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Meet Jesús Capistrán (capistran@gmail.com), a committed researcher on the development of thin-film solar cells. He holds a Ph.D. in Energy Engineering from the distinguished Institute for Renewable Energy-UNAM. On Twitter, you can find him under the username @capis. He shares updates on the progress of thin-film solar cell development, along with news on postdoc job openings and international conferences. When he’s not working, Jesús enjoys reading, cycling, and programming in Python.

Selected Experience

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sciences BUAP (ICUAP), 2021 – 2022.

  • Project: Desarrollo de celdas solares de heterounión tipo sustrato utilizando calcogenuros de antimonio-plata mediante baño químico.
  • Advisor: Dr. Roman Romano

Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Physics BUAP (IFUAP), 2019 – 2020.

  • Project: Desarrollo de calcogenuros de metales de película delgada y estudio de propiedades físicas de heterouniones mediante software SCAPS-1D para el diseño de celdas solares.
  • Advisor: Dra. Mou Pal

Researcher at Mexican Center for Solar Innovation (CEMIE-SOL P.35) 2017 – 2019.

  • Project: Development of thin-film solar cells with novel materials
  • Leader: Dr. Karunakaran Nair (P.K Nair)

Selected Publications

  • J. Capistrán-Martínez, D. Loeza-Díaz, D. Mora-Herrera, F. Pérez-Rodríguez, Mou 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, Vol. 867, 159156 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.159156
  • 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.

Education & professional training 

  • Ph.D. in Energy Engineering, Institute for Renewable Energy-UNAM, 2017. Dissertation: “Thin-film solar cells of Ag-Sb-S” (Spanish) (Download PDF)

  • Master in Energy Engineering, Energy Research Center – UNAM, 2013. Dissertation: “Antimony Sulfide Thin Film Solar Cells” (Spanish)

  • B. Eng. Electromechanical, Zacatepec Institute of Technology, 2009. Technical Report: “Development, instrumentation, and evaluation of integral photothermal solar collector module and solar radiation controller” (Spanish)

Awards

  • 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