Cristina received her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). She developed her MSc thesis and 1st year of her PhD at the research unit LEPABE (at FEUP), and the following years of PhD were conducted at the Polish company SAULE Technologies. This company develops perovskite solar devices and is pioneering the market deployment of this technology.
Her research focuses on the development of industrially relevant perovskite solar cells (PSC) and modules, aiming to contribute to its transition from Lab-To-Fab. It includes carbon-based electrodes; highly efficient and stable PSCs for indoor, earth, and space applications; and scale-up of low-cost PSC structures using large-scale and solution-based coating techniques. She co-invented 1 patent, created 3 trade secrets, published 5 articles as 1st author, and participated in 10 international congresses (won 3 prizes for best presentation) and gave a TED talk. Besides researching perovskites, Cristina also plays several musical instruments and volunteers in an eco-humanitarian movement.
Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules, Carbon materials, Large-scale solution processes, Accelerated aging tests, Computational simulation (for solar generation and storage)
Solar Energy, Solar Fuels, Sustainable Energy Systems, Semiconductor physics, Material science, Chemistry, Nanotechnology