The group of Nanoengineering of Materials Applied to Energy (NEMEN) is dedicated to the preparation, characterisation, and the study of the properties of nanoparticles in a wide range of technological applications. They carry out the design and synthesis of nanoparticles from conventional precursors, organometallics, core-shell structures, plasma, etc. Their research is also focused on the deposition and dispersion of nanoparticles onto solid substrates (crystals, flat surfaces, inorganic oxides with high surface area, ceramic and metallic materials, etc.). The technological applications of nanoparticles that they study span from the investigation of their chemical reactivity and use as catalysts to their application in photoactive and structural materials. 

Their main research topics are:

• Nanoparticle-based catalysts for industrial chemical reactions.
• Nanoparticles for environmental applications.
• Nanoparticles for the catalytic obtention and purification of hydrogen in fuel cells.
• Development of microreactors and structured wall reactors.
• Preparation of layers and structures from nanoparticles by 3D printing.
• Modelling of nanoparticles and nanotubes in structures.

More information

Nanoengineering of Materials for Energy Applications (NEMEN)

Institute of Energy Technologies (INTE)

Group leaders

Jordi Llorca, Ignasi Casanova

Contact

jordi.llorca@upc.edu, ignasi.casanova@upc.edu