Catarina G. Ferreira

ORCID: 0000-0002-4088-1952
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Research Areas
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • solar cell performance optimization
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation
  • Smart Cities and Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Institute of Photonic Sciences
2020-2024

University of Southern Denmark
2024

University of Minho
2015-2018

Petrobras (Brazil)
2015

This work aims to understand the spin-coating growth process of BiVO4 photoanodes from a photon absorption and conversion perspective. layers with thicknesses ranging 7 48 nm role thin (<5 nm) SnO2 hole-blocking layer have been studied. The internal absorbed photon-to-current efficiency (APCE) is found be nonconstant, following specific dependence charge separation extraction on increasing thickness. APCE variation thickness key for precise computational simulation light propagation in based...

10.1021/acsaem.3c02775 article EN cc-by-nc-nd ACS Applied Energy Materials 2024-02-20

Thin films containing monometallic (Ag,Au) and bimetallic (Ag–Au) noble nanoparticles were dispersed in TiO2, using reactive magnetron sputtering post-deposition thermal annealing. The influence of metal concentration annealing the (micro)structural evolution was studied, its correlation with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) behaviours evaluated. Ag/TiO2 presented columnar to granular microstructures, developing Ag clusters at for higher...

10.1088/1361-6463/aabc49 article EN Journal of Physics D Applied Physics 2018-04-06

Bringing the V oc of a perovskite solar cell toward its radiative value, corresponding to 100% external fluorescence quantum yield (QY) cell, has been pursued reach highest performance photovoltaic devices. Therefore, much research focused on maximizing QY active layer isolated from rest layers. However, such quantity does not often correlate with following ideal diode relation. Herein, QYs complete FA 0.8 MA 0.2 PbI 3− y Br cells are reported, ranging 0.1% 3%, and compared their s, 1 1.13...

10.1002/solr.201900554 article EN Solar RRL 2020-02-11

The high voltage required to overcome the thermodynamic threshold and complicated kinetics of water splitting reaction limit efficiency single semiconductor‐based photoelectrochemistry. A semiconductor/solar cell tandem structure has been theoretically demonstrated as a viable path achieve an efficient direct transformation sunlight into chemical energy. However, compact designs exhibiting indispensable optimally balanced light absorption have not demonstrated. In current work, we design...

10.1002/eem2.12679 article EN cc-by Energy & environment materials 2023-12-18

Abstract Perovskite based photovoltaic (PV) cells are unique in combining low open‐circuit voltage losses with a broad bandgap tunability. This makes them an ideal PV cell to recycle photons back into electrical power variety of illumination systems or light emitting devices. Here, advantage these features is taken and wide (WBG) perovskite incorporated devices suitable for display demonstrate high yield stray recycling electricity up 37.5% conversion efficiency. The specific device...

10.1002/aenm.202201473 article EN cc-by-nc Advanced Energy Materials 2022-08-07

Solar cells based on perovskite compounds have displayed remarkable efficiency, with a focus enhancing parameters like short-circuit current (Jsc) and open-circuit voltage (Voc) to maximize their performance. However, Voc is closely related recombination optical effects an important parameter affecting energy conversion efficiency. To exploit the full potential of solar cells, photonic management emerges as key strategy. This study delves into strategies for improving overall efficiency cells.

10.1117/12.3017476 article EN 2024-06-19

Energy efficiency in many illumination devices is far from optimal. For instance, liquid crystal displays, a large fraction of the emitted light lost provided absorbing polarizers are used for image formation. Herein, light‐guiding structure to achieve diffuse polarized emission top guide, combined with harvesting and conversion back into electricity unwanted polarization proposed. Key achieving such double goal use half‐cylinder photonic plate an ergodic light‐guided propagation...

10.1002/adpr.202100077 article EN cc-by Advanced Photonics Research 2021-06-19

We present an innovative optoelectronic design combining wide bandgap perovskite photovoltaic cells and broadband light polarizing structures to recycle the stray back into electricity in devices requiring polarized selectivity, such as LCDs.

10.1364/noma.2022.jtu4h.3 article EN Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2022 2022-01-01

Optical guide system for broadband polarized diffuse light emission, incorporating recycling back into electricity, based on a combination of periodic order in half-cylinder photonic plate and randomness multilayer reflective polarizer.

10.1364/pvled.2021.pvf2d.4 article EN OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021 2021-01-01
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