OWSD Award
2020
OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Women Scientists
Award Specialization
Chemical engineering and nanotechnology
Award Category
Work Position
Affiliated Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, University San Carlos of Guatemala
September 2017
Award
TWAS Prizes for Young Scientists in Developing Countries
September 2017
Susana Arrechea > Other Awards
Guatemaltecos Ilustres, scientific cathegory
February 2020
Susana Arrechea > Other Awards
For her research on the potential industrial and environmental applications of materials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, and graphene, which can be employed in creating more sustainable building materials, in water treatment, and in solar devices and other renewable energy solutions.
Degrees:
2015
Doctorate
Other
2013
Master
Other
2010
Undergraduate
Engineering sciences
Publications resulting from Research
New cyclopentadithiophene (CDT) linked porphyrin donors with different end-capping acceptors for efficient small molecule organic solar cells. Arrechea, S.; Aljarilla, A.; de la Cruz, P.; Kumar, P.; Sharma, G. D.; Langa, F. J. Mater. C. 2017, DOI. 10.1039/C7TC00812K
Methodology for Monitoring Sustainable Development of Isolated Microgrids in Rural Communities. Rahmann, C.; Núñez, O.; Valencia, F.; Arrechea, S.; Sager, J.; Kammen, D. Sustainability 2016, 8, 1163.
Efficiency Improvement Using Bis(trifluoromethane) Sulfonamide Lithium Salt as Chemical Additive in Porphyrin Based Organic Solar Cells. Arrechea, S.; Aljarilla, A.; de la Cruz, P.; Palomares, E. ; Sharma, G. D. ; Langa, F. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 17953-17962.
High Photo-Current in Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Porphyrin Core A--D--A as Electron Donor Material. Montcada, N. F.; Arrechea, S.; Molina-Ontoria A.; Aljarilla, A. I.; de la Cruz, P.; Echegoyen, L.; Palomares, E.; Langa, F. Organic Electronics, 2016, 38, 330-330-336.
CuSCN as selective contact in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells leads to over 7% efficient porphyrin-based device. Móran, G. ; Arrechea, S. ; de la Cruz, P. ; Cuesta, V. ; Biswas, S. ; Palomares, E. ; Sharma, G. D. ; Langa, F. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 11009-11022
Charge Recombination Losses in Thiophene-Substituted Porphyrin Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Arrechea, S.; Clifford, J. N.; Pelleja, L.; Aljarilla, A.; de la Cruz, P.; Palomares, E.; Langa, F. Dyes Pigm. 2016, 126, 147-153.
Effect of porphyrin loading on Dye Sensitized Solar Cell performance based on iodide/tri-iodide and cobalt electrolytes. Aljarilla, A.; Clifford, J. N.; Pelleja, L.; Moncho, A.; Arrechea, S.; de la Cruz, P.; Langa, F.; Palomares, E. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2013, 1, 13640.
New Acceptor-π-Porphyrin-π-Acceptor Systems for Solution-Processed Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells. Arrechea, S.; Molina-Ontoria, A.; Aljarilla, A.; de la Cruz, P.; Langa, F.; Echegoyen, L. Dyes Pigm. 2015, 121, 109.
Push-Pull cromophores based on triphenylamine as photosensitizers and electron donors for molecular solar cells. Aljarilla, A.; Herrero-Ponce, P.; Atienzar, P.; Arrechea, S.; de la Cruz, P.; L.; Langa, F.; García, H. Tetrahedron. 2013, 69, 6875
Methodology for Monitoring Sustainable Development of Isolated Microgrids in Rural Communities. Rahmann, C.; Núñez, O.; Valencia, F.; Arrechea, S.; Sager, J.; Kammen, D. Sustainability 2016, 8, 1163.
Efficiency Improvement Using Bis(trifluoromethane) Sulfonamide Lithium Salt as Chemical Additive in Porphyrin Based Organic Solar Cells. Arrechea, S.; Aljarilla, A.; de la Cruz, P.; Palomares, E. ; Sharma, G. D. ; Langa, F. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 17953-17962.
High Photo-Current in Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Porphyrin Core A--D--A as Electron Donor Material. Montcada, N. F.; Arrechea, S.; Molina-Ontoria A.; Aljarilla, A. I.; de la Cruz, P.; Echegoyen, L.; Palomares, E.; Langa, F. Organic Electronics, 2016, 38, 330-330-336.
CuSCN as selective contact in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells leads to over 7% efficient porphyrin-based device. Móran, G. ; Arrechea, S. ; de la Cruz, P. ; Cuesta, V. ; Biswas, S. ; Palomares, E. ; Sharma, G. D. ; Langa, F. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 11009-11022
Charge Recombination Losses in Thiophene-Substituted Porphyrin Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Arrechea, S.; Clifford, J. N.; Pelleja, L.; Aljarilla, A.; de la Cruz, P.; Palomares, E.; Langa, F. Dyes Pigm. 2016, 126, 147-153.
Effect of porphyrin loading on Dye Sensitized Solar Cell performance based on iodide/tri-iodide and cobalt electrolytes. Aljarilla, A.; Clifford, J. N.; Pelleja, L.; Moncho, A.; Arrechea, S.; de la Cruz, P.; Langa, F.; Palomares, E. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2013, 1, 13640.
New Acceptor-π-Porphyrin-π-Acceptor Systems for Solution-Processed Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells. Arrechea, S.; Molina-Ontoria, A.; Aljarilla, A.; de la Cruz, P.; Langa, F.; Echegoyen, L. Dyes Pigm. 2015, 121, 109.
Push-Pull cromophores based on triphenylamine as photosensitizers and electron donors for molecular solar cells. Aljarilla, A.; Herrero-Ponce, P.; Atienzar, P.; Arrechea, S.; de la Cruz, P.; L.; Langa, F.; García, H. Tetrahedron. 2013, 69, 6875