ULTRASOFC is a project granted under the prestigious ERC-COG scheme to Albert Tarancón, Prof ICREA and Head of the Nanoionics and Fuel Cells group at IREC, which finished this spring. The project aimed at developing…
The European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Young Researcher Awards (YRA) are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. E-MRS seeks…
The R+D+I Network Energy for Society (XRE4S) a multidisciplinary and transversal ecosystem that gathers the expertise in the energy field of 14 universities and research centers in Catalonia, and it is coordinated by IREC. The…
Last year, AGAUR launched the “PANDÈMIES 2020” call, grants for research projects in different scientific fields with the aim of analysing the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and the concept of pandemic, under a generic…
A nano-stories contest (“concurs de nanorelats“) for high school students, from 3rd and 4th ESO and 1st and 2nd BTX was launched in the framework of the 10alamenos9 Festival of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology this 2021- the second…
A new Nature Communications paper entitled “A high-entropy manganite in an ordered nanocomposite for long-term application in solid oxide cells” is released today, May the 11th, 2021. The communication is led by Albert Tarancón, ICREA…
The NFFA-Europe PILOT project has been launched, the extension to 2026 of NFFA-Europe, whose first five-year term ended on February 28, 2021. NFFA-Europe is a distributed research infrastructure that integrates nanofoundries (synthesis and manipulation of…
AGAUR has recently given two FI-2021 grants for hiring novice research staff to two researchers at IREC to develop their PhD thesis: Natalia Kostretsova, title “3D printing of ceramic-based complex structures for SOFC/SOEC applications” supervised…
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks. It is an intergovernmental framework consisting of 38 Members, 1 Cooperating Member and 1 Partner Member. Paolo Civiero from…
Imagine if we could integrate a photovoltaic panel in any kind of building surface or in any kind of urban furniture without having any constraint regarding size, shape and weight. This would open a new…