

Phonons for energy
What we do
Objectives:
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Engineer the interaction of phonons and photons to harvest energy and develop sustainable thermal management solutions.
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Reduce the current high energy footprint of modern thermoregulation technologies
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Develop new passive thermoregulation systems using non-toxic materials
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Concepts :
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Radiative cooling
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IR thermal radiation
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Hybrid system (i.e radiative cooling with geotermal thermolectrics and solar photovoltaics
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Passive thermal management
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Control of light-matter interactions at infrared frequencies
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Surface Phonon Polaritons to harvest radiative heat transfer
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Novel sustainable energy technologies.
Radiative cooling
Thermal Methods
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Continous temperature measurements
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Net coolign power characterization
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FTIR, UV-VIS spectroscopy
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Raman thermometry, thermoreflectance
Fabrication
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Nanoimprint lithography
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Self-assembly​

Our Team

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Dr. Juliana Jaramillo
(Coordinator)
Dr. Pedro David
Garcia
Prof. Dr. Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres

Dr. Emigdio
Chavez
Former members

Dr. Guy
Whitworth

Dr. Nikolaos
Kehagias

Oriol Perez and
Andres Pinar
Maria Celia Lucana
Cristian Jorba
Collaborators
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Prof. David Astrain at University of Navarra (Spain) – Geothermal thermoelectric generators with radiative cooling. Link
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Prof. Cefe Lopez at Instituto de la Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (Spain) – Self-assembled photonic crystals. link
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Prof. Silvia Vignolini at University of Cambridge (UK) – Structured cellulose for radiative cooling link
Projects
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Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions COFUND
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MINECO - Surface- and interface- reshaped phonon propagation and phonon coupling to photons (SIP) - RTI2018-093921-A-C44
Awards
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Collider Tech award
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Best (female) postdoc paper ICN2 (Juliana Jaramillo)