Rodrigo Alcántara

ORCID: 0000-0003-1566-7070
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Research Areas
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Pigment Synthesis and Properties
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
  • Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis

Universidad de Cádiz
2016-2025

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2025

Hospital Universitario Puerto Real
2011-2018

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
1989-2005

A good correlation was obtained between the electronic properties of Cu-doped anatase TiO2 by virtue both physical chemistry characterization and theoretical calculations. Pure were synthesized. The composition, structural properties, band gap energy using several techniques. method synthesis used produces TiO2, XRD, XPS Raman spectroscopy indicate that Cu atoms are incorporated in structure substitution Ti atoms, generating a distortion oxygen vacancies. In turn, synthesized samples...

10.1039/c3cp54273d article EN Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2013-11-25

Meeting the growing energy demand with lowest environmental impact is one of greatest challenges facing our society. To this end, improving efficiency solar technologies a must. In work, nanofluids based on linear silicone-based fluid and Pd nanoparticles were prepared. The has been designed for use in concentrated power involving parabolic trough collector technology (CSP-PTC). showed high physical chemical stability. addition, Pd-based enhanced isobaric specific heat thermal conductivity...

10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c07285 article EN ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2024-01-30

Concentrating solar power is becoming one of options for producing energy to replace conventional polluting sources. However, improving the efficiency and reducing cost technologies based on this type make it more competitive still a work in progress. This study proposes replacing thermal oil used as heat transfer fluid absorber tubes parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) with nanofluids spherical molybdenum disulphide nanoparticles aim concentrating plants. The colloidal stability was verified...

10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.069 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Renewable Energy 2022-02-23

Nanofluids are considered as a new generation of heat transfer fluids since they exhibit thermophysical properties improvements compared with conventional fluids. The high thermal conductivity nanofluids and even the isobaric specific enhancements over liquids make these colloidal suspensions very attractive in many research areas, including solar energy. In this work, based on tungsten disulphide (WS2) nanosheets have been prepared from oil currently used fluid Concentrating Solar Power...

10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111937 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2022-08-29

Diamonds can host a variety of luminescent point-defects, such as nitrogen-vacancies and silicon-vacancies, making them remarkably promising materials for luminescence nanothermometry. It also fulfils the desirable characteristics low cytotoxicity...

10.1039/d4nr04132a article EN cc-by-nc Nanoscale 2025-01-01

This study explores the potential use of CuO nanofluids in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fluid for concentrating solar power (CSP) applications. The research addresses need environmentally friendly and efficient heat transfer fluids as alternatives to traditional options, which often pose environmental toxicity concerns. PDMS fluids, while offering benefits like high resistance low pour points, suffer from lower thermal conductivity capacity. addition nanoparticles aims enhance these...

10.1002/solr.202500089 article EN Solar RRL 2025-03-30

Abstract TiO 2 doping has been widely used in photocatalysis and photovoltaic cells to improve the performance of this semiconductor. This paper studies use copper as a dopant dye‐sensitized solar (DSSC), analysing effect on properties different concentrations incorporated into The copper‐doped semiconductor was characterized with several instrumental techniques, including X‐ray diffraction (XRD), inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP‐AES), scanning transmission...

10.1002/pssa.201127336 article EN physica status solidi (a) 2011-11-11

This paper presents the synthesis of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite CH3NH3Pb1-xCdxI3. The effect incorporating Cd(2+) or Pb(2+) on stability structure was analysed from a theoretical and experimental viewpoint. XRD results showed that tetragonal formed for x values up to 0.5, which seems indicate presence considerable amount is necessary stabilise structure. In turn, UV-Vis spectroscopy how led reduction in optical band gap 9% CH3NH3Pb0.5Cd0.5I3 with regard MAPbI3 Moreover, periodic-DFT...

10.1039/c5cp04009d article EN Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2015-01-01
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