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Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- angel.cuestaciscar@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Biography
I obtained my PhD in Chemistry in 1996 and moved then on for three years (two of them with the support of a Marie Curie Training and Mobility of Researchers Fellowship) as a postdoctoral fellow in the group of the late Prof. D.M. Kolb at the University of Ulm (Germany).
In July 2001 I was selected as Provisional Staff Scientist at the Institute of Physical Chemistry “Rocasolano” (CSIC) in Madrid, where I promoted to Staff Scientist in December 2002 and then to the Senior Scientist scale of CSIC in March 2010.
I was appointed as Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen (UK) in July 2013, where I promoted to Reader in August 2016 and to Personal Chair in August 2018. I served as the Director of Research of the School of Natural and Computing Sciences from 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2021 and as the Interim Head of the School between 1 October 2021 and 31 August 2022.
I was awarded the CIDETEC prize for scientific research [1] 2006, and a Visiting Professorship at the Catalysis Research Centre of Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan) in 2007.
Between January 2017 and December 2018 I served as Chair-Elect of Division 7 (Physical Electrochemistry) of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), as Chair of the Division between January 2019 and December 2020 and I am currently the Immediate Past-chair until December 2022.
I was member of the Editorial Board of Electrocatalysis (Springer) between 2010 and 2014. I belong to the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Elsevier) since January 2016 and of Electrochemical Science Advances (Wiley) since 2020. I am a member of the Editorial Board of Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (Elsevier) between 1 December 2022 and 30 November 2023.
[1] The CIDETEC prize for scientific research is awarded yearly by the Electrochemistry Group of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ), and is funded with €6,000 by CIDETEC.
External Memberships
Immediate past-Chair Division 7 ISE, 2021 - 2022
Chair Division 7, ISE, 2019 - 2020
Chair-Elect Division 7, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), 2017 - 2018
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Elsevier)
Member of the Editorial Board of Electrochemical Science Advances
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the Real Sociedad Española de Química
Latest Publications
Inhibition of Photocatalyst-assisted Electron Transference at ITIES under Simulated Solar Irradiation - the Role of Supporting Electrolyte
ChemElectroChemContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400333
The dermacozines and light: a novel phenazine semiquinone radical based photocatalytic system from the deepest oceanic trench of the Earth
Organic and Biomolecular ChemistryContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ob00816b
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Putting stored hydrogen to work without consuming it: a flexible system for energy conversion and water desalination
Journal of Power Sources, vol. 613, 234906Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding Electrochemical Interfaces through Comparing Experimental and Computational Charge Density-Potential Curves
Chemical Science, vol. 15, no. 18, pp. 6643-6660Contributions to Journals: ArticlesElectrochemistry in non-conventional electrolytes
Electrochemical Science Advances, vol. 3, no. 4, e2300020Contributions to Journals: Editorials
Prizes and Awards
CIDETEC Prize for Scientific Research 2006
Visiting Professor at the Catalysis Research Centre of Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan), 2007
Special Visiting Professor at UFSCAR (São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil), 2013 - 2016
- Research
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Research Overview
The work in my group is focused on the combination of classical electrochemical techniques with in situ optical spectroscopies and scanning probe microscopies, in order to obtain an as detailed as possible description of the electrode surface and the electrochemical double layer at the atomic and molecular level. I am mainly interested in problems dealing with Electrocatalysis (reaction mechanisms, reaction and surface dynamics, atomic ensemble effects) and surface nanostructuring.Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Chemistry.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Chemical Physics
- Physical Chemistry
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Funding and Grants
EP/X000931/1, Electrocatalysis in non-thermal plasmas for energy storage
PI: Angel Cuesta
Co-I: Panagiotis Kechagiopoulos
Funding Agency: EPSRC
RPG-2021-342, Time-resolved dynamics of the electrode-electrolyte interface
PI: Angel Cuesta
Funding Agency: The Leverhulme Trust
RPG-015-040, Electroreduction of carbon dioxide in room temperature ionic liquids
PI: Angel Cuesta
Co-PI: Jun Cheng
Funding Agency: The Leverhulme Trust
RF-2018-79, Sustainable materials for energy conversion and storage
PI: Angel Cuesta
Co-PI: Claudia Fernandez-Martin
Funding Agency: BEIS - UUKi
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
- Undergraduate, 5 year, September start
Courses
Teaching Responsibilities
I teach both at undergraduate and postgraduate level in courses covering different aspects of Physical Chemistry, Electrochemistry and topics related to energy conversion and storage. I coordinate the third year Physical Chemistry Teaching Lab within CM3536.
- Publications
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The adsorption of sulphate and phosphate on Au(111) and Au(100) electrodes: an in situ STM study
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 2, pp. 5684-5690Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe structure of chloride and bromide adlayers on Au(100) electrodes: an in-situ STM study
Surface Science , vol. 465, pp. 310-316Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA method to prepare single crystal electrodes of reactive metals: application to Pd(hkl)
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 466, pp. 165-168Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCO-Oxidation an dünnen Pd-Filmen auf Au(111)-Oberflächen
Elektrochemische Reaktionstechnik und Synthese: von den Grundlagen bis zur industriellen Anwendung, pp. 48-59Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersIn-situ observation of an ordered sulfate adlayer on Au(100) electrodes
Surface Science , vol. 430, pp. L521-L526Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOrigin of the infrared reflectance increase produced by the adsorption of CO on particulate metals deposited on moderately reflecting substrates
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 465, pp. 234-238Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacterization by electrolyte electroreflectance spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of amorphous Ni59Nb40Pt1-xSnx alloys and their activation by HF solutions
Surface Science , vol. 410, pp. 312-320Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of the Adsorption of Carbon Monoxide on a Cobalt Electrode at pH 3-14
Langmuir, vol. 14, pp. 3390-3396Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of the Adsorption of Carbon Monoxide on a Nickel Electrode at pH 3-14
Langmuir, vol. 14, pp. 3397-3404Contributions to Journals: ArticlesElectroadsorption and Electrooxidation of CO on Anodic Ni Oxide in Acidic CO-Free Solution
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 101, pp. 9287-9291Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSynthesis and Reactivity of Mononuclear (Pentachlorophenyl)rhodium(II) Complexes. Structural Relevance of Rhodium-o-chlorine secondary bonding
Organometallics, vol. 16, pp. 1026-1036Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of the Electroadsorption of CO on the Ferrous Metals. I. Iron
Journal of Physical Chemistry, vol. 100, pp. 12600-12608Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConfirmation by differential reflectance spectroscopy of the transition at 270 nm of CO on Pt in acid medium
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 383, pp. 195-197Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOn the electroadsorption of CO on Pt in methanol and acetonitrile, and the influence of residual oxygen
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 395, pp. 331-334Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy by potencial-modulated reflectance spectroscopy of the electroadsorption of CO on Ni in alkaline medium
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol. 382, pp. 153-159Contributions to Journals: Articles