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Ibáñez Sabaté, Maria (Fecha de defensa: 2013-03-05)
The work developed during this PhD has embraced several topics that I divide in three blocks. Each block contains two chapters in this dissertation. Additionally, a general introduction of the different ...
Ortega Torres, Silvia (Fecha de defensa: 2017-07-20)
In the world around us, it is easy to think in different situations in which there are temperature gradients available. These could be converted into a great source of energy if using the proper technology. ...
Liu, Yu (Fecha de defensa: 2018-07-12)
In this thesis, it is detailed the bottom-up production and characterization of thermoelectric (TE) nanomaterials with significant enhanced performance by using colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) as building ...
Yang, Dawei (Fecha de defensa: 2022-07-01)
Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have attracted extensive research interest for the development of advanced energy storage technology. However, the practical implementation of LSBs still suffers from ...
Liu, Junfeng (Fecha de defensa: 2019-05-10)
Metal phosphides are an important class of functional materials that exhibit a wide range of applications for energy storage and conversion. However, the synthesis of metal phosphide nanoparticles and ...
Li, Junshan (Fecha de defensa: 2019-06-18)
In this project, nanoparticles were produced by solution-based one-pot synthesis, particularly colloidal methods. A series of powerful tools were used to characterize the structure and surface compositions ...
Yu, Zhang (Fecha de defensa: 2021-01-25)
The bottom-up engineering of nanomaterials using solution-processing strategies is of particular interest for reducing cost and optimizing the performance of TE materials and devices. This thesis focuses ...
Zuo, Yong (Fecha de defensa: 2020-11-25)
Storing the fluctuating renewable energy into synthetic fuels or in batteries is meaningful due to the emerging energy crisis. In this thesis, four nanostructured catalysts based on two kinds of metal ...
Berestok, Taisiia (Fecha de defensa: 2018-07-13)
This thesis focuses on different aspects of NCs colloidal synthesis, the exploration of the relevant surface chemistries that afford NC assembly and the NC implementation into porous nanomaterials. The ...
Li, Mengyao (Fecha de defensa: 2022-01-17)
TE devices have countless potential application, but their high manufacturing and material costs hamper their cost-effectiveness and limit their widespread implementation. To overcome these drawbacks, ...