Verónica received her PhD in May 2012 from the Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. Her dissertation, entitled "Electrocatalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells", was devoted to the development of novel nanostructured carbon materials with tuneable physical and chemical properties as electrocatalyst supports for fuel cell applications, and the design of mono- and multimetallic supported electrocatalysts. In 2013, she was awarded a Newton Fellowship to work with Prof. Fermín at Bristol University within the project "High Performing Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts based on Nanostructured Perovskites". This prestigious fellowship allowed her to initiate an entirely new research programme on complex transition metal oxides for electrochemical energy conversion, targeting to design new nanoscale materials and interfaces for the photoelectrochemical generation of oxygen and hydrogen. She was appointed as a Senior Research Associate in September 2015 to work within the framework of the UK Catalysis Hub, in the project entitled “In-situ Probing Structure and Electronic Properties of Transition Metal Oxide Electrocatalysts”. In collaboration with Prof Andrea Russell (Southampton University), Dr Denis Kramer (Southampton University) and Dr Ainara Aguadera (Imperial College London); the project aims at unravelling the mechanism of Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions (ORR/OER) employing in-situ X-ray techniques.

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Publications

Conferences

• 2nd-6th May 2016, E-MRS Spring Meeting 2016, Lille (France)
  Oxygen Reduction at Nanoscale Transition Metal Oxides
  V. Celorrio, E. Dann, L. Calvillo, G. Granozzi, A. Aguadero, D. Kramer, A. Russell, D.J. Fermín
  Oral presentation
• 5th-6th April 2016, STFC Early Career Researchers Conference 2016
  Oxygen Reduction at LaxCa1-xMnO3 Nanoestructures: Interplay between A-site Segregation and B-site Valence
  V. Celorrio, A. Aguadero, D. Kramer, A. Russell, D.J. Fermín
  Oral Presentation
• 13th-15th September 2015, Electrochem 2015, Durham (United Kingdom)
  • Composition dependence of bifunctional oxygen activity on Ba_0.5Sr_0.5Co_xFe_1-xO₃-δ
    V. Celorrio, D. Tiwari, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermín
    Oral presentation
  • Structure-Dependent Electroreduction of CO2 at Au-Pd Core-Shell Nanostructures
    J.J.L. Humphrey, D. Plana, V. Celorrio, S. Sadavisan, R.A. Tooze, P. Rodriguez, D.J. Fermin
    Oral presentation
• 5th March 2015, elSol 2015, Sao Carlos (Brazil)
  Oxygen Reduction Kinetics at Lanthanum based Perovskites
  V. Celorrio
  Oral presentation.
• 30th November-5th December 2014, MRS 2014 Fall Meeting, Boston (United States)
  • Oxygen Reduction Kinetics at Lathanum based Perovskites
    V. Celorrio, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermin
    Oral presentation
  • Solution Processable Mixed Oxides Photocathodes for Solar Energy Conversion
    V. Celorrio, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermin
    Poster presentation
• 7th-9th September 2014, Electrochem 2014, Loughborough (United Kingdom)
  • Mixed Oxides Photocathodes for Water Splitting
    V. Celorrio, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermin
    Oral presentation
  • CO₂ Electroreduction at Au-Pd Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Effect of Shell Thickness on Reactivity
    J.J.L. Humphrey, D. Plana, V. Celorrio, D.J. Fermin
    Oral Presentation
• 5th August 2014, Mini-symposium on Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion, University of Bristol
  Perovskite oxides for energy applications
  V. Celorrio
  Invited Oral presentation
• 14th-16th July 2014, XXXV Meeting of Electrochemistry of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry. Burgos (Spain)
  • Pt:Sn Catalysts for Ethanol Oxidation Reaction Supported on Different Carbon Materials
    R. Rizo, J.L. Rodriguez, V. Celorrio, M.J. Lazaro, E. Pastor
    Oral presentation
  • Oxygen Reduction Kinetics at Lanthanum based Perovskites
    V. Celorrio, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermin
    Oral presentation
  • Dynamic Photoelectrochemical Responses in Oriented High Aspect Ratio Semiconductor Electrodes
    K. Bradley, Q. Zang, D. Paker, C. Bunzli, V. Celorrio, D. Cherns, D.J. Fermin
    Oral presentation
  • PtCrCo Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction with Improved Alcohol Tolerance
    L.M. Rivera, G. Garcia, V. Celorrio, M.J. Lazaro, J.L. Rodriguez, E. Pastor
    Poster presentation
• 9th June 2014, Great Western Photoelectrochemistry Meeting, University of Bath
  Mixed oxides photocathodes for water splitting
  V. Celorrio. Oral presentation
• 26th-28th May 2014, ElecNano6, Paris (France)
  CO2 Electroreduction at Au-Pd Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Effect of Shell Thickness on Reactivity
  J.J.L. Humphrey, D. Plana, V. Celorrio, D.J. Fermin
  Oral Presentation
• 14th January 2014, 2nd UK Solar Fuels Symposium, Liverpool (United Kingdom)
  High Performing Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts Based on Nanostructured Perovskites
  V. Celorrio. Poster presentation
• 20th-23rd October 2013, XII Meeting of the Spanish Coal Group, Madrid, Spain
  Electrocatalysts for direct alcohol fuel cells
  V. Celorrio
  Invited Oral presentation
• 3rd-6th September 2013, ISACS12, Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  • Oxygen Electrocatalysis at Carbon Supported Strontium and Iron-doped Barium Cobaltite (BSCF)
    V. Celorrio, O. Weber, D.C. Green, A. Patil, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermin
    Poster presentation
  • Investigation of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction using BiOCl
    J. Stephenson, V. Celorrio, D.C. Green, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermin
    Poster presentation
• 1st-3rd September 2013, Electrochem 2013, Southampton (United Kingdom)
  Effect of Iron-doping on Oxygen Electrocatalysis at Barium Strontium Cobaltite
  V. Celorrio, O. Weber, D.C. Green, A. Patil, S.R. Hall, D.J. Fermin
  Oral presentation
• 15th-17 July 2013, XXXIV Meeting of Electrochemistry of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, Valencia (Spain)
  • Ethanol Electroxidation in Alkaline media at bimetallic Pt-Sn Electrocatalysts
    R. Rizo, J.L. Rodriguez, V. Celorrio, M.J. Lazaro, E. Pastor
    Poster presentation
  • Pt-free Metallic Catalyst supported on Carbon as Cathodes for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells (DAFC)
    L.M. Rivera, R. Romero, M.A. Hernandez, J.L. Rodriguez, V. Celorrio, M.J. Lazaro, E. Pastor
    Poster presentation
• 10th-12th April 2013, Faraday Discussions, Berlin (Germany)
  Reactivity of Ultrathin Pd shells on Au nanoparticles: a DEMS and FTIR Study
  V. Celorrio, D. Plana, M.G. Montes de Oca,a M.J. Lázaro, E. Pastor, D.J. Fermín
  Poster presentation
• 21st-23th November 2012, Conappice 2012, Madrid (Spain)
  Study of the Methanol Oxidation on Pt and Pt-Ru Catalysts Supported on Carbon Nanocoils
  V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, R. Moliner, E. Pastor, M.J. Lázaro
  Poster presentation
• June 2012, Bath Spa (United Kingdom)
  Core-shell electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction
  D. Plana, M.G. Montes de Oca, V. Celorrio, M.J. Lázaro, H. Kumakuru, D. Cherns, D.J. Fermín
  Oral presentation
• June 2012, Carbon 2012, Krakow (Poland)
  Electrocatalytic Performance of Platinum Catalysts Supported on Carbon Nanocoils
  V. Celorrio, R. Moliner, J. Flórez-Montaño, A. Rodríguez-Noya, E. Pastor, M.J. Lázaro
  Poster presentation
• June 2012, XII Materials National Conference, Alicante (Spain)
  Pt-Ru Catalysts Supported on Carbon Nanocoils as Electrocatalysts for Polymeric Electrolyte Fuel Cells
  V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, E. Pastor, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
  Poster presentation
• 14th-17th November 2011, ELCAT, Alicante (Spain)
  • Electrocatalytic Properties of Strained Pd Shells grown on Au Nanostructures
    M.G. Montes de Oca, D. Plana, V. Celorrio, M.J. Lazaro, H. Kumarakuru, D. Cherns and D.J. Fermín
    Oral presentation
  • Effect of Carbon Substrates on Pd Electrocatalysis: CO Stripping and Formic Acid Oxidation
    A. Moore, V. Celorrio, M.G. Montes de Oca, W. Hongthani, M.J. Lázaro, D. Plana, D.J. Fermín
    Poster presentation
• 10th-11th November 2011, Advances in Hydrogen Energy Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges in a Hydrogen Economy, Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
  Pt catalysts supported on different high conductive carbon materials: Influence of the support
  V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, E. Pastor, A.B. García, I. Cameán, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
  Poster presentation
• 23rd-26th October 2011, XI Meeting of the Spanish Coal Group, Badajoz (Spain)
  • Comparison of carbonaceous materials with high degree of graphitization as catalyst support for DAFC
    V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, E. Pastor, A.B. García, I. Cameán, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
    Poster presentation
  • Study by differential electrochemical mass spectrometry of electro-catalytic reduction of CO2 on Fe/C electrocatalysts in acid medium
    S. Pérez-Rodríguez, V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, R. Moliner, G. García, E. Pastor, M.J. Lázaro
    Oral presentation
• 5th-6th September 2011, Electrochem 2011, Bath Spa (United Kingdom)
  CO and formic acid electrooxidation at Au-Pd core-shell nanostructures
  M. Montes de Oca, V. Celorrio, D. Plana, D.J. Fermín
  Poster presentation
• 29th June-1st July 2011, Meeting of the Spanish Society of Catalysis, Zaragoza (Spain)
  • Pt-Ru catalysts supported on carbon nanocoils as electrocatalysts for PEMFC
    V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
    Oral presentation
  • Fe catalysts supported on carbon for electro-reduction of CO2. A DEMS study: effect of the functionalization of the support
    S. Pérez Rodríguez, L. Calvillo, V. Celorrio, G. García, E. Pastor, M.J. Lázaro
    Oral presentation
• 12th-16th June 2011, ISEECap'11, Poznan (Poland)
  Carbon nanocoils as unusual electrode materials for supercapacitors
  V. Barranco, V. Celorrio, M.J. Lázaro, J.M. Rojo
  Oral presentation
• 27th-30th June 2011, Hyceltec 2011, Zaragoza (Spain)
  • Pd-Au nanostructures for formic acid fuel cells
    V. Celorrio, M.G. Montes de Oca, D. Plana, D.J. Fermín, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
    Oral presentation
  • Performance of carbon nanocoils as electrode materials for supercapacitors
    V. Celorrio, V. Barranco, J.M. Rojo, M.J. Lázaro
    Poster presentation
• 23rd-25th June 2010, XI National Material Meeting, Zaragoza (Spain)
  Influence of the support on the properties of Pt catalysts: comparison of catalysts supported on different carbon materials
  L. Calvillo, V. Celorrio, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
  Poster presentation
• 16th-18th June 2010, CONAPPICE 2010, Seville (Spain)
  • Influence of the oxidation conditions on the properties of catalysts supported on Vulcan for the reduction of CO2 to high value added products
    S. Pérez-Rodríguez, L. Calvillo, V. Celorrio, R. Moliner, E. Pastor, G. García, M.J. Lázaro
    Oral presentation
  • Pt and Pt-Ru catalysts supported on carbon nanocoils for oxidation of alcohols
    M.J. Lázaro, V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, E. Pastor, R. Moliner
    Poster presentation
• 9th-12th May 2010, X Meeting of the Spanish Coal Group, Girona (Spain)
  • Influence of the thermal treatment of the support on the properties of electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells
    L. Calvillo, J.C. Calderón, V. Celorrio, A.B. García, I. Cameán, E. Pastor, M.J. Lárazo
    Poster presentation
  • Platinum catalysts supported on carbon nanocoils as electrocatalysts for low temperature fuel cells: effect of the support and the synthesis method
    V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, E. Pastor, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
    Oral presentation
  • Modifying the properties of carbon nanocoils by different treatments in liquid phase
    M.J. Lázaro, V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, R. Moliner
    Poster presentation
• 25th-29th October 2009, CESEP’09, Malaga (Spain)
  Carbon nanocoils as electrocatalyst support for low temperature fuel cells: synthesis and characterization
  V. Celorrio, L. Calvillo, M.V. Martínez-Huerta, R. Moliner, M.J. Lázaro
  Oral presentation