Jacinto Sá

Professor at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Physical Chemistry

Telephone:: +46 18 471 68 06
E-mail:: jacinto.sa@kemi.uu.se
Visiting address:: Ångströmlaboratoriet
Lägerhyddsvägen 1
751 20 UPPSALA
Postal address:: Box 523
751 20 UPPSALA

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ORCID:: 0000-0003-2124-9510

Short presentation

Plasmonics

Our research is focused on the development and understanding of plasmon-based photosystems capable of producing fuel and high-value chemicals with light (artificial photosynthesis and photo-redox catalysis), solar electricity and other cool stuff.

Spin-out for transparent plasmonic solar cells

Jacinto Sá is the founder of Peafowl Plasmonics AB, a spin-out company that is developing a highly transparent, direct plasmonic solar cell to power smart things like IoT sensors

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Biography

Full professor of Physical-Chemistry at Uppsala University and associate professor at Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. Also, Chief Inventor & co-founder of Peafowl Plasmonic.

Graduated from the Universidade of Aveiro, Portugal in 2003 with master thesis at TU Vienna, Austria. PhD from the University of Aberdeen, the UK. Postdoc and senior research at Queen's University Belfast (UK), ETH Zurich, Paul Scherrer Institute and EPFL (Switzerland) and TU Munich (Germany).

Research

My research group focuses on light-matter fundamental interactions, specifically how light is converted into electrical charges on plasmonics. We use advanced laser-based spectroscopies to resolve the processes in real-time. The acquired understanding guides the development of photosystems for producing chemicals and fuels and ultrathin photovoltaics that are fully transparent and colourless "invisible solar cells". The latter action led to Peafowl Plasmonics, which uses these solar cells as energy harvesters to power intelligent devices, such as IoT sensors, e-paper displays, dynamic glass, and eventually wearables.

Publications

Recent publications

All publications

Articles in journal

Articles, review/survey

On-the-fly Catalyst Modification: Strategy to Improve Catalytic Processes Selectivity and Understanding

Sá, Jacinto; Medlin, J. Will

Part of ChemCatChem, p. 3355-3365, 2019
- DOI for On-the-fly Catalyst Modification: Strategy to Improve Catalytic Processes Selectivity and Understanding
High energy resolution off-resonant spectroscopy: A review

Błachucki, Wojciech; Hoszowska, Joanna; Dousse, Jean-Claude; Kayser, Yves et al.

Part of Spectrochimica Acta Part B - Atomic Spectroscopy, p. 23-33, 2017
- DOI for High energy resolution off-resonant spectroscopy: A review

Chapters in book

Introduction to Heterogeneous Hydrogenation and Its Application in the Fine Chemicals Industry

Sa, Jacinto

Part of Hydrogenation With Low-Cost Transition Metals, p. 1-35, CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP, 2016
Hydrogenation With Low-Cost Transition Metals: Preface

Sa, Jacinto; Srebowata, Anna

Part of Hydrogenation With Low-Cost Transition Metals, CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP, 2016
Hydrogenation by Nickel Catalysts

Srebowata, Anna; Sa, Jacinto

Part of Hydrogenation With Low-Cost Transition Metals, p. 37-78, CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP, 2016
Hydrogenation by Silver Catalysts

Paun, Cristina; Sa, Jacinto

Part of Hydrogenation With Low-Cost Transition Metals, p. 155-195, CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP, 2016
Hydrogenation by Iron Catalysts

Lojewska, Tomila; Sa, Jacinto

Part of Hydrogenation With Low-Cost Transition Metals, p. 119-154, CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP, 2016
Hydrogenation by Copper Catalysts

Gizinski, Damian; Sa, Jacinto

Part of Hydrogenation With Low-Cost Transition Metals, p. 79-117, CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP, 2016

Conference papers

Insights into reactive nanoparticles

Meier de Andrade, Ageo; Kullgren, Jolla; Sá, Jacinto; Broqvist, Peter

2019
Insights into reactive nanoparticles

Meier de Andrade, Ageo; Kullgren, Jolla; Broqvist, Peter; Sá, Jacinto

2018

Manuscripts (preprints)

Photoelectrocatalytic Conversion of Nitrates to Ammonia: TiO₂ active phase study

Silveira, Vitor; Fernandes, Daniel Filipe Félix; Bericat Vadell, Robert; Kubart, Tomas et al.