla, Caroline Pirovano +7
We have developed a novel in situ methodology for the direct study of mass transport properties in oxides with spatial and unprecedented time resolution, based on Raman spectroscop…
Exploring the nanoscale origin of performance enhancement in LiNiMnO batteries due to chemical doping
Thomas Thersleff, Jordi Jacas Biendicho, Kunkanadu Prakasha +5
Despite significant potential as energy storage materials for electric vehicles due to their combination of high energy density per unit cost and reduced environmental and ethical…
Functional thin films as cathode/electrolyte interlayers: a strategy to enhance the performance and durability of solid oxide fuel cells
Marina Machado, Federico Baiutti, Lucile Bernadet +6
Electrochemical devices such as solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) may greatly benefit from the implementation of nanoengineered thin-film multifunctional layers providing, alongside en…
Tailored nano-columnar LaNiO cathodes for improved electrode performance
Alexander Stangl, Adeel Riaz, Laetitia Rapenne +4
LaNiO is a very promising cathode material for intermediate and low temperature solid oxide cell applications, due to its good electronic and ionic conductivity, together w…
Modeling the kinetic behavior of the Li-RHC system for energy-hydrogen storage : ( I ) absorption
A. M. Neves, J. Puszkiel, G. Capurso +5
The Lithium-Boron Reactive Hydride Composite System (Li-RHC) (2 LiH + MgB / 2 LiBH + MgH) is a high-temperature hydrogen storage material suitable for energy stor…
Operando probing of Li-insertion into LiMnO cathodes by spectroscopic ellipsometry
A. Morata, V. Siller, F. Chiabrera +4
A novel non-destructive methodology for operando observation of ion intercalation and the state of charge on battery electrodes is presented based on spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE…
Route to High-Performance Micro-solid Oxide Fuel Cells on Metallic Substrates
Matthew P. Wells, Adam J. Lovett, Thomas Chalklen +8
Micro-solid oxide fuel cells based on thin films have strong potential for use in portable power devices. However, devices based on silicon substrates typically involve thin-film m…
A Pd/Al2O3-based micro-reformer unit fully integrated in silicon technology for H-rich gas production
M Bianchini, N Alayo, L Soler +4
This work reports the design, manufacturing and catalytic activity characterization of a micro-reformer for hydrogen-rich gas generation integrated in portable-solid oxide fuel cel…
Pushing the Study of Point Defects in Thin Film Ferrites to Low Temperatures Using In Situ Ellipsometry
Yunqing Tang, Francesco Chiabrera, Alex Morata +3
Unveiling point defects concentration in transition metal oxide thin films is essential to understand and eventually control their functional properties, employed in an increasing…
State space models for building control: how deep should you go?
Baptiste Schubnel, Rafael E. Carrillo, Paolo Taddeo +4
Power consumption in buildings show non-linear behaviors that linear models cannot capture whereas recurrent neural networks (RNNs) can. This ability makes RNNs attractive alternat…
Fracturing of polycrystalline MoS nanofilms
M. Sledzinska, G. Jumbert, M. Placidi +4
The possibility of tailoring the critical strain of 2D materials will be crucial for the fabrication of flexible devices. In this paper, the fracture in polycrystalline MoS2 films…
Unraveling Bulk and Grain Boundary Electrical Properties in La0.8Sr0.2Mn1-yO3 Thin Films
Francesco Chiabrera, Inigo Garbayo, Dolors Pla +6
Grain boundaries in Sr-doped LaMnO3 thin films have been shown to strongly influence the electronic and oxygen mass transport properties, being able to profoundly modify the nature…
Engineering Transport in Manganites by Tuning Local Non-Stoichiometry in Grain Boundaries
F. Chiabrera, I. Garbayo, L. Lopez-Conesa +11
Interface-dominated materials such as nanocrystalline thin films have emerged as an enthralling class of materials able to engineer functional properties of transition metal oxides…
Engineering mass transport properties in oxide ionic and mixed ionic electronic thin film ceramic conductors for energy applications
Inigo Garbayo, Federico Baiutti, Alex Morata +1
New emerging disciplines such as Nanoionics and Iontronics are dealing with the exploitation of mesoscopic size effects in materials, which become visible (if not predominant) when…