Personal identification

Full name

Fátima Santos

Date of birth

1992/07/19

Gender

Female

Citation names

• Santos, Fátima

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

111A-4576-3BAD

ORCID iD

0000-0002-9029-4107

Email addresses

• feosantos@fe.up.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)

	Degree	Classification
2017/10 - 2022/06 Concluded	Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento) Major in Chemical Enginnering Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Highly-efficient monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/09 - 2016/07 Concluded	Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado) Major in Processes and Product Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal "Validação do método de análise de 2,4,6-tricloroanisol" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/11/03 - Current	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2021/12/13 - 2022/11/01	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2021/11/30	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal
2017/01/23 - 2017/09/29	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/12/13 - 2022/11/01	Low temperature catalytic methane decomposition for COx-free hydrogen production 952219 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal	EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Future and Emerging Technologies Ongoing
2017/10/01 - 2021/11/30	Highly Efficient Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells SFRH/BD/132388/2017 PhD Student Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/07/26 - 2021/07/25	Dispositivo tandem PEC-PV eficiente, estável e escalável para geração de hidrogénio solar PTDC/EQU-EQU/30760/2017 Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/07/04 - 2021/07/03	Novos avanços tecnológicos para as células solares de perovskita de alta eficiência PTDC/EQU-EQU/28966/2017 Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia UID/EQU/00511/2019 Researcher Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/01/23 - 2017/09/29	BI-DSC 321315 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal	European Research Council Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2025/02/07 - 2031/02/06	Mono-iPVs - Efficient, low-cost and sustainable monolithic dye-sensitized solar modules for Internet of Things (IoT) applications 2023.07366.CEECIND/CP2834/CT0012 10.54499/2023.07366.CEECIND/CP2834/CT0012 Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/10/04 - 2025/12/31	AET - Alliance for Energy Transition C644914747-00000023 Principal investigator Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/11/02 - 2023/12/31	Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy UIDB/00511/2020 10.54499/UIDB/00511/2020 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022/11/02 - 2023/12/31	Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy UIDP/00511/2020 10.54499/UIDP/00511/2020 Research Fellow Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022/11/03 - 2023/06/30	2SMART - engineered Smart materials for Smart citizens NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000054 Post-doc Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal	Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte Concluded

Publications

Conference abstract	Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Exploiting the performance of indoor dye-sensitized solar cells using copper polymer gel electrolytes with ¿-butyrolactone solvent". Paper presented in 1st European Congress on Materials Science and Engineering, Amsterdam, 2025. Published Pereira, Marta; Martins, Jorge; Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Emami, Seyedali; Mendes, Adélio. Corresponding author: Emami, Seyedali. "Fabrication of Hermetically Laser-Sealed Printable Perovskite Solar Devices Towards Superior Extrinsic Stability". Paper presented in 2024 International PhD School on Perovskite PV, Freiburg, 2024. Published Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells with copper polymer gel electrolytes for indoor applications". Paper presented in The Photovoltaics Science, Applications and Technology Conference - PVSAT2024, Glasgow, 2024. Published Pereira, Marta; Martins, Jorge; Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Emami, Seyedali; Mendes, Adélio. Corresponding author: Mendes, Adélio. "Hermetic encapsulation for an extended lifetime of printable perovskite solar devices". Paper presented in Carbon Club Conference, 2023. Accepted Pereira, Marta; Martins, Jorge; Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Emami, Seyedali; Mendes, Adélio. Corresponding author: Emami, Seyedali. "Hermetic encapsulation for long-lifetime printable perovskite solar cells and mini-modules". Paper presented in International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR), Bragança, 2023. Accepted Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Solid-state monolithic dye-sensitized solar cell exceeding 10 % of power conversion efficiency using a copper complex HTM and a carbon counter-electrode". Paper presented in 3rd Momentom International Congress Energy at the Crossroads: Accelerating innovation in the age of disruption, Paris, 2023. Published Santos, Fátima; Capitão, Jeffrey; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Advanced Photoanode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition of Ultrathin TiO2 Shield on Mesoporous SiO2 scaffold". Paper presented in Vácuo 2021 Workshop, Coimbra, 2021. Published Santos, Fátima; Hora, Carolina; Martins, Jorge; Capitão, Jeffrey; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells: the best compromise between cost, efficiency and stability". Paper presented in First International Conference on Solar Power Technologies, SPTech2021, Porto, 2021. Published Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Sales, M. Goreti F.; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Highly Catalytically PEDOT-Graphene Counter-electrode for Solar and Artificial Light Conversion in Regular, Bi-facial and FTO-less Cobalt(III/II) mediated DSSCs". Paper presented in First International Conference on Solar Power Technologies, SPTech2021, Porto, 2021. Published Santos, Fátima; Hora, Carolina; Martins, Jorge; Capitão, Jeffrey; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Highly efficient and stable monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells". Paper presented in Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2021, Porto, 2021. Published Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Sales, M. Goreti F.; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Optimization of Cobalt and Iodine-mediated dye-sensitized solar cells for artificial light conversion". Paper presented in Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2021, Porto, 2021. Published Santos, Fátima; Hora, Carolina; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Monolithic Cobalt-mediated Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". Paper presented in 2nd Dyenamo Conference, Uppsala, 2019. Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Maria Goreti Ferreira; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Efficient and cheap alternatives to platinum counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells with cobalt(III/II) redox shuttle". Paper presented in 2nd Dyenamo Conference, Uppsala, 2019. Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Maçaira, José; Pereira, Ana; Mendes, Adélio. "New ecofriendly cheap spacers for efficient monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Aveiro, 2018. Published Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Pereira, Ana; Maçaira, José; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Sales, M. Goreti F.; Mendes, Adélio. "Dye sensitized solar cells: guidelines for highly efficient devices based on commercially available materials". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference, Aveiro, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Santos, Fátima; Hora, Carolina; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Monolithic cobalt-mediated Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Electrochemical probing for efficient and cost-effective counter-electrodes". Paper presented in 2nd Dyenamo Conference, 2019. Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Maria Goreti Ferreira; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Efficient and cheap alternatives to platinum counter electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells with cobalt(III/II) redox shuttle". Paper presented in 2nd Dyenamo Conference, 2019.
Journal article	Fátima Santos; Dzmitry Ivanou; Adélio Mendes. "Solid-State Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Exceeding 10% Efficiency Using a Copper-Complex Hole Transport Material and a Carbon Counter-Electrode". Solar RRL (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202470023. 10.1002/solr.202470023 Fátima Santos; Dzmitry Ivanou; Adélio Mendes. "Solid-State Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Exceeding 10% Efficiency Using a Copper-Complex Hole Transport Material and a Carbon Counter-Electrode". Solar RRL (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300574. 10.1002/solr.202300574 Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Maria Goreti Ferreira Sales; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Conventional and Back-Illuminated Cobalt- and Iodine-Mediated Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for Artificial and Solar Light Conversion". ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 12 (2022): 14846-14857. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c02307. Published • 10.1021/acsaem.2c02307 Santos, Fátima; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "The renaissance of monolithic dye-sensitized solar cells". Materials Today Communications 32 (2022): 104030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104030. Published • 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104030 Santos, Fátima; Martins, Jorge; Capitão, Jeffrey; Emami, Seyedali; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Stable Cobalt-Mediated Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Full Glass Encapsulation". ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 6 (2022): 7220-7229. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00765. Published • 10.1021/acsaem.2c00765 Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Ana M.V.M. Pereira; M.Goreti F. Sales; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "PEDOT-graphene counter-electrode for solar and improved artificial light conversion in regular, bifacial and FTO-less cobalt mediated DSSCs". Electrochimica Acta 412 (2022): 140140-140140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140140. Published • 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140140 Santos, Fátima; Hora, Carolina; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Efficient Liquid-Junction Monolithic Cobalt-Mediated Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for Solar and Artificial Light Conversion". ACS Applied Energy Materials 4 5 (2021): 5050-5058. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c00616. 10.1021/acsaem.1c00616 Rodrigues, Daniela F. S. L.; Santos, Fátima; Abreu, Carlos M. R.; Coelho, Jorge F. J.; Serra, Arménio C.; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Passivation of the TiO2 Surface and Promotion of N719 Dye Anchoring with Poly(4-vinylpyridine) for Efficient and Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 17 (2021): 5981-5990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00842. Published • 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00842 Hora, Carolina; Santos, Fátima; Sales, M. Goreti F.; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells for Efficient Solar and Artificial Light Conversion". ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 15 (2019): 13464-13470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02990. Published • 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02990 Francisco, Filipe; Dias, Paula; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Santos, Fátima; Azevedo, João; Mendes, Adélio. "Synthesis of Host-Guest Hematite Photoelectrodes for Solar Water Splitting". ChemNanoMat 5 7 (2019): 911-920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201900141. Published • 10.1002/cnma.201900141 Santos, Fátima; Hora, Carolina; Bernardo, Gabriel; Ivanou, Dzmitry; Mendes, Adélio. "Efficient monolithic dye sensitized solar cells with eco-friendly silica-titania spacer layers". Solar Energy 183 (2019): 419-424. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.056. Published • 10.1016/j.solener.2019.03.056
Thesis / Dissertation	"Highly Efficient Monolithic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2022. Santos, Fátima. "Validação do método de análise de 2,4,6 -Tricloroanisol". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2016.