Mantilla Pérez, Paola (Date of defense: 2017-04-24)
Thin film photovoltaics encompass a group of technologies able to harvest light within a few microns thickness. The reduced thickness allows a low cost of manufacture while making the films flexible ...
Yao, Can (Date of defense: 2014-06-25)
Disordered media with refractive index variations can be found in the atmosphere, the ocean, and in many materials or biological tissues. Several technologies that make use of such random media, as image ...
Mariano Juste, Marina (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)
Considering that the most abundant renewable energy source is the Sun, photovoltaic technology possesses one of the highest potentials to provide environmental benign and sustainable energy worldwide. ...
Kramarenko, Mariia (Date of defense: 2023-03-24)
(English) To mitigate the energy and climate crisis we are already facing and address the increasing energy consumption, it is essential to foster energy transition strategies. The energy transition ...
Ferreira, Catarina Gonçalves (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)
(English) To mitigate the present environmental crisis, caused by the excessive use of fossil fuels and associated release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it is necessary to significantly reduce ...