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energystorage, batteries, recycling, regulation, renewableenergies
Spain, Germany

Biography

Researcher and environmental laboratory responsible at Fundación CIRCE. She has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Science by Alcalá de Henares University (Madrid, Spain), after her exchange at the University of Tübingen (Germany) in 2013. Later, she got a master’s degree in Renewable Energies by Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain) in 2015, while working at Exide Technologies, one of the main international manufacturers of Lead Acid Batteries. She has also got an international PhD in Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials by Autonomous University Madrid (Spain), focused on Lead Acid Batteries for Micro Hybrid Electrical Vehicles. As part of her PhD she spent more than 6 months working in the R&D department of Exide Technologies located in Büdingen (Germany). She has been involved in the manufacturing processes of the Lead Acid Batteries for automotive and industrial applications as an R&D Engineer, as well as in the research field. She was investigating the influence of different carbon materials on the performance of the negative plate for these batteries, as part of public research projects in collaboration with the private sector. She has experience in the development and optimization of pilot plant, and the scale up of prototypes to commercial models. In addition, she is author of 3 publications based on the use of new materials for electrical storage systems.

Activities

Employment (1)

Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos: Zaragoza, Aragon, ES

2020-09-01 to present | Researcher and laboratory manager (Recycling technologies team / Circular economy group)
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María Blecua de Pedro

Education and qualifications (3)

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2016-01 to 2020-02 | PhD in advanced materials and nanotechnolgoy (Applied Physical Chemistry)
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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Madrid, Madrid, ES

2014-09 to 2015-09 | Master's Degree in Energy and Fuels for the Future
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Universidad de Alcalá: Alcalá de Henrares, Madrid, ES

2008-09-01 to 2013-06-30 | Degree in chemistry
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Funding (3)

INCOMESS - INNOVATIVE POLYMER-BASED COMPOSITE SYSTEMS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENT ENERGY SCAVENGING AND STORAGE

2020-03 to 2024-02 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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María Blecua de Pedro

ALMAGRID: Integración de tecnologías avanzadas de Almacenamiento de Energía para aplicaciones de red

2020-01 to 2023-06 | Grant
CDTI (Madrid, ES)
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María Blecua de Pedro

Blue Acid/Base Battery: Storage and recovery of renewable electrical energy by reversible salt water dissociation (BAoBaB)

2017-05 to 2021-04 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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#731187

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María Blecua de Pedro

Works (12)

A Mapping of Textile Waste Recycling Technologies in Europe and Spain

Textiles
2024-08-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Inés Eugenia Lanz; Elena Laborda; Cecilia Chaine; María Blecua
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Recyclability of novel energy harvesting and storage technologies for IoT and wireless sensor networks

Journal of Cleaner Production
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Franco Di Persio; María Blecua; Ana Cecilia Chaine; Thomas Daue; Cintia Mateo-Mateo; Ignacio Ezpeleta; Petra Pötschke; Beate Krause; Ezgi Inci; Jürgen Pionteck et al.
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Environmental and economic assessment of a higher energy density and safer operation lithium-ion cell for stationary applications

Sustainable Materials and Technologies
2023-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2214-9937
Contributors: María Blecua de Pedro; Cristina Herrero Ponce; Iratxe de Meatza; Laura Martín Frax; Carlos Seguí Peidro; Iker Boyano; María Yañez Díaz
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Acid/base flow battery environmental and economic performance based on its potential service to renewables support

Journal of Cleaner Production
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Maryori C. Díaz-Ramírez; Maria Blecua-de-Pedro; Alvaro J. Arnal; Jan Post
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Assessment of Potential Barriers to the Implementation of an Innovative AB-FB Energy Storage System under a Sustainable Perspective

Sustainability
2021-10 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: María Blecua de Pedro; Maryori Díaz Ramírez
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Effect on water consumption by metallic impurities into electrolyte of lead-acid batteries

Journal of Energy Storage
2021-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2352-152X
Contributors: A.F. Romero; O. Urra; M. Blecua; P. Ocón; J. Valenciano; F. Trinidad
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Improvement of the lead acid battery performance by the addition of graphitized carbon nanofibers together with a mix of organic expanders in the negative active material

Journal of Energy Storage
2019-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2352-152X
Contributors: M. Blecua; A.F. Romero; P. Ocon; E. Fatas; J. Valenciano; F. Trinidad
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Electrochemical evaluation of lead-carbon electrodes for micro hybrid vehicle applications

10th International Conference on Lead-Acid Batteries, LABAT 2017 - Proceedings
2017 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85032443495

Contributors: Blecua, M.; Fatas, E.; Ocon, P.; Valenciano, J.; De La Fuente, F.; Trinidad, F.
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Graphitized Carbon Nanofibers: new additive for the Negative Active Material of Lead Acid Batteries

Electrochimica Acta
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85031764865

Part of ISSN: 00134686
Contributors: Blecua, M.; Fatas, E.; Ocon, P.; Gonzalo, B.; Merino, C.; de la Fuente, F.; Valenciano, J.; Trinidad, F.
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Influences of carbon materials and lignosulfonates in the negative active material of lead-acid batteries for microhybrid vehicles

Journal of Energy Storage
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85013073006

Part of ISSN: 2352152X
Contributors: Blecua, M.; Fatas, E.; Ocon, P.; Valenciano, J.; de la Fuente, F.; Trinidad, F.
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SPAK-Sensitive Regulation of Glucose Transporter SGLT1

Journal of Membrane Biology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84910107985

Part of ISSN: 14321424 00222631
Contributors: Elvira, B.; Blecua, M.; Luo, D.; Yang, W.; Shumilina, E.; Munoz, C.; Lang, F.
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Down-regulation of the Na<sup>+</sup>-coupled phosphate transporter NaPi-IIa by AMP-activated protein kinase

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84891046696

Part of ISSN: 14204096 14230143
Contributors: Dërmaku-Sopjani, M.; Almilaji, A.; Pakladok, T.; Munoz, C.; Hosseinzadeh, Z.; Blecua, M.; Sopjani, M.; Lang, F.
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