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Material scientist and chemist with 13+ years of broad experience in synthesis and characterization of complex metal oxides, high- and intermediate-temperature electrical and electrochemical measurements, engineering of ceramic and composite materials for electrochemical and (electro)catalytic applications, materials for energy conversion, storage and harvesting, solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cell technology. Holds a degree in Chemistry (Research and Production Activity, 5-year program in Belarusian State University), MSc and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering (University of Aveiro). Contributed as a team member to the implementation of 12 R&D projects and currently involved in 3 new ongoing projects. Co-authored 25 papers in SCI journals (IF ranging from 2.5 to 14; Scopus: 280 citations, h-index 11), including 8 papers as the first author, 2 papers in other peer-reviewed journals, and 1 paper in conference proceedings. I personally participated in 13 international scientific conferences with 10 oral presentations and co-authored 30 other oral/poster presentations.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Kiryl Zakharchuk

Citation names

  • Zakharchuk, Kiryl

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BD12-9780-267E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5109-5359

Email addresses

  • k.zakharchuk@ua.pt (Professional)
  • kiryl.zakharchuk@ciiae.org (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 911922590 (Personal)
  • (+34) 658285858 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Iberian Energy Storage Research Center, Polígono 13, Parcela 31, "El Cuartillo", 10004, Caceres, Caceres, Spain (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Electrochemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Ceramics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Belarusian (Mother tongue)
Russian (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/11 - 2024/11
Concluded
 Training on the use of powder X-Ray diffractometer XRDynamic 500 with Cu, Co and Mo tubes and in-situ chemical reaction chambers. (Outros)
Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE), Spain
2018/10/01 - 2023/04/12
Concluded
 PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering (Doutoramento)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
"Electrochemical elimination of NOx by reversible solid oxide cell with selective electrocatalysts" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/10
Concluded
 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM/EDS) operation training: SU-70, Hitachi; EDS (Bruker, QUANTAX 400) (Outros)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2020/09 - 2020/12
Concluded
 Internship in the field of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC/SOEC) operation and fabrication in Institute of Power Engineering (Poland) (Outros)
Instytut Energetyki, Poland
2015 - 2017/07
Concluded
 MSc in Materials Science and Engineering (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Defect chemistry of pyrochlore-type (Gd,Ca)2(Ti,Mo)2O7 for prospective electrocatalytic applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017
Concluded
 Paper Publication. Course 5 lectures and practical classes by Prof. Joe da Costa (University of Queensland, Australia) (Outros)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2017
Concluded
 Advanced Course on Photoelectronic X-Ray Spectroscopy (Outros)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2007/06/21
Concluded
 Chemistry (researsh production activity, 5-year program) (Bachelor)
Belarusian State University, Belarus
"Study of the effect of oxygen nonstoichiometry on the physicochemical properties of complex oxides " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/10/16 - Current Researcher (Research) Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE), Spain
Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE), Spain

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/10/01 - 2023/04/12 PhD Research Scholarship (SFRH/BD/138773/2018) CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2011/08 - 2018 Research grant holder within R&D projects CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2007/08 - 2011/08 Junior researcher Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus
Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/10/01 - 2022/11/30 Electrochemical elimination of NOx by reversible solid oxide cell with selective electrocatalysts
SFRH/BD/138773/2018
PhD Student Fellow
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - 2023 Activation of solid oxide cell electrodes by electrocatalytic agents for enhanced energy conversion efficiency at reduced temperatures
n/a
team member
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT

Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
2019 - 2022 Complex oxide electrolytes for energy conversion technologies: Mechanosynthesis and electrochemical characterization, bilateral project Portugal-Slovakia
n/a
team member
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
2018 - 2022 Carbon-depolarized high-temperature steam electrolysis
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032295, financed by the FCT/FEDER
team member
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018/07/20 - 2021/07/19 Electrólise de vapor a alta temperatura assistida por despolarização com carvão
PTDC/CTM-CTM/32295/2017
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro
UID/CTM/50011/2019
LA/P/0006/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0006/2020
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro CICECO, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017 - 2018 SGH - SMART GREEN HOMES
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-007678
team member
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 COMPETE 2020 (Sistema de Incentivos à I&DT)
2015 - 2016 Materials for novel concepts of high-temperature electrochemical energy conversion and storage
IF/01072/2013/CP1162/CT0001
team member
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
2014 - 2015 ORIEL - Oriented Lanthanum Silicate Thin Film Electrolytes for IT-SOFCS
PTDC/CTM-CER/118933/2010
team member
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
2011/01/01 - 2013 Novel methodological approaches to analyze ion transport mechanism in complex crystal lattices and to forecast performance-determining parameters of the oxide materials.
PTDC/CTM-CER/114561/2009
team member
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)

Other

Designation Funders
2024/09/01 - Current INTERGAMP - INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DECENTRALIZED AND DECARBONIZED ELECTROCHEMICAL GREEN AMMONIA PRODUCTION
PID2023-152312OA-I00
Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE), Spain
Ongoing
2024/05/01 - Current SUPREMAS - Syngas modular Units Providing Renewable Energy from Multiple wAstes and for different useS
101160713
Other
2022 - 2022 Scanning probe approaches for characterisation of nanoscale thermal conduction to guide synthesis of thermoelectric ceramics
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032117
collaboration
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020 - 2022 “Thermoelectric oxide composites: design through controlled interactions”, Project ID 101003375, Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – Widening Fellowships (WF), H2020-WF-02-2019, funded by European Commission
101003375
collaboration
Universidade de Aveiro
2018 - 2022 Redox-promoted design of advanced thermoelectrics: a step towards high-temperature applications
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031875
Collaboration
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - 2018 Towards highly-efficient oxide thermoelectrics by structural and defects engineering
441.00 DAAD
Collaboration
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Mikhalev, Sergey; Kovalevsky, Andrei; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; Constantinescu, Gabriel; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Sergiienko, Sergii A.; Sh. Rasekh; et al. Corresponding author: Kovalevsky, Andrei. "Specific microstructural effects on the performance of thermoelectric oxides.". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published • 10.48528/mgdm-qc95
  2. Mikhalev, Sergey; Kovalevsky, Andrei; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Ferreira, Nuno; Xie, Wenjie; Patrício, Sonia G.; Arias-Serrano, Blanca I.; et al. "Strontium titanate and zinc-oxide-based materials for high-temperature thermoelectric harvesting". Paper presented in 3rd International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering (ICNMSME2020), Aveiro, 2020.
    Published
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. Kravchenko E.S.; Zakharchuk, K.V.; Ignatenko, O.V.; Macías, J.; Grins J.; Svensson G.; Pankov, V.V.; Yaremchenko, A.A.. "Kravchenko E.S.; Zakharchuk, K.V.; Ignatenko, O.V.; Macías, J.; Grins J.; Svensson G.; Pankov, V.V.; Yaremchenko, A.A.. "Processing and oxygen permeation studies of Nd2-xSrxNiO4-d ceramics with highly anisotropic thermal expansion, Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Actual Problems of Solid State Physics" (SSP-2016) (Minsk, Belarus, 22-25 November 2016), Vol.3, pp.101-103". 20". Minsk, 2016.
Conference poster
  1. K. Zakharchuk; A. Yaremchenko; A. Kovalevsky; J. R. Frade. "Characterization of Ruddlesden-Popper La2-xBaxNiO4±d nickelates as potential electrocatalysts for solid oxide cells". Paper presented in Electroceramics XVII Online Conference, 2020.
  2. K. Zakharchuk, S. Obrebowski, E. Naumovich, A. Yaremchenko. "(La,Sr)(Fe,Co)O3-based cathode contact materials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells". Paper presented in Electroceramics XV conference, University of Limoges, France, 2016.
  3. K.V. Zakharchuk, E.N. Naumovich, M.V. Patrakeev, V.V. Kharton. "Ionic transport in (La,Sr)2FeO4 solid solution". Paper presented in European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2013 Fall Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Stanislaw Jagielski; Ryszard Kluczowski; Dziyana Boiba; Kiryl Zakharchuk; Leszek Ajdys; Yevgeniy Naumovich; Aleksey A. Yaremchenko. "Electrochemical performance of solid oxide cells with Co-free Sr0.7Ce0.3MnO3-d-based oxygen electrodes". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.307.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.307
  2. Kiryl Zakharchuk; Andrei Kovalevsky; Aleksey Yaremchenko. "Synthesis and characterization of Ba(Fe,Zr,Ni)O3- perovskites for potential electrochemical applications". Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170250.
    10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.170250
  3. Kiryl Zakharchuk; Andrei Kovalevsky; Aleksey Yaremchenko. "Characterization of Ruddlesden-Popper La2-xBaxNiO4±d Nickelates as Potential Electrocatalysts for Solid Oxide Cells". Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16041755.
    10.3390/ma16041755
  4. Elena Filonova; Artem Gilev; Tatyana Maksimchuk; Nadezhda Pikalova; Kiryl Zakharchuk; Sergey Pikalov; Aleksey Yaremchenko; Elena Pikalova. "Development of La1.7Ca0.3Ni1-yCuyO4+d Materials for Oxygen Permeation Membranes and Cathodes for Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells". Membranes (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12121222.
    10.3390/membranes12121222
  5. Gabriel Constantinescu; Andrei Galatanu; David Tobaldi; Sergey Mikhalev; Diana Suarez; Tiago Paulino; Kiryl Zakharchuk; et al. "Enhancement of Thermoelectric Performance of Donor-Doped ZnO Ceramics by Involving an In Situ Aluminothermic Reaction during Processing". Crystals (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12111562.
    10.3390/cryst12111562
  6. Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Yaremchenko, Aleksey; Kovalevsky, Andrei. "Guidelines for processing of porous barium zirconate-based ceramic electrolytes for electrochemical solid oxide cell applications". Journal of the European Ceramic Society 42 12 (2022): 4998-5007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.05.031.
    10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.05.031
  7. Aleksey Yaremchenko; Kiryl Zakharchuk; Ekaterina Kravchenko. "Oxygen-Deficient (Ln,Sr)2NiO4- d Nickelates for Oxygen Electrodes of Solid Oxide Fuel and Electrolysis Cells: Anisotropic Thermochemical Expansion and Thermomechanical Constraints". ECS Meeting Abstracts (2022): https://doi.org/10.1149/MA2022-01412418mtgabs.
    10.1149/MA2022-01412418mtgabs
  8. Kiryl Zakharchuk; Aleksandr Bamburov; Eugene N. Naumovich; Miguel A. Vieira; Aleksey A. Yaremchenko. "Impact of Silica Additions on the Phase Composition and Electrical Transport Properties of Ruddlesden-Popper La2NiO4+d Mixed Conducting Ceramics". Processes (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10010082.
    10.3390/pr10010082
  9. Pikalova, E.; Kolchugin, A.; Zakharchuk, K.; Boiba, D.; Tsvinkinberg, V.; Filonova, E.; Khrustov, A.; Yaremchenko, A.. "Mixed ionic-electronic conductivity, phase stability and electrochemical activity of Gd-substituted La2NiO4+d as oxygen electrode material for solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 32 (2021): 16932-16946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.03.007.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.03.007
  10. Kovalevsky, A.V.; Zakharchuk, K.V.; Aguirre, M.H.; Xie, W.; Patrício, S.G.; Ferreira, N.M.; Lopes, D.; et al. "Redox engineering of strontium titanate-based thermoelectrics". Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8 15 (2020): 7317-7330. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA13824B.
    10.1039/c9ta13824b
  11. Aleksey Yaremchenko; Blanca I. Arias-Serrano; Kiryl Zakharchuk; Jorge R. Frade. "Perovskite-like LaNiO3-d as Oxygen Electrode Material for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells". ECS Transactions (2019): https://doi.org/10.1149/09101.2399ecst.
    10.1149/09101.2399ecst
  12. Blanca I. Arias-Serrano; Ekaterina Kravchenko; Kiryl Zakharchuk; Jekabs Grins; Gunnar Svensson; Vladimir Pankov; Aleksey Yaremchenko. "Oxygen-Deficient Nd0.8Sr1.2Ni0.8M0.2O4-d (M = Ni, Co, Fe) Nickelates as Oxygen Electrode Materials for SOFC/SOEC". ECS Transactions (2019): https://doi.org/10.1149/09101.2387ecst.
    10.1149/09101.2387ecst
  13. Zakharchuk, Kiryl V.; Tobaldi, David M.; Xiao, Xingxing; Xie, Wenjie; Mikhalev, Sergey M.; Martins, João F.; Frade, Jorge R.; Weidenkaff, Anke; Kovalevsky, Andrei V.. "Synergistic effects of zirconium- and aluminum co-doping on the thermoelectric performance of zinc oxide". Journal of the European Ceramic Society 39 4 (2019): 1222-1229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.11.029.
    10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.11.029
  14. Xiao, X.; Widenmeyer, M.; Mueller, K.; Scavini, M.; Checchia, S.; Castellano, C.; Ma, D.; et al. "A squeeze on the perovskite structure improves the thermoelectric performance of Europium Calcium Titanates". Materials Today Physics 7 (2018): 96-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2018.11.009.
    10.1016/j.mtphys.2018.11.009
  15. Kapoor, Saurabh; Youngman, Randall E.; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Yaremchenko, Aleksey; Smith, Nicholas J.; Goel, Ashutosh. "Structural and Chemical Approach toward Understanding the Aqueous Corrosion of Sodium Aluminoborate Glasses". The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122 48 (2018): 10913-10927. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b06155.
    10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b06155
  16. Kravchenko, Ekaterina; Neagu, Alexandra; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Grins, Jekabs; Svensson, Gunnar; Pankov, Vladimir; Yaremchenko, Aleksey A.. "High-Temperature Structural and Electrical Characterization of Reduced Oxygen-Deficient Ruddlesden-Popper Nickelates". European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2018 28 (2018): 3320-3329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201800091.
    10.1002/ejic.201800091
  17. Gayathri, Thozhuthungal Haridasan; Yaremchenko, Aleksey A.; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Abhilash, Pullanchiyodan; Ananthakumar, Solaiappan. "Impact of acceptor-type substitution on electrical transport properties of zircon-type EuVO4". Journal of the European Ceramic Society 38 1 (2018): 145-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.07.013.
    10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.07.013
  18. Zakharchuk, Kiryl V.; Widenmeyer, Marc; Alikin, Denis O.; Xie, Wenjie; Populoh, Sascha; Mikhalev, Sergey M.; Tselev, Alexander; et al. "A self-forming nanocomposite concept for ZnO-based thermoelectrics". Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6 27 (2018): 13386-13396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ta01463a.
    10.1039/c8ta01463a
  19. Naumovich, Eugene N.; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Obrebowski, Szymon; Yaremchenko, Aleksey. "(La,Sr)(Fe,Co)O3-based cathode contact materials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42 49 (2017): 29443-29453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.122.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.09.122
  20. E.S. Kravchenko; K.V. Zakharchuk; V.V. Pankov; A.A. Yaremchenko. "High-temperature oxygen nonstoichiometry and electrical conductivity of layered Ln2-xSrxNiO4-d (Ln – La, Pr, Nd; x=1.0-1.6) nickelates". Journal of Belarusian State University, Chemistry (2017): 43-49.
    Accepted
  21. Kravchenko, Ekaterina; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Viskup, Alexander; Grins, Jekabs; Svensson, Gunnar; Pankov, Vladimir; Yaremchenko, Aleksey. "Impact of Oxygen Deficiency on the Electrochemical Performance of K2NiF4-Type (La1-xSrx)2NiO4-dOxygen Electrodes". ChemSusChem 10 3 (2016): 600-611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201601340.
    10.1002/cssc.201601340
  22. Gayathri, T.H.; Yaremchenko, A.A.; Zakharchuk, K.; James, Jose. "Effect of magnesium addition on the structural, microstructural and electrical properties of YVO4". Journal of Alloys and Compounds 672 (2016): 549-557. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.210.
    10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.210
  23. Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Kravchenko, Ekaterina; Fagg, Duncan P.; Frade, Jorge R.; Yaremchenko, Aleksey A.. "Mixed ionic-electronic conductivity and thermochemical expansion of Ca and Mo co-substituted pyrochlore-type Gd2Ti2O7". RSC Advances 6 74 (2016): 70186-70196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra14600g.
    10.1039/c6ra14600g
  24. E.S. Kravchenko; K.V. Zakharchuk; A.A. Yaremchenko; J. Grins, G. Svensson; V.V. Pankov; E.G. Petrova. "Thermal expansion, electrical conductivity and oxygen nonstoichiometry of La2-xSrxNiO4-d nickelates as prospective SOFC cathode materials". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Chemical Series 4 (2016): 7-15.
  25. Kravchenko, Ekaterina; Khalyavin, Dmitry; Zakharchuk, Kiryl; Grins, Jekabs; Svensson, Gunnar; Pankov, Vladimir; Yaremchenko, Aleksey. "High-temperature characterization of oxygen-deficient K2NiF4-type Nd2-xSrxNiO4-d (x = 1.0–1.6) for potential SOFC/SOEC applications". Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 47 (2015): 23852-23863. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ta06779k.
    10.1039/c5ta06779k
  26. Ferreira, N.M.; Kovalevsky, A.V.; Naumovich, E.N.; Yaremchenko, A.A.; Zakharchuk, K.V.; Costa, F.M.; Frade, J.R.. "Effects of transition metal additives on redox stability and high-temperature electrical conductivity of (Fe,Mg)3O4 spinels". Journal of the European Ceramic Society 34 10 (2014): 2339-2350. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.02.016.
    10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.02.016
  27. Zakharchuk, K.V.; Yaremchenko, A.A.; Fagg, D.P.. "Electrical properties and thermal expansion of strontium aluminates". Journal of Alloys and Compounds 613 (2014): 232-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.05.225.
    10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.05.225
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/08/20 Electrochemical NOx removal: overcoming the problem of electrode passivation by oxygen using La1.5Ba0.5NiO4±d selective electrocatalyst Electroceramics XIX
(Vilnus, Lithuania)
2023/04 Stability and performance of Sr0.7Ce0.3MnO3-d as anode material for solid oxide fuel-assisted electrolysis cells (as co-author) 15th International Symposium on Systems with Fast Ionic Transport (ISSFIT-15)
(Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2022/10 Processing and material design approaches for advanced oxide thermoelectrics: representative cases (as co-author) Int. Conf. Advanced. Mater. Sci.& Eng. HiTech.and Device Appl.
(Ankara, Turkey)
2022/07 Exploring the strategies towards enhancing the thermoelectric performance in oxide materials (as co-author) 5th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering (ICNMSME2022)
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/06/14 Synthesis and characterization of Ba(Fe,Zr,Ni)O3 perovskites for potential application in electrochemical NOx decomposition (Presenter) Ceramics in Europe 2022
(Krakow, Poland)
2022/06 High-performance thermoelectric oxides (as co-author) 15th International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies – CIMTEC and the 9th Forum on New Materials
(Perugia, Italy)
2022/05 Oxygen-deficient (Ln,Sr)2NiO4-d nickelates for oxygen electrodes of solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells: Anisotropic thermochemical expansion and thermomechanical constraints (as co-author) 241st Meeting of the Electrochemical Society
(Vancouver, Canada)
2021/10 Characterization of La2-xBaxNiO4 electrocatalyst for potential application in solid oxide cell for NOx reduction (Presenter) 4th ECerS Conference for Young Sciences in Ceramics
(Novi Sad, Serbia)
2021/10 Formation of highly porous BaZr0.85Y0.15O3 ionic conductive ceramics by emulsification (Presenter) 4th ECerS Conference for Young Sciences in Ceramics
(Novi Sad, Serbia)
2021/07 Fabrication and microstructure optimization of highly porous BaZr0.85Y0.15O3 ion-conducting ceramics (Presenter) 4th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/07 Assessment of Ruddlesden-Popper La2-xBaxNiO4±d nickelates for potential application in solid electrolyte cells for NOx reduction (Presenter) XV edition of the Spanish National Meeting on Electroceramics
(Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)
2021/07 Specific microstructural effects on the performance of thermoelectric oxides (as co-author) 4th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/07 Exploring the high-temperature thermoelectric performance of Al-doped ZnO ceramics prepared by in-situ aluminothermic reactions (as co-author) XV Reunión Nacional de Electrocerámica
(Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)
2021 Microstructural aspects affecting the performance of thermoelectric oxides: selected examples (as co-author) Virtual 45th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites 2021
2020/07 Strontium titanate and zinc-oxide-based materials for high-temperature thermoelectric harvesting (as co-author) , 3rd International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering (ICNMSME2020)
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/10 Oxygen-deficient Ruddlesden-Popper Ln1-xSr1+xNiO4-d nickelates: Fabrication and oxygen permeability of dense ceramic membranes (Presenter) V Congreso Hispano-Luso de Cerámica y Vidrio
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/07 Nanocomposite concept for ZnO-based thermoelectric materials (Presenter) 5th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy Applications
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/07 Oxygen-deficient Ruddlesden-Popper Ln1-xSr1+xNiO4-d nickelates: Ceramic processing and studies of oxygen-ionic transport (Presenter) 5th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy Applications
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/07 Redox-promoted enhancement of thermoelectric performance in strontium titanate-based materials (as co-author) 37th / 16th International and European Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT/ECT2018
(Caen, France)
2018/04 In-situ redox tuning for advanced oxide thermoelectrics (as co-author) 6th International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism, special session on "Recent Progresses in Renewable Energy Technology and Implications: Materials Perpectives"
(Antalya, Turkey)
2017/09 Self-forming nanocomposite concept for ZnO-based thermoelectrics (as co-author) 15th European Conference on Thermoelectrics, ECT2017
(Padua, Italy)
2017/06 Processing and oxygen permeation studies of K2NiF4-type La1-xSr1+xNiO4-d with highly anisotropic thermal expansion (as co-author) 21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics, (SSI-21)
(Padua, Italy)
2017/06 Oxygen-deficient Ruddlesden-Popper Pr1-xSr1+xNiO4-d as prospective oxygen electrode material for SOFC/SOEC 21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics, (SSI-21)
(Padua, Italy)
2016/09 Low-temperature protonic transport in Gd2Ti2O7-based pyrochlores (as co-author) 18th International Conference on Solid State Ionic Conductors (SSPC-18)
(Oslo, Norway)
2016/07 Exploring oxygen-deficient Ruddlesden-Popper La1-xSr1+xNiO4-d nickelates as oxygen electrode materials for SOFC/SOEC (as co-author) 12th International Symposium on Systems with Fast Ionic Transport (ISSFIT-12)
(Kaunas, Lithuania)
2015/10 Oxygen-deficient K2NiF4-type Nd1-xSr1+xNiO4-d as prospective oxygen electrode materials for SOFC/SOEC (as co-author) Functional Materials and Nanotechnologies (FM&NT-2015)
(Vilnus, Lithuania)
2015/06 Electrical conductivity, oxygen nonstoichiometry and thermal expansion of Nd1-xSr1+xNiO4±d (x = 0-0.6) as oxygen electrode materials for SOFC/SOEC (as co-author) VII International Materials Symposium & XVII Conference of Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais (Materiais-2015)
(Porto, Portugal)
2014/06 Assessment of electrical conductivity relaxation technique for the measurements of oxygen-ion diffusion in solids (Presenter) 19th Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society and XVI Iberic Meeting of Electrochemistry
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/06 Redox stability and high-temperature electrical conductivity of (Fe,Mg,Me)3O4 spinels (Me = Cr, Ti, Mn, Ni): comparative analysis (as co-author) 19th Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society and XVI Iberic Meeting of Electrochemistry
(Aveiro, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/08/24 - 2020/08/28 Poster presentation. Characterization of Ruddlesden-Popper La2-xBaxNiO4±d nickelates as potential electrocatalysts for solid oxide cells
Conference
 Electroceramics XVII Online Conference
2019/07/05 - 2019/07/05 PhD thesis pitch presentation Research Summit in the University of Aveiro
2019/06/11 - 2019/06/12 Rising Science Communicator pitch Jornadas CICECO 2019
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2017/10 - 2017/10 MSc thesis competition at University Beira Interior “Dia Mundial dos Materiais”
Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais, Portugal
2016/06/27 - 2016/06/29 Poster presentation. "(La,Sr)(Fe,Co)O3-based cathode contact materials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells"
Conference
 Electroceramics XV conference
Université de Limoges, France
2013/10/16 - 2013/10/20 Poster presentation. "Ionic transport in (La,Sr)2FeO4 solid solution"
Conference
 European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2013 Fall Meeting
Politechnika Warszawska, Poland

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/04 - Current Proton conducting tubular SOFC Deepa Davison Edakalathur
2021 - 2022 A Unileg-type thermoelectric generator constructed from SrTiO3-based composites Tiago Miguel Rodrigues Paulino
2020 - 2021 Hydrothermally-activated ceramic membranes for oxygen separation Miguel Amado Vieira
2020 - 2021 Thermoelectric oxides: from microstructural engineering to devices by laser processing Diogo João Breda Lopes
2019 - 2019 (Ni,Mo)-TiO2 electrodes for electrochemical applications Rodrigo Miguel Franco dos Santos
Distinctions

Award

2021 Travel support by JECS Trust for attending the 14th Conference of Young Scientists in Ceramics in Novi Sad (Serbia)
2020 Young Researcher Travel support by JECS Trust fund for attending the Electroceramics XVII, Darmstang (Germany)

Other distinction

2018 PhD Research Scholarship FCT SFRH/BD/138773/2018
2017 MSc thesis was selected by the Portuguese Materials Society as one of the top 10 theses in the field of materials engineering in Portugal