Adélio Mendes
Team Leader & Full Professor
Adélio Mendes received his PhD degree from the University of Porto in 1993. Currently is full professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering – University of Porto. Coordinates a large research team with research interests mainly in redox flow batteries, solar redox flow cells, photoelectrochemical cells including water splitting and photocatalysis, dye sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells, electrochemical membrane reactors (PEMFC, H-SOFC, chemical synthesis), methanol steam reforming, membrane and adsorbent-based gas separations and carbon molecular sieve membranes synthesis and characterization. Professor Mendes authored or co-authored more than 470 articles in peer-review international journals, filled 35 families of patents and is the author of a textbook; received an Advanced Research Grant from the ERC on dye-sensitized solar cells for building integrated of ca. 2 MEuros, in 2013, led three EU projects (FP5, FT7 and Horizon) and he was partner in five more EU projects. Currently, he leads an EU project and is a partner in three ongoing EU projects. Prof. Mendes’ awards include Air Products Faculty Excellence 2011 Award (USA), Solvay & Hovione Innovation Challenge 2011, Ramos Catarino Innovation Award 2011-2012, ACP Diogo Vasconcelos Applied Research Award 2011, Municipal Medal of Merit by the City of Porto Merit – Gold Degree in 2015, Coimbra University Prize of 2016, Scientific Excellence Award by FEUP, Technology Innovation Award 2017 by the University of Porto and Technological Innovation award from the University of Porto (2017) and Model-Based Innovation Prize 2019. Presently, he is the Coordinator of CEner- FEUP, the Competence Center for Energy of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto.
Adélio Mendes
Team Leader & Full Professor
Adélio Mendes received his PhD degree from the University of Porto in 1993. Currently is full professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering – University of Porto. Coordinates a large research team with research interests mainly in redox flow batteries, solar redox flow cells, photoelectrochemical cells including water splitting and photocatalysis, dye sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells, electrochemical membrane reactors (PEMFC, H-SOFC, chemical synthesis), methanol steam reforming, membrane and adsorbent-based gas separations and carbon molecular sieve membranes synthesis and characterization. Professor Mendes authored or co-authored more than 470 articles in peer-review international journals, filled 35 families of patents and is the author of a textbook; received an Advanced Research Grant from the ERC on dye-sensitized solar cells for building integrated of ca. 2 MEuros, in 2013, led three EU projects (FP5, FT7 and Horizon) and he was partner in five more EU projects. Currently, he leads an EU project and is a partner in three ongoing EU projects. Prof. Mendes’ awards include Air Products Faculty Excellence 2011 Award (USA), Solvay & Hovione Innovation Challenge 2011, Ramos Catarino Innovation Award 2011-2012, ACP Diogo Vasconcelos Applied Research Award 2011, Municipal Medal of Merit by the City of Porto Merit – Gold Degree in 2015, Coimbra University Prize of 2016, Scientific Excellence Award by FEUP, Technology Innovation Award 2017 by the University of Porto and Technological Innovation award from the University of Porto (2017) and Model-Based Innovation Prize 2019. Presently, he is the Coordinator of CEner- FEUP, the Competence Center for Energy of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto.
Seyedali Emami
WP Leader & Junior Researcher
Seyedali Emami received his PhD degrees in chemical engineering from University of Porto – Portugal in 2021. Currently, he is a junior researcher in the chemical engineering at University of where he is the co-supervisor of 2 PhD students. His research interests include laser-processing, up-scaling and industrialization solutions for photovoltaic applications. His publications include 9 peer-reviewed articles, 8 conference communications and 2 patents on laser-assisted sealing and Pb-mitigation for perovskite solar cell application. Guest editor for the journal of Crystals and advisory board to F1000 research journal. Organizer of Solar Power Technologies conference (SPTech 2021 – online) with more than 850 participants. Dr. Emami was involved in more than 7 national and EU projects in the field of perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells. The principal investigator of a Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) funded project TanPT on multi-junction silicon-perovskite solar cell. Winner of the BIP proof award 2022 on proof of concept for fully glass encapsulated multi junction solar cells.
Seyedali Emami
WP Leader & Junior Researcher
Seyedali Emami received his PhD degrees in chemical engineering from University of Porto – Portugal in 2021. Currently, he is a junior researcher in the chemical engineering at University of where he is the co-supervisor of 2 PhD students. His research interests include laser-processing, up-scaling and industrialization solutions for photovoltaic applications. His publications include 9 peer-reviewed articles, 8 conference communications and 2 patents on laser-assisted sealing and Pb-mitigation for perovskite solar cell application. Guest editor for the journal of Crystals and advisory board to F1000 research journal. Organizer of Solar Power Technologies conference (SPTech 2021 – online) with more than 850 participants. Dr. Emami was involved in more than 7 national and EU projects in the field of perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells. The principal investigator of a Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) funded project TanPT on multi-junction silicon-perovskite solar cell. Winner of the BIP proof award 2022 on proof of concept for fully glass encapsulated multi junction solar cells.
Dzmitry Ivanou
Principal Researcher
Dzmitry Ivanou, is an assistant researcher at LEPABE. His publications include 63 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, 5 book chapters and over 50 communications in scientific conferences. His recent scientific interests are focused on DSCs and PSCs with strong applied guidelines towards making this technology available for commercialization and mass production. He has been involved in development of Laser-assisted sealing for large area DSSCs panel, new innovative materials for DSCs aiming to achieve best power conversion efficiency, scalability and stability of DSCs. The inventor of a patented process for entirely glass-sealed DSCs. Dr. Ivanou’s recent research includes scientific articles and patents on laser-assisted sealing, and Pb-mitigation for PSCs. He was involved as a team member in three European projects REELCOOP, BI-DSC and SunStorage. He is currently co-supervisor of more than 6 PhD students and 3 postdoctoral researchers at UPorto.
Dzmitry Ivanou
Principal Researcher
Dzmitry Ivanou, is an assistant researcher at LEPABE. His publications include 63 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, 5 book chapters and over 50 communications in scientific conferences. His recent scientific interests are focused on DSCs and PSCs with strong applied guidelines towards making this technology available for commercialization and mass production. He has been involved in development of Laser-assisted sealing for large area DSSCs panel, new innovative materials for DSCs aiming to achieve best power conversion efficiency, scalability and stability of DSCs. The inventor of a patented process for entirely glass-sealed DSCs. Dr. Ivanou’s recent research includes scientific articles and patents on laser-assisted sealing, and Pb-mitigation for PSCs. He was involved as a team member in three European projects REELCOOP, BI-DSC and SunStorage. He is currently co-supervisor of more than 6 PhD students and 3 postdoctoral researchers at UPorto.
Tânia Lopes
Assistant Researcher
Tânia Lopes is a chemical engineer and assistant researcher at LEPABE (https://www.lepabe.fe.up.pt)/ALICE (https://alice.fe.up.pt) research units in the Faculty of Engineering – University of Porto (FEUP). T. Lopes obtained her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Porto in 2014 on the study of Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells for solar hydrogen production. Currently, her research activities focus on PEC systems for solar energy harvesting, conversion and storage; third generation Photovoltaic technologies (PSCs and DSSCs); nanostructured materials; water electrolysis and green fuels production; thermal energy storage; modelling and simulation; (photo)electrochemical characterization; metal corrosion. She held three internships at Professor Grätzel’s laboratory in Switzerland, Professor Bisquert’s group in Spain and Eni’s research laboratory in Italy.
Tânia Lopes
Assistant Researcher
Tânia Lopes is a chemical engineer and assistant researcher at LEPABE (https://www.lepabe.fe.up.pt)/ALICE (https://alice.fe.up.pt) research units in the Faculty of Engineering – University of Porto (FEUP). T. Lopes obtained her PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Porto in 2014 on the study of Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells for solar hydrogen production. Currently, her research activities focus on PEC systems for solar energy harvesting, conversion and storage; third generation Photovoltaic technologies (PSCs and DSSCs); nanostructured materials; water electrolysis and green fuels production; thermal energy storage; modelling and simulation; (photo)electrochemical characterization; metal corrosion. She held three internships at Professor Grätzel’s laboratory in Switzerland, Professor Bisquert’s group in Spain and Eni’s research laboratory in Italy.
Paula Dias
Junior Researcher
Paula Dias received her PhD degree in chemical engineering from FEUP in May2016. Currently, she is a junior researcher at LEPABE (CEECIND/02862/2018) and her research activities aim at solar energy harvesting, conversion and storage. Special interest lies in the design, characterization and scale-up of eff icient and stable electrodes, catalysts and tandem cell devices. She has 2 patents, 1 book chapter, 17 peer-reviewed articles (9 top-tier, >5% of total publications) with more than 740 citation and a h-index of 11. She has been involved in more than 12 national and EU projects and, presently, she is the WP leader of EU funded project 112CO2, PI of FCT funded project ASAPFuels and co-PI of two FCT funded projects SunFlow and TanPT. P Dias build experience as managing assistant and leading scientist for the photoelectrodes synthesis in FCT projects HOPEH2 and SunStorage and researcher/team member in H2Solar, NanoPEC, PECDEMO and BI-DSC. Currently, she is invited lecturer for the Renewable Energies I course at FEUP, co-founder of the spinoff Pixel Voltaic, and group Leader for solar fuels subgroup in the Mendes’ lab that counts with 10 scientists, supervising 2 MSc and 3 PhD students and guiding 4 PhD students/researchers. P Dias participated on the organization of the SPTech International Conference, as part of the scientific team.
Paula Dias
Junior Researcher
Paula Dias received her PhD degree in chemical engineering from FEUP in May2016. Currently, she is a junior researcher at LEPABE (CEECIND/02862/2018) and her research activities aim at solar energy harvesting, conversion and storage. Special interest lies in the design, characterization and scale-up of eff icient and stable electrodes, catalysts and tandem cell devices. She has 2 patents, 1 book chapter, 17 peer-reviewed articles (9 top-tier, >5% of total publications) with more than 740 citation and a h-index of 11. She has been involved in more than 12 national and EU projects and, presently, she is the WP leader of EU funded project 112CO2, PI of FCT funded project ASAPFuels and co-PI of two FCT funded projects SunFlow and TanPT. P Dias build experience as managing assistant and leading scientist for the photoelectrodes synthesis in FCT projects HOPEH2 and SunStorage and researcher/team member in H2Solar, NanoPEC, PECDEMO and BI-DSC. Currently, she is invited lecturer for the Renewable Energies I course at FEUP, co-founder of the spinoff Pixel Voltaic, and group Leader for solar fuels subgroup in the Mendes’ lab that counts with 10 scientists, supervising 2 MSc and 3 PhD students and guiding 4 PhD students/researchers. P Dias participated on the organization of the SPTech International Conference, as part of the scientific team.
Jorge Martins
Researcher
Jorge Martins obtained his master’s degree in environmental engineering from Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto in 2015. In 2016, he started his research career as researcher at LEPABE, and in 2019 he was nationally ranked as top applicant in the field of environmental engineering and granted a PhD scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). He has been a team member in more than 5 national and EU wide R&D project in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells.
He is the author of 9 peer-reviewed articles on long-term stability studies on emerging third generation solar cells through application of hermetic encapsulation. Jorge had co-invented a granted patent on laser-assisted encapsulation which is one of the most expensive R&D intellectual property sold in Portugal.
Jorge Martins
Researcher
Jorge Martins obtained his master’s degree in environmental engineering from Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto in 2015. In 2016, he started his research career as researcher at LEPABE, and in 2019 he was nationally ranked as top applicant in the field of environmental engineering and granted a PhD scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). He has been a team member in more than 5 national and EU wide R&D project in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells.
He is the author of 9 peer-reviewed articles on long-term stability studies on emerging third generation solar cells through application of hermetic encapsulation. Jorge had co-invented a granted patent on laser-assisted encapsulation which is one of the most expensive R&D intellectual property sold in Portugal.
Rúben Madureira
Researcher
Rúben Madureira is currently a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) in the production and upscale of Perovskite Solar Cell-based devices, under an FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology grant. He completed his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at the same institution in 2017, presenting his thesis in automation specialization at INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering about high quality prepreg composites production. Since then, he enrolled research at LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, in the encapsulation of PV devices. In 2021/2022, he was assistant at Department of Physical Engineering of FEUP, teaching electricity and basic physics to Civil Engineering and Computer Science students, and in 2020 he was co-supervisor of a master students’ thesis about the development of a scalable solution for laser-processing and encapsulation of PV devices. His main interests are laser-processing, PV technologies, thermography, upscaling, and automation of technology.
Rúben Madureira
Researcher
Rúben Madureira is currently a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) in the production and upscale of Perovskite Solar Cell-based devices, under an FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology grant. He completed his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at the same institution in 2017, presenting his thesis in automation specialization at INEGI – Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering about high quality prepreg composites production. Since then, he enrolled research at LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, in the encapsulation of PV devices. In 2021/2022, he was assistant at Department of Physical Engineering of FEUP, teaching electricity and basic physics to Civil Engineering and Computer Science students, and in 2020 he was co-supervisor of a master students’ thesis about the development of a scalable solution for laser-processing and encapsulation of PV devices. His main interests are laser-processing, PV technologies, thermography, upscaling, and automation of technology.
Marta Pereira
Researcher
Marta Pereira completed the Integrated Master’s in Chemical Engineering, granted by the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) in 2019. At the moment, Marta attends the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering at FEUP and she is also a research fellow at LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy. In 2021, Marta was granted an FCT scholarship to develop her PhD thesis entitled “Development of efficient, stable and scalable perovskite solar cells”. Her research interests are focused on development of perovskite solar cells through scalable deposition methods and the laser-assisted sealing process. Part of the team winner of the BIP Proof Award 2022 on proof of concept for fully glass encapsulated multi junction solar cells.
Email: up201407712@fe.up.pt
Marta Pereira
Researcher
Marta Pereira completed the Integrated Master’s in Chemical Engineering, granted by the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) in 2019. At the moment, Marta attends the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering at FEUP and she is also a research fellow at LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy. In 2021, Marta was granted an FCT scholarship to develop her PhD thesis entitled “Development of efficient, stable and scalable perovskite solar cells”. Her research interests are focused on development of perovskite solar cells through scalable deposition methods and the laser-assisted sealing process. Part of the team winner of the BIP Proof Award 2022 on proof of concept for fully glass encapsulated multi junction solar cells.
Email: up201407712@fe.up.pt
Eliana Loureiro
Researcher
Eliana Loureiro completed her MSc in Chemical Engineering in 2020 at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto – Portugal. In 2021, she was awarded a PhD scholarship funded by Fundação da Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) for “Development of stable and environmentally safe long-term perovskite solar cells” and started research at Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE – ALiCE). In this year, she was part of the organizing team of the online Solar Energy Technologies Conference (SPTech2021). At SPTech2021, she co-authored a poster on the encapsulation of Perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Since 2021, Eliana is an active collaborator in the Batteries 2030 project. In 2022, she is part of the team that won the BIP proof award in proof of concept for fully glass encapsulated multi junction solar cells. At the end of year, she published a paper on “Design of experiments optimization of fluorine-doped tin oxide films prepared by spray pyrolysis for photovoltaic applications” as co-author.
Email: up201508107@up.pt
Eliana Loureiro
Researcher
Eliana Loureiro completed her MSc in Chemical Engineering in 2020 at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto – Portugal. In 2021, she was awarded a PhD scholarship funded by Fundação da Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) for “Development of stable and environmentally safe long-term perovskite solar cells” and started research at Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE – ALiCE). In this year, she was part of the organizing team of the online Solar Energy Technologies Conference (SPTech2021). At SPTech2021, she co-authored a poster on the encapsulation of Perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Since 2021, Eliana is an active collaborator in the Batteries 2030 project. In 2022, she is part of the team that won the BIP proof award in proof of concept for fully glass encapsulated multi junction solar cells. At the end of year, she published a paper on “Design of experiments optimization of fluorine-doped tin oxide films prepared by spray pyrolysis for photovoltaic applications” as co-author.
Email: up201508107@up.pt
Jeffrey Capitão
Researcher
Jeffrey Capitão holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto since 2013. He started his research career at LEPABE in 2014 and, in 2021, was granted a PhD scholarship for developing 3rd generation photovoltaics. He was a team member in 2 national and 1 EU project developing research in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells. He is the author of 3 peer-reviewed articles regarding upscaling and hermetic encapsulation of dye-sensitized solar cells and has participated in two international conferences. Apart from academic activities, J Capitao has 2-years of industry work experience at Advanced Cyclone System, S.A, Portugal, where he had the position of R&D engineer until 2016.
Jeffrey Capitão
Researcher
Jeffrey Capitão holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto since 2013. He started his research career at LEPABE in 2014 and, in 2021, was granted a PhD scholarship for developing 3rd generation photovoltaics. He was a team member in 2 national and 1 EU project developing research in dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells. He is the author of 3 peer-reviewed articles regarding upscaling and hermetic encapsulation of dye-sensitized solar cells and has participated in two international conferences. Apart from academic activities, J Capitao has 2-years of industry work experience at Advanced Cyclone System, S.A, Portugal, where he had the position of R&D engineer until 2016.