Conferences

(see here the list of conferences after 2021)

2021

B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. Maassen and J. García-Cañadas. Simple determination of internal thermal contact resistances in thermoelectric devices by impedance spectroscopy. Oral presentation at the Virtual Conference on thermoelectrics 2021 – 20 to 22 July 2021.

M. Solis-de la Fuente, S. Castro-Ruiz, P. Rullière, S. Fantini and J. García-Cañadas. More than 4 times power factor improvement in a nanostructured Sb-doped SnO2 film produced by the presence of a solid electrolyte. Oral presentation at the Virtual Conference on thermoelectrics 2021 – 20 to 22 July 2021.

S. Castro-Ruiz, M. Solis-de la Fuente, L. Márquez-García, B. Beltrán-Pitarch, A. Mota-Babiloni, F. Vidan and J. García-Cañadas. Significant power factor improvement in a hybrid solid-liquid thermoelectric device formed by Sb:SnO2 in contact with a chromium complex solution. Oral presentation at the Virtual Conference on thermoelectrics 2021 – 20 to 22 July 2021.

M. Solis-De la Fuente, L. Márquez-García, S. Castro-Ruiz, B. Beltrán-Pitarch and J. García-Cañadas. Large improvements in the power factor of hybrid solid-liquid systems formed by nanostructured Sb:SnO2 and electrolytes. Poster presentation at the E-MRS Spring Meeting 2021 - 31 May to 3 June 2021.

2020

B. Beltrán-Pitarch, F. Vidan, J. Maassen and J. García-Cañadas. Impedance spectroscopy for the assessment of thermoelectric modules and generators. Oral presentation at the XVIII International Forum on Thermoelectricity – 26 to 30 October 2020.

B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. Maassen and J. García-Cañadas. Impedance spectroscopy as a tool for the detailed assessment of thermoelectric modules. Oral presentation at the Virtual Conference on Thermoelectrics 2020 – 21 to 23 July 2020.

2019

J. García-Cañadas.
Improving heat to electricity energy conversion with thermoelectric materials through electrochemical strategies.
Invited seminar at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden (Germany) - 6 November 2019.

2nd Iberian Thermoelectric Workshop, Ciudad Real (Spain) - 5 to 6 September 2019.
-Oral presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch and J. García-Cañadas
A novel vacuum pressure sensor using a thermoelectric device.
-Oral presentation: N. Vicente, B. Beltrán-Pitarch, I. Mora-Seró and J. García-Cañadas
Processes that produce more than 2.5 times improvement of the power factor in Sb-doped SnO2 permeated by ionic liquids.

6th German-Korean Thermoelectric Workshop, Daegu (South Korea) - 5 to 6 July 2019.
Invited oral presentation: Jorge García-Cañadas
Impedance spectroscopy for the characterisation of thermoelectric materials, modules and systems.

International Conference on Thermoelectrics 2019, Gyeongju (South Korea) - 1 to 4 July 2019.
-Invited oral presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, F. Vidan and J. García-Cañadas
Investigation of the energy harvesting performance of thermoelectric modules under actual operating conditions by impedance spectroscopy.
-Poster (best poster award): N. Vicente, B. Beltrán-Pitarch, I. Mora-Seró and J. García-Cañadas
Mechanisms Involved in the Large Power Factor Improvement Identified in Sb-doped SnO2 by the Presence of Ionic Liquids.
-Oral presentation: C. Yoo, C. Yeon, J. H. Park, Y. Kim, J. Song, H. Yoon, S. H. Park, B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. García-Cañadas, G. Min.
Investigation of thermoelectric properties of skutterudite based device using impedance spectroscopy.

Conference on Modern Concepts and New Materials for Thermoelectricity, Trieste (Italy) - 11 to 15 March 2019.
-Invited oral presentation: J. García-Cañadas, L. Márquez-García, B. Beltrán-Pitarch
Large power factor improvement in a thermoelectric oxide using liquid electrolytes.
-Oral presentation: J. García-Cañadas, B. Beltrán-Pitarch
Applications of impedance spectroscopy in thermoelectricity.

J. García-Cañadas.
Video corrections of undergraduate teaching lab reports.
Virtual presentation at the 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED2019). Valencia (Spain) - 11 to 13 Marzo 2019.

2018

J. García-Cañadas.
¿Puedes decirme cuales son los procesos que gobiernan el funcionamiento de mi dispositivo eléctrico? Sí, déjame medir su respuesta de impedancia.
Invited seminar at the Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (Spain) - 15 october 2018.

1st Workshop on Thermoelectrics, Valencia (Spain) - 27 to 28 September 2018.
-Oral presentation: J. García-Cañadas, L. Márquez-García, B. Beltrán-Pitarch
Hybrid solid-liquid thermoelectric devices to boost the power factor.
-Oral presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. Prado-Gonjal, A. V. Powell, J. García-Cañadas
Application of impedance spectroscopy to characterise thermoelectric materials.

F. Romero-Gavilán, J. García-Cañadas.
Flipped classroom evaluation using Kahoot and Moodle in the undergraduate teaching lab.
Virtual presentation at the 10th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EduLearn18). Palma de Mallorca (Spain) - 2 to 4 July 2018.

International Conference on Thermoelectrics 2018, Caen (France) - 1 to 5 July 2018.
-Oral presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. Prado-Gonjal, A. V. Powell and J. García-Cañadas
Complete characterization of bulk thermoelectric elements up to 250 ºC by means of impedance spectroscopy.
-Oral presentation: R. Mesalam, H. Williams, R. Ambrosi, J. García-Cañadas
A new model for characterising thermoelectric modules by impedance spectroscopy and its application in quali fication and assessing in-service degradation.
-Poster presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. Prado-Gonjal, A. V. Powell and J. García-Cañadas.
Problems and sources of errors in the Harman method identi ed by impedance spectroscopy.

J. García-Cañadas.
Electrochemical methods for the characterisation of energy devices.
Invited seminar at SPHYNX Group, IRAMIS/CEA-Saclay, Paris (France) - 29 June 2018.

L. Márquez-García, B. Beltrán-Pitarch and J. García-Cañadas
More than 2 times improvement in the power factor of thermoelectric films using liquid electrolytes.
International Conference on Organic and Hybrid Thermoelectrics 2018. Valencia (Spain) - 29 January to 1 February 2018.

2017

European Conference on Thermoelectrics 2017, Padova (Italy) - 25 to 27 September 2017.
-Oral presentation: L. Márquez-García, B. Beltrán-Pitarch and J. García-Cañadas
Ionic liquids with inert salts for the improvement of thermoelectric properties in novel hybrid solid-liquid systems.
-Oral presentation: J. Stockholm, J. Glick, J. García-Cañadas, B. Beltrán-Pitarch
High efficiency kW pulsed thermoelectric generators.
-Poster presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. García-Cañadas
Influence of convection on the characterization of thermoelectric modules by impedance spectroscopy.

J. García-Cañadas, G. Min, B. Beltrán-Pitarch, L. Márquez-García, J. Prado-Gonjal and A. V. Powell
Impedance spectroscopy applied to thermoelectricity.
Oral presentation at the 1st Iberian Thermoelectric Workshop, Porto (Portugal) - 7 and 8 September 2017.

International Conference on Thermoelectrics 2017, Pasadena (Los Angeles) - 30 July to 3 August 2017.
-Poster presentation: L. Márquez-García, B. Beltrán-Pitarch, D. Powell, G. Min and J. García-Cañadas
Large power factor improvement in a porous thermoelectric material permeated with a liquid electrolyte containing an inert salt.
-Poster presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, J. Prado-Gonjal, A. V. Powell and J. García-Cañadas
Thermal conductivity determination of bulk thermoelectric elements up to 300 ºC using impedance spectroscopy.
-Poster presentation: L. Márquez-García, A. F. Mijanjos, J. García-Cañadas, Jesús Prado-Gonjal, A. V. Powell and G. Min
Ultra-low thermal conductivity in nanobulk bismuth telluride alloys prepared by ultrasound milling.

J. García-Cañadas, F. Romero-Gavilán
Enhancing the student motivation and use of good practices in the undergraduate teaching lab.
Virtual presentation at the 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EduLearn17). Barcelona (Spain) - 3 to 5 July 2017.

L. Márquez-García, B. Beltrán-Pitarch, D. Powell, G. Min and J. García-Cañadas
Significant improvement in the heat to electricity energy conversion using nanostructured mesoporous thermoelectric materials permeated by a liquid electrolyte.
Invited presentation at the EMN Meeting on Nanoparticles 2017, San Sebastian (Spain) - 9 to 13 May 2017.

2016

14th European Conference on Thermoelectrics 2016, Lisbon (Portugal) - 20 to 23 September 2016.
-Oral presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, L. Márquez García, G. Min and J. García-Cañadas
Measurement of thermal conductivity with thermoelectric modules.
-Poster presentation: B. Beltrán-Pitarch, C. Todd-Jones, G. Min and J. García-Cañadas
Development of impedance spectroscopy for the characterization of thermoelectric materials.

R. Mesalam, H. R. Williams, R. M. Ambrosi, D. P. Kramer, C. D. Barklay, J. García-Cañadas, K. Stephenson
Neutron Irradiation of Thermoelectric Modules for Radioisotope Space Power System Applications.
Oral presentation at the Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space 2016 Conference. Huntsville, Alabama (USA) - 22 to 25 February 2016.

2015

International Conference on Thermoelectrics 2015, Dresden (Germany) - 28 June to 2 July 2015.
-Oral presentation: J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
Insights into the dynamics of thermoelectric phenomena from frequency resolved methods.
-Oral presentation: G. Min, T. Singh, J. García‐Cañadas and R. Ellor
Evaluation of thermoelectric generators by I‐V curves.
-Oral presentation: T. Bian, S. Ashby, P. Finn, J. García‐Cañadas, G. Min and Y. Chao
Ligand doping on the power factor of hybrid thermoelectric materials based on silicon nanoparticles with polythiophene.
-Poster presentation: L. Marquez‐García, J. García‐Cañadas and G. Min
Fabrication of nanostructured bulk Bi2Te3 materials by ultrasonic milling.
-Poster presentation: T. Singh, J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
Determination of thermoelectric figure‐of‐merit using ‘open/short‐circuit’ technique and I‐
V curves.
-Poster presentation: H. T. Hashim, J. García‐Cañadas, L. Márquez‐García and G. Min
Optimisation of dye‐sensitized solar cell and thermoelectric hybrid device for solar energy harvesting.

J. García-Cañadas
Measurement of thermoelectric properties by means of impedance spectroscopy.
Oral presentation at the Thermoelectric Network Workshop. Loughborough University (UK) - 14 April 2015.

2014

J. García-Cañadas
Characterisation of nanostructured and bulk materials for energy conversion applications.
IFIMAC Seminar, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain) - 29 September 2014.

12th European Conference on Thermoelectrics 2014, Madrid (Spain) - 24 to 26 September 2014.
-Poster presentation: J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
4-Multifunctional probe apparatus for the high-throughput measurement of Seebeck coefficient and electrical resistivity.
-Oral presentation: J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
Origin of the thermoelectric capacitance in impedance spectroscopy measurements.

J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
Characterization of bulk thermoelectric materials by impedance spectroscopy.
Oral presentation at the International Conference on Thermoelectrics 2014. Nashville (USA) - 6 to 10 July 2014.

J. García-Cañadas
Impedance spectroscopy methods applied to thermoelectric materials and devices.
Birck Nanotechnology Center Seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette (USA) - 10 June 2014 (Video available through Nanohub).

S. Gabriel, J. García-Cañadas, J. Heuer, S. G. Hickey, G. Min, A.Eychmüller
Films of PbS nanowire for thermoelectric application.
Oral presentation at NaNaX 6: Nanoscience with Nanocrystals, Bad Hofgastein (Austria) - 18 to 23 May 2014.

Semiconductor and Integrated Optoelectronics 2014, Cardiff (UK) - 29 April to 1 May 2014.
- Oral presentation: L. Márquez-García, J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
Fabrication and characterisation of dye-sensitised solar cells under different light intensities.
- Poster presentation: J. García-Cañadas
Electrochemical methods for the characterisation of optoelectronic materials and devices.

J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
4-Multifunctional probe apparatus for the high-throughput measurement of power factor.
Poster at the 1st Thermoelectric Network Meeting: Thermoelectric Materials and their Applications. Manchester (UK) - 26 February 2014.

2013

J. García-Cañadas
Physics, fabrication and characterisation of thermoelectric devices.
Invited talk at the Photovoltaics and Optoelectronic Devices Group, Department of Physics, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain) - 19 Diciembre 2013.

T. A. N. Peiris, K. G. U. Wijayantha, J. García-Cañadas
Electrochemical analysis of the effect of elelctrodeposited Mg(OH)2 layer on the performance of mechanically compressed flexible dye sensitized solar cells.
Oral presentation at Electrochem 2013. University of Southampton (UK) - 1 to 3 September 2013.

J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
Low frequency impedance spectroscopy analysis of thermoelectric modules.
Oral presentation at the 32nd International Conference on Thermoelectrics. Kobe (Japan) - 31 June to 4 July 2013.

J. García-Cañadas
Characterisation of energy related devices: from photovoltaics to thermoelectrics.
Invited talk at the Device Integration Workshop, Baglan Bay Innovation Centre, Swansea University (UK) - 29 April 2013.

2012

J. García-Cañadas
Dye-sensitised solar cells and thermoelectrics; similarities and characterisation methods.
Invited talk at the Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough (UK) - 21 September 2012.

J. García-Cañadas
Characterisation methods for nanostructured materials – a thermoelectric approach.
Invited talk at Instituto de Microelectrónica, CSIC, Madrid (Spain) -  5 September 2012.

J. García-Cañadas, A.V. Powell A. Kaltzoglou, P. Vaqueiro and G. Min
Fabrication and evaluation of a skutterudite-based thermoelectric module for high temperature applications.
Oral presentation at the 31st International Conference on Thermoelectrics and 10th European Conference on Thermoelectrics. Aalborg (Denmark) - 9 to 12 July 2012.

2011

J. García-Cañadas and G. Min
- Oral Presentation: Preparation and characterization of contacts for high temperature thermoelectric modules.
A. V. Powell, A. Kaltzoglou, P. Vaqueiro, G. Min, J. Garcia-Cañadas, R. K. Stobart, J. Li, G. Dong and A. Wijewardane
- Oral Presentation: Thermoelectric exhaust-gas energy recovery: an integrated approach.
9th European Conference on Thermoelectrics. Thessaloniki (Greece) - 28 to 30 September 2011.

2007 - 2010

Period in a private spin-off company

2005

J. García-Cañadas, G. Garcia-Belmonte, J. Bisquert and C. Person
Influence of volume changes in the thermodynamics of lithium intercalation into amorphous WO3.
Poster at the 2005 MRS Fall Meeting. Symposium E: Electrochromic Materials and Applications. Boston (USA) - 29 to 30 November 2005.

G. Garcia-Belmonte, C. Voz, J. García-Cañadas, J. Puigdollers, J. Bisquert and R. Alcubilla
Impedance spectroscopy analysis of bifacial amorphous/crystalline heterojunction silicon solar cells by Hot-Wire CVD.
Poster at the 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition. Barcelona (Spain) - 6 to 10 June 2005.

2004

J. García-Cañadas, G. Garcia-Belmonte, J. Bisquert, I. Porqueras and C. Person
Effect of film thickness on the thermodynamics of lithium intercalation into amorphous WO3.
Poster at the Internacional Workshop Advances Techniques for Energy Sources Investigation and Testing. Sofia (Bulgary) - 4 to 9 September 2004.

F. Tielens, L. Gracia, A. Beltrán, J. Andrés, G. Garcia-Belmonte, J. García Cañadas and J. Bisquert
Combined experimental and theoretical study of lithium diffusion in LixWO3.
Poster at the International Conference on Electrified Interfaces 2004. Spa (Belgium) - 11 to 16 July 2004.

J. Bisquert, J. García-Cañadas, F. Fabregat-Santiago, G. Garcia-Belmonte, I. Mora-Sero, E. Palomares, S. A. Haque and J. Durrant
Effect of alumina coating in the recombination kinetics of dye sensitized solar cells.
Poster at the 15th Internacional Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy. Paris (France) - 4 to 9 July 2004.

J. García Cañadas, R. Hass, J. Bisquert and G. Garcia-Belmonte
Comparison of the coloration efficiency of electrochromic thin films based on WO3 and conducting polymers (PEDOT).
Oral presentation at the VIII Congreso Nacional de Materiales. Valencia (Spain) - 15 to 17 June 2004.

G. Garcia-Belmonte, J. García-Cañadas, J. Bisquert, I. Porqueras and C. Person
Variations of jump diffusion coefficient of lithium intercalated into a-WO3 films prepared by e-beam evaporation.
Oral presentation at the 7th International Symposium on Systems with Fast Ionic Transport. Bled (Eslovenia) - 5 to 9 May 2004.

2003

J. Bisquert, J. García-Cañadas, I. Mora-Seró and E. Palomares
Comparative analysis of photovoltaic principles governing dye-sensitized solar cells and junction devices.
Oral presentation at the Organic Photovoltaics IV. San Diego, California (USA) - 3 to 8 August 2003.

G. Garcia-Belmonte, J. Bisquert, J. García-Cañadas, F. Fabregat-Santiago, I. Porqueras and C. Person.
Charging and diffusional aspects of Li+ insertion in electrochromic a-WO3.
Oral presentation at the 14th International Conference on Solid State Ionics. Monterey, California (USA) - 22 to 27 June 2003.

J. García-Cañadas, F. Fabregat-Santiago, J. Kapla, J. Bisquert, G. Garcia-Belmonte, I. Mora-Seró and M. O. M. Edwards
Dynamic behaviour of viologen-activated nanostructurated TiO2: Correlation between transient charging and transient transmittance.
Oral presentation at the VI National School of Molecular Materials. L’Azohia (Spain) - 21 to 29 June 2003.

2002

J. M. Pérez, J. García-Cañadas, A. G. Quiroga, M. A. Fuertes, C. Alonso and C. Navarro Ranninger
[ZnCl2(isopropylamine)2]: a novel Zn(II) complex that retards the decay in activity of catalase extracts.
Poster at the 6th European Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry. Lund (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark) - 29 July to 3 August 2002.