PUBLICATIONS (by topic)

CO2 Storage & Valorization
Solid State Lithium Batteries
  • Suitability of blended ionic liquid-dimethylsulfoxide electrolyte for lithium-oxygen battery, by E. Knipping, C. Aucher, G. Guirado, L. Aubouy; publicated in Batteries & Supercaps, 2 (3), 200.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.201800078
  • Sudheshwar, A.; Beni, V.; Malinverno, N.; Hischier, R.; Nevo, Y.; Dhuiège, B.; Borras, M.; Chbani, A.; Aucher, C.; Martinez-Crespiera, S. Assessing Sustainability Hotspots in the Production of Paper-Based Printed Electronics. Flex. Print. Electron. 2023, 8, 015002.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/acacab
  • González-Gil, R. M.; Borràs, M.; Chbani, A.; Abitbol, T.; Fall, A.; Aulin, C.; Aucher, C.; Martínez-Crespiera, S. Sustainable and Printable Nanocellulose-Based Ionogels as Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Supercapacitors. Nanomaterials 2022, 12 (2), 273.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12020273
  • Cabañero Martínez, M. Á.; Boaretto, N.; Naylor, A. J.; Alcaide, F.; Salian, G. D.; Palombarini, F.; Ayerbe, E.; Borras, M.; Casas-Cabanas, M. High-Performance Energy Materials. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12, 2201264.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202201264
Electrochemical Reactions in Green Solvents
  • Solid Multiresponsive Materials Based on Nitrospiropyran-Doped Ionogels, by S. Santiago, P. Gimenez-Gomez, X. Munoz-Berbel, J. Hernando, G. Guirado; publicated in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (22) , 26461-26471.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c04159
  • Synthesis of graphene-based photocatalysts for water splitting by laser-induced doping with ionic liquids, by Angel Perez del Pino, Arantzazu Gonzalez-Campo, Sandra Giraldo, Jose Peral, Eniko Gyorgy, Constantin Logofatu, Andrew J. deMello, Josep Puigmartí-Luis; publicated in Carbon, 130, 48-58.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.12.116
Bio-Electrochemistry
  • Switchless Multiplexing of Graphene Active Sensor Arrays for Brain Mapping, by R. Garcia-Cortadella, N. Schafer, J. Cisneros-Fernandez, L. Re, X. Illa, G. Schwesig, A. Moya, S. Santiago, G. Guirado, R. Villa, A. Sirota, F. Serra-Graells, J. A., Jose A., A. Guimera-Brunet; publicated in Nanoletters, 20(5), 3528-3537.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00467
  • Boga, S.; Bouzada, D.; Lopez-Blanco, R.; Sarmiento, A.; Salvadó, I.; Gil, D. A.; Brea, J.; Loza García, M. I.; Barreiro Piñeiro, N.; Martinez-Costas, J.; et al. Copper(II) Cyclopeptides with High ROS-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Bioconjugate Chem. 2025.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00561
  • Uria-Molto, N.; Costa, R. D.; Nunziata, C.; Santiago, S.; Guirado, G.; Muñoz-Berbel, X.; Kowalski, L. Self-Contained and Integral Microbial Fuel Cells as Portable and Sustainable Energy Sources for Low-Power Field Devices. Electron. J. Biotechnol. 2022, 57, 44–51.
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejbt.2022.04.004
Sunlight-driven photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production
  • Hydrogen generation by irradiation of commercial CuO + TiO2 mixtures at solar pilot plant scale and in presence of organic electron donors, by M.I. Maldonado, E. Saggioro, J. Peral, E. Rodríguez-Castellón, J. Jiménez-Jiménez, S. Malato; publicated in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 257, 117890-117898.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117980
  • Solar pilot plant scale hydrogen generation by irradiation of Cu/TiO2 composites in presence of sacrificial electron donors, by M. I. Maldonado, A. López-Martín, G. Colón, J. Peral, J.I. Martínez-Costa, S. Malato; publicated in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 229, 15-23.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.02.005
  • Ruiz-Aguirre, A.; Villachica-Llamosas, J. G.; Polo-López, M. I.; Cabrera-Reina, A.; Colón, G.; Peral, J.; Malato, S. Assessment of Pilot-Plant Scale Solar Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Multiple Approaches: Valorization, Water Decontamination and Disinfection. Energy 2022, 260, 125199.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125199
  • Aguirre, A. R.; Reina, A. C.; Pérez, J. P.; Colón, G. Catalysts and Photoreactors for Photocatalytic Solar Hydrogen Production: Fundamentals and Recent Developments at Pilot Scale. In Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production for Sustainable Energy; Puga, A., Ed.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2023; ISBN 978-3-527-34983-8.
  • Villachica-Llamosas, J. G.; Ruiz-Aguirre, A.; Colón, G.; Peral, J.; Malato, S. CuO/TiO₂ Pilot-Plant System Performance for Solar Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2024, 51 (2), 1069–1077.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.07.149
  • Villachica-Llamosas, J. G.; Sowik, J.; Ruiz-Aguirre, A.; Colón, G.; Peral, J.; Malato, S. Photoreforming of Glycerol to Produce Hydrogen from Natural Water in a Compound Parabolic Collector Solar Photoreactor. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 111216.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.111216
  • Villachica-Llamosas, J. G.; Ruiz-Aguirre, A.; Colón, G.; Peral, J.; Malato, S. H₂ Production Based on a Ternary Mixture of Commercial CuO-NiO-TiO₂ in a Solar Pilot Plant. Catal. Today 2024, 431, 114608. 
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114608
  • Aguilera-Ruiz, E.; Vazquez-Arenas, J.; Peral, J.; García-Pérez, U. M. Soft Synthesis and Analysis of Structural Parameters upon Photoactivity of Visible-Active BiVO₄-Based Ternary Heterojunctions. Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 2024, 176, 108306. 
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108306
Reusable Sensors & Biosensors
  • A self-powered skin-patch electrochromic biosensor, by S. Santiago, D. Rio-Colin, H. Azizkhani, M. Aller-Pellitero, G. Guirado, F. Javier del Campo; publicated in Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 175,112879-11286.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2020.112879
  • Sonochemical coating of Prussian Blue for the production of smart bacterial-sensing hospital textiles, by A. Ferrer-Vilanova, Y. Alonso, J. Dietvorst, M. Perez-Montero, R. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, K. Ivanova, T. Tzanov, N. Vigues, J. Mas, G. Guirado, X. Munoz-Berbel; publicated in Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 70, 105317.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105317
  • Ferrer-Vilanova, A.; Ezenarro, J. J.; Ivanova, K.; Calvo, Ó.; Perelshtein, I.; Gorni, G.; Reguera, A. C.; Rodríguez-Rodríguez, R.; Blanes, M.; Vigués, N.; et al. Smart Bactericidal Textile Enabling In-Situ Visual Assessment of Antimicrobial Activity. Mater. Today Bio 2025, 101724.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101724
  • Characterization of SiC Radiation Detector Technologies with Synchrotron X-Rays. J. Instrum. 2024, 19, P122017.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/19/12/P12017
  • Márquez, A.; Santiago, S.; Vieira dos Santos, M.; Aznar-Cervantes, S. D.; Domínguez, C.; Omenetto, F.; Guirado, G.; Muñoz-Berbel, X. Reusable Colorimetric Biosensors on Sustainable Silk-Based Platforms. ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2024.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00872
  • Mena, S.; Karkour, N.; Alaphilippe, V.; Botero, J. P.; Jiménez, M.; Linget, D.; Gibelin, L.; Le Ven, V.; Marquet, A.; Mellouh, S.; et al. New Opto-Electro-Mechanical Sensor for Two-Dimensions Dosimetry Based on Radiochromic Films. Sci. Rep. 2023, 13, 16787.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43387-1
  • Aymerich, J.; Ferrer-Vilanova, A.; Cisneros-Fernández, J.; Escudé-Pujol, R.; Guirado, G.; Terés, L.; Dei, M.; Muñoz-Berbel, X.; Serra-Graells, F. Ultrasensitive Bacterial Sensing Using a Disposable All-in-One Amperometric Platform with Self-Noise Cancellation. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2023, 234, 115342.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2023.115342
  • Dietvorst, J.; Ferrer-Vilanova, A.; Iyengar, S. N.; Russom, A.; Vigués, N.; Mas, J.; Vilaplana, L.; Marco, M. P.; Guirado, G.; Muñoz-Berbel, X. Bacteria Detection at a Single-Cell Level through a Cyanotype-Based Photochemical Reaction. Anal. Chem. 2022, 94 (2), 787–792.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03326
  • Rabost-Garcia, G.; Colmena, V.; Aguilar-Torán, J.; Vierya Galí, J.; Punter-Villagrasa, J.; Casals-Terré, J.; Miribel-Catala, P.; Muñoz, X.; Cadefau, J.; Padullés, J.; Brotons Cuixart, D. Non-Invasive Multiparametric Approach to Determine Sweat-Blood Lactate Bioequivalence. ACS Sens. 2023.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.2c02614
  • Aguilar Torán, J.; Rabost-Garcia, G.; Toinga-Villafuerte, S.; Álvarez Carulla, A.; Colmena-Rubil, V.; Fajardo-Garcia, A.; Cardona Bonet, A.; Casals-Terré, J.; Muñoz-Pascual, X.; Miribel-Català, P.; Punter-Villagrasa, J. Novel Sweat-Based Wearable Device for Advanced Monitoring of Athletic Physiological Biometrics. Sensors 2023, 23, 9473.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23239473
Advanced oxidation processes
  • Photocatalytic degradation and toxicity reduction of isoniazid using β-Bi2O3 in real wastewater, by R.R.S.Coronado-Castañeda, M.L.Maya-Treviño, E.Garza-González, J.Peral, M.Villanueva-Rodríguez, A.Hernández-Ramírez; publicated in Catalysis Today, 341, 82-89.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.01.028
  • New system for the detection of Legionella pneumophila in water samples, by N. Parraga-Nino, S. Quero, A.; Ventos-Alfonso, N. Uria, O. Castillo-Fernandez, J. J. Ezenarro, F. X.  Munoz, M. Garcia-Nunez, M. Sabria; publicated in Talanta, 189, 324-331.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.07.013
  • Alanís-Leal, I. A.; Hincapié-Mejía, G.; Granda-Ramírez, F.; Blanco, L. M.; Peral, J. Degradation of Metformin Hydrochloride and Glibenclamide by Several Advanced Oxidation Processes. Photocatalysis: Research and Potential 2025, 2, 10001.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.70322/prp.2025.10001
  • Aguilera-Ruiz, E.; Montoya, J. F.; Vazquez-Arenas, J.; Peral, J.; Zambrano-Robledo, P.; Aguilar Martínez, J. A.; García-Pérez, U. M. Understanding the Role of the Phase Type, and Microstructure during pH-Dependent Synthesis of BiVO₄ in the Photoreduction of Cr(VI). J. Phys. Chem. Solids 2025, 206, 112836.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2025.112836
Environmental assessment of chemical processes
  • Occupational Risk Assessment in AOPs Labs and Management System That Comply with UN Sustainable Development Goals, by Giménez, J.; Bayarri, B.; Malato, S.; Peral, J.; Esplugas, S.; publicated in Process Saf. Environ. Prot. 2024, 182, 903–917.
     DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.12.033
  • Giménez, J.; Bayarri, B.; Malato, S.; Peral, J.; Esplugas, S. Occupational Risk Assessment in AOPs Labs and Management System That Comply with UN Sustainable Development Goals. Process Saf. Environ. Prot. 2024, 182, 903–917.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.12.033
Smart Windows & Devices
  • An all-photonic full color RGB system based on molecular photoswitches, by G. Naren, G. W. Hsu, S. Li, M. Morimoto, S. Tang, J. Hernando, G. Guirado, M. Irie, F. M. Raymo, H. Sunden, J. Andreasson; publicated in Nature Communications, 10, 3996-4004.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11885-4
  • Energy Efficient Smart Plasmochromic Windows: Properties, Manufacturing and Integration in Insulating Glazing, by A. Cots, S. Dicorato, L. Giovannini, F. Favoino, M. Manca; publicated in Nano Energy, Volume 84, 105894.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.105894
  • From Capacitance-controlled to Diffusion-controlled Electrochromism in One-Dimensional Shape-Tailored Tungsten Oxide Nanocrystals, by R. Giannuzzi, R. Scarfiello, T. Sibillano, C. Nobile, V. Grillo, C. Giannini, P. D. Cozzoli, M. Manca; publicated in Nano Energy,  41, November 2017, Pages 634-645.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.09.058
  • A dual band electrochromic device switchable across four distinct optical modes, by M. Barawi, G. Veramonti,   M. Epifani, R. Giannuzzi,   T. Sibillano,   C. Giannini, A. Rougier,  M. Manca; publicated in J. Mater. Chem. A,6, 10201-10205.
    DOI: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/TA/C8TA02636J
  • Otaegui, J. R.; Mena, S.; Dorsainvil, J. M.; Guirado, G.; Ruiz-Molina, D.; Hernando, J.; Barnes, J. C.; Roscini, C. Enhanced Electrochromic Smart Windows Based on Supramolecular Viologen Tweezers. Chem. Mater. 2025.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c03174
  • Sarkar Pavel, M. R.; Chen, Y.; Santhiran, A.; Gi, E.; Ochoa-Romero, K.; Miller, G.; Guirado, G.; Rossini, A.; Vela, J. Coloring Tetrahedral Semiconductors: Synthesis and Photoluminescence Enhancement of Ternary II-III₂-VI₄ Colloidal Nanocrystals. ACS Energy Lett. 2024. 
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c02032
  • Roth, A.; Porter, A.; Horger, S.; Ochoa-Romero, K.; Guirado, G.; Rossini, A.; Vela, J. Lead-Free Semiconductors: Phase-Evolution and Superior Stability of Multinary Tin Chalcohalides. ChemRxiv 2024.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-qxm1g-v2
  • Marco, A.; Villabona, M.; Eren, T. N.; Feist, F.; Guirado, G.; Sebastián, R. M.; Hernando, J.; Barner-Kowollik, C. Antagonistic Two‐Color Control of Polymer Network Formation. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202415431
  • Roth, A. N.; Porter, A. P.; Horger, S.; Ochoa-Romero, K.; Guirado, G.; Rossini, A. J.; Vela, J. Lead-Free Semiconductors: Phase-Evolution and Superior Stability of Multinary Tin Chalcohalides. Chem. Mater. 2024, 36, 4542–4552.
    DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00209
  • Villabona, M.; Marco, A.; Sebastián, R. M.; Guirado, G.; Hernando, J. Amplified Light-Induced pKa Modulation with Diarylethene Photoswitches. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 17991–18002.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01606
  • Riganti, M.; Olivé, J.; Isaia, F.; Manca, M. Plasmochromic Modules for Smart Windows: Design, Manufacturing and Solar Control Strategies. J. Facade Des. Eng. 2023, 11 (2), T3.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47982/jfde.2023.2.T3
  • Roth, A.; Porter, A.; Horger, S.; Ochoa-Romero, K.; Guirado, G.; Rossini, A.; Vela, J. Lead-Free Semiconductors: Phase-Evolution and Superior Stability of Multinary Tin Chalcohalides. ChemRxiv 2024.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-qxm1g
  • Roth, A. N.; Opare-Addo, J.; Gi, E.; Mena, S.; Guirado, G.; Schaller, R. D.; Smith, E. A.; Vela, J. Solution-Phase Synthesis and Photoluminescence of Quaternary Chalcohalide Semiconductors. Chem. Mater. 2023, 35 (5), 2165.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00011
  • Gascó, C.; Rodríguez-Santiago, L.; Sodupe, M.; Sebastián, R. M.; Guirado, G. Electroinduced Crosslinking of Triphenylamine-Based Polybenzoxazines. Microchem. J. 2022, 182, 107878.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2022.107878
  • Santiago, S.; Cruz, H.; Jordão, N.; Giménez-Gómez, P.; Zalewska, K.; Muñoz-Berbel, X.; Santos, A. F. M.; Hernando, J.; Branco, L. C.; Guirado, G. Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Electrochromic Diarylethene Ionic Liquids: From Solution to Ionogel Based Devices. Microchem. J. 2022, 182, 107870.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2022.107870
  • Santiago, S.; Richart, C.; Mena, S.; Gallardo, I.; Hernando, J.; Guirado, G. Electrocarboxylation of Spiropyran Switches through Carbon–Bromide Bond Cleavage Reaction. ChemElectroChem 2022, 9 (8), e202101559.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202101559
  • Cruz, H.; Jordão, N.; Santiago, S.; Gago, S.; Villabona, M.; Hernando, J.; Guirado, G.; Branco, L. Photo‐Electrochromic Salt Composed by Viologen Cation and Diarylethene Anion Derivatives. Electrochem. Sci. Adv. 2022, e2100022.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202100022