Ros Figueras, Carles (Date of defense: 2019-10-30)
The excessive consumption of non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels has lead the world to a global climate change, urging for new energy consumption habits together with developing cost- ...
Romero Güiza, Maycoll Stiven (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
Anaerobic digestion is a worldwide technology to treat organic waste streams, primarily due to its capacity to produce methane as renewable energy. However, there is an increasing interest on nutrient ...
Sánchez Gonzalo, David (Date of defense: 2021-04-15)
Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOF-PET) scanners demand fast and efficient photo-sensors and scintillators coupled to fast readout electronics. Nowadays, there are two main configurations ...
Pravos Fernández, David (Date of defense: 2019-11-08)
This thesis describes some results in AdS/CFT duality for quantum field theories in 2+1 and 1+1 dimensions. In first place, a one-parameter family of supergravity solutions is described, obtained as ...
Biset Peiró, Martí (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)
One of the most serious challenges facing society is the need to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), mainly caused by the widespread use of fossil fuels. The energy ...
Rodríguez Domínguez, Laura (Date of defense: 2021-12-16)
A Metal-insulator transition (MIT) is the ability of some materials to change between metal and insulator electric behaviours as a function of some external stimuli such as temperature, stress, voltage, ...
Alarcón Avellán, Andreina (Date of defense: 2021-04-12)
The transformation of the current energy model towards a more sustainable mix, independent of fossil fuels, requires the exploration of new technologies that are capable of taking advantage of excess ...
Lecina Casas, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)
Biomolecular simulations have been widely used in the study of protein-ligand interactions; comprehending the mechanisms involved in the prediction of binding affinities would have a significant ...
Hernández Martínez, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2019-11-26)
This thesis is devoted to the development of new annealing strategies via Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) for Earth-abundant Cu2ZnSn(Sx,Se1-x) (CZTSSe) kesterite solar cells, which show a clear consensus ...
Leal Martín, Antonio Jesús (Date of defense: 2016-07-05)
Helium is the second lightest element and the second most abundant element in the universe. It is named for the Greek god of the sun, Helios, and it was first discovered by French astronomer Jules Janssen ...