Sebastián Murcia

Researcher

He finished his PhD in 2013 by the University of Seville in heterogeneous photocatalysis, after which he joined IREC as a researcher. In this period, he has been dedicated to photocatalytic approaches for selective oxidation of methane to methanol and photo-reforming, and to (photo)electrochemical H2 generation, and more recently to alternative routes for synthetic fuels generation from CO2 and N2 electro-reduction. In line with this, he also has experience in thin film deposition technologies and electrochemistry, including several topics related to energy storage, such as redox flow batteries. Likewise, he has co-authored more than 30 publications (h-index 17), and currently co-supervises three doctoral theses. Between 2016-2018, he earned a Juan de la Cierva – Formación grant, and between 2018-2020, he held a TECNIOspring PLUS fellowship (Generalitat de Catalunya-H2020 MSCA), under which he carried out one-year postdoctoral research stay at Politecnico di Torino for developing a joint project (AnoDHygen) in water splitting.