OUR MISSION


We work to advance science and technology that could enable sustainable development and help decarbonize our planet. Our efforts focus on the design of materials and devices for the generation of renewable fuels and chemicals. Examples include the generation of green hydrogen from water electrolysis; the scalable capture and conversion of CO2 into widely used chemicals that are today obtained from fossil fuels and carbon-intensive processes; and the remediation of damaged ecosystems to generate sustainable fertilizers, among others. We seek to develop solutions for these areas that promote sustainability and scalability.


Our strategy in this mission is the next:

1| We design atomically structured catalysts and systems to drive electrochemical transformations.

2| We use light to gain mechanistic understanding of these materials, interfaces, and supported reactions.

3| We leverage high-throughput screening and AI to accelerate understanding and technology development and scale up.

4| We pursue advances in scalable systems at relevant operating conditions.

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As a part of the ICFO Clean Planet Programme, we aim to contribute to the mission of advancing clean energy research by developing sustainable decarbonizing technologies, fostered by an understanding of the underlying processes using photons.

HIGHLIGHTS

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16 Dec

✅ Francisco Pelayo @garciadearquer (@ICFOnians) lidera un hito para avanzar hacia la producción de hidrógeno verde

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21 Nov

Congratulations to Yi Hao Cheng Jian + coauthors on today’s @ScienceMagazine “Amidination of ligands for chemical and field-effect passivation stabilizes perovskite solar cells.” Certified 26.3% solar PCE and T90 at 85oC and MPP > 1000 hours. Thank you @MercouriK @argonne…

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20 Nov

ICFO Group Leaders Prof F. Pelayo García de Arquer and Prof Frank Koppens have been included in @Clarivate Analytics 2024 compilation of Highly Cited Researchers.

Congratulations @garciadearquer and @FrankKoppens! 🎉

ICFO News👉 https://www.icfo.eu/news/2433/highly-cited-researchers/

#HighlyCited2024

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The Institute of Photonic Sciences
E-mail: pelayo.garciadearquer@icfo.eu
Mediterranean Technology Park
Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 3
08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain