Dr-Ing. Pablo Jiménez-Calvo

Dr. Pablo Jiménez-Calvo (MRSC) is an independent Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral Fellow. With a background in Materials Chemistry and Physics (Dr. Valérie Keller, University of Strasbourg, 2019). He spanned two post-doctoral fellowships in prestigious institutions, including the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Prof. Markus Antonietti, Potsdam 2022) and the Solid-State Physics Laboratory from the University of Paris Saclay (Dr. Erwan Paineau, Orsay, 2020). His expertise lies in developing energy materials for solar energy utilization. Specifically, he focuses on photoelectrocatalysis and artificial photosynthesis, with a special emphasis on carbon nitride-based materials, metal nanoparticles, heterojunctions, and interfaces. Pablo is leading the “Carbon-Inorganic Interface Materials for Sustainable Photoelectrocatalytic Solar Fuels and Rich Chemicals” project since January 2023, supported by the European Commission (EU) and Research Executive Agency (REA).

Useful links of previous contributions:

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=BzKXHp8AAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/scaling-up-renewable-green-energy-using-photocatalysis/

https://www.fau.eu/2023/04/20/news/research/green-hydrogen-from-nature-photocatalysis-imitates-plants/

Awards:

2024 - EU MSCA REA certificate — 2024 – EU MSCA REA certificate

2024 - Rising start winner at Materials Today Catalysis — 2024 – Rising start winner at Materials Today Catalysis

Publications:

Diab GAA., Fonseca Reis I., Wang C., Barreto D., Savateev O., Teixeira IF., Jiménez Calvo P.:
Ionic Metal Poly(heptazine Imides) and Single-Atoms Interplay: Engineered Stability and Performance for Photocatalysis, PhotoElectroCatalysis and Organic Synthesis
(2025)
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-02r3v
Quintana MA., Rodriguez-Padron, D., Jiménez Calvo P., Carlero de Hoces M., Solis RR., Muñoz-Batista MJ.:
Selective production of aldehydes: From traditional alternatives to alcohols photo-oxidation using g-C3N4-based materials
In: Materials Advances (2025)
ISSN: 2633-5409
DOI: 10.1039/D5MA00229J
Silva IF., Pulignani C., Odutola J., Galushchinskiy A., Texeira IF., Isaacs M., Mesa CA., Scoppola E., These A., Badamdorj B., Ángel Muñoz-Márquez M., Zizak I., Palgrave R., Tarakina NV., Gimenez S., Brabec C., Bachmann J., Cortes E., Tkachenko N., Savateev O., Jiménez Calvo P.:
Enhancing deep visible-light photoelectrocatalysis with a single solid-state synthesis: Carbon nitride/TiO2 heterointerface
In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 678 (2025), p. 518-533
ISSN: 0021-9797
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.09.028

Jiménez Calvo P.:
Synergy of visible-light responsive photocatalytic materials and device engineering for energy and environment: Minireview on hydrogen production and water decontamination
In: Materials Today Catalysis 4 (2024), p. 100040
ISSN: 2949-754X
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcata.2024.100040
Jiménez Calvo P., Savateev O., Villa K., Muñoz-Batista MJ., Domen K.:
Toward Renewable Solar Energy Systems: Advances in Photocatalytic Green Hydrogen Production
In: Global Challenges (2024)
ISSN: 2056-6646
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202400122

Diab GAA., Da Silva MAR., Rocha GFSR., Noleto LFG., Rogolino A., de Mesquita JP., Jiménez Calvo P., Teixeira IF.:
A Solar to Chemical Strategy: Green Hydrogen as a Means, Not an End
In: Global Challenges (2023)
ISSN: 2056-6646
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202300185
Garcia-Navarro J., Isaacs MA., Favaro M., Ren D., Ong W., Graetzel M., Jimenéz-Calvo P.:
Updates on Hydrogen Value Chain: A Strategic Roadmap
In: Global Challenges (2023)
ISSN: 2056-6646
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202300073
Garcia-Navarro J., Isaacs MA., Favaro M., Ren D., Ong WJ., Grätzel M., Jimenéz-Calvo P.:
Updates on Hydrogen Value Chain: A Strategic Roadmap
In: Global Challenges (2023)
ISSN: 2056-6646
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202300073
Isaacs MA., Garcia-Navarro J., Ong WJ., Jimenéz-Calvo P.:
Is Photocatalysis the Next Technology to Produce Green Hydrogen to Enable the Net Zero Emissions Goal?
In: Global Challenges 7 (2023), Article No.: 2200165
ISSN: 2056-6646
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202200165
Jerigova M., Markushyna Y., Teixeira IF., Badamdorj B., Isaacs M., Cruz D., Lauermann I., Muñoz-Márquez MÁ., Tarakina NV., López-Salas N., Savateev O., Jiménez Calvo P.:
Green Light Photoelectrocatalysis with Sulfur-Doped Carbon Nitride: Using Triazole-Purpald for Enhanced Benzylamine Oxidation and Oxygen Evolution Reactions
In: Advanced Science (2023)
ISSN: 2198-3844
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300099
Jimenez-Calvo P., Munoz-Batista MJ., Isaacs M., Ramnarain V., Ihiawakrim D., Li X., Munoz-Marquez MA., Teobaldi G., Kociak M., Paineau E.:
A compact photoreactor for automated H2 photoproduction: Revisiting the (Pd, Pt, Au)/TiO2 (P25) Schottky junctions
In: Chemical Engineering Journal 459 (2023), Article No.: 141514
ISSN: 1385-8947
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.141514
Jimenez-Calvo P., Naciri Y., Sobolewska A., Isaacs M., Zhang Y., Leforestier A., Degrouard J., Rouzière S., Goldmann C., Vantelon D., Hettler S., Zaluzec NJ., Arenal R., Launois P., Ghazzal MN., Paineau E.:
Ti-Modified Imogolite Nanotubes as Promising Photocatalyst 1D Nanostructures for H2 Production
In: Small Methods (2023)
ISSN: 2366-9608
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301369
Jimenéz-Calvo P., Sobolewska A., Isaacs M., Zhang Y., Leforestier A., Degrouard J., Rouzière S., Goldmann C., Vantelon D., Launois P., Ghazzal MN., Paineau E.:
Ti-modified imogolite nanotubes: highly photoactive nanoreactors for H2 production
(2023)
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-qcxsh
(Working Paper)
Paineau E., Teobaldi G., Jiménez Calvo P.:
Imogolite Nanotubes and Their Permanently Polarized Bifunctional Surfaces for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production
In: Global Challenges (2023)
ISSN: 2056-6646
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202300255
Teixeira IF., Jimenéz-Calvo P.:
Carbon nitrides and titanium dioxide-based photocatalysis outlook and challenges: an overview of hydrogen production, transport, storage, safety, and principles
In: Mejdi Jeguirim, Patrick Dutournié (ed.): Renewable Energy Production and Distribution: Solutions and Opportunities, Elsevier, 2023 (Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies, Vol.2)
ISBN: 9780443184390
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-18439-0.00004-5
Wang H., Jimenéz-Calvo P., Hepp M., Isaacs MA., Ogolla CO., Below-Lutz I., Butz B., Strauss V.:
Laser-Patterned Porous Carbon/ZnO Nanostructure Composites for Selective Room-Temperature Sensing of Volatile Organic Compounds
In: ACS Applied Nano Materials 6 (2023), p. 966-975
ISSN: 2574-0970
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c04348

Hepp M., Derr K., Butz B., Wang H., Jimenéz-Calvo P., Strauss V.:
Flexible Laser-Patterned Carbon Coatings for Sensing and Energy Applications
In: ECS Meeting Abstracts 2022
DOI: 10.1149/MA2022-01471975mtgabs
Hoffmann A., Jimenéz-Calvo P., Bansmann J., Strauss V., Kuehne AJ.:
On-Chip Direct Laser Writing of PAN-Based Carbon Supercapacitor Electrodes
In: Macromolecular Rapid Communications 43 (2022), Article No.: 2100731
ISSN: 1022-1336
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100731

El Marouazi H., Jiménez-Calvo P., Breniaux E., Colbeau-Justin C., Janowska I., Keller V.:
Few Layer Graphene/TiO2Composites for Enhanced Solar-Driven H2Production from Methanol
In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9 (2021), p. 3633-3646
ISSN: 2168-0485
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c06808
Jimenez-Calvo P., Caps V., Keller V.:
Plasmonic Au-based junctions onto TiO2, gC3N4, and TiO2-gC3N4 systems for photocatalytic hydrogen production: Fundamentals and challenges
In: Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 149 (2021), Article No.: 111095
ISSN: 1364-0321
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111095
Jiménez-Calvo P., Michel L., Keller V., Caps V.:
Titania-Carbon Nitride Interfaces in Gold-Catalyzed CO Oxidation
In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 (2021), p. 61015-61026
ISSN: 1944-8244
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c16159

Jiménez-Calvo P., Caps V., Ghazzal MN., Colbeau-Justin C., Keller V.:
Au/TiO2(P25)-gC3N4 composites with low gC3N4 content enhance TiO2 sensitization for remarkable H2 production from water under visible-light irradiation
In: Nano Energy 75 (2020), p. 104888
ISSN: 2211-2855
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104888
Jiménez-Calvo P., Caps V., Ghazzal MN., Colbeau-Justin C., Keller V.:
Au/TiO2(P25)-gC3N4 composites with low gC3N4 content enhance TiO2 sensitization for remarkable H2 production from water under visible-light irradiation
In: Nano Energy 75 (2020), Article No.: 104888
ISSN: 2211-2855
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104888
Li J., Jimenez-Calvo P., Paineau E., Ghazzal MN.:
Metal chalcogenides based heterojunctions and novel nanostructures for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
In: Catalysts 10 (2020), Article No.: 89
ISSN: 2073-4344
DOI: 10.3390/catal10010089

Jiménez-Calvo P., Marchal C., Cottineau T., Caps V., Keller V.:
Influence of the gas atmosphere during the synthesis of g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production from water on Au/g-C3N4 composites
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (2019), p. 14849-14863
ISSN: 2050-7488
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA01734H
Jiménez-Calvo P., Marchal C., Cottineau T., Caps V., Keller V.:
Influence of the gas atmosphere during the synthesis of g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production from water on Au/g-C3N4 composites
In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (2019), p. 14849-14863
ISSN: 2050-7488
DOI: 10.1039/c9ta01734h

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