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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Carvalho Lopes

Citation names

  • Joana C. Lopes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5610-F573-552E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4254-7074
Scopus Author Id
57208001824
Education
Degree Classification
2020/06 - 2024/11/12
Concluded
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Photocatalytic synthesis of imines: Novel routes to ever-new molecules" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/09 - 2018/07
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Processos e Produtos
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Produção de compostos aromatizantes através de tecnologias verdes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/03 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/08 - 2020/12 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09 - 2024/11/12 PhD student Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/12/01 - 2024/11/30 Photocatalytic synthesis of imines: Novel routes to ever-new molecules
2020.04651.BD
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/03/01 - 2026/02/28 Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels
2022.04682.PTDC
10.54499/2022.04682.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/12/02 - 2020/12 Microfluidic photoelectrochemical devices for blood oxygenation
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030674
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded
2018/10 - 2019/11/30 LED-NETmix: an innovative photoreactor for process intensification in chemical synthesis
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031398
Research Fellow
Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Sampaio, Maria J.; Joana C. Lopes; Constantino, Dânia S. M. ; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "44: Sustainable Photocatalytic Synthesis Assisted by Optical Semiconductors". In Synthesis and Applications in Chemistry and Materials, 483-516. World Scientific Publishing, 2024.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Carneiro, R. C.; Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Cláudia G. Silva; Faria, Joaquim Luis. Corresponding author: Carneiro, R. C.. "Light-Driven Ammonia Decomposition for Hydrogen Generation Using Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Materials". Paper presented in XXIX National Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society, Coimbra, 2025.
    Accepted
  2. Carneiro, R. C.; Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Faria, Joaquim Luis; Cláudia G. Silva. Corresponding author: Carneiro, R. C.. "Photocatalytic Ammonia Decomposition For Hydrogen Production Using Graphitic Carbon Nitride". Paper presented in Encontro da Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto 2025, Porto, 2025.
    Accepted
  3. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "A sustainable approach for the synthesis of furfuryl alcohol by heterogeneous photocatalysis". Paper presented in 4th Doctoral Congress in Engineering, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  4. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Furfural selective reduction by TiO2 sensitised photocatalysis". Paper presented in 7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, Bragança, 2021.
    Published
  5. Joana C. Lopes; M. J. Sampaio; J. L. Faria; C.G. Silva. "Polyester-supported Carbon Nitride for the Photocatalytic Synthesis of Aromatic Aldehydes". Paper presented in 11th European Conference on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA), Turin, 2020.
    Published
  6. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Maria J. Lima; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Improving the photocatalytic synthesis of anisaldehyde by using immobilized graphite-like carbon nitride". Paper presented in Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2019, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  7. Joana C. Lopes; Sampaio, Maria J.; Maria J. Lima; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Design of effective carbon nitride supports for selective photocatalytic synthesis of aromatic aldehydes". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional da SPQ 2019, 2019.
    Published
  8. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Development of aromatic aldehyde production processes based on carbonnitride photocatalysts". Paper presented in XXIV Encontro Luso-Galego de Química, Porto, 2018.
    Published
  9. Joana C. Lopes; Fernandes, Raquel A.; Sampaio, Maria J.; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Synthesis of aromatic aldehydes using a g-C3N4 photocatalyst". Paper presented in VIth Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica,, 2018.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Carneiro, R. C.; Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Cláudia G. Silva; Faria, Joaquim Luis. Corresponding author: Carneiro, R. C.. "Photocatalytic Ammonia Decomposition for Hydrogen Production over Graphitic Carbon Nitride". Paper presented in 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering, 2025.
  2. Joana C. Lopes; Josep Albero; Sampaio, Maria J.; Cláudia G. Silva; Hermenegildo García; Joaquim L. Faria. "Visible Light-Driven Imines Synthesis Using Immobilised Halide Perovskite Catalyst". Paper presented in 12th European Conference On Solar Chemistry And Photocatalysis: Energy And Environmental Applications, 2024.
  3. Rafael C. Carneio; Joana C. Lopes; Constantino, Dânia S. M. ; Sampaio, Maria J.; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. Corresponding author: Rafael C. Carneio. "Graphitic carbon nitride films for the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes using micro-mesostructured photoreactor". Paper presented in XXVII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química, 2023.
  4. Joana C. Lopes; Josep Albero; Sampaio, Maria J.; Cláudia G. Silva; Hermenegildo García; Joaquim L. Faria. Corresponding author: Joana C. Lopes. "Visible light-driven imines synthesis by halide-tuned bismuth perovskites". Paper presented in II Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotocatálise, 2023.
  5. Rafael C. Carneio; Joana C. Lopes; Constantino, Dânia S. M. ; Sampaio, Maria J.; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Immobilized photocatalytic films for selective aromatic aldehydes synthesis using micro-mesostructured photoreactor". Paper presented in II Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotocatálise, 2023.
  6. Joana C. Lopes; J. Albero; Sampaio, Maria J.; Silva, Cláudia G.; H. García; Faria, Joaquim L.. "Bismuth-based perovskites as photocatalysts for amines oxidation". Paper presented in Europacat, 2023.
  7. Rafael C. Carneio; Joana C. Lopes; Constantino, Dânia S. M. ; Sampaio, Maria J.; Faria, Joaquim L.; Silva, Cláudia G.. "Graphitic carbon nitride polymeric films for selective aldehydes synthesis using mesostructured photoreactor". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional da SPQ, 2023.
  8. Joana C. Lopes; Sampaio, Maria J.; Faria, Joaquim L.; Silva, Cláudia G.. "Titanite perovskites as photocatalyst for the imines synthesis". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional de Química e Física, 2023.
  9. Joana C. Lopes; Sampaio, Maria J.; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "SrTiO3 Perovskites as photocatalyst for the synthesis of imines". Paper presented in the 5th International Conference on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering (GreenChem-22), 2022.
  10. Joana C. Lopes; Sampaio, Maria J.; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "Sustainable production of imines using carbon nitride as photocatalyst under visible LED irradiation". Paper presented in Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists, 2021.
  11. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Photocatalytic synthesis of aromatic aldehydes using immobilized graphite like carbon nitride". Paper presented in CataLight Young Scientist Symposium, 2020.
  12. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Maria J. Lima; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Design of effective carbon nitride supports for selective photocatalytic synthesis of aromatic aldehydes". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional da SPQ 2019, 2019.
  13. Maria J. Lima; Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia J. Silva. "Boosting carbon nitride photocatalytic efficiency by a simple NaCl templating method". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional da SPQ 2019, 2019.
  14. Joana C. Lopes; Raquel A. Fernandes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Synthesis of aromatic aldehydes using a g-C3N4 photocatalyst". Paper presented in VIth Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica, 2018.
  15. Joana C. Lopes; Raquel A. Fernandes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Photocatalytic synthesis of aromatic aldehydes using g-C3N4 under UV-LED irradiation". Paper presented in Iberian-American School of Catalysis, 2018.
  16. Joana C. Lopes; Raquel A. Fernandes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Photocatalytic synthesis of aromatic aldehydes using g-C3N4 under UV-LED irradiation". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis, CarboCat–VIII, 2018.
  17. Joana M. Almeida; Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Chemical synthesis of p-tolualdehyde using graphitic carbon nitride under energy-efficient light sources". Paper presented in 8th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis (CarboCat–VIII), 2018.
Journal article
  1. Ana L. Machado; Ricardo A. Oliveira; Goran Dražic; Joana C. Lopes; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria; Maria J. Sampaio. "Producing hydrogen from biomass and seawater using immobilized carbon nitride photocatalysts". Chemical Engineering Journal Advances (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2024.100697.
    10.1016/j.ceja.2024.100697
  2. Constantino, Dânia S.M.; Joana C. Lopes; Carneiro, Rafael C.; Lopes,, José C.B.; Dias, Madalena M.; Faria, Joaquim L.; Silva, Cláudia G.. "Metal-free carbon nitride polymeric films for the synthesis of valuable organics using a novel mesostructured photoreactor". Catalysis Today 445 (2025): 115090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.115090.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cattod.2024.115090
  3. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "Front Cover: Exploring the Role of Titanate Perovskites in the Oxidation of Amines via Photocatalysis (Chem. Eur. J. 4/2025)". Chemistry – A European Journal (2025): https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202580401.
    10.1002/chem.202580401
  4. Joana C. Lopes; Manuel Peñas-Garzón; Maria J. Sampaio; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Benzyl Alcohol and Benzylamine for Imine Synthesis Using Immobilized Cs3Bi2Br9 Perovskite". Small (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202409037.
    10.1002/smll.202409037
  5. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "Exploring the Role of Titanate Perovskites in the Oxidation of Amines via Photocatalysis". Chemistry – A European Journal (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402422.
    10.1002/chem.202402422
  6. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "Selective Conversion of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol by Heterogeneous TiO2 Photocatalysis". ChemPhotoChem (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202400062.
    10.1002/cptc.202400062
  7. Joana C. Lopes; Sampaio, Maria J.; Cláudia G. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria. "Selective Conversion of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol by Heterogeneous TiO2 Photocatalysis". ChemPhotoChem (2024): https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cptc.202400062.
    Open access • In press • 10.1002/cptc.202400062
  8. Joana C. Lopes; J. Albero; Maria J. Sampaio; Cláudia G. Silva; H. García; Joaquim L. Faria. "Selective oxidative coupling of amines through light-activated bismuth halide perovskites". ChemCatChem (2024): https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301432.
    10.1002/cctc.202301432
  9. Joana C. Lopes; Josep Albero; Sampaio, Maria J.; Cláudia G. Silva; Hermenegildo García; Joaquim L. Faria. Corresponding author: Joaquim L. Faria. "Selective oxidative coupling of amines through light-activated bismuth halide perovskites". ChemCatChem 16 8 (2024): https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cctc.202301432.
    Published • 10.1002/cctc.202301432
  10. Joana C. Lopes; Tânia Moniz; Sampaio, Maria J.; Silva, Cláudia G.; Rangel, Maria; Faria, Joaquim L.. "Efficient synthesis of imines using carbon nitride as photocatalyst". Catalysis today 418 114045 (2023): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920586123000524.
    Published
  11. Lopes, Joana C.; Sampaio, Maria J.; Faria, Joaquim L.; Silva, Cláudia G.. "Synthesis and performance of a composite photocatalyst based on polyester-supported carbon nitride nanosheets for selective oxidation of anisyl alcohol". Surfaces and Interfaces 30 (2022): 101938. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2022.101938.
    Published • 10.1016/j.surfin.2022.101938
  12. Sampaio, Maria J.; Yu, Zhipeng; Joana C. Lopes; Pedro B. Tavares; Cláudia G. Silva; Liu, Lifeng; Joaquim L. Faria. "Light-driven oxygen evolution from water oxidation with immobilised TiO2 engineered for high performance". Scientific Reports (2021): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-99841-5.
    Published
  13. Maria J. Sampaio; Zhipeng Yu; Joana C. Lopes; Pedro B. Tavares; Cláudia G. Silva; Lifeng Liu; Joaquim L. Faria. "Light-driven oxygen evolution from water oxidation: TiO2 engineering in the performance of the immobilised photocatalysts". Research Square (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/56683775/.
    10.21203/RS.3.RS-799280/V1
  14. Joana C. Lopes; Maria J. Sampaio; Raquel A. Fernandes; Maria J. Lima; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva. "Outstanding response of carbon nitride photocatalysts for selective synthesis of aldehydes under UV-LED irradiation". Catalysis Today (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2019.03.050.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.03.050
  15. Joana C. Lopes; Bernardo Rosa; Lima, Maria J.; Joaquim L. Faria; Cláudia G. Silva; Maria J. Sampaio. "Role of TiO2-based photocatalysts on the synthesis of the pharmaceutical precursor benzhydrol by UVA-LED radiation". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 391 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.112350.
    Published
Journal issue
  1. Cláudia G. Silva; Maria J. Sampaio; Joana C. Lopes. "Design and Application of Photoredox Catalysts". Catalyst (2025): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/catalysts/special_issues/1072K8O9O9.
    Invited editor
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lopes, Joana. "Produção de compostos aromatizantes através de tecnologias verdes". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2018.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/07/21 Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis: A Green Pathway for Organic Synthesis Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química 2025
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química (Coimbra, Portugal)
2025/06/02 Efficient Photocatalytic HMF Oxidation using Ce-Doped CaTiO3 International Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry - 7th EuChemS GSC Conference
Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)
2025/06 BI-HALIDE PEROVSKITES FOR EFFICIENT VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC HMF OXIDATION Applications of Chemistry in Nanosciences and Biomaterials Engineering
Nacional center of micro and nano materials (Bucharest, Romania)
2024/09/10 Immobilised Bi-Halide Perovskite for Oxidative Photocatalytic Coupling of Benzyl Alcohol and Benzylamine VIII Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/01/22 Efficient visible-light-driven imines synthesis using carbon nitride photocatalyst 5th National Organic Chemistry Meeting (15ENQO), and the 8th National Medicinal Chemistry Meeting (8ENQT)
Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) and the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2023/11/22 Tailoring Perovskite Synthesis Parameters for Selective Photocatalytic Imines Synthesis XXVII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química
Departamento de Engenharia Química da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06 Carbon nitride photocatalysts for visible light selective oxidative coupling of amines 9th International Symposium on Carbon for Catalysis, CarboCat–IX
(zaragoza, Spain)
2021/11/16 Photocatalytic oxidative coupling of amines to imines over carbon nitride materials 6th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02 - 2025/07 Perovskite-based materials for light-assisted organic synthesis
Co-supervisor
 Master in chemical engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/07 Photocatalytic Ammonia Decomposition for Hydrogen Production
Co-supervisor
 Master in Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/08/01 - 2023/09/01 Synthesis of flavouring compounds using photocatalytic films immobilized on a micro-meso structured photoreactor
Co-supervisor
 Chemical Engineering Project (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/08/01 - 2023/09/01 Novos métodos fotocatalíticos para síntese de iminas na presença de g-C3N4
Co-supervisor
 Chemical Engineering Project (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/10 - 2022/02 Sustainable Production of Hydrogen Peroxide through Photoinduced Systems
Co-supervisor
 Chemical Engineering Project (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/06/15 - 2033/06/16 5th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (2023/06/15 - 2023/06/16)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/11/22 - 2023/11/24 XXVII Encontro Luso-Galego de Química (2023/11/22 - 2023/11/24)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Departamento de Engenharia Química, Portugal
2023/11/07 - 2023/11/07 II Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotocatálise / II Congreso Ibérico de Fotocatálisis (2023/11/07 - 2023/11/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2021/10/18 - 2021/10/21 Iberian Symposium of Young Photochemists (2021/10/19 - 2021/10/21)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/01/01 - Current YEuCat Core team

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023/08/27 - 2023/09/01 Europacat
Evaluator
Distinctions

Award

2025 Best Paper Awards
International Conference "Applications of Chemistry in Nanosciences and Biomaterials Engineering", Romania