Lucia Helena Mascaro Sales is part of the minority group of female scientists who have reached the highest levels of their academic careers. Driven by an endless passion for knowledge and the conviction that science has no gender, she has achieved prominent positions in national and international institutions. Lucia completed her undergraduate (1984), master’s (1988), and doctoral (1992) degrees in chemistry at UFSCar. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at…
A research work conducted at CINE contributes to the development of more efficient, safe, and durable sodium supercapacitors. The results may help shorten the path to commercialization of these promising energy storage devices. Currently, commercial supercapacitors use lithium ions in their electrolytes, but interest in using sodium ions has been increasing. In fact, this element, which can offer similar performance to lithium, is more abundant and better distributed across the…
Through online seminars to be held throughout 2026, the CINE Talks program will present advancements achieved by the Center in technologies for the energy transition. In bi-weekly events, CINE postdoctoral researchers and external collaborators will address the development of emerging technologies for batteries, solar cells, and the production of sustainable fuels, among other topics. The use of artificial intelligence and other computational tools in the study of these technologies will…
The fourth workshop of the Energy Transition Track brought to UNICAMP 35 people working in the area of Sustainability and ESG at Itaú to attend presentations on technologies for the energy transition and to visit research and development laboratories linked to CINE. In addition, 20 people watched the presentations via a live stream of the event on YouTube. “I am very happy to have you here,” said Professor Ana Flávia…
Photovoltaic solar energy and wind energy: improvement of perovskite solar cells and optimization of wind turbines.
Development of batteries, supercapacitors, reformers and fuel cells for an efficient management of renewable energy.
Development of sustainable processes for the production of low-carbon hydrogen.
Computer simulations and artificial intelligence for studies on solar cells, wind turbines, green hydrogen production, batteries and supercapacitors.
