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Dr Blanca Isabel Arias-Serrano is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the CICECO - Aveiro (UA) Institute of Materials, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro. She works in the field of Materials Science & Engineering and Solid-State Chemistry & Electrochemistry. She completed her Ph.D. (December 20th, 2017) at University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) with the title “Synthesis and characterization of perovskite-like materials and processing of Ni-YSZ micro-tubes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”. During her Ph.D training, she was awarded three consecutive years to stay abroad and acquire relevant expertise in electrical characterization techniques with Prof. Anthony R. West in Sheffield, UK. As a result of this research experience, she succeeded in setting-up and operating new electrical measurement facilities at Carlos III University, which are currently being used by starting Ph.D. students. Her main research activities have been focused on the development and characterization of ceramics materials for energy conversion and storage (solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells, SOFCs and SOECs; reversible solid electrolyte cells, r-SOC), thermoelectric applications, membrane-based technologies, and natural gas and biogas conversion. In addition to main research activities, she contributed to educational processes as an academic staff at UC3M; including more than 600 hours of practical courses in chemistry and materials engineering related disciplines. She has co-authored 14 research papers in SCI journals and other peer-reviewed scientific journals, over 19 oral and poster communications at international scientific conferences and meetings and participates in 6 R&D projects supported by European Commission and national funding agencies. As of the beginning of 2020, she has co-supervised two concluded 2 MSc thesis and 2 student semester projects. She has also participated in 3 MSc and 1 doctoral theses juries. Other relevant experiences include organization of 2 scientific meetings and special courses for undergraduate students at UC3M.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Blanca Isabel Arias-Serrano

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8D12-61BD-9B5E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7449-7553

Addresses

  • Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Ceramics
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Composites
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Electrochemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/12/20
Concluded
 Ph.D. in Science and Materials Engineering (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
"Synthesis and characterization of perovskite-like materials and processing of Ni-YSZ microtubes for solid oxide fuel cells https://e-archivo.uc3m.es/handle/10016/26355." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Summa Cum Laude
2009/09
Concluded
 MSc degree in Science and Materials Engineering (Master)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
"Processing of Al2O3 by means of Powder Extrusion and Injection Moulding" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Highest GPA/yr.
2008
Concluded
 Degree in Industrial Engineering (Bachelor)
Major in Materials Engineering
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
"Validation de la géometríe des éprouvettes de double cisaillement (These defended in Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux - LPMM, Lorraine University, Metz) " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005
Concluded
 Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
"Cinematic and Dynamic analysis using SOLIDWORKS of the Lightweight Mobile Robotic Arm MANFRED" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/04 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2017/04 - 2018/04 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
2012/09 - 2014/09 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
2009/09 - 2012/09 Research Trainee (Research) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
2011/10 - 2012/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Sheffield University - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, United Kingdom
Sheffield University - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, United Kingdom
2010/10 - 2010/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) Sheffield University - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, United Kingdom
2009/09 - 2010/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) Sheffield University - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, United Kingdom
Sheffield University - Department of Materials Science and Engineering, United Kingdom
2006/09 - 2007/07 Research Trainee (Research) Université de Metz, France
Université de Metz, France

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/09 - 2014/09 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/06 - Current Freelancer Senior Consultant (EU H2020 Programmes) Inspiralia Tecnologias Avanzadas , Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/04 - 2019/11 LEANCOMB - Cellular oxide catalysts for emission lean combustion in porous media
PTDC/CTM-ENE/2942/2014
Post-doc Fellow
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019 - 2020 Complex oxide electrolytes for energy conversion technologies: Mechanosynthesis and electrochemical characterization
Bilateral project Portugal-Slovakia
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2011 - 2014 Nanostructured Lithium Conducting Materials - NANOLICOM
247579
Concluded
2010 - 2014 Materiales para la energía y relacionados
MATERYENER-2 P2009/PPQ-1629
 Comunidad de Madrid
Concluded
2011 - 2013 Síntesis, Caracterización y Procesado de materiales para baterías y pilas de combustible
MAT2010-19837-C06-05
 MCYT - Ciencia y Tecnología
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Ferritas de alta densificación
HISPANOFERRITAS
 HISPANOFERRITAS
Concluded
2009 - 2010 Nuevos materiales para dispositivos electroquímicos: Electrodos y electrolitos para baterías recargables de litio y pilas de combustible
MAT-2007-64486-C07-06
 Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología - CICYT
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Yaremchenko, Aleksey; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Frade, Jorge. "PrOx-infiltrated LnNiO3-based oxygen electrodes for solid oxide cells". 2019.
  2. Yaremchenko, Aleksey; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; Kravchenko, Ekaterina; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Grins, Jekabs; Svensson, Gunnar; Pankov, Vladimir. "Oxygen-deficient (Nd0.4Sr0.6)2Ni0.8M0.2O4-d nickelates as oxygen electrode materials for SOFC/SOEC". 2019.
  3. Arias-Serrano, B.I.; Kravchenko, E.S.; Zakharchuk, K.; Grins, J.; Svensson, G.; Pankov, V.; Yaremchenko, A.A.. "Oxygen-deficient Nd0.8Sr1.2Ni0.8M0.2O4-d (M = Ni, Co, Fe) nickelates as oxygen electrode materials for SOFC/SoeC". 2019.
    10.1149/09101.2387ecst
  4. Arias-Serrano, B.; Jardiel, T.; Matula, G.; Várez, A.; Levenfeld, B.. "Microstructure and electrical properties of Ni-YSZ anode supported solid oxide fuel cells processed by powder injection and extrusion moulding". 2010.
  5. Arias-Serrano, B.; Thomas-Vielma, P.; Várez, A.; Levenfeld, B.; Martinerie, S.; Carreño-Morelli, E.. "Spray drying technique as a method for improving rheology of alumina feedstocks for powder injection moulding". 2009.
  6. Thomas-Vielma, P.; Arias-Serrano, B.; Pastor, J.Y.; Levenfeld, B.; Várez, A.. "Effect of solid loading on final properties of alumina parts obtained by powder injection moulding". 2009.
Journal article
  1. Basma Mewafy; Blanca I. Arias Serrano; Jan Wallis; Martin Rohloff; Javier Silva; Olga Ravkina; Robert Kircheisen; et al. "Asymmetric Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-¿ Membrane for Oxygen Permeation: Synergetic Fabrication By Magnetron Sputtering Deposition and Selective Laser Annealing". ECS Meeting Abstracts MA2022-02 18 (2022): 871-871. https://dx.doi.org/10.1149/MA2022-0218871mtgabs.
    10.1149/MA2022-0218871mtgabs
  2. Bernardo F. Serôdio Costa; Blanca I. Arias-Serrano; Aleksey A. Yaremchenko. "Development of Ni-Sr(V,Ti)O3-d Fuel Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells". Materials (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15010278.
    10.3390/ma15010278
  3. Aleksey Yaremchenko; Dziyana Boiba; Mikhail Patrakeev; Blanca I. Arias Serrano. "Praseodymium Manganate-Based Perovskites as Anode Materials for Fuel-Assisted Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells". ECS Meeting Abstracts MA2021-03 1 (2021): 237-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1149/MA2021-031237mtgabs.
    10.1149/MA2021-031237mtgabs
  4. Blanca I. Arias-Serrano; Sergey M. Mikhalev; Marta C. Ferro; David M. Tobaldi; Jorge R. Frade; Andrei V. Kovalevsky. "On the high-temperature degradation mechanism of ZnO-based thermoelectrics". Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.09.035.
    10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.09.035
  5. Alejandro Natoli; Blanca I. Arias-Serrano; Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón; Agnieszka Zurawska; Jorge R. Frade; Aleksey. A. Yaremchenko. "Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductivity, Redox Behavior and Thermochemical Expansion of Mn-Substituted 5YSZ as an Interlayer Material for Reversible Solid Oxide Cells". Materials 14 3 (2021): 641-641. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14030641.
    10.3390/ma14030641
  6. Gomes, Rafael F. A.; Cavaca, Lídia A. S.; Gonçalves, João M.; Ramos, Ruben; Peixoto, Andreia F.; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; Afonso, Carlos A. M.. "Silica-Supported Copper for the Preparation of trans-4,5-Diamino-Cyclopent-2-Enones under Continuous Flow Conditions". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 48 (2021): 16038-16043. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00884.
    10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00884
  7. Aleksey Yaremchenko; Dziyana Boiba; Mikhail Patrakeev; Blanca I. Arias-Serrano. "Electrochemical Characterization of Pr(A)MnO3 Perovskites As Oxygen Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel-Assisted Electrolysis Cells". ECS Meeting Abstracts MA2020-02 40 (2020): 2653-2653. https://dx.doi.org/10.1149/MA2020-02402653mtgabs.
    10.1149/MA2020-02402653mtgabs
  8. Diogo Lopes; Ana L. Daniel-da-Silva; Artur R. Sarabando; Elena Rodríguez-Aguado; Enrique Rodriguez-castellon; Tito Trindade; Jorge R. Frade; Andrei Kovalevsky. "Design of Multifunctional Titania-Based Photocatalysts by Controlled Redox Reactions". Materials (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/3/758.
    10.3390/ma13030758
  9. Hrishikesh Kamat; Blanca I. Arias-Serrano; Aleksey Yaremchenko; Ashutosh Goel. "Ruthenium solubility and its impact on the crystallization behavior and electrical conductivity of MoO3-containing borosilicate-based model high-level nuclear waste glasses". Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 549 (2020): 120356-120356. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022309320304683.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2020.120356
  10. Ramos, Ruben; Peixoto, Andreia F.; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; Soares, O. Salomé G. P.; Pereira, Manuel F. R.; Kubicka, David; Freire, Cristina. "Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural over Co3O4-Al2O3 Hydrotalcite-derived Catalyst". ChemCatChem 12 5 (2020): 1467-1475. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cctc.201902033.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201902033
  11. Aleksey A. Yaremchenko; Javier Macías; Andrei V. Kovalevsky; Blanca I. Arias-Serrano; Jorge R. Frade. "Electrical conductivity and thermal expansion of Ln-substituted SrTiO3 for solid oxide cell electrodes and interconnects: The effect of rare-earth cation size". Journal of Power Sources 474 (2020): 228531-228531. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775320308351.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228531
  12. Yaremchenko, Aleksey; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Frade, Jorge R.. "Perovskite-like LaNiO3-d as Oxygen Electrode Material for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells". ECS Transactions 91 1 (2019): 2399-2408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/09101.2399ecst.
    10.1149/09101.2399ecst
  13. Fabián, Martin; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; Yaremchenko, Aleksey; Kolev, Hristo; Kanuchová, Mária; Briancin, Jaroslav. "Ionic and electronic transport in calcium-substituted LaAlO3 perovskites prepared via mechanochemical route". (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10773/26439.
    10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.07.038
  14. Arias-Serrano, B.I.; Xie, W.; Aguirre, M.H.; Tobaldi, D.M.; Sarabando, A.R.; Rasekh, S.; Mikhalev, S.M.; et al. "Exploring tantalum as a potential dopant to promote the thermoelectric performance of zinc oxide". Materials 12 13 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068734796&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ma12132057
  15. Arias-Serrano, B.I.; Sotomayor, M.E.; Várez, A.; Levenfeld, B.; Monzón, H.; Laguna-Bercero, M.A.; Larrea, A.. "High-performance Ni-YSZ thin-walled microtubes for anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells obtained by powder extrusion moulding". RSC Advances 6 23 (2016): 19007-19015. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958955677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c5ra28183k
  16. Sotomayor, M.E.; Arias-Serrano, B.I.; Ciruelos, J.; Várez, A.; Levenfeld, B.. "Porous Ni-YSZ planar anodes by powder extrusion moulding employing PMMA as pore former". Powder Metallurgy 59 4 (2016): 281-287. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84981290381&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/00325899.2016.1207919
  17. Monzón, H.; Laguna-Bercero, M.A.; Larrea, A.; Arias, B.I.; Várez, A.; Levenfeld, B.. "Design of industrially scalable microtubular solid oxide fuel cells based on an extruded support". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 10 (2014): 5470-5476. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897923054&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.01.010
Newspaper article
  1. Arias-Serrano, Blanca. "Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural over Co3O4-Al2O3 Hydrotalcite-derived Catalyst", 2019, http(s)://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201902033.
  2. Arias-Serrano, Blanca. "Ionic and electronic transport in calcium-substituted LaAlO3 perovskites prepared via mechanochemical route", Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2019
    10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.07.038
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa , Bernardo Filipe Serôdio. "Ni-Sr(V,Ti,Ni)O3 electrodes for reversible solid electrolyte cells". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/28144.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/08 Composite LnNiO3+PrOx oxygen electrodes for solid oxide cells 70th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
(Durban)
2019/06/16 PrOx-infiltrated LnNiO3-based oxygen electrodes for solid oxide cells 22nd International Conference in Solid State Ionics
(Pyeongchang, South Korea)
2019/06 Impact of ruthenium on the crystallization behavior of molybdenum-containing high-level waste glasses 25 International Congress on Glass (ICG2019)
(Boston, United States)
2018/10 LaNiO3-based oxygen electrodes for solid oxide electrolysis cells 12th International Scientific Conference on Functional Materials and Nanotechnologies (FM&NT-2018)
(Riga, Latvia)
2018/09 Perovskite-like LaNiO3 as oxygen electrode material for solid oxide electrolysis cells European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Fall Meeting 2018
2018/08/10 Electrochemical performance of LaNiO3–based anodes for solid oxide electrolysis cells V Congreso Hispano-Luso de Cerámica y Vidrio y LVI Congreso Nacional de la SECV
(Barcelona, Spain)
2018/07 Perovskite-like LaNiO3 as oxygen electrode material for solid oxide electrolysis cells 5th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy Applications, (NANOENERGY 2018)
(Aveiro , Portugal)
2018/07 Electrochemical activity of perovskite-like LaNiO3 as oxygen SOEC anode ELECTROCERAMICS XVI
(Hasshelt, Belgium)
2018 Electrochemical activity of perovskite-like LaNiO3 as oxygen SOEC electrode 12th International Symposium on Systems with Fast Ionic Transport (ISSFIT-13)
(Minsk, Belarus)
2017/07 Designing the composite SrVO3-SrTiO3 anodes for hydrocarbon-fueled solid oxide fuel cells 15th Conference & Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS2017)
(Budapest, Hungary)
2017/06 Designing the composite SrVO3-SrTiO3 anodes for hydrocarbon-fueled solid oxide fuel cells 1st International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-21)
(Padua, Italy)
2013/06 Fabrication of Ni-YSZ tubes by Powder Extrusion Moulding for SOFC anodes HYCELTEC 2013: IV Iberian Symposium on Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Advances Batteries
(Estoril, Portugal)
2013/06 Microtubular SOFC based on an extruded support HYCELTEC 2013: IV Iberian Symposium on Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Advances Batteries
(Estoril, Portugal)
2010/10 Microstructure and electrical properties of Ni-YSZ processed by PIM and PEM World PM2010 Congress and Exhibition
(Florence, Italy)
2010/06 Synthesis, Characterization and electrical properties of BaCe1-xPrxO3 XI Materials National Congress
(Zaragoza, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019/10/31 Ni-Sr(V,Ti,Ni)O3 electrodes for reversible solid electrolyte cells
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Estudio de los sistemas BaCe0,9-xPrxY0,1O3-ð / BaCe0,8-xPrxY0,2O3-ð: búsqueda de conductores protónicos para su utilización como electrolitos en pilas de combustible de óxido sólido (SOFCs)
Co-supervisor
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/07 - Current 5th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy (2018). 18-20 Jul., Aveiro, Portugal (2018/07/18 - 2018/07/20)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2009 - Current IX National Electr. Meeting (2009). 28-30 June, Leganes, Madrid, Spain. (2009/06/28 - 2009/06/30)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019/12 Synthesis and characterization of polymeric proton and anion exchange membranes for application as solid electrolytes in fuel cells. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/tesis?codigo=267382
Thesis Member
 María Nieves Ureña Torres (PhD)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
2009/05 Sistema de protección contra incendios en la planta de nitrato de amonio "PRILEX AMÉRICA ISBL PANNA 4" en mejillones (Chile)
Thesis Member
 José Ramón Rosáez Carmona (Master)

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2012 - 2014 Advanced Ceramics Materials (3 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Materials Engineering (4th year) https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Grado/en/ListadoGrados/1371212987094/Bachelor_s_Degrees Advanced Ceramics Materials (3 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Materials Engineering (4th year) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
2010 - 2014 Materials science and engineering (6 ECTS). Bachelor Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering (2nd year) https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Grado/en/ListadoGrados/1371212987094/Bachelor_s_Degrees Materials science and engineering (6 ECTS). 2nd year of Bachelor Degree in Industrial Technologies Engineering (Bachelor) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
2010 - 2014 Mechanics of structures (6 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (3rd year) https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Grado/en/ListadoGrados/1371212987094/Bachelor_s_Degrees Mechanics of structures (6 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (3rd year) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
2011 - 2013 Materials technology (3 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (3rd year) https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Grado/en/ListadoGrados/1371212987094/Bachelor_s_Degrees Materials technology (3 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (3rd year) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Campus de Leganés, Spain
2010 - 2013 Mechanics of composite materials (3 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (4th year) https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Grado/en/ListadoGrados/1371212987094/Bachelor_s_Degrees Mechanics of composite materials (3 ECTS), Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (4th year) (Bachelor)