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Overview

Emilio Palomares is affiliated with the Institut Català d'Investigació Química in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in the subfields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Organic Chemistry.

The main topics covered in Palomares's work include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Recent publications by Palomares reflect a focus on solar energy materials and sustainable energy solutions. Selected papers include:

  • "Understanding the perovskite/self-assembled selective contact interface for ultra-stable and highly efficient p-i-n perovskite solar cells," 2021, published in Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Photocatalytic water splitting: advantages and challenges," 2021, published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • "Challenges and strategies toward long-term stability of lead-free tin-based perovskite solar cells," 2022, published in Communications Materials
  • "Benzothiadiazole-based photosensitizers for efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells and 8.7% efficiency semi-transparent mini-modules," 2020, published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • "Challenges in the design and synthesis of self-assembling molecules as selective contacts in perovskite solar cells," 2023, published in Chemical Science

Palomares frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Sustainable Energy & Fuels
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Solar RRL
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Frequent collaboration is a notable aspect of Palomares's research environment, with co-authors including Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero, María Méndez, José G. Sánchez, Aurélien Viterisi, and Ece Aktas. These collaborations indicate a networked approach to advancing research in solar cell technology, materials chemistry, and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Control of Charge Recombination Dynamics in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by the Use of Conformally Deposited Metal Oxide Blocking Layers

    Emilio Palomares;John N. Clifford;Saif A. Haque;Thierry Lutz

  • Correlation between Photovoltaic Performance and Impedance Spectroscopy of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Ionic Liquids

    Francisco Fabregat-Santiago;Juan Bisquert;Emilio Palomares;Luis Otero

  • Nanocrystalline dye‐sensitized solar cells having maximum performance

    J. M. Kroon;N. J. Bakker;H. J. P. Smit;P. Liska

  • Molecular cosensitization for efficient panchromatic dye-sensitized solar cells

    Juan-José Cid;Jun-Ho Yum;Song-Rim Jang;Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin

  • Charge separation versus recombination in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells: the minimization of kinetic redundancy.

    Saif A. Haque;Emilio Palomares;Byung M. Cho;Alex N. M. Green

  • Sensitizer molecular structure-device efficiency relationship in dye sensitized solar cells

    John N. Clifford;Eugenia Martínez-Ferrero;Aurélien Viterisi;Emilio Palomares

  • Charge Transport versus Recombination in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing Nanocrystalline TiO2 and SnO2 Films

    Alex N M Green;Emilio Palomares;Saif A Haque;Jan M Kroon

  • Molecular Control of Recombination Dynamics in Dye-Sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films: Free Energy vs Distance Dependence

    Clifford Jn;Palomares E;Nazeeruddin Mk;Grätzel M

  • Catalysis of recombination and its limitation on open circuit voltage for dye sensitized photovoltaic cells using phthalocyanine dyes.

    Brian C O'Regan;Ismael López-Duarte;M Victoria Martínez-Díaz;Amparo Forneli

  • Slow charge recombination in dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC) using Al2O3 coated nanoporous TiO2 films

    Emilio Palomares;John N. Clifford;Saif A. Haque;Thierry Lutz

  • Reversible colorimetric probes for mercury sensing.

    Eugenio Coronado;† José R. Galán-Mascarós;† Carlos Martí-Gastaldo;Emilio Palomares

  • A review of recent results on electrochemical determination of the density of electronic states of nanostructured metal-oxide semiconductors and organic hole conductors

    Juan Bisquert;Francisco Fabregat-Santiago;Iván Mora-Seró;Germà Garcia-Belmonte

  • Optoelectronic Studies of Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite Solar Cells with Mesoporous TiO2: Separation of Electronic and Chemical Charge Storage, Understanding Two Recombination Lifetimes, and the Evolution of Band Offsets during J–V Hysteresis

    Brian C. O’Regan;Piers R. F. Barnes;Xiaoe Li;Chunhung Law

  • Dye Dependent Regeneration Dynamics in Dye Sensitized Nanocrystalline Solar Cells: Evidence for the Formation of a Ruthenium Bipyridyl Cation/Iodide Intermediate

    John N. Clifford;Emilio Palomares;Md. K. Nazeeruddin;M. Grätzel

  • Towards optimisation of electron transfer processes in dye sensitised solar cells

    James R. Durrant;Saif A. Haque;Emilio Palomares

  • The effect of Al2O3 barrier layers in TiO2/dye/CuSCN photovoltaic cells explored by recombination and DOS characterization using transient photovoltage measurements.

    B. C. O'Regan;S. Scully;A. C. Mayer;E. Palomares

  • Supermolecular control of charge transfer in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 films: towards a quantitative structure-function relationship.

    Saif A. Haque;Samantha Handa;Katja Peter;Emilio Palomares

  • Supramolecular Control of Charge‐Transfer Dynamics on Dye‐sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films

    Narukuni Hirata;Jean-Jacques Lagref;Emilio J. Palomares;James R. Durrant

  • Engineering of a Novel Ruthenium Sensitizer and Its Application in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for Conversion of Sunlight into Electricity

    C. Klein;Md. K. Nazeeruddin;P. Liska;Davide Di Censo

  • The origin of slow electron recombination processes in dye-sensitized solar cells with alumina barrier coatings

    Francisco Fabregat-Santiago;Jorge García-Cañadas;Emilio Palomares;John N. Clifford

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Durrant
James R. Durrant Imperial College London
Tomás Torres
Tomás Torres Autonomous University of Madrid
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hermenegildo García
Hermenegildo García Universitat Politècnica de València
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Saif A. Haque
Saif A. Haque Imperial College London
Lluis F. Marsal
Lluis F. Marsal Rovira i Virgili University
Ganesh D. Sharma
Ganesh D. Sharma LNM Institute of Information Technology
Juan Bisquert
Juan Bisquert Universitat Politècnica de València
Josep Pallarès
Josep Pallarès Rovira i Virgili University

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