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I was born in Entroncamento, Portugal. My main areas of interest are renewable energies, with special interest in photovoltaics, an area focused on my current research. In addition, I also have interests in Quantum Mechanics and Electromagnetism. I ingressed in the Integrated Master's Degree in Micro and Nanotechnology in Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where I ultimately received my Degree in Engineering of Micro and Nanotechnology in 2018. Afterward, I enrolled in a research fellowship in the scope of the project Apolo in CENIMAT/UNINOVA having also collaborated in other projects, such as project AltaLuz and SuPerSolar. Subsequently, I performed my PhD (via a grant awarded by FCT) in Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, regarind the quantum and optical simulation of dots-in-host semiconductor materials. Currently, I am working under the ERC project X-Stream and the European project JUMP INTO SPACE, where I lead the work packages related with modelling. I have a notable scientific profile, having published seventeen scientific peer reviewed articles, where four are as first and corresponding author. I have done several highly artistic representations that have been featured as covers in five scientific publications and one as the cover for the Light: Science and Applications Editor's Highlight, that featured one of my first name articles. Furthermore, I also have extensive coding expertise, demonstrated by the published graphical interface program, that provides easy-to-use access to the scattering matrix method, fundamental for optical endeavors.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Miguel Diogo Furtado Alexandre
Date of birth
1995/07/31
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Alexandre, Miguel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0E1A-A81D-8C07
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7533-9469
Google Scholar ID
W1Deej0AAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id
57208444863

Email addresses

  • m.alexandre@fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 967883250 (Personal)

Addresses

  • CEMOP/UNINOVA Ed.2, Sala 2.1.3, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Materials Engineering
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Optics
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Condensed Matter Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2019 - 2024/06/24
Concluded
 Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences Doctoral Program (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Quantum Nanostructured Dots-inHost Perovkite Solar Cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved
2018/11/16
Concluded
 Integrated Master Program in Engineering of Micro and Nanotechnology (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Theoretical Study of Optimum Luminescent Down-Shifting Properties for High Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/24 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, Portugal
2019/01/04 - 2020/01/04 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, Portugal
(...)

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/04 - 2024/06/24 PhD Student Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/10/01 - Current Flexible Lightweigth Multi-Junction Solar Cells and Modules with Enhanced Performance for Efficienct Light Harvesting in Outer Space
101162377
Collaboration Contract
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Materiais, Portugal
 European Innovation Council
Ongoing
2024/09/24 - Current Power-to-X: STREAMing Hydrogen from 3-Band Solar Cells boosted with Photonic Management
101124803
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/04 - 2020/01/04 SmArt Designed Full Printed Flexible RObust Efficient Organic HaLide PerOvskite solar cells
763989
Research Fellow
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Flexible and High-Efficient Tandem Solar Cells endowed with Photonic Management for Space Application
2022.01610.PTDC
10.54499/2022.01610.PTDC
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Estruturas dinâmicas de celulose com mudança de cor activa para aplicações em fotónica e segurança
PTDC/CTM-CTM/4653/2021
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/03/15 - 2024/03/14 Células Solares Flexíveis de Filmes Finos de Silício Cristalino e Perovskite com Elevada Eficiência
PTDC/CTM-REF/1008/2020
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Instituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação, Portugal

UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2024/05 - Current Breaking limits Using Record enabling Silicon Technology with photonic management
101146684
Other
UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Ongoing
2023 - Current Industrial cluster for advanced green fuel production
C644930471-00000041
Lead Simulation-related Workpackages
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing
2022 - Current Development of Perovskite Solar Cells on Paper Based Substrates
2022.02954.PTDC
Work on Simulation Workpackage
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Ongoing
2018 - 2022 Tandem Solar Cells Improved Optically
Tandem Solar Cells Improved Optically
Other
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
2017 - 2022 Superior Efficiency and Flexibility with Quantum Nano-structured Perovskite Solar Cells enhanced by Light Management
PTDC/NAN-OPT/28430/2017
Work on Simulation Workpackage
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. "ESTRATÉGIAS FOTÓNICAS PARA FOTOVOLTAICO: NOVOS AVANÇOS PARA ALÉM DA ÓTICA". 2020.
    10.34637/CIES2020.1.2020
Journal article
  1. J.G. Guerrero-Felix; S.F.H. Correia; M. Alexandre; C.D. Gonzalez-Gomez; V. Sencadas; L. Fu; E. Ruiz-Reina; et al. "Enhancing the efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators via soft colloidal lithography negative templating". Materials & Design (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113817.
    10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113817
  2. Ivan M. Santos; Miguel Alexandre; António T. Vicente; Cristina Teixeira; Eva Almeida; Elvira Fortunato; Rodrigo Martins; Hugo Águas; Manuel J. Mendes. "Next-Generation Solar-Powering: Photonic Strategies for Earth and Space Systems". Solar RRL (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400666.
    10.1002/solr.202400666
  3. Eva Almeida; Miguel Alexandre; Ivan M. Santos; Rodrigo Martins; Hugo Águas; Manuel J. Mendes. "Photonic-Enhanced Perovskite Solar Cells: Tailoring Color and Light Capture". ACS Omega (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c04979.
    10.1021/acsomega.4c04979
  4. Sirazul Haque; Miguel Alexandre; António T. Vicente; Kezheng Li; Christian S. Schuster; Sui Yang; Hugo Águas; et al. "Photon shifting and trapping in perovskite solar cells for improved efficiency and stability". Light: Science & Applications (2024): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01559-2.
    10.1038/s41377-024-01559-2
  5. Miguel Alexandre; Ivan M. Santos; Rodrigo Martins; Manuel J. Mendes. "SCATMM: Easy-to-Use Graphical User Interface for Light Propagation in Arbitrary Multilayers". Journal of Open Research Software (2024): https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.511.
    10.5334/jors.511
  6. Miguel Alexandre; Hugo Águas; Elvira Fortunato; Rodrigo Martins; Manuel J. Mendes. "Understanding the Potential of Light Absorption in Dots-in-Host Semiconductors". ACS Photonics (2024): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00760.
    10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00760
  7. G. Ribeiro; G. Ferreira; U. D. Menda; M. Alexandre; M. J. Brites; M. A. Barreiros; S. Jana; et al. "Sub-Bandgap Sensitization of Perovskite Semiconductors via Colloidal Quantum Dots Incorporation". Nanomaterials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13172447.
    10.3390/nano13172447
  8. Ivan M. Santos; Miguel Alexandre; Valentin D. Mihailetchi; José A. Silva; Tiago Mateus; Ana Mouquinho; Jenny Boane; et al. "Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings". Advanced Optical Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202300276.
    10.1002/adom.202300276
  9. Pedro Centeno; Miguel Alexandre; Filipe Neves; Elvira Fortunato; Rodrigo Martins; Hugo Águas; Manuel J. Mendes. "Copper-Arsenic-Sulfide Thin-Films from Local Raw Materials Deposited via RF Co-Sputtering for Photovoltaics". Nanomaterials (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12193268.
    10.3390/nano12193268
  10. Sirazul Haque; Miguel Alexandre; Clemens Baretzky; Daniele Rossi; Francesca De Rossi; António T. Vicente; Francesca Brunetti; et al. "Photonic-Structured Perovskite Solar Cells: Detailed Optoelectronic Analysis". ACS Photonics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00446.
    10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00446
  11. M. Alexandre; H. Águas; E. Fortunato; R. Martins; M. J. Mendes. "Light management with quantum nanostructured dots-in-host semiconductors". Light: Science & Applications (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-021-00671-x.
    10.1038/s41377-021-00671-x
  12. Jenny L. N. Boane; Pedro Centeno; Ana Mouquinho; Miguel Alexandre; Tomás Calmeiro; Elvira Fortunato; Rodrigo Martins; Manuel J. Mendes; Hugo Águas. "Soft-Microstructured Transparent Electrodes for Photonic-Enhanced Flexible Solar Cells". Micro (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/micro1020016.
    10.3390/micro1020016
  13. Oliveira, Rui D.; Mouquinho, Ana; Centeno, Pedro; Alexandre, Miguel; Haque, Sirazul; Martins, Rodrigo; Fortunato, Elvira; Águas, Hugo; Mendes, Manuel J.. Corresponding author: Oliveira, Rui D.. "Colloidal Lithography for Photovoltaics: An Attractive Route for Light Management". Nanomaterials 11 7 (2021): 1665. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano11071665.
    10.3390/nano11071665
  14. Grey, P.; Chapa, M.; Alexandre, M.; Mateus, T.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.; Mendes, M.J.; Pereira, L.. "Combining Soft with Hard Condensed Matter for Circular Polarized Light Sensing and Logic Operations". Advanced Optical Materials (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099320273&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/adom.202001731
  15. Alexandre, Miguel. "Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C". Advanced Materials Interfaces (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202000264.
    10.1002/admi.202000264
  16. Haque, S.; Alexandre, M.; Mendes, M.J.; Águas, H.; Fortunato, E.; Martins, R.. "Design of wave-optical structured substrates for ultra-thin perovskite solar cells". Applied Materials Today 20 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086499623&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100720
  17. Manuel Chapa; Miguel F. Alexandre; Manuel J. Mendes; Hugo Águas; Elvira Fortunato; Rodrigo Martins. "All-Thin-Film Perovskite/C–Si Four-Terminal Tandems: Interlayer and Intermediate Contacts Optimization". ACS Applied Energy Materials (2019): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00354.
    10.1021/acsaem.9b00354
  18. Alexandre, Miguel; Chapa, Manuel; Haque, Sirazul; Mendes, Manuel Joao; Águas, Hugo; Fortunato, Elvira; Martins, Rodrigo. "Optimum Luminescent Down-Shifting Properties for High Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells". ACS Applied Energy Materials (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00271.
    10.1021/acsaem.9b00271
Preprint
  1. Miguel Alexandre; Hugo Águas; Elvira Fortunato; Rodrigo Martins; Manuel J. Mendes. "Understanding the Potential of Light Absorption in Dots-in-Host Semiconductors". 2023. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2346995/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-2346995/v1
  2. Ivan Santos; Miguel Alexandre; Valentin Mihailetchi; Tiago Mateus; Ana Mouquinho; Jenny Boane; António Vicente; et al. "Optically-boosted planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-harmless Photonic Nanocoatings". 2023. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2402326/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-2402326/v1
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Quantum Nanostructured Dots-in-Host Perovskite Solar Cells". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/169663.
  2. Alexandre, Miguel Diogo Furtado. "Theoretical Study of Optimum Luminescent Down-Shifting Properties for High Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/56317.

Artistic / Performance

Visual artwork
  1. Alexandre, Miguel. 2021 Editor's Highlight - Light Science and Applications.
  2. Alexandre, Miguel. Solar Cells: Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 15/2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202070084
  3. Alexandre, Miguel. Handwritten and Sustainable Electronic Logic Circuits with Fully Printed Paper Transistors (Adv. Mater. Technol. 12/2021).
    https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202170071
  4. Alexandre, Miguel. Micro-patterned perovskite solar cells trap light better.
  5. Alexandre, Miguel. Printed Memristors: An Overview of Ink, Materials, Deposition Techniques, and Applications (Adv. Electron. Mater. 10/2024).
    https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202470032
  6. Alexandre, Miguel. Carbon-Yarn-Based Supercapacitors with In Situ Regenerated Cellulose Hydrogel for Sustainable Wearable Electronics.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c01222
  7. Alexandre, Miguel. Understanding the Potential of Light Absorption in Dots-in-Host Semiconductors.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00760
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/07/19 Dots-in-Host Semiconductors for Improved Light Management AOP 2022
Sociedade Portuguesa de Óptica e Fotónica (Guimarães, Portugal)
2021/09/22 Quantum Nanostructured Dots-in-Host Semiconductors for Improved Light Management 10th International PhD Meeting
Dresden Fraunhofer Cluster Nanoanalysis (Dresden, Germany)
2019/04/15 Optimal Design of Luminescent Down-Shifting for High Efficiency and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Materiais2019
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/01/04 - Current Optoelectrical Simulation of Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) Solar Cells
Supervisor
 Engenharia de Micro e Nanotecnologias (Master) (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2025/01/04 - Current Advanced Electro-Optical Modelling of Lightweight Tandem Perovskite Solar Cells for Space Applications
Supervisor
Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
2025/01/04 - Current Experimental characterization of short wave infrared filters based on Fabry-Pérot interferometers
Co-supervisor
 Licenciatura em Micro e Nanotecnologias (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/12/01 - Current Understanding the Optical behaviour of Photonic-enhanced All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells
Supervisor
 Engenharia de Micro e Nanotecnologias (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2024/03/01 - 2024/06/01 Structured Encapsulants for high-performance bifacial perovskite solar cells
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia de Micro e Nanotecnologias (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/04 Evaluation of Nanofabrication Processes for Solar Cells Front Surface Light Management
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia de Micro e Nanotecnologias (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/06 Computational Design of Photonic-enhanced Solar Cells
Supervisor
 Engenharia de Micro e Nanotecnologias (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/03/04 - 2021/04/04 Structural color application in ultrathin Perovskite solar cells with light trapping features
Co-supervisor
 Ciências de Engenharia de Micro e Nanotecnologias (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/07/01 - 2024/07/31 Introductory presentation to the fundamental concepts in solar cells. Ciência Viva
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2023/07/01 - 2023/07/31 Introduction to the basic concepts in solar cells
Exhibition
 Ciência Viva
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019/08/04 - 2019/08/09 Poster Presentation
Conference
 28th International Conference on Amorphous and Nano-crystalline Semiconductors
École Polytechnique, France

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/11 - Current Introduction to Modelling Methods for Optoelectronics Optoeletronica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/11/18 - Current Optical Simulation Methods Using the Scattering Matrix Method Energia Fotovoltaica: Materiais e Aplicações (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/05/01 - Current Advanced Light Management Techniques for Improved PV Absorption Fotónica em Materiais (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2022/11/02 - 2022/12/09 Spectroscopy Measurement of Plasmonic Resonance in Ag Nanoparticles Optoeletronica (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/12/05 - 2021/12/05 Advanced Optical Modeling using the Finite Differences Time Domain (FDTD) method Optoeletronica (Mestrado integrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024/03/01 - 2024/12/31 Electrical Simulation of Micro-meshes via Comsol Edgar Cucubica
2024/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Optical Simulation of Metallic Micro-meshes Fábio Brandão
2023/01 - 2023/11 Master Thesis - Optimization of coloured photonic-enhanced perovskite/silicon solar cells Eva Almeida
2022/02/25 - 2022/12/31 Master Thesis - Color optimization of semi-transparent photonic enhanced perovskite solar cells Miguel Fialho
Distinctions

Other distinction

2019 Honorable Mention