CSC 马德里自治大学
代发:
CSC has several grants for PhD students that want to spend 1 year in my University or for students that want to do all the PhD here (4 years). At my research group we offer a 1 year position and also a 4 years one, as shown below.
1 year position for PhD
Supervisor: Fabrice Leardini
Email: fabrice.leardini@uam.es
Advanced materials for hydrogen
production and storage
The ambition of this project is to develop innovative ideas to be used for hydrogen
generation by water electrolysis or photo-electrolysis and for solid-state hydrogen
storage applications. My research group works on the synthesis and characterization of
advanced materials for these applications using a plethora of experimental techniques,
including arc melting, reactive milling, chemical vapor deposition and solid gas reactions
under different atmospheres. The main characterization techniques include volumetric
measurements, thermal desorption spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, electrochemical
methods and optical measurements. We have three active research projects (one of
them of “PathFinder” call) and a wide network of collaborators in Europe.
References: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c07404
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c02192
DOI: 10.1002/adsu.201900043
DOI: 10.1021/jp501964r
4 years position for PhD
Supervisor: Jose Ramon Ares
Fernandez
Email: joser.ares@uam.es
Overcoming barriers to turning
hydrides into energy materials
The purpose of this work is to explore hydrides as energy materials. In particular, we aim to
investigate the potential for overcoming the thermodynamic and kinetic limitations of hydride
formation reactions, enabling their use in various applications. To this end, the host group
possesses extensive experience in the advanced synthesis (bulk, thin film and 2D) and
characterization of hydrides from multiple families, alongside multiple collaborations
(currently running two European projects). This will enable the student to acquire a solidfoundation in this fascinating area.
References: Esmeralda Muñoz-Cortes, Fabrice Leardini, Marcello Conte, Adolfo del
Campo, Eduardo Flores, Jose Ramon Ares and Roman Nevshupa “Exploring tribochemical
transduction pathways for dehydrogenation of molecular hydrides” RSC Mechanochem.,
(2025), 2, 285–296 DOI: 10.1039/d4mr00072b
D. Abejón, P. Prieto, Joonkon Kim, A. Redondo-Cubero, M.L. Crespillo, F. Leardini, I.J.
Ferrer, G.García, J.R. Ares “Isothermal hydrogen absorption process of Pd-capped Mg films
traced by ion beam techniques and optical methods” J. Magnesium Alloys (2024) 12 (9)
p3675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jma.2024.09.019
L. Pasquini, K. Akaki, E.Akiba, Mark D Allendorf, E. Alvares, Josè R Ares et al “
Magnesium- and intermetallic alloys-based hydrides for energy storage: modelling,
synthesis and properties ” Prog. Energy 4 (2022) 032007 p1, DOI 10.1088/2516-
1083/ac7190
Qiwen Lai, Yahui Sun, Ting Wang, Poojan Modi, Claudio Cazorla, Umit B. Demirci, Jose
Ramon Ares Fernandez, Fabrice Leardini, and Kondo-François Aguey-Zinsou, “How to
Design Hydrogen Storage Materials? Fundamentals, Synthesis, and Storage Tanks” Adv.
Sust. Mater. (2019) 3, 9 p.1900043 DOI: 10.1002/adsu.201900043