Cristina received her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). She developed her MSc thesis and 1st year of her PhD at the research unit LEPABE (at FEUP), and the following years of PhD were developed at the Polish company SAULE Technologies. This company develops perovskite solar devices and is pioneering the market deployment of this technology.
Her research focuses on the development of industrially relevant perovskite solar cells (PSC) and modules, aiming to contribute for its transition from Lab To Fab. It includes carbon-based back-contacts, high efficient and flexible PSCs for indoor applications, and scale-up of low-cost PSC structures using slot-die coating technique.
She co-invented a patent, created 3 trade secrets, published 5 articles as 1st author, and participated in 11 international congresses (won 2 prizes for best presentation).
Besides researching perovskites, Cristina also plays several musical instruments, plays volleyball, and volunteers in an eco-humanitarian movement.
1. Teixeira, C.; Spinelli, P.; Castriotta, L. A.; Müller, D.; Öz, S.; Andrade, L.; Mendes, A.; Carlo, A. D.; Würfel, U.; Wojciechowski, K.; Forgács, D.; “Charge Extraction in Flexible Perovskite Solar Cell Architectures for Indoor Applications – with up to 31 % Effiiency”, Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (40), 2206761, 2022.
2. Teixeira, C.; Fuentes-Pineda, R.; Andrade, L.; Mendes, A.; Forgács, D.; “Fabrication of low-cost and flexible Perovskite Solar Cells by slot-die coating for indoor applications”, Materials Advances, 4, 3863-3873, 2023.
3. Teixeira, C. O.; Andrade, L.; Mendes, A.; “Easy processing carbon paper electrode for highly efficient perovskite solar cells”, International Journal of Energy Research, 43 (13), 7541-7546, 2019.
4. Müller, D.; Jiang, E.; Rivas-Lazaro, P.; Baretzky, C.; Loukeris, G.; Bogati, S.; Paetel, S.; Irvine, S.; Oklobia, O.; Jones, S.; Lamb, D. ; Richter, A.; Siefer, G.; Lackner, D.; Helmers, H.; Teixeira, C.; forgacs, D.; Zimmermann, B.; Würfel, U.; “Indoor Photovoltaics for the Internet-of-Things – a Comparison of State-of-the-Art Devices from Different PV Technologies”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6, 20, 10404–1041, 2023.