Research lines
Semiconductor Nanostructures: physical properties and applications
- Senior researchers: Bianchi Méndez, Ana Cremades, Pedro Hidalgo, Emilio Nogales, David Maestre
- Tenure researchers: Ruth Martínez, Cristian Vasquez
- PhD students: Beatriz Rodríguez, Javier García, Daniel Carrasco, Paula Pérez Peinado, Diego Ramos
- Master students (2023/24): Simón Heredia, Alejandro Martín, Miguel Angel Mayo, Clara Moreno, Juan Carlos Trujillo
The core of our research is the study of the physical properties of single and complex nanostructures based on semiconductor oxides and nanocomposites: binary oxides (Ga2O3, TiO2, SnO2, NiO, CuO, Sb2O3, MoO3 …), ternary compounds (Zn2GeO4, IZO, stannates, beta-galia rutile) and nanocomposites with reduced graphene oxide or several polymers. By doping / morphology / defects engineering we pursue improvement in performance of devices with applications in optoelectronics, solar cells, batteries or sensors. Recenlty, we focus on exploiting the mixing dimensionality effects of the nanostrutures (nanomembranes and nanowires) in their physical properties.
Materials for Circular and Greener Economy
- Senior researchers: Paloma Fernández, Carlos Díaz-Guerra, Ana Urbieta
- Early stage researchers: Belén Sotillo
- PhD students: Micaela Peña, Juan Francisco Ramos
Presently we are focusing on the study of semiconductor oxides for applications in photocatalysis, gas sensing, energy applicaions, etc. We are developing a research line to study the materials recovered from different recycling proccesses with the aim to reintroduce them in the value chain as materials with a high technological value. Our main expertise is the characterization of optical and electronic properties as well as structural a morphological study of micro- and nanostructures.