SuMaCer: cleaner, smarter manufacturing for ceramic energy devices
Our group coordinates SuMaCer, a European project to make ceramic components for fuel cells, electrolysers and batteries faster, cleaner and entirely in Europe.
ERC Starting Grant for Francesco Chiabrera: TOPOIONICS
Francesco Chiabrera receives a €1.5 million ERC Starting Grant to develop TOPOIONICS, a research programme on solid materials that adapt like living systems for...
Dominic Borgialli joins the group with a Joan Oró PhD grant
With a Joan Oró grant from AGAUR, Dominic Borgialli starts a PhD on using oxide ions to build brain-inspired, low-power computing devices.
Three new national projects: batteries, solid oxide cells and neuromorphic devices
Our group will lead three new projects funded by Spain’s Knowledge Generation programme: MONOLITH, SUCCESS and SELDON.
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Roadmap on real-time characterisation of energy materials
A Journal of Physics: Energy roadmap, with contributions from our group, reviews advanced techniques that watch energy materials and devices while they operate.
Ismael Babeli Aguilera defends his PhD thesis on 3D-printed solid oxide cells
Ismael Babeli Aguilera defended his PhD thesis on ceramic 3D printing for thinner, better-designed solid oxide cells.
Stopping strontium segregation for longer-lasting fuel cell electrodes
Adding a small amount of manganese stops strontium from migrating to the surface of fuel cell oxygen electrodes, improving both performance and durability.
SuMaCer: cleaner, smarter manufacturing for ceramic energy devices
Our group coordinates SuMaCer, a European project to make ceramic components for fuel cells, electrolysers and batteries faster, cleaner and entirely in Europe.
Fernanda Monteiro Freitas defends her PhD thesis on thin-film solid-state batteries
Fernanda Monteiro Freitas defended her PhD thesis on phosphate-based materials for safer all-solid-state thin-film lithium batteries.
Symmetric electrolysis cells scaled up to stacks
Solid oxide electrolysis cells with the same nickel-free electrode on both sides were scaled from small button cells to a short stack, together with Repsol and...
ERC Starting Grant for Francesco Chiabrera: TOPOIONICS
Francesco Chiabrera receives a €1.5 million ERC Starting Grant to develop TOPOIONICS, a research programme on solid materials that adapt like living systems for...
Dominic Borgialli joins the group with a Joan Oró PhD grant
With a Joan Oró grant from AGAUR, Dominic Borgialli starts a PhD on using oxide ions to build brain-inspired, low-power computing devices.
Three new national projects: batteries, solid oxide cells and neuromorphic devices
Our group will lead three new projects funded by Spain’s Knowledge Generation programme: MONOLITH, SUCCESS and SELDON.
Two Ramón y Cajal fellowships for our group
Lucile Bernadet and Alicia Ruiz-Caridad have been awarded five-year Ramón y Cajal fellowships to lead their own research lines in our group.
PHIDES: controlling light with oxygen ions
The PHIDES project showed that moving oxygen ions inside an oxide can tune how it emits light – reversibly, with small voltages and without constant power.
Current trends in solid state ionics – solid oxide cells
A proceedings-perspective paper from the E-MRS 2025 Spring Meeting reviews the latest directions in solid oxide cells, including high-entropy oxide electrodes.
