About me

Jesús Capistrán-Martínez, Ph.D.

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I am researcher in renewable energy materials with a PhD in Energy Engineering and extensive expertise in thin-film solar cells, semiconductor synthesis, and materials characterization. I am passionate about leveraging open-source software and hardware tools to fabricate emerging photovoltaic materials and solar cells.

I aspire to immerse myself in a data-driving culture that harnesses real-time data analysis to revolutionize the way we do science. Since earning my PhD, I have been expanding my skill set in Python, 3D Printing, machine learning and large language models (LLMs) to transform my research approach.

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2021 – Present)
Centro de Investigaciones en Dispositivos Semiconductores, BUAP

  • Developed flexible thin-film solar cell prototypes using antimony-platinum semiconductors.
  • Designed and implemented chemical bath deposition methods for material synthesis.
  • Mentored graduate students and published research in peer-reviewed journals.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2019 – 2020)
Instituto de Física “Luis Rivera Terrazas,” BUAP

  • Advanced materials synthesis and heterojunction studies for solar cell applications.
  • Conducted computational modeling for device optimization.

Research Associate (2017 – 2019)
Centro Mexicano de Innovación en Energía Solar (CEMIE-Sol)

  • Managed research projects integrating novel semiconductors for photovoltaic applications.
  • Founded and collaborated with industry to develop educational STEM kits.

Education

PhD in Energy Engineering (2017)

  • Instituto de Energías Renovables, UNAM.
  • Dissertation: Thin-Film Solar Cells of Ag-Sb-S

MSc in Energy Engineering (2013)

  • Centro de Investigación en Energía, UNAM.
  • Dissertation: Antimony Sulfide Thin-Film Solar Cells via Chemical Deposition

BSc in Electromechanical Engineering (2009)

  • Instituto Tecnológico de Zacatepec, ITZ.
  • Project: Development, Instrumentation, and Evaluation of an Integrated Solar Thermal Collector Module and Solar Radiation Controller

Key Publications

  1. J. Capistrán-Martínez, R. Romano-Trujillo, J.M. Gracia-Jiménez, A. Coyopol, N.R. Silva-González, G. García, R. Galeazzi, F.G. Nieto-Caballero, E. Rosendo, C. Morales, Heterojunctions of Silver Antimony Sulfide Selenide Fabricated on Stainless Steel Substrates using CBD and Selenization in Ambient Air, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2024) 178345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.178345.
  • J. Capistrán-Martínez, R. Romano-Trujillo, J.M. Gracia-Jiménez, A. Coyopol, N.R. Silva-González, G. García, R. Galeazzi, F.G. Nieto-Caballero, E. Rosendo, C. Morales, Silver antimony sulfide thin films and its selenization on stainless steel substrates by chemical bath deposition, Phys. Scr. 99 (2024) 125963. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad911b.
  • J. Capistrán-Martínez, M.T.S. Nair, P.K. Nair, Silver Antimony Sulfide Selenide Thin‐Film Solar Cells via Chemical Deposition, Phys. Status Solidi A 218 (2021) 2100058. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202100058.
  • J. Capistrán-Martínez, D. Loeza-Díaz, D. Mora-Herrera, F. Pérez-Rodríguez, M. Pal, Theoretical evaluation of emerging Cd-free Cu3BiS3 based solar cells using experimental data of chemically deposited Cu3BiS3 thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 867 (2021) 159156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.159156.
  • J. Capistrán-Martínez, P.K. Nair, Photoconductive thin films of AgSbS2 with cubic crystalline structure in solar cells, Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 212 (2015) 2869–2876. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201532496.

Awards & Honors

  • 2014: Award for the outstanding contribution to Symposium E “Earth-Abundant Inorganic Solar  Energy Conversion,” San Francisco, MRS-2014 Spring Meeting and Exhibit
  • 2012: Best oral session in the 11º CIE-UNAM Student Congress. Temixco Morelos, México