Yufen Chen

Dr. Yufen Chen is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ) under the leadership of Prof. Katherine Villa. Her research focuses on the development of noble metal clusters loaded photocatalysts for hydrogen production, employing mechanochemical synthesis strategies. She has expertise in advanced material characterization techniques (XANES, EXAFS, XPS, HRTEM/STEM) and electrochemical/photoelectrochemical analysis (EIS, Mott-Schottky plots).

• Affiliations: ICIQ, funded by the Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (MCIU/ESF+/AEI)
• Education: PhD from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Her work emphasizes sustainable catalytic systems and renewable energy applications. She contributes to the Prof. Katherine Villa Research Group, collaborating with facilities like X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance, and photophysics spectroscopy labs at ICIQ.

• Funding: Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2024-2026, 72,000€)

She is part of a dynamic team including group leader Prof. Villa, postdocs, and PhD students, advancing innovations in light-driven nanomotors and material heterojunctions.