Research

R&D&I Areas

IMDEA Energy’s research activities address the main scientific and technological challenges associated with the energy transition.

RESEARCH AREAS

Our research activities focus on the development and validation of new technologies, combining experimental research, materials and systems design, and advanced analysis of energy processes. The Institute develops solutions that contribute to more sustainable, efficient and competitive energy systems, while maintaining a direct connection with the needs of industry and society.

Energy storage technologies and systems enabling greater penetration of renewable energy sources and distributed electricity generation.

Electrochemical Energy Storage
  • Nanostructured materials for electrochemical capacitors and advanced batteries.
  • High-energy-density electrochemical capacitors.
  • Low-cost redox flow batteries.
  • Development of testing protocols for batteries and supercapacitors.
Thermal and Thermochemical Energy Storage
  • Development of phase-change materials (PCMs), macroencapsulated structures and storage systems for solar power plants and industrial waste heat recovery.
  • Thermal energy storage using gas/solid systems in thermoclines and moving-bed heat exchangers.
  • Development of thermochemical storage systems based on high-temperature redox reactions.

Biofuels, alternative fuels and bioproducts for the decarbonisation of the transport sector.

  • Biofuels and bioproducts from microalgae-derived carbohydrates.
  • Biofuel production through fast or catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and waste.
  • Bio-oil upgrading through catalytic hydrodeoxygenation processes.
  • Development of carbon-free fuels through solar thermochemical cycles.
  • Solar fuel production through artificial photosynthesis.
  • Valorisation of plastic waste.

Efficient and dispatchable concentrated solar technologies for power generation, industrial process heat, and the production of solar fuels and chemicals.

  • Optical design of modular configurations for concentrated solar power plants.
  • Solar receivers and reactors for novel heat-transfer fluids.
  • Solar technologies for fuel and chemical production using CSP.
  • Increasing solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency and dispatchability.

Management, reliability and stability of future electricity grids, together with new algorithms for demand management and renewable energy integration.

  • Demand forecasting and grid management algorithms.
  • Reliability of power systems with high penetration of renewable energy.
  • Energy demand modelling for residential and commercial buildings.
  • Distribution grid applications and services.
  • Power electronics and power interfaces.

Technologies and strategies for the efficient end use of energy in buildings, industrial processes and environmental applications.

  • Control systems and algorithms for energy efficiency in industrial applications.
  • Capacitive deionisation for energy-efficient water treatment.
  • Solar heat for medium- and high-temperature industrial processes.
  • Integration of renewable energy technologies into buildings.

Pathways for converting CO₂ into high-value products with strong market demand.

  • CO₂ photoreduction for energy storage and fuel production.
  • Development of multifunctional materials and solar reactors for photoactivated processes.
  • Thermocatalytic pathways for CO₂ conversion in industrial processes.

Sustainability assessment, process optimisation and modelling for energy planning.

  • Process simulation and optimisation.
  • Life-cycle management, sustainability and social aspects.
  • Energy system modelling and development of technology roadmaps.

Development and application of trustworthy and explainable Artificial Intelligence methods to support decision-making and accelerate the transformation of energy systems.

  • Explainable Artificial Intelligence and trustworthy energy models.
  • Machine learning for forecasting, optimisation and smart energy management.
  • Scenario simulation and causal models for assessing decisions, policies and interventions.
  • Integration of data, computational models and physical principles to improve efficiency, flexibility and renewable energy integration.
  • Intelligent decision-support tools for buildings, energy communities, grids, markets and energy systems.

Modelling, simulation and digitalisation of SMRs, microreactors and advanced reactors to support the development of safe, flexible and sustainable energy systems.

  • SMRs, microreactors and advanced reactors. Analysis and assessment of technologies, architectures, safety systems, fuels, and Generation III+ and Generation IV concepts.
  • Multiphysics modelling and simulation. Development and integration of neutronics, thermal-hydraulics and systems models for the analysis of operation, transients and accident conditions.
  • Digital twins and Artificial Intelligence. Integration of physics-based models, simulations and data using reduced-order models, surrogate models, machine learning and hybrid models for forecasting, diagnostics and operational support.
  • Nuclear safety and radiation protection. Safety analysis, radiation transport, shielding and dosimetry for advanced nuclear facilities and systems.
  • Thermal management and advanced cooling. Development and analysis of heat-transfer and heat-removal systems, including dry and hybrid cooling, liquid metals, molten salts and heat pipes.
  • Energy and industrial integration. Assessment of advanced nuclear energy for electricity generation, process heat, hydrogen production, data centres, large industrial consumers and hybrid energy systems.
  • Applications in special environments. Conceptual development of microreactors and nuclear systems for space and naval applications, remote locations and isolated systems.

RESEARCH UNITS

Thermochemical
Processes Unit

Electrochemical
Processes Unit

Biotechnological
Processes Unit

High-Temperature
Processes Unit

Electrical
Systems Unit

System
Analysis Unit

Photoactivated
Processes Unit

Advanced Porous
Materials Unit

Artificial
Intelligence Unit

Advanced Nuclear
Technologies Unit

OUR FACILITIES

Cutting-Edge Technology

IMDEA Energy Institute’s building and laboratories are located in the Móstoles Technology Park in Madrid, on a 15,000 m² site.

The building has been awarded the prestigious LEED Gold certification and an A Energy Efficiency Rating. IMDEA Energy’s outstanding R&D capabilities and state-of-the-art research facilities make the Institute an ideal partner for companies, research centres and universities.

We have 8 research laboratories and 4 pilot plants, providing excellent infrastructure and resources to drive scientific and technological developments in close collaboration with industry.

7 kW and 42 kW High-Flux Solar Simulators

Surface treatment and materials synthesis. Advanced concentrating solar optics. Solar receivers and reactors. Heat-transfer fluids for high-temperature applications. Characterisation techniques for high radiation fluxes and high temperatures, as well as simulation tools.

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Smart Energy Integration Laboratory

Real-time emulation of AC and DC power grids and microgrids. Development of optimal dispatch algorithms for energy resource management. Analysis of stability, power quality and control strategies for microgrids and power electronic converters. Integration of renewable energy and energy storage into the power grid.

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Instalación de pruebas para baterías y condensadores electroquímicos con varios protocolos de ensayo en DC y AC.

Simulación de ciclos de demanda en potencias de 0,3 a 30 kW bajo temperatura y humedad controladas.

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Battery and Electrochemical Capacitor Testing Facility.

Testing facility for batteries and electrochemical capacitors using a range of DC and AC testing protocols. Simulation of demand cycles at power levels ranging from 0.3 to 30 kW, under controlled temperature and humidity conditions.

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Photosynthetic Microorganisms Laboratory

Laboratory for photosynthetic microorganisms using open and closed photobioreactors with versatile and flexible configurations.

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Pyrolysis and Hydrodeoxygenation Pilot Plant

Pilot plant for thermal or catalytic pyrolysis in a fluidised-bed reactor and hydrodeoxygenation in a fixed-bed reactor

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X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory

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Solar Field

Solar field comprising 169 heliostats, each with a surface area of 3 m², and an experimental platform located at the top of an 18-metre tower.

The facility enables the testing of receivers, reactors and materials at thermal power levels of up to 250 kW, under irradiance levels exceeding 2,500 kW/m².

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  • Thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTA) under oxidising (air), inert (Ar) or reducing (10% H₂/Ar) atmospheres, and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC).
  • Powder X-ray diffraction, including structural analysis using PDF databases and a controlled-atmosphere chamber operating at temperatures of up to 900 °C and pressures of up to 10 bar, as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
  • Chemical characterisation techniques: mass spectrometry, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), ICP-OES and C, H, N, S and O elemental analysis.
  • Thermal diffusivity measurements.
  • Spectroscopic techniques: IR (DRIFT, ATR and VEEMAX), UV-Vis-NIR, Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy.
  • Characterisation of solid-state properties, including textural properties and chemisorption.
  • Biotechnological characterisation techniques: GC and HPLC equipped with different columns and detectors (IR, MS, UV-Vis and HPAEC-PAD), electrophoresis instrumentation for recombinant DNA technology, and protein purification and analysis.
  • Near-Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (NAP-XPS), enabling the in situ characterisation of photocatalytic processes under illumination, different gas atmospheres and pressures of up to 25 mbar.
  • High-resolution Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) equipped with a Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) detector.

*This equipment is co-funded by:

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union, with 50% co-funding under the 2018 call for grants for the acquisition of scientific and technical equipment within the State Subprogramme for Research Infrastructures and Scientific and Technical Equipment (Spanish State R&D&I Plan 2017–2020) of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, project reference EQC2018-005050-P.

The Spanish State Research Agency, under the 2019 call for accreditations and public funding for “Severo Ochoa Centres of Excellence” and “María de Maeztu Units of Excellence”, within the State Programme for Knowledge Generation and Scientific and Technological Strengthening of the R&D&I System, State Subprogramme for Institutional Strengthening, under the Spanish State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2017–2020, project reference CEX2019-000931-M.

  • 120 kV Transmission Electron Microscope*

*This equipment is co-funded by:

The VIRMOF-CM project, “Immuno/chemo-active NanoMOFs for anti-COVID pulmonary multi-therapy”, funded under the agreement signed between the Regional Government of Madrid (Regional Ministry of Education, Universities, Science and Spokesperson’s Office) and Fundación IMDEA Energía for the direct award of €1,065,000 to finance research activities related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, funded through REACT-EU resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

The Spanish State Research Agency, under the 2019 call for accreditations and public funding for “Severo Ochoa Centres of Excellence” and “María de Maeztu Units of Excellence”, within the State Programme for Knowledge Generation and Scientific and Technological Strengthening of the R&D&I System, State Subprogramme for Institutional Strengthening, under the Spanish State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2017–2020, project reference CEX2019-000931-M.

  • DIgSILENT PowerFactory — specialised software for modelling, analysing and simulating electrical power systems.
  • Aspen Plus — analysis and optimisation of chemical processes.
  • Chemcraft, GAUSSIAN® and VASP® — computational chemistry.
  • COMSOL Multiphysics — CFD analysis.
  • DEA-Solver Pro — multicriteria analysis.
  • EBSILON Professional — simulation of thermodynamic cycles and power plant processes.
  • LabVIEW — data acquisition, process control and calorimetric loops.
  • LEAP — energy planning.
  • MATLAB/Simulink — process simulation and data processing.
  • PLECS — power electronics circuit simulation.
  • openLCA with PSILCA — social life-cycle assessment.
  • SimaPro Professional — life-cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon footprint analysis.
  • SolidWorks — 3D computer-aided design.
  • STEC/TRNSYS — dynamic simulation of solar thermal power plants.
  • SuperPro Designer — biochemical process simulation.
  • TracePro — ray-tracing simulation for solar systems.

PROJECTS

HVDC4ISLANDS

PROPEL

3-Phase-BAT

PCoN-M3

GUESS-WHy

DESIRED

SUN-to-LIQUID II

HyPEF

TODENZE

NIMPHEA

BIOCTANE

PROMETEO

MFreeB

eNargiZinc

ASTERIx-CAESar

BETTERXPS

BIOVAL

HYDRAGON

NOMAD

Sun – DT

YAF

WAVE

ACES4NET0-CM

Agata

B3ES

BASSERE

BIOCATFLY

BIOMIO

BioMOFtion

BIVALIA-CM

CEL_BIONIC

CMOFs4water-CM

COFFEE

Dynamic-Compensation

FotoArt5.0-CM

HOPE-BAT

HYLIOS

HYPY-CAT

MAD VUELA SOSTENIBLE

MADBAT

N-GREEN

NAPOLION

NET4BAT

NITRO-D-CELL

noPFAS

PHONON

PREDFLEX-CM

ProsConsHy

REDESFUERTES

SHEAR

SOLENER-CM

UPGRES

ARMONIA

BEST-MODA

CIRPLACAR

FLARES

focoSOLAR

GREENH2-CM

H2-MOF

HECTOR

HYPOP

HySolChem

HYWARE

JUST-GREEN AFRH2ICA

MeBATTERY

MICROBAT

NOUVEAU

OMBAT

PEC2Change

RAVIOLIC

RESOPLA

SHARP-sCO2

SOL-Future

SOLARCHEM 5.0

SolarCPP-Bat

SOLARFLESS

SUNER-C

UPGRES

Amplia red internacional de colaboración

España
Sede de IMDEA Energía y de numerosos socios como Repsol, Abengoa, Ciemat y diversas universidades españolas.

Alemania
Participación en proyectos con entidades como el Centro Aeroespacial Alemán (DLR), E.ON, Siemens y la Universidad de Siegen.

Argelia
Colaboración con la Universidad de las Ciencias y Tecnologías de Orán (USTO) en el proyecto BIOGASMENA.

Australia
Participación de la Australian National University (ANU) y CSIRO en proyectos de helióstatos

Austria
Colaboraciones con Kreisel Electric, el Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) y la Universidad de Linz.

Belgica
Socios como la Universidad de Lieja, Kitozyme y European Powder & Process Technology.

Bielorusia
 Colaboración con el Instituto Conjunto de Investigación Nuclear y de Potencia y la entidad Minskenergo.

Chile
 Colaboración con la institución SMI-ICE-Chile

China
 Participación de la Xiamen University como socio asociado en el proyecto BETTERXPS.

Chipre
 Participación de The Cyprus Institute y la Universidad de Chipre (Nireas-IWRC).

Dinamarca
 Socios como la Universidad de Aarhus, el Laboratorio Risoe y empresas como GridManager.

Ecuador
 Diseño de un sistema de medición y verificación para el plan nacional de eficiencia energética de este país.

Eslovenia
Colaboración con el Instituto Nacional de Química y la Universidad de Liubliana.

Estados Unidos
Participación de Skeleton Technologies y la Universidad de Tartu.

Estonia
Participación de Skeleton Technologies y la Universidad de Tartu.

Finlandia
Socios como VTT Oy y la empresa Outotec.

Francia
Colaboraciones con el CNRS, la Comisaría de Energía Atómica (CEA) y Électricité de France.

Grecia
Entidades como la Universidad Técnica Nacional de Atenas (NTUA) y el Centro de Investigación y Tecnología de Hellas.

India
Colaboración con la empresa Sunborne Energy Technologies y el Instituto Indio de Tecnología de Delhi.

Israel
Participación de la empresa Panoramic Power en proyectos como SmartHG.

Egipto
Participación de la Universidad de El Cairo.

Italia
Socios como la Sapienza Universidad de Roma, la Universidad de Verona y el Politécnico de Turín.

Japón
Relación contractual prolongada con IMV Corporation para proyectos de eficiencia energética en sistemas de vibración.

Kenia
Participación de la Strathmore University en proyectos para promover el hidrógeno verde.

Lituania
Investigación sobre la calidad de la energía con el Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI).

Marruecos
Participación de la Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN).

México
Estudios de simulación y amortiguamiento de oscilaciones de potencia con Solairedirect de México.

Noruega
Colaboraciones con el instituto IFE y el centro Bioforsk.

Paises Bajos
Países Bajos (Holanda): Socios como la Universidad de Utrecht, la Universidad de Wageningen y la empresa HyGear.

Polonia
Participación del Instytut Energetyki y ENEA Operator.

Portugal
Entidades como la Universidad de Évora, LNEG y LCW Consult.

Qatar
Diversos contratos y proyectos con la Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD).

Reino Unido Diversos contratos y proyectos con la Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD).

Republica Checa
Participación de la Universidad Carolina de Praga.

Sudáfrica
Participación de la Noordwes-Universiteit en proyectos de transición al hidrógeno.

Suecia
Socios como la Universidad de Linköping, la Universidad de Uppsala y el Instituto Real de Tecnología (KTH).

Suiza
Colaboraciones con la ETH Zurich, el Instituto Paul Scherrer y empresas como Synhelion.

Taiwan
Pruebas y evaluación de espejos reflectantes con XXENTRIA Technology Materials.

Túnez
Participación del Centro de Biotecnología de Sfax (CBS).

Ucrania
Colaboración con entidades como APCT-Ukraine y la empresa Yunasko.

Scientific Publications

2026 Indexed Publications

  1. Álvarez-Fernández C., Liras M., de la Peña O’Shea V.A., Mirehbar K., Lado J., Palma J., Marugán J. Removal of polyethylene micro(nano)plastics from water: Exploring the combination of anodic oxidation and membrane microfiltration. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 210, art. no. 108674, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2026.108674
  2. Amodio L., Cueto J., Serrano D.P., Pizarro P. Upgrading automotive plastic waste into aromatic hydrocarbon-rich oils with low halogen content via hydropyrolysis over bimetallic catalysts. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 42, art. no. 104906, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2026.104906
  3. Arjmandi M., Khayet M., Horcajada P. A holistic review of MOF-based solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting. Progress in Materials Science, 158, art. no. 101648, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101648
  4. Barreto G., Romero M., González-Aguilar J., Giaconia A., Testi M. Design point, part load and annual performance analysis of a 100 kW SOEC system integrating a solar steamer under electrolyser operational constraints. Renewable Energy, 256, art. no. 124340, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.124340
  5. Ben Hnich K., Maddula S.K.R., Bachmann T.M., Maranghi S., Zamagni A., Carbone C., Agostini A., Nawaya T., Bereketidou O., Brière R., Beretta D., Galvini G., Iribarren D. Laying the ground for product environmental footprint category rules of hydrogen devices through product categorisation. Cleaner Environmental Systems, 21, art. no. 100420, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2026.100420
  6. Berridy-Segade L., Mortera-Canga A., Iribarren D., Prodanovic M., Martín-Gamboa M. Assessing the social life cycle impacts of future energy mixes: the illustrative case study of power generation in Spain. Energy Conversion and Management, 349, art. no. 120790, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120790
  7. Black A.P., Tchitchekova D.S., Patil N., Goujon N., Mecerreyes D., Marcilla R., Yousef I., Ponrouch A. Operando Synchrotron-Based Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy of Metal-Ion Organic Battery Materials. Chemistry of Materials, 38 (2), pp. 645 – 656, 2026. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01795
  8. Camboni A., Roldan-Perez J., Mandrile F., Prodanovic M., Bojoi R. Virtual Synchronous Compensator with Virtual Braking Resistor for Stable DC-link Voltage Control. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2026.3679036
  9. da Silva A.V., Fonseca C.V.C., Machado P.G., Costa M.A. Assessing the Effects of Biodiesel Production on Sustainability: A Bayesian Two-Stage Data Envelopment Analysis Approach. Sustainable Development, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/sd.70633
  10. de la Calle D., Cueto J., Mar Alonso-Doncel M.D., García-Muñoz R.A., Serrano D.P. Production of precursors for sustainable aviation fuels through furfural/cyclopentanone aldol condensation boosted by TiO2-loaded dendritic ZSM-5 catalysts. Fuel, 412, art. no. 138137, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2025.138137
  11. de Vicente M., Tomás-Pejó E., González-Fernández C. From conventional to adapted microbiomes: Promoting high short-chain fatty acid yields and productivities from agricultural waste. Journal of Environmental Management, 403, art. no. 129216, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129216
  12. Ding X., Liu D., wang A., Zhang P., Oropeza F.E., Zhao P., Gorni G., Barawi M., de la Peña O’Shea V., Wu R., Zhang K.H.L. In situ Reconstruction of Nickel Selenide for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (13), art. no. e21566, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202521566
  13. Dudziak S., Kowalkińska M., Gouveia J.D., Ostrowski A., Gomez-Mendoza M., Łapiński M., Szkudlarek A., Gomes J.R.B., de la Peña O’Shea V.A., Zielińska-Jurek A. Controlling the oxidation and chemistry of photodeposited CuOXspecies via charge density modulation. Materials Horizons, 2026. DOI: 10.1039/d5mh02299a
  14. El Jardali K., Feyzi V., Campos-Carriedo F., Iribarren D., Dufour J. Advances in end-of-life treatment of solid oxide electrolysis cell stacks: Environmental and material criticality assessment. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 198, art. no. 152728, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.152728
  15. Fernández-Velayos S., Sigüenza A., Venegas R., Mazario E., Menédez N., Palomares F.J., Álvarez J., Capitán M.J., Herrasti P., García-Quismondo E., Sánchez J.S., Muñoz-Becerra K., Recio F.J. Study of M-N-C@FeNPs(M: Fe, Co, Ni) bifunctional electrocatalysts as positive electrodes for rechargeable Zn-air batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 666, art. no. 239164, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.239164
  16. Ferrando-Ferrero J., Vos-Gracia M., González-Fernández M., Fernandes de Almeida V., G. Baldoví H., Santoriello G., Voccia M., Farnesi Camellone M., Caporaso L., García H., Navalón S., Horcajada P., Carrasco S. Enhanced Green Hydrogen Generation via Photocatalytic Water Splitting Using V-Doped Ti-Squarate MOFs. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148 (10), pp. 10437 – 10451, 2026. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c17654
  17. García-Eguizábal A., Llorente-López J., Collado L., Barawi M., Liras M., de la Peña O’Shea V.A., García-Tecedor M. Stabilizing Cu-Based Photocathodes: From Interfacial Engineering to Advanced Architectures. Global Challenges, 10 (1), art. no. e00555, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202500555
  18. Gotti D., Prodanovic M., Pinilla S., Muñoz-Torrero D., García-Quismondo E., Palma J. A novel Doyle-Fuller-Newman battery model formulation for online parameter estimation. Journal of Energy Storage, 141, art. no. 119115, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2025.119115
  19. Jain P., Hosseini P., Kostka A., Budiyanto E., Diehl P., Muhler M., Tüysüz H., Wu D., Li T. Morphological, structural and compositional evolution of PtPdFeCoNi high-entropy alloy nanoparticles towards bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis. Faraday Discussions, 264, pp. 207 – 230, 2026. DOI: 10.1039/d5fd00092k
  20. Kowalkińska M., Dudziak S., Karczewski J., Nikiforow K., Ostrowski A., Gomez-Mendoza M., de la Peña O’Shea V.A., Zielińska-Jurek A. Tuning the Electronic Structure and ROS Generation of BiOCl via Salt-Mediated Precipitation. Chemistry – A European Journal, 32 (13), art. no. e02935, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202502935
  21. Kumar A., Lee J., Kim M.G., Tüysüz H. Enhanced Proton Spillover at Pt-Cluster/NiO Interface Reduces the Acidic–Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Activity Gap. Small Science, 6 (1), art. no. e202500627, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202500627
  22. Levío-Raimán M., Tomás-Pejó E., González-Fernández C. Long-term fermentation by microalgae-yeast consortium efficiently converts volatile fatty acids from a real wastes stream into microbial oils. Bioresource Technology, 449, art. no. 134356, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2026.134356
  23. Liu B., Jacquemond R.R., Muñoz-Perales V., Buzzi S., Hjelm J., Forner-Cuenca A. Integrating Flow Field Geometries within Porous Electrode Architectures for Enhanced Flow Battery Performance. Small, 22 (1), art. no. e11327, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202511327
  24. Mantilla Andrada C., Lechón Y., Dufour J., Mingot A. Modelling Solar Thermal Heat and Thermal Storage in the Spanish Industrial Sector using TIMES-Sinergia Model: Preliminary results. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1588 (1), art. no. 012006, 2026. DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1588/1/012006
  25. Marin-Tajadura G., Muñoz-Torrero D., Rubio-Presa R., Celorrio V., Ruiz V., Ventosa E. Direct Electrochemical Regeneration of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode Material through Molecular Wiring. ChemSusChem, 19 (1), art. no. e202501996, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202501996
  26. Martín-Gamboa M., Campos-Carriedo F., Abelleira S., Cruz P.L., Wulf C., Dufour J., Iribarren D. Prospective life cycle sustainability assessment and benchmarking of hydrogen from solid oxide electrolysis coupled with concentrated solar power. Fuel Processing Technology, 284, art. no. 108417, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2026.108417
  27. Martínez-Ramón N., Díaz I., Iribarren D., Dufour J. Integrated modeling and assessment of municipal solid waste use for aviation decarbonization. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 30, art. no. 101809, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecmx.2026.101809
  28. Martorell-Múgica A., González-Fernández C., Greses S. pH as a key driver of green chemicals production in agroindustrial waste fermentation. Biomass and Bioenergy, 211, art. no. 109181, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2026.109181
  29. Mazuelo T., Naranjo T., Gomez-Mendoza M., Peña O’Shea V.A.D.L., Liras M. Di amine BODIPY and BOPHY as dual sensor of pH and selective to Cu2+. Dyes and Pigments, 248, art. no. 113521, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2025.113521
  30. Mosquera C., Gallego-Villada L.A., Mediavilla M., Cueto J., del Mar Alonso-Doncel M., Alarcón E., Serrano D.P. Isomerization of α- and β-pinene epoxides over dendritic ZSM-5 zeolites. Chemical Engineering Journal, 532, art. no. 174355, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2026.174355
  31. Nicola B.P., Giner E.A., Romay M., Alonso-Doncel M.D.M., Bernardo-Gusmão K., Gómez-Pozuelo G., Pizarro P., Serrano D.P. Challenging the deactivation resistance of Co/Cu-dendritic ZSM-5 zeolites in methane pyrolysis for clean hydrogen. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 401, art. no. 113939, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2025.113939
  32. Omranpour A., Kämmerer L., Leiva-Leroy C., Rabe A., Sato T., Salamon S., Landers J., Eggert B., Weschke E., Fandré J.P., Kumar A., Tüysüz H., Muhler M., Wende H., Behler J. A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study of Oxygen Vacancies in Co3O4for Liquid-Phase Oxidation Catalysis. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 130 (9), pp. 3277 – 3286, 2026. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c08004
  33. Picchi D.F., Biglione C., Mellerin J.C.P., Zorkot D., Clerc P., Boulet M., Kavak S., Cristóbal-Cueto P., Panaite A.M., Svensson Grape E., Inge A.K., Bals S., Carrey J., Pellegrino T., Gigoux V., Horcajada P. Magnetic Field-Responsive Smart bioMOF Composites Based on Bi(III)-Ellagate SU-101. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 18 (12), pp. 17631 – 17647, 2026. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6c02794
  34. Pinto A., Amodio L., Kubů M., Cueto J., Eliášová P., Pizarro P., Čejka J., Serrano D.P. Dechlorination and upgrading of waste plastics pyrolysis oil over MWW and TUN zeolites. Catalysis Today, 463, art. no. 115594, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2025.115594
  35. Rajaonison A., Gschwind B., Jolivet R., Gómez-Serrano C., Acién Fernández F.G., Greses S., González-Fernández C., Pérez-López P., Ranchin T. Detailed and simplified parameterized LCA models for early-stage energy projects: A microalgae-based biogas case. Cleaner Environmental Systems, 20, art. no. 100384, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100384
  36. Ramanujam A.S., Navalpotro P., Patil N., Marcilla R. A Sustainable and Low-Cost Zn-Lignosulfonate Redox Flow Battery. Batteries and Supercaps, 9 (4), art. no. e202500529, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/batt.202500529
  37. Rodríguez-Ortega P., Moutevelis D., Roldán-Pérez J., Prodanovic M. Equivalent modelling for the fundamental frequency dynamic variation: State-space, impedance, and power-frequency representations. Electric Power Systems Research, 258, art. no. 113098, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2026.113098
  38. Salcedo-Abraira P., Pérez Y., García-Abad C., Guillou N., Horcajada P., Devic T. Vanadium thiocarboxylate metal-organic frameworks as efficient photocatalysts for photooxidative desulfurization. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 13 (5), pp. 1958 – 1971, 2026. DOI: 10.1039/d5qi02257f
  39. Sandri F., Cueto J., Schmidt C., Peuronen A., Damlin P., Tirri T., Eränen K., Lastusaari M., Kumar N., Serrano D.P., Mäki-Arvela P., Murzin D.Y. Production of aromatics from furfural and ethanol over zeolite catalysts: Reaction and deactivation mechanisms, effect of acidity and zeolite structures. Applied Catalysis A: General, 711, art. no. 120718, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2025.120718
  40. Sanhoob M.A., Lee H.V., Juan J.C., Hassanein K., Qahtan T.F. Engineering Fe-Zeolite Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation: The Critical Roles of Al Precursor and Impregnation Solvent. Energy and Fuels, 40 (13), pp. 7004 – 7025, 2026. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6c00434
  41. Sanz M., de la Calle D., Cueto J., Martin A., Morales G., Melero J.A., Paniagua M. Selective production of cycloalkane SAF precursors from furfural and ketones over defective UiO-66(Zr) catalyst. Fuel, 422, art. no. 139189, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2026.139189
  42. Serrano-Nieto R., Abán M., Mosquera M.E.G., Hidalgo T., Ayala C., Álvarez-Miguel I., Horcajada P. Ca-triazine phosphonate metal–organic framework as fungicide active packaging. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 13 (2), pp. 708 – 717, 2026. DOI: 10.1039/d5qi01619c
  43. Singh N., Pritam A., Singh V., Katin K., Fransson J., Mondal P.C. Turning Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles Into Ferromagnetic at Room Temperature via Molecular Functionalization for Magnetic Memory Applications. Angewandte Chemie – International Edition, 65 (3), art. no. e14779, 2026. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202514779
  44. Terceño-Carrillo M., Razquin-Bobillo L., Carrasco S., Horcajada P., Beobide G., García J.A., Salcedo-Abraira P., Zabala-Lekuona A., Rodríguez-Diéguez A., Cepeda J. Vacuum-responsive and water-soluble lanthanide(iii)/2-oxonicotinate coordination polymers with high photoluminescence efficiency. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 10 (8), pp. 1295 – 1311, 2026. DOI: 10.1039/d6qm00036c
  45. Timmers R.A., de Vicente M., Rosa-Masegosa A., Romero E., Tomás-Pejó E., González-Fernández C. Recent advances in microbial production of odd-chain fatty acids. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 42 (1), art. no. 40, 2026. DOI: 10.1007/s11274-025-04769-x
  46. Tomás-Martín A., Roldán-Pérez J., Jankovic N., Yagüe S., Sigrist L., García-Cerrada A. Improvements of a multi-agent secondary controller for reconnecting a microgrid to the main grid. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 177, art. no. 111797, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2026.111797
  47. Vásquez J.R., Feyzi V., Hospital-Benito D., Dufour J. Life cycle assessment of ionic liquid-based absorption direct air capture technology: Environmental trade-offs and comparison with conventional technologies. Chemical Engineering Journal, 528, art. no. 172515, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.172515
  48. Villarejo I., Mirehbar K., Lado J., Palma J., Casado C., Marugán J. CFD-driven multiparametric analysis of electrochemical reactors for enhanced mass transfer in water treatment. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 14 (1), art. no. 120744, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.120744
  49. Vinicio Avendano-Caiza M., Roldan-Perez J., Jankovic N., Luis Rodriguez-Amenedo J., Diego Rios-Penaloza J., Prodanovic M. Application of Model Order Reduction in Evaluation of Small-Signal Stability of Power Systems With Virtual Power Plants. IEEE Access, 14, pp. 44277 – 44292, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3671085
  50. Xiao J., Ren J., Zhang H., Li D., Chen R., Liu C., Shi L., Jia C. Improved thermal energy storage performance enabled by carbonized alkaline lignin: Experimental study and numerical simulation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 257, art. no. 128272, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.128272

2025 Indexed Publications

  1. Afecto Gonçalves, M.J., González-Fernández, C., Greses, S. “Assessing the effect of temperature drop on a stable anaerobic fermentation for volatile fatty acids production”. Bioengineered, 2025, 16 (1), art. no. 2458369. Open Access. DOI: org/10.1080/21655979.2025.2458369.
  2. Aginaga, K.I., Kesseli, D., Sanchez-Señoran, D., Conceição, R., Zheng, Q., Monterreal, R., Ávila-Marín, A., González-Aguilar, J., Milidonis, K., Loghmari, I., Pargmann, M., Göhring, F., Röger, M., Villasante, C., Asselineau, C.-A., Sánchez-González, M., Peña-Lapuente, A., Zhu, G., Bern, G., Armijo, K.M., Brost, R.C., Collins, M., Wang, Y., Conventry, J., Pye, J. “Advancing heliostat field measurement and characterization: Insights from international collaboration and workshop outcomes. Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering”, 2025, 13600, art. no. 136000B. DOI: 1117/12.3063869.
  3. Alcantara, M.L., Navalpotro, P., Camilo, G., Prazeres, M., Neves, C.M.S.S., Ferreira, A.M., Ventosa, E., Marcilla, R., Pereira Coutinho, J.A.P. “Tuning biphasic electrolytes for membrane-free redox flow batteries: Influence of sodium thiocyanate on partition and viscosity”. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2025, 439, art. no. 128767. Open Access. DOI: 1016/j.molliq.2025.128767.
  4. Alfonso-González, E., Gomez-Mendoza, M., López-Calixto, C.G., García-Tecedor, M., Villar-García, I.J., Oropeza, F., Liras, M., Barawi Moran, M., de la Peña O´Shea, V.A. Hybrid Photoelectrodes Based on Electropolymerized Conjugated Porous Polymers for Enhanced Solar Energy Conversion. Small Science, 2025, art. no. 2400623.Open Access. DOI: 1002/smsc.202400623.
  5. Amodio L., Cueto J., López J., Hernando H., Pizarro P., Serrano D.P. “Assessing supported nickel catalysts for the upcycling of real WEEE plastics through low-pressure hydropyrolysis and dehalogenation”. Green Chemistry, 2025, 20, 5736-5752. DOI: 1039/d4gc06546h
  6. Amodio L., Cueto J., Souza A., López J., Hernando H., Pizarro P., Serrano D.P. “Upcycling WEEE plastics into dehalogenated and aromatics-rich oil by hydropyrolysis over Pd-supported catalysts”. Catalysis Today, 2025, 460, art. no. 115474. Open Access. DOI: 1016/j.cattod.2025.115474.
  7. Andino J., Arcos-Aviles D., Guinjoan F. “Fast-execution neural-network-based modulated model predictive control for a three-phase three-level inverter”.Control Engineering Practice, 2025, 165, art. no. 106595. DOI: 1016/j.conengprac.2025.106595.
  8. Andino J., Prodanovic M., Roldán-Pérez J. “Root-Cause Assessment of Interactions Caused by Controllers of Inverter Based Resources”. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, 2025, DOI: 1109/ISGTEurope64741.2025.11305522.
  9. Andino, J., Prodanovic, M., Roldan-Perez, J. “DC capacitor sizing methodology for three- and four-wire static VAR generators”. IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference), 2025. DOI: 1109/IECON58223.2025.11221140.
  10. Avendano-Caiza, M.V., Rios Penaloza, J.D., Roldan-Perez, J., Rodríguez-Amenedo, J.L., Prodanovic, M. “Considering resource availability in control of dynamic virtual power plant used for provision of frequency restoration reserve”. IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference), 2025. DOI: 1109/IECON58223.2025.11221427.
  11. Ávila, M.I., Alonso-Doncel, M.M., Cueto, J., Briones, L., Gómez-Pozuelo, G., Escola, J.M., Serrano, D.P., Peral, A., Botas, J.A. “Production of high value-added phenolic compounds through lignin catalytic pyrolysis over ion-exchanged hierarchical ZSM-5 and Beta zeolites”. Catalysis Today, 2025, 456, art. no. 115343. Open Access. DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2025.115343.
  12. Barreto G., González-Aguilar J., Romero M., Caputo G., Giaconia A. “CFD-based numerical investigation of a thermal energy storage tank driven by natural convection”. Journal of Energy Storage, 2025, 132, art. no. 117782. Open Access. DOI: 1016/j.est.2025.117782.
  13. Bildirir, H., Patil, N., Pinilla, S., Liras, M., Marcilla, R. “Structure-property relationship in phenothiazine-based hypercrosslinked organic electrode materials through porosity adjustment”. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025. Open Access. DOI: 1039/d5ta04431f..
  14. Carrasco, S., Martínez, M.L., Amador-Sánchez, Y.A., López Cervantes, V.B., Sánchez-González, E.; Portillo-Vélez, N.S., A. Peralta, R., Celaya C.A., Guzmán-Vargas, A., Horcajada, P., Solis-Ibarra, D., Ibarra, I.A. “(Hf)PCN-224(Co) as an efficient ppm-level sensor for toxic SO2”. Materials Today Advances, 2025, 26, art. no. 100579. DOI: 1016/j.mtadv.2025.100579.
  15. Casasola, R., Fombona-Pascual, A., García-Quismondo, E., Palma, J., Lado, J.J. “Challenges and limitations of lithium oxide electrodes for electrochemical lithium-aluminum separation”. Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 374, art. no. 133621. DOI: 1016/j.seppur.2025.133621.
  16. Cedrún-Morales, M., Migliavacca, M., Ceballos, M., Perez-Maseda, M., Zampini, G., Alameda Felgueiras, M.T., Ostolaza-Paraiso, J., Juanes, M., Rincón, I., Fairen-Jiménez, D., Montenegro, J., Horcajada. “Clickable Polymer-Based Coatings for Modulating the Interaction of Metal-Organic Framework Nanocrystals with Living Cells”. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2025, 17(17), pp. 24994-25010. DOI: 1021/acsami.5c01695.
  17. Collado, L., Herrero, A., de la Peña O’Shea, V.A. “From Conventional to Emerging Ammonia Production Technologies”. Green Energy and Technology, 2025, Part F3771, pp. 713-757. DOI: 1007/978-3-031-62411-7_25. Chapter book.
  18. Comendador P., Martínez-Ramón N., Olazar M., Lopez G., Iribarren D. “Ex-ante life-cycle assessment of biomass-derived hydrogen via fast pyrolysis and sorption enhanced steam reforming: Addressing scale-up uncertainties”. Fuel Processing Technology, 2025, 278, art. no. 108334. Open Access. DOI: 1016/j.fuproc.2025.108334.
  19. Conceição, R.; González-Aguilar J.; Romero M. “A computing vision approach for fast and accurate soiling monitoring. Solar Energy”, 2025, 298, 113729. Open Access. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2025.113729.
  20. Corpas, J., Rivera-Chao, E., Arpa, E.M., Gomez-Mendoza, M., Katayama, Y., de la Peña O’Shea, V.A., Bouchel, C., Jacob, C., Echeverria, P.-G., Ruffoni, A., Leonori, D. “Excited-state protonation and reduction enables the umpolung Birch reduction of naphthalenes”. Chem, 2025, 11 (3), 102342. Open Access. DOI: 1016/j.chempr.2024.10.009.
  21. Cueto, J., de la Calle, D., Mar Alonso-Doncel, M.D., Giner, E.A., García-Muñoz, R.A., Serrano, D.P. “Enhanced production of jet fuel precursors via furfural/cyclopentanone aldol condensation by synergistic pairing TiO2 with nano-ZSM-5 zeolite”. Bioresource Technology, 2025, 418, art. no. 131877. Open Access. DOI:1016/j.biortech.2024.131877.
  22. de Vicente, M., Gonzalez-Fernández, C., Nicaud, J.M., Tomás-Pejó, E. “Turning residues into valuable compounds: organic waste conversion into odd-chain fatty acids via the carboxylate platform by recombinant oleaginous yeast”. Microbial Cell Factories, 2025, 24 (1), art. no. 32. Open Access. DOI: 10.1186/s12934-025-02647-7.
  23. del Pulgar, H.P., Ortiz-Bustos, J., Gómez-Ruiz, S., del Hierro, I., Pérez, Y. “Oxygen vacancy-engineered Bi2O2CO3 nanosheets for enhanced photodegradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water”. Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 2025, 11 (8). Open Access. DOI: 1039/d5ew00367a
  24. D’Souza, D., Montes, M.J., Romero, M., González-Aguilar, J. “Experimental assessment of different compact flow channel geometries on pressurised gas solar receivers”. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2025, 266, art. no. 125634. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.125634.
  25. Escola J.M., Pizarro P. “Zeolites with Enhanced Accessibility”. Zeolites: From Fundamentals to Emerging Applications, pp. 272 – 311, 2025, DOI: 1039/9781837676859-00272.
  26. Fodor, B., Álvarez-Miguel, I., Biglione, C., López, G.G., González-Fernández, Á., Salles, F., Hidalgo, T., Horcajada, P. “A Potential 3-in-1 Combined AntiSARS-CoV-2 Therapy Using Pulmonary MIL-100(Fe) Formulation”. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2025, 14 (26), no. 2403988. Open Access. DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202403988.
  27. Fombona-Pascual, A., Pinilla, S., Hormigos, I., Palma, J., Lado, J.J. “Sodium-Manganese Oxides in Faradaic Desalination: Achieving Long-Cycling Stability Through Morphological and Structural Optimization”. Energy and Environmental Materials, 2025, DOI: 10.1002/eem2.70022.
  28. García M.L.; María G.-I.; Usoltsev O.; Oropeza F.E.; Timoshenko J.; Cuenya B.R.; Santamaría R.; Blanco C.; Rocha V.G. “NiFe and NiCo core-shell nanoparticles supported on graphene as efficient catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction”. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 130, pp. 313-323. DOI: 1016/j.ijhydene.2025.04.381.
  29. García-Fraile, P., Ferrando-Ferrero, J., Pérez, Y., Carrasco, S., Horcajada, P. “Scalable iron-squarate MOF catalyst for efficient CO₂ cycloaddition under mild conditions”. Chemical Communications, 2025, 61 (98), pp. 19497– DOI: 10.1039/d5cc05386b.
  30. García-Gusano, D., Iribarren, D., Muñoz, I., Arrizabalaga, E., Mabe, L., Martín-Gamboa, M. “The future need for critical raw materials associated with long-term energy and climate strategies: The illustrative case study of power generation in Spain”. Energy, 2025, 314, art. no. 134266. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.134266.
  31. Geberehiet, G.A., Gebreegziabher, T.G., Mekonen, A.G., Hagos, G.K., Gebresilasie, T.N. “Development of briquettes suitable for energy generation from residue of sorghum stalk and groundnut husk”. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2025, 14(2), art. no. 35. DOI: 1007/s40243-025-00309-7.
  32. Gómez-Fernández, J.M., Martínez, J.I., Zamalloa-Serrano, J.M., Naranjo, T., López-Calixto, C.G., Schio, L., Floreano, L., Mendieta-Moreno, J.I., Palacio, I., de la Peña O’Shea, V.A., Liras, M., Martín-Gago, J.A., López, M.F., Sánchez-Sánchez, C. “Influence of the substrate in the on-surface synthesis and air stability of 1D metal-organic oligomers”. Applied Surface Science, 2025, 693, art. no. 162804. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.162804.
  33. Gonçalves M.J.A., González-Fernández C., Greses S. “Exploring anaerobic fermentation stability against a temperature perturbation: process indicators and recovery strategies”. Chemosphere, 2025, 387, art. no. 144669. DOI: 1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144669
  34. Gonçalves, M.J.A., Greses, S., Omar, K., Jean-Sébastien, G., Pierre, F., Christophe, V., González-Fernández, C. “Upscaling volatile fatty acids production: Demonstrating the reliability of anaerobic fermentation of food wastes from the lab towards industrial implementation”. Science of the Total Environment, 2025, 985, art. no. 179735. DOI: 1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179735.
  35. González-Rodríguez L., Jamil B., Kallioğlu M.A., Cabrera-Reina A., Marzo A., García-Tuñon W., Volke M., Lobos F., Laguarda A. “Tilted solar UV radiation estimation and its role in advanced solar water treatment systems”. Solar Energy, 2025, 295, art. no. 113521. DOI: 1016/j.solener.2025.113521.
  36. Górtazar, G., Fernández-González, D., Romero, J.F., Dafinov, A., Jiménez, A., Jiménez-Morales, I., Bogeat-Barroso, A., Zamora, F. “Holistic green synthesis at room temperature of MIL-53(Al) from aluminum slag and application for glucose conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural”. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2025, 46, art. no. 102060. DOI: 1016/j.scp.2025.102060.
  37. Gotti D. “Deep Neural Network-Based Power System State Estimation”. Conference Proceedings – 2025 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2025 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe, EEEIC / I and CPS Europe, 2025. DOI: 1109/EEEIC/ICPSEurope64998.2025.11169180.
  38. Gotti D., Prodanovic M., Pinilla S., Muñoz-Torrero D. “A comparison between different discretization techniques for the Doyle-Fuller-Newman Li+ battery model”. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2025, 3042 (1), art. no. 012011. DOI: 1088/1742-6596/3042/1/012011.
  39. Gramc, J., Stropnik, R., Hojkar, D., Sekavčnik, M., Iribarren, D., Dufour, J., Mori, M. “Ecodesign as a key concept for improving the life cycle environmental performance of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells”. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 104, pp. 623-634. Open Access. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.08.020.
  40. Greses, S., Llamas, M., Kaoutar, A., González-Fernández, C. “Vinasses valorization into short-chain fatty acids: microbiome robustness against process variations”. Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2025, 12 (1), art. no. 26. DOI: 10.1186/s40643-025-00865-w
  41. Grieco, R., Fombona-Pascual, A., Patil, N., Alvan, D., Liras, M., Marcilla, R. “A Nanostructured Phenazine-Based Conjugated Microporous Polymer Hybrid Anode Boosts Power and Practicability of Organic-Manganese Hydronium-Ion Batteries”. Batteries and Supercaps, 2025, 8 (2), art. no. e202400346. Open Access. DOI: 10.1002/batt.202400346.
  42. Guerrero R.M., Lemir I.D., Fernández-Ruiz C., Carrasco S., Horcajada P., Serrano D.P., Pérez Y., Pizarro P. “Catalytic vapour phase hydrodehalogenation of 1,8-dichlorooctane over Pd@MIL-101(Cr)-NH2: a step forward in MOF-based technologies”. Green Chemistry, 2025, 27 (42), pp. 13455 – 13467. Open Access. DOI: 1039/d5gc04671h.
  43. Hilger M., El Jardali K., Feyzi V., Vakhrameev D., Naumenko D., Schwaiger R., Iribarren D., Lenser C., Guillon O., Menzler N.H. “Towards sustainable interconnects for solid oxide cells: An integrated technical and environmental evaluation of coating methods”. Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 659, art. no. 238471. Open Access. DOI: 1016/j.jpowsour.2025.238471.
  44. Jankovic N., Roldán-Pérez J., Prodanovic M., Suul J.A., D’arco S., Rouco L. “Network-Reconfiguration-Aware Power Oscillation Damping Controller for Converter-Interfaced Generator Based Power Plants”. Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2025, 13 (4), pp. 1420 – 1431. DOI: 35833/MPCE.2024.000057
  45. Jerez M., Carballar A., Conceição R., González-Aguilar J. “Concentrated Solar Flux Measurement in a High Flux Solar Simulator Using an Optical Fiber Based Radiometer. Quantum Sensing and Metrology – Proceedings Optica Sensing Congress 2025, 2025. Open Access. DOI: 1364/AIS.2025.jm4a.17.
  46. Jerez M., Carballar A., Conceição R., González-Aguilar J. “Damage in Optical Fiber-based Sensors in Extreme Environments For High Flux Solar Measurements”. Optical Sensors – Proceedings Optica Sensing Congress 2025, 2025. Open Access. DOI: 1364/sensors.2025.sw1e.3..
  47. Jerez M., Carballar A., Conceição R., González-Aguilar J. “Optical Fiber Performance for High Solar Flux Measurements in Concentrating Solar Power Applications”. Sensors, 2025, 25 (16), art. no. 4973. Open Access. DOI: 3390/s25164973.
  48. Lago A., Bertin L., Martinez G.A., Jones E., De Maron J., Tabanelli T., Cavani F., González-Fernández C., Serrano D.P., Moreno I. “Production of jet-fuel precursors from volatile fatty acids using metal oxide-supported zeolitic catalysts”. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2025, 9 (19), pp. 5236 – 5250. Open Access. DOI: 1039/d5se00930h.
  49. Lago, A., Greses, S., Moreno, I., González-Fernández, C. “Up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket bioreactor for the production of carboxylates: effect of inocula on process performance and microbial communities”. Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2025, 12 (1), art. no. 6. Open Access. DOI: 10.1186/s40643-025-00839-y.
  50. Lashkari, S., Del Olmo Martinez, R., de Morais Zanata, D., Varghese, A.P., Camara, O., Marcilla, R., Mecerreyes, D., Goujon, N., Villaluenga, I. “Charge Storage Mechanism Analysis of Sustainable Hybrid Redox-Active Capacitors Using Either Liquid or Solid-State Electrolytes”. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2025, 8 (4), pp. 2022-2032. DOI: 1021/acsaem.4c02473.
  51. Mäki-Arvela P., Simakova I., Cuetob J., Murzin D.Y. “Biomass Transformation to Value-added Chemicals and Fuels over Zeolite Catalysts”. Zeolites: From Fundamentals to Emerging Applications, 2025, pp. 408 – 452. Open Access. DOI: 1039/9781837676859-00408.
  52. Martínez-Ramón, N., Istrate, R., Iribarren, D., Dufour, J. “Unlocking advanced waste management models: Machine learning integration of emerging technologies into regional systems”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances, 2025, 26, art. no. 200253. Open Access. DOI: 10.1016/j.rcradv.2025.200253.
  53. Matera, U.M., Faccenda, M., Pérez, Y., Picchi, D.F., Rossi, L., Larreina, S., Horcajada, P. “Quantifying innovation: Intellectual property data as indicators of technology maturity of metal–organic frameworks and inorganic nanoparticles”. Inventions, 2025, 10 (6), art. no. 107. Open Access. DOI: 3390/inventions10060107.
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