Severo Ochoa Programme 2018-2022 Energy NEWS

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

New triple hybrid material boosts supercapacitor performance

A team of scientists, including current and former members of the ICN2 Novel Energy-Oriented Materials Group, has developed an innovative triple hybrid material that significantly improves the efficiency of energy storage devices. Their approach, explained in an article published in Nanomaterials, is to combine three components exhibiting different properties to create a highly effective electrode.

Wednesday, 01 March 2023

ICN2 showcases four cutting-edge tech spinoffs at 4YFN event

ICN2 showcases four of its most promising spin-off companies at the 4YFN (4 Years From Now) event held in Barcelona during MWC23. InBrain Neuroelectronics, Napptilus Battery Labs, Paperdrop Diagnostics, and Cooling Photonics presented their cutting-edge technologies and business models to potential investors and collaborators.

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

New spin-off companies created with the support of the R+D+I Energy for Society Network

The R+D+I Energy for Society Network (XRE4S) provides consultancy and mentoring in industrial strategy, property protection, and market positioning to researchers who are interested in transferring their technologies to an existing company or founding a new one. Five spin-offs have been recently created with the support of XRE4S and one more (from the ICN2) may be established soon.

Monday, 17 October 2022

A new strategy for custom design of multicomponent materials based on metal-organic frameworks

In a paper published in ‘JACS’, an alternative method to synthesize complex metal-organic framework (MOFs), by assembling prefabricated “pores”, is proposed. The approach envisioned by a team of researchers from the ICN2 Supramolecular NanoChemistry and Materials Group provides greater control over the materials produced and their specific properties.

Tuesday, 27 September 2022

New technologies for circular economy

Dr Amador Pérez-Tomas, senior postdoctoral researcher at the ICN2, presented LighNET in an online event organised by XRE4S, XIA and BlueNetCat. 

Tuesday, 27 September 2022

New hybrid materials to enhance performance of supercapacitors

Two studies led by members of the ICN2 Novel Energy-Oriented Materials Group, recently published in specialised journals, explore two parallel strategies for the development of a hybrid material –based on MXene and polyoxometalates— for the electrodes of supercapacitors, which results in improved energy storage performance.

Monday, 13 June 2022

ICREA Prof. María Escudero Escribano joins the ICN2 bringing a new Research Group and an ERC Grant

The ICN2 proudly welcomes a new Group Leader, Prof. María Escudero Escribano, who will join our institute in September 2022 as an ICREA Research Professor. Her arrival at the ICN2 strengthens our institution's involvement in renewable energy research. She has just been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for a project aiming at developing novel techniques for the conversion of methane into renewable fuels, which she will carry out at the ICN2.

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Gallium oxide pushes the limits of silicon for power electronics: a review on ‘Materials’

Editor’s Choice and one of the most downloaded papers of the ‘Materials’ (MDPI) journal in the first five months of the year, this review discusses the application of ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors in power electronic devices, focusing in particular on gallium oxide. The work was coordinated by Dr Amador Pérez-Tomás, senior researcher at the ICN2.

Friday, 01 April 2022

Successful women, prosperous science

The Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE) initiative, meant to give visibility to female scientists working in this research field and to promote their participation in international conferences, is discussed in an article published in MRS Bulletin. ICN2 group leader Dr Mónica Lira-Cantú is one of the initiators of WiRE.

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Three stay proposals funded via the Severo Ochoa Outbound Mobility Programme

ICN2 researchers Dr Thomas Guillet, Christian Schäfer, and Peng Xiao will be able to complete a short stay at internationally renowned centres to develop part of their research and acquire new expertise. Applications for the Severo Ochoa Outbound Mobility Programme, which covers expenses up to 3000 euros, will be open until the end of September 2021.