Smart Chiral Frameworks for Cost-Efficient Hydrogen (Chiral-H)

Proyectos Estratégicos Orientados a la Transición Ecológica y a la Transición Digital 2021.
Ministerio de Ciencia e Inovación, 2022 –2024, 195.000 €.

Team
José Lorenzo Alonso Gómez
Ángeles Peña Gallego
Stefano Chiussi
Julia Portela Pino
Ivan Gómez Oya

Chiral-H aims at providing chiral systems as suitable spin filtering systems through chiral-induced spin selectivity. As a proof-of-principle, the project will implement the developed systems into electrodes used for water electrolysis to boost the power efficiency of H2 production.

Publications

Boost of OER by Smart Chiral Frameworks
J. Portela-Pino, S. Chiussi, Á. Peña-Gallego, J. L. Alonso-Gómez, manuscript in preparation

Accurate Prediction and Understanding of ECD Spectra Through Jahn-Teller or Exciton-Exciton Effects in Symmetric Cyclic Systems
D. Aranda, J. L. Alonso-Gómez, F. Santoro, manuscript in preparation

Boost of Chiroptical Responses through the Enhancement of Electron Transition Dipole Moment: A Case Study of Peripheral Functionalization of Spirobifluorenes
I. Gómez-Oya, J. Portela-Pino, L.M. Salonen, Á. Peña-Gallego, J. L. Alonso-Gómez, under review

Design & Synthesis of Robust Chiroptical Systems
J. Portela-Pino, M. Talavera, S. Chiussi, S. Bolaño, Á. Peña-Gallego, J. L. Alonso-Gómez, Chirality, 2023, doi.org/10.1002/chir.23624. (open access)

Pulsed 193 nm Excimer laser processing of 4H-SiC (0001) wafers with radiant exposure dependent in situ reflectivity studies for process optimization
A. P. Menduiña, A. F. Doval, R. Delmdahl, E. Martin, K. Kant, J. L. Alonso-Gómez, S. Chiussi, Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process., 2023, 168, 107839  (open access)
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Chiral porous organic frameworks: Synthesis, chiroptical properties and asymmetric organocatalytic applications
M. Sánchez-Fuente, J. L. Alonso-Gómez, L. M. Salonen , R Mas-Balleste, A. Moya, Catalysts, 2023, 13 (7), 1042  (open access)


Patents
P202530073 filing of the patent application in 30th January 2025
ADITIVO QUIRAL PARA SU USO EN REACCIONES ELECTROQUÍMICAS PARA LA PRODUCCIÓN Y REDUCCIÓN DE OXIGENO
UVigo-Spain (80%) / INL-Portugal (10%) / UNIMORE-Italy (10%)

Conferences
Impact of the peripheral functionalization on electronic properties of Spirobifluorenes
J. Portela-Pino (oral communication)
Electronic Structure Principles and Applications and biannual Meeting of the RSEQ Group in Chemistry
and Computation (ESPA 2024)" organized by the Rovira i Virgili University and the RSEQ, from 3rd to 7th June, 2024 in Tarragona, Spain

Robust Chiroptical Systems for Spin Polarization Applications​
J.L. Alonso-Gómez (invited talk)
15 February 2024, Jyvaskyla University, Finland

Ad Hoc Chiroptical Systems through Synthesis
J.L. Alonso-Gómez (invited Talk)
5–8 December 2022, 775. WE-Heraeus-Seminar: Towards Comprehension of Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity, Bad Honnef, Germany

Ad Hoc Chiroptical Systems through Synthesis
J.L. Alonso-Gómez (invited Talk)
24–27 July 2022, 18th International Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy, New York, USA

Meetings along the project
Follow up meetings weekly
Intermediate Chiral-H Meeting,1st of December 2023 Chemistry Faculty, University of Vigo
​Regular meetings with different collaborators (average once a month)
Results Chiral-H Meeting,30th of January 2025 Chemistry Faculty, University of Vigo
​Regular meetings with different collaborators (average once a month)

Thesis
Ongoing PhD  Iván Gómez Oya expected finalization spring 2029
Ongoing PhD  Jose Manuel Vérez Lareo expected finalization spring 2028
Ongoing PhD  J. Portela-Pino expected finalization spring 2026
Master Iván Gómez Oya presented in IX/2024
Batcheler Thesis  Iván Gómez Oya presented in VI/2023
Master Jose Manuel Vérez Lareo presented in VII/2023