Dr. Guillermo Alvarez Ferrero
Topics of research
– carbon materials synthesis
– electrochemical energy storage
– intercalation of solvated ions
Professional career
– June 2020 – present: Postdoctoral researcher
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Department of Chemistry
Supervisor: Prof. P. Adelhelm
– September 2019 – April 2020: Postdoctoral researcher
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. R. Schrögl and Dr. S. Heumann
– June 2017 – September 2019: Postdoctoral researcher
National Institute of Coal, Oviedo, Spain
Supervisor: Prof. A. B. Fuertes and Dr. Sevilla
Educational background
Doctoral degree
– National Institute of Coal, Oviedo, Spain (2014-2017)
Program: Materials Science, Prof. A. B. Fuertes and Dr. M. Sevilla
Thesis topic: Doped porous carbon materials for energy storage and production
Master’s degree
– International University of La Rioja, Spain (2009-2011)
Program: Occupational Risk Prevention
Publications
2020
– Wu, F., Chu, F., Ferrero, G. A., Sevilla, M., Fuertes, A. B., Borodin, O., … & Yushin, G. (2020). Boosting high-performance in lithium-sulfur batteries via dilute electrolyte. Nano Letters. <link>
2019
– Díez, N., Ferrero, G. A., Sevilla, M., & Fuertes, A. B. (2019). A simple and general approach for in-situ synthesis of sulfur-porous carbon composites for lithium-sulfur batteries. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 3(12), 3498-3509. <link>
– Sevilla, M., Ferrero, G. A., & Fuertes, A. B. (2019). CO2 storage on nanoporous carbons. In Nanoporous Materials for Gas Storage (pp. 287-330). Springer, Singapore. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Diez, N., Sevilla, M., & Fuertes, A. B. (2019). Iron/Nitrogen co-doped mesoporous carbon synthesized by an endo-templating approach as an efficient electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 278, 280-288. <link>
– Díez, N., Ferrero, G. A., Sevilla, M., & Fuertes, A. B. (2019). A sustainable approach to hierarchically porous carbons from tannic acid and their utilization in supercapacitive energy storage systems. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(23), 14280-14290. <link>
– Sevilla, M., Diez, N., Ferrero, G. A., & Fuertes, A. B. (2019). Sustainable supercapacitor electrodes produced by the activation of biomass with sodium thiosulfate. Energy Storage Materials, 18, 356-365. <link>
– Qiao, M., Ferrero, G. A., Fernández Velasco, L., Vern Hor, W., Yang, Y., Luo, H., … & Titirici, M. M. (2019). Boosting the oxygen reduction electrocatalytic performance of nonprecious metal nanocarbons via triple boundary engineering using protic ionic liquids. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(12), 11298-11305. <link>
– Díez, N., Ferrero, G. A., Fuertes, A. B., & Sevilla, M. (2019). Sustainable salt template‐assisted chemical activation for the production of porous carbons with enhanced power handling ability in supercapacitors. Batteries & Supercaps, 2(8), 701-711. <link>
2018
– Sevilla, M., Ferrero, G. A., Diez, N., & Fuertes, A. B. (2018). One-step synthesis of ultra-high surface area nanoporous carbons and their application for electrochemical energy storage. Carbon, 131, 193-200. <link>
– Qiao, M., Meysami, S. S., Ferrero, G. A., Xie, F., Meng, H., Grobert, N., & Titirici, M. M. (2018). Low‐cost chitosan‐derived N‐doped carbons boost electrocatalytic activity of multiwall carbon nanotubes. Advanced Functional Materials, 28(16), 1707284. <link>
– Fuertes, A. B., Ferrero, G. A., Diez, N., & Sevilla, M. (2018). A green route to high-surface area carbons by chemical activation of biomass-based products with sodium thiosulfate. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(12), 16323-16331. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Diez, N., Sevilla, M., & Fuertes, A. B. (2018). Iron-nitrogen-doped dendritic carbon nanostructures for an efficient oxygen reduction reaction. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(11), 6560-6568. <link>
2017
– Ferrero, G. A., Sevilla, M., & Fuertes, A. B. (2017). Free-standing hybrid films based on graphene and porous carbon particles for flexible supercapacitors. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 1(1), 127-137. <link>
– Sevilla, M., Ferrero, G. A., & Fuertes, A. B. (2017). One-pot synthesis of biomass-based hierarchical porous carbons with a large porosity development. Chemistry of Materials, 29(16), 6900-6907. <link>
– Sevilla, M., Ferrero, G. A., & Fuertes, A. B. (2017). Beyond KOH activation for the synthesis of superactivated carbons from hydrochar. Carbon, 114, 50-58. <link>
2016
– Sevilla, M., Ferrero, G. A., & Fuertes, A. B. (2016). Graphene-cellulose tissue composites for high power supercapacitors. Energy Storage Materials, 5, 33-42. <link>
– Fuertes, A. B., Ferrero, G. A., & Sevilla Solís, M. (2016). Commentary: Methods of calculating the volumetric performance of a supercapacitor. Energy Storage Materials. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Preuss, K., Fuertes, A. B., Sevilla, M., & Titirici, M. M. (2016). The influence of pore size distribution on the oxygen reduction reaction performance in nitrogen doped carbon microspheres. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(7), 2581-2589. <link>
– Sevilla, M., Ferrero, G. A., Vu, T. T., & Fuertes, A. B. (2016). A simple approach towards highly dense solvated graphene films for supercapacitors. ChemNanoMat, 2(1), 33-36. <link>
– Sevilla, M., Ferrero, G. A., & Fuertes Arias, A. B. (2016). Aqueous dispersions of graphene from electrochemically exfoliated graphite. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Sevilla, M., & Fuertes, A. B. (2016). Flexible, free‐standing and holey graphene paper for high‐power supercapacitors. ChemNanoMat, 2(11), 1055-1063. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Preuss, K., Marinovic, A., Jorge, A. B., Mansor, N., Brett, D. J., … & Titirici, M. M. (2016). Fe-N-doped carbon capsules with outstanding electrochemical performance and stability for the oxygen reduction reaction in both acid and alkaline conditions. ACS nano, 10(6), 5922-5932. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Fuertes, A. B., Sevilla, M., & Titirici, M. M. (2016). Efficient metal-free N-doped mesoporous carbon catalysts for ORR by a template-free approach. Carbon, 106, 179-187. <link>
2015
– Ferrero, G. A., Fuertes, A. B., & Sevilla, M. (2015). From soybean residue to advanced supercapacitors. Scientific reports, 5, 16618. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Fuertes, A. B., & Sevilla, M. (2015). N-doped porous carbon capsules with tunable porosity for high-performance supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(6), 2914-2923. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Fuertes, A. B., & Sevilla, M. (2015). N-doped microporous carbon microspheres for high volumetric performance supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta, 168, 320-329. <link>
– Ferrero, G. A., Sevilla, M., & Fuertes, A. B. (2015). Mesoporous carbons synthesized by direct carbonization of citrate salts for use as high-performance capacitors. Carbon, 88, 239-251. <link>
2014
– Fuertes, A. B., Ferrero, G. A., & Sevilla, M. (2014). One-pot synthesis of microporous carbons highly enriched in nitrogen and their electrochemical performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(35), 14439-14448. <link>
Conferences & Visits
2019
– October, 2019: Alicante, Spain
Carbon for Energy Storage and Environment Protection
Presentation topic: Porous binderless pellets for electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction
Global Congress on Carbon (C-2019)
Presentation topic: Porous activated binderless pellets for electrochemical oxygen reduction and evolution reactions
2018
Presentation topic: Porous activated binderless pellets for electrochemical oxygen reduction and evolution reactions
– April, 2018: Phoenix, USA
MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
Presentation topic: Efficient Fe-N-mesoporous carbons for the oxygen reduction reaction by a template-free approach
2017
– October, 2017: Lyon, Spain
Carbon for Energy Storage and Environment Protection
Presentation topic: Free-standing hybrid films based on graphene and porous carbon particles for supercapacitors
Poster topic: : Flexible, free-standing and holey graphene paper for high power supercapacitors
– September, 2017: Warsaw, Poland
E-MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit
Poster topic: Mesoporous carbons synthesized by direct carbonization of citrate salts for use as high-performance supercapacitors and as metal-free electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
Poster topic: Aqueous dispersions of graphene from electrochemically exfoliated graphite
2015
– March, 2015: Barcelona, Spain
4th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials (Hybrid Materials 2015)
Presentation topic: N-doped porous carbon capsules with tunable porosity for high-performance supercapacitos
Poster topic: One-pot synthesis of microporous carbons highly enriched in nitrogen and their electrochemical performance
– February-May, 2015: London, United Kingdom
Queen Mary University of London