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Materials scientist with 10+ years of experience in the synthesis, processing, and advanced characterization of functional ceramic and oxide materials. Expertise spans solid-state chemistry, powder processing, microstructural and defect analysis, and high-temperature electrochemical and electrical characterization. Research activities focus on materials and components for energy conversion and storage technologies, including solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells (SOFC/SOEC), proton-conducting ceramic devices, and electrochemical reactors for hydrogen- and ammonia-based processes. Holds BSc (2017) and MSc(2019) degrees in Chemistry and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering (Dec. 2024). Experienced in the synthesis and processing of advanced ceramics for Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs), utilizing solid-state and glycine-nitrate combustion techniques to fabricate high-performance electrodes, electrolytes, and buffer layers. Proficient in a comprehensive suite of analytical methods, including XRD, SEM/TEM, EDX, dilatometry, and thermal analysis, alongside advanced electrical and transport property measurements such as oxygen nonstoichiometry, electrical conductivity, oxygen permability, and Seebeck coefficient. Capabel in the full development cycle of SOFCs and SOECs supported by proficiency in electrochemical characterization using Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), polarization curves, and cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry/chronopotentiometry. Actively involved in international R&D projects (4 ongoing and 4 completed) in the field of green hydrogen and ammonia electrosynthesis, contributing to both fundamental materials development and applied electrochemical system engineering. Author and co-author of 13 peer-reviewed SCI publications and regular contributor to international scientific conferences through oral (8) and poster presentations (10). Mentor of 3 MSc students and 3 PhD students. Supervisor of one PhD student who is involved in onoing AMMORE project.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Aleksandr Bamburov

Citation names

  • Aleksandr Bamburov
  • Bamburov Alexander

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
311C-2D4F-1BE1
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4120-0047

Email addresses

  • aleksandr.bamburov@ua.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 914174882 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Electrochemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Ceramics
  • Engineering and Technology - Materials Engineering - Composites

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Russian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09/20 - 2024/12/13
Concluded
 PhD in Materials Science and Engineering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Solid carbon-assisted steam electrolysis in solid electrolyte cells for energy storage " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2024 - 2024
Concluded
 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) operation training (Outros)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2023 - 2023
Concluded
 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) operation training (Outros)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2022 - 2022
Concluded
 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) operation training (Outros)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/06/29
Concluded
 MSc in Chemistry, with specialization in Solid State Chemestry (Master)
Ural Federal University, Russia
"Structure and Electric Transport Properties of Complex Oxides Sr1-xNdxFe0.8Mo0.2O3-d (x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20) " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2013/09/01 - 2017/06/30
Concluded
 BSc in Chemistry, with specialization in Inorganic Chemistry (Bachelor)
Ural Federal University, Russia
"Synthesis and electric transport properties of composite materials based on lanthanum strontium ferrite La0.5Sr05FeO3-d / (MgO)x" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/05/15 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2025/05/15 Researcher (Research) CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/07/01 - 2019/08/30 Research Trainee (Research) Institute of Solid State Chemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Institute of Solid State Chemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
2013 - 2016 Research Trainee (Research) Ural Federal University, Russia
Ural Federal University, Russia
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/09 - 2024/08 PhD project "Solid carbon-assisted steam electrolysis in solid electrolyte cells for energy storage"
SFRH/BD/150704/2020
PhD Student Fellow
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/12/05 - 2019/12/05 Scientific fundamentals of gas-chemical technologies using oxygen membranes
17-08-01029 A
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Institute of Solid State Chemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
 Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/10 - Current AMMORE - Ammonia as a Sustainable Fuel in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells-based Systems for Transportation and Energy
CETP-2024-00643
Researcher
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

CETPartnership
2024/10/01 - 2028/09/30 ALCHEMHY - Alternative routes for basic chemicals production using hydrogen as feedstock
101177996
Researcher
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2025/07 - 2027/07 Development of Ba2In2O5-based mixed-conducting membranes for oxygen separation and energy conversion technologies
2024.07805.CBM
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

DAAD: German Academic Exchange Service
2024/06/07 - 2027/06/06 CLEARNESS - Circular product design applied to the recovery of critical raw elements from electrolyzers and fuel cells at their end of life
ERA-MIN3/0005/2023
Researcher
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

ERA-MIN3 European network
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2024/12/31 FUNCOAT - Development and design of novel multiFUNctional PEO COATings
10.3030/823942
Researcher
Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Poland
 European Commission
Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/12 ACT-SOC: Activation of solid oxide cell electrodes by electrocatalytic agents for enhanced energy conversion efficiency at reduced temperatures
DRI/POLONIA/202109340/2022
Researcher
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange
Concluded
2019/01 - 2022/12 Complex oxide electrolytes for energy conversion technologies: Mechanosynthesis and electrochemical characterization, bilateral project Portugal-Slovakia
DRI/ESLOVAQUIA/5159/2019
Researcher
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
2018/07 - 2022/07 CARBOSTEAM - Carbon-depolarized high-temperature steam electrolysis
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032295
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Aleksey Yaremchenko; Aleksandr Bamburov. "Y2Ti2O7-Based Pyrochlores for Diffusion Barrier Layer at the Electrolyte/Fuel Electrode Interface in Solid Oxide Cells". Paper presented in 19th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XIX), Stockholm, 2025.
    Accepted • 10.1149/MA2025-031364mtgabs
  2. Aleksey Yaremchenko; Aleksandr Bamburov. "Y2T2O7-Based Pyrochlores As Alternative Materials for Diffusion Barrier Layer at the Fuel Electrode-Electrolyte Interface in SOFC/SOEC". Paper presented in XIXth Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS-XIX), Dresden, 2024.
    10.1149/MA2024-02483451mtgabs
Conference poster
  1. Yaremchenko, Aleksey; Aleksandr Bamburov. Corresponding author: Yaremchenko, Aleksey. "Y2Ti2O7-based pyrochlores for diffusion barrier layer at the electrolyte/fuel electrode interface in solid oxide cells". Paper presented in 19th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XIX), 2025.
  2. Aleksandr Bamburov. Corresponding author: Aleksandr Bamburov. "Characterization of Y2Ti2O7-based pyrochlores as buffer layer materials for fuel-assisted SOEC". Paper presented in European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT 2021), 2021.
  3. Aleksandr Bamburov. "Pyrochlore-type Y2Ti2O7-based titanates as buffer layer materials for fuel-assisted solid oxide electrolysis cells". Paper presented in XV Spanish National Meeting on Electroceramics (XV Reunión Nacional de Electrocerámica: Electrocerámica 15), 2021.
Journal article
  1. Pinto, Rui G.; Bamburov, Aleksandr; Yaremchenko, Aleksey A.. "From scheelite to perovskite: Electrical and redox behavior of SrMoO4 / SrMoO3 ceramic components for SOFC anodes". Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2026): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/77452149/.
    10.1016/J.JEURCERAMSOC.2025.117742
  2. Politov, B. V.; Bamburov, A. D.; Markov, A. A.; Merkulov, O. V.. "The effect of MgO addition on thermomechanical and electrical transport properties of La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-d perovskite-like ferrite". Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2025): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/72736042/.
    10.1016/J.JEURCERAMSOC.2024.116939
  3. Aleksandr Bamburov; Ekaterina Kravchenko; Aleksey A. Yaremchenko. "Impact of Thermochemical Treatments on Electrical Conductivity of Donor-Doped Strontium Titanate Sr(Ln)TiO3 Ceramics". Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17153876.
    10.3390/ma17153876
  4. Susana Ribeiro; Inês Marques; Aleksandr Bamburov; Aleksey Yaremchenko; Andreia Peixoto; Andreia Leite. "Improved Microwave-Assisted Ethyl Levulinate Production Using Rice Husk-Derived Biobased Mesoporous Silica as Catalyst". Catalysts (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/catal14080482.
    10.3390/catal14080482
  5. Aleksandr Bamburov; Yevgeniy Naumovich; Dmitry D. Khalyavin; Aleksey A. Yaremchenko. "Intolerance of the Ruddlesden–Popper La2NiO4+d Structure to A-Site Cation Deficiency". Chemistry of Materials (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01594.
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01594
  6. Kiryl Zakharchuk; Aleksandr Bamburov; Eugene Naumovich; Miguel A. Vieira; Aleksey Yaremchenko. "Impact of Silica Additions on the Phase Composition and Electrical Transport Properties of Ruddlesden-Popper La2NiO4+δ Mixed Conducting Ceramics". Processes (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/10/1/82.
    10.3390/pr10010082
  7. "Electrochemical determination of SrFe12O19 impurity in perovskite ferrites". Journal of Alloys and Compounds 873 (2021): 159677-159677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.159677.
    10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.159677
  8. Alejandro Natoli; Jorge R. Frade; Aleksandr Bamburov; Agnieszka Zurawska; Aleksey Yaremchenko. "Impact of Praseodymia Additions and Firing Conditions on Structural and Electrical Transport Properties of 5 mol.% Yttria Partially Stabilized Zirconia (5YSZ)". Applied Sciences (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/13/5939.
    10.3390/app11135939
  9. Bamburov, A.D.; Politov, B.V.. "Nd doping as a promising method to improve transport properties of SrFe(Mo)O3-d materials for symmetrical fuel cells and hydrogen production membranes". Journal of Solid State Chemistry 296 (2021): 122012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2021.122012.
    10.1016/j.jssc.2021.122012
  10. Bamburov, A.D.; Markov, A.A.; Patrakeev, M.V.; Leonidov, I.A.. "The impact of Ba substitution in lanthanum-strontium ferrite on the mobility of charge carriers". Solid State Ionics 332 (2019): 86-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2019.01.013.
    10.1016/j.ssi.2019.01.013
  11. Bamburov, Aleksandr. "The impact of Ba substitution on high-temperature transport in lanthanum-strontium ferrite". Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3830-x.
    10.1007/s10008-017-3830-x
  12. Bamburov, Alexander D.; Markov, Alexey A.; Patrakeev, Mikhail V.; Leonidov, Ilia A.. "Oxygen nonstoichiometry and defect equilibria in La0.49Sr0.5–Ba FeO3–". Materials Letters 213 (2018): 58-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.11.013.
    10.1016/j.matlet.2017.11.013
  13. Timofeev, A. L.; Podkorytov, A. L.; Shtin, S. A.; Mal’tseva, V. O.; Bamburov, A. D.; Marshenya, S. N.. "Solid-state synthesis, characterization, and properties of Ni4Nb2O9-based solid solutions". Inorganic Materials 53 8 (2017): 869-873. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0020168517080179.
    10.1134/s0020168517080179
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Solid carbon-assisted steam electrolysis in solid electrolyte cells for energy storage - PhD thesis". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2025. https://ria.ua.pt/handle/10773/43605.
  2. "Structure and transport properties of complex oxides Sr1-xNdxFe0.8Mo0.2O3-d (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2) - MSc thesis". Master, Ural Federal University, 2019.
  3. "Synthesis and electrical transport properties of composite materials based on lanthanum-strontium ferrite La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-d / (MgO)x - BSc thesis". Degree, Ural Federal University, 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/18 Recycling and regeneration of Ni-based electrodes from spent MCFC cells (co-author) 16th ECerS Conference for Young Scientists in Ceramics (CYSC-2025)
(Novi Sad, Serbia)
2025/08/31 Y2T2O7-Based Pyrochlores As Alternative Materials for Diffusion Barrier Layer at the Fuel Electrode-Electrolyte Interface in SOFC/SOEC (co-author) XIXth Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS-XIX)
(Dresden, Germany)
2025/06/25 Advancing direct ammonia synthesis in proton-conducting ceramic cells: Overcoming efficiency challenges with BSCFM electrodes (co-author) Spanish National Meeting of Functional Ceramics for Electronics and Energy “Electrocerámica XVII”
(Panplona, Spain)
2025/05/26 Tailoring the properties of Ba2In2O5 for advanced functional applications (co-author) E-MRS 2025 Spring Meeting
(Strasbourg, France)
2024/10/22 Solid carbon-assisted steam electrolysis in solid electrolyte cells for energy storage Presenting PhD results during the research visit in CIIAE, Cacecers, Spain
CIIAE, Cacecers, Spain (Cacecers, Spain)
2024/07/11 Enhancing efficiency of solid oxide electrolysis cells through carbon-assisted approach: Materials characterization and performance analysis 6th International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering (ICNMSME-2024)
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/11/20 Selecting a buffer layer for high-temperature carbon-assisted electrolysis cell with SrFe0.75Mo0.25O3-d anode International Conference on Nanomaterials Science and Mechanical Engineering
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/07/28 Selecting a buffer layer for high-temperature carbon-assisted electrolysis cell with rFe0.75Mo0.25O3-d anode Presentation of the PhD results during the research visit in Warsaw, Poland
Institute of Power Engineering (Warsaw, Poland)
2023/07/03 Intolerance of Ruddlesden-Popper La2NiO4±d structure to A-site cation deficiency Multiscale Phenomena in Condensed Matter YOUNG MULTIS
(Kraków, Poland)
2022/07/20 Perovskite-like Pr(A)MnO3 (A = Ca, Sr) as anode materials for solid oxide fuel-assisted electrolysis cells (co-author) 23rd International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-23)
(Boston, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2026/01/15 - Current Supervision of doctoral student - Maliheh Nazari activities within AMMORE project, development of anode components for the direct electrochemical decomposition of ammonia in solid oxide fuel cells
Co-supervisor of Maliheh Nazari
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2016/09/26 - 2016/09/30 XX MENDELEEV CONGRESS ON GENERAL AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY Ekaterinburg, Russia. Part of organization team. (2016/09/26 - 2016/09/30)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/11/06 - 2025/11/07 CICECO–CIIAE Workshop on Energy Research
Workshop
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2025/10/09 - 2025/10/09 Annual meeting - Jornadas CICECO 2025
Conference
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2023/10/24 - 2023/10/26 Autumn school «Inorganic electrochemical reactors for sustainable chemicals, fuels and power production», Valencia 24 – 26 October.
Workshop
 Inorganic electrochemical reactors for sustainable chemicals, fuels and power production
Agència Valenciana de la Innovació, Spain
2023/09/24 - 2023/09/24 Annual meeting - Jornadas CICECO 2023
Conference
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2021/10/06 - 2021/10/07 Annual meeting - Jornadas CICECO 2021
Conference
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal
2018/09/13 - 2018/09/16 14th Meeting "Fundamental Problems of Solid State Ionics". Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, Chernogolovka, Russia. Poster presentation :Transport properties of NdxSr1-xFe0.8Mo0.2O3-d perovskites.
Conference
 14th Meeting "Fundamental Problems of Solid State Ionics"
2018/02/15 - 2018/06/15 Erasmus + exchange program in University of Zagreb, Croatia for 5 months. Following courses were attended: Introduction to Nanotechnology, Process Measurement and Control, Integrated Chemical Systems.
Other
 Erasmus + exchange program
Sveucilište u Zagrebu Fakultet Kemijskog Inženjerstva i Tehnologije, Croatia
2018/02/18 - 2018/02/19 XI Meeting of Young Chemical Engineers. University of Zagreb, Croatia. Poster presentation : Electro-conductivity of composite materials La0.5Sr0.5FeO3-d / (MgO)x.
Conference
 XI Meeting of Young Chemicals Engineers

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2026/01/15 - Current Mentor of a PhD student - Samira Mansouri, under the ALCHEMHY Project EU, at the Laboratory of Solid State Ionics and Energy Conversion, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro Samira Mansouri
2025/03 - Current Mentor of MSc student - Diogo Sousa, under CLEARNESS project, at the Laboratory of Solid State Ionics and Energy Conversion, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro Diogo Sousa
2025/01 - Current Mentor of PhD student - Mehdi Hedayati, at the Laboratory of Solid State Ionics and Energy Conversion, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro Mehdi Hedayati
2025 - Current Mentor of PhD student - Mariela Do Rosário Da Silva Billy - under the project "Synthesis of catalyst for the production of CO and H2 mixtures by gasification of biomass and waste-derived fuels" Mariela Do Rosário Da Silva Billy
2021 - 2023 Mentor of MSc student - Tiago Paulino, at the Laboratory of Solid State Ionics and Energy Conversion, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro Tiago Paulino
2020/10 - 2022/03 Mentoring of the MSc student - Miguel Viera, at the Laboratory of Solid State Ionics and Energy Conversion, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro Miguel Viera

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025 - Current Reviewer at the journal - Journal of Ceramics International - Elsevier
2024 - Current Reviewer at the journal - Journal of Alloys and Compounds - Elsevier
2024 - Current Reviewer at the journal - Materials - MDPI

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/10/15 - 2024/10/25 Research visit to CIIAE, Cacecers, Spain. Experience exchange on material design for Solid Oxide Electrrolysis Cells CIIAE - Iberian Energy Storage Research Center, Spain
2023/05 - 2023/06 Research visit to the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Wroclaw, Poland, 1 month. Experience exchange on structural characterization techniques. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Poland
2023 - 2023 Research visit to the Institute of Power Engineering, Warsaw, Poland, 1 week: Skills learned: Gas flow and reactant management in SOCs Institute of Power Engineering, Poland
2022 - 2022 Research visit to the Ceramic Department CEREL, 2 weeks, Boguchwala, Poland. Training on Stack assembly and sealing. Institute of Power Engineering, Poland

Ceramic Department CEREL, Poland
2021 - 2021 Research visit to the Institute of Geotechnics SAS, Kosice, Slovakia, 1 week. Learinig new methods based on mechanosynthesis of complex oxide for material design. Institute of Geotechnics, Slovakia
Distinctions

Other distinction

2020 personal PhD grant in the 2019 competitve call by the Portuguese Chemical Society & the FCT "International Year of the Periodic Table "
Portuguese Chemical Society & FCT, Portugal
2020 personal PhD grant in the FCT 2020 call for the PhD research scholarships
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 PHD scholarship “2nd edition of the University of Aveiro PhD scholarship”
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal