Dr Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra

Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra

Lecturer in Green materials for energy
EDI School Culture and Policy Team Member and Mental Health First Aider

School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
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Research

Sustainable materials discovery, Beyond lithium-ion batteries, Electrochemical interfaces, operando characterisation, Composites, Nanocarbons

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Sustainable Engineering

2024

bullet icon2024 roadmap for sustainable batteries
Titirici M, Johansson P, Ribadeneyra MC, Au H, Innocenti A, Passerini S, Petavratzi E, Lusty P, Tidblad AA, Naylor AJ, Younesi R, Chart YA, Aspinall J, Pasta M, Orive J, Babulal LM, Reynaud M, Latham KG, Hosaka T, Komaba S, et al.
Journal of Physics Energy, Iop Publishing vol. 6 (4) 
01-10-2024
bullet iconNature-inspired batteries: from biomaterials to biomimetic design strategies
Tagliaferri S, Gaspard L, Au H, Mattevi C, Titirici M-M and Crespo-Ribadeneyra M
Green Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 26 (12), 6944-6958.  
01-01-2024

2023

Relevant PublicationInvestigating the Superior Performance of Hard Carbon Anodes in Sodium‐Ion Compared With Lithium‐ and Potassium‐Ion Batteries
Guo Z, Xu Z, Xie F, Jiang J, Zheng K, Alabidun S, Crespo‐Ribadeneyra M, Hu Y, Au H and Titirici M
Advanced Materials, Wiley vol. 35 (42) 
13-09-2023
Relevant PublicationDoping carbon electrodes with sulfur achieves reversible sodium ion storage
de Tomas C, Alabidun S, Chater L, Darby MT, Raffone F, Restuccia P, Au H, Titirici MM, Cucinotta CS and Crespo-Ribadenyra M
Journal of Physics Energy, Iop Publishing vol. 5 (2) 
02-03-2023
bullet iconRobust Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube‐Infiltrated Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Structural Supercapacitors: from Reductive Dissolution to High Performance Devices
Senokos E, Anthony DB, Rubio N, Ribadeneyra MC, Greenhalgh ES and Shaffer MSP
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 33 (16) 
31-01-2023
Relevant PublicationSodiation energetics in pore size controlled hard carbons determined via entropy profiling
Mercer MP, Nagarathinam M, Gavilán-Arriazu EM, Binjrajka A, Panda S, Au H, Crespo-Ribadeneyra M, Titirici M-M, Leiva EPM and Hoster HE
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 11 (12), 6543-6555.  
01-01-2023

2022

bullet iconPolymers in Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Au H and Crespo‐Ribadeneyra M
In Sodium‐Ion Batteries, Wiley 429-499.  
09-12-2022
bullet iconSodium Dual‐Ion Batteries with Concentrated Electrolytes
Guo Z, Cheng G, Xu Z, Xie F, Hu Y, Mattevi C, Titirici M and Ribadeneyra MC
Chemsuschem, Wiley vol. 16 (4) 
26-09-2022
bullet iconInvestigating the Role of Surface Roughness and Defects on EC Breakdown, as a Precursor to SEI Formation in Hard Carbon Sodium‐Ion Battery Anodes
Olsson E, Cottom J, Alptekin H, Au H, Crespo‐Ribadeneyra M, Titirici M and Cai Q
Small, Wiley vol. 18 (43) 
26-08-2022
bullet iconThe sustainable materials roadmap
Titirici M, Baird SG, Sparks TD, Yang SM, Brandt-Talbot A, Hosseinaei O, Harper DP, Parker RM, Vignolini S, Berglund LA, Li Y, Gao H-L, Mao L-B, Yu S-H, Díez N, Ferrero GA, Sevilla M, Szilágyi PÁ, Stubbs CJ, Worch JC, et al.
Journal of Physics Materials, Iop Publishing vol. 5 (3) 
01-07-2022
bullet iconA Comparative Techno‐Economic and Lifecycle Analysis of Biomass‐Derived Anode Materials for Lithium‐ and Sodium‐Ion Batteries
Trotta F, Wang GJ, Guo Z, Xu Z, Ribadeneyra MC, Au H, Edge JS, Titirici MM and Lander L
Advanced Sustainable Systems, Wiley vol. 6 (6) 
11-04-2022
bullet iconBeyond Li-ion batteries: performance, materials diversification, and sustainability
Au H, Crespo-Ribadeneyra M and Titirici M-M
One Earth, Elsevier vol. 5 (3), 207-211.  
01-03-2022

2021

bullet iconA facile and sustainable one-pot approach to the aqueous and low-temperature PET-to-UiO-66(Zr) upcycling
Crespo-Ribadeneyra M, King J, Titirici M and Szilagyi PA
Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) 
22-12-2021
bullet iconElucidation of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation Mechanism in Micro-Mesoporous Hard-Carbon Anodes
Alptekin H, Au H, Olsson E, Cottom J, Jensen A, Headen T, Drew A, Cai Q, Titirici M and Ribadeneyra M
Advanced Materials Interfaces, Wiley 
23-11-2021
bullet iconUltrafast Photo-Crosslinking of Thiol–Norbornene Opaque Silicone Elastomer Nanocomposites in Air
Nguyen KDQ, Crespo-Ribadeneyra M, Picot O, Colak B and Gautrot JE
Acs Applied Polymer Materials, American Chemical Society 
19-10-2021
bullet icon2021 roadmap for sodium-ion batteries
Tapia-Ruiz N, Armstrong AR, Alptekin H, Amores MA, Au H, Barker J, Boston R, Brant WR, Brittain JM, Chen Y, Chhowalla M, Choi Y-S, Costa SIR, Crespo Ribadeneyra M, Cussen SA, Cussen EJ, David WIF, Desai AV, Dickson SAM, Eweka EI, et al.
Journal of Physics Energy, Iop Publishing vol. 3 (3) 
01-07-2021
bullet iconHigh‐Density Lignin‐Derived Carbon Nanofiber Supercapacitors with Enhanced Volumetric Energy Density
Hérou S, Bailey JJ, Kok M, Schlee P, Jervis R, Brett DJL, Shearing PR, Ribadeneyra MC and Titirici M
Advanced Science, Wiley vol. 8 (17) 
20-05-2021
bullet iconThe impact of having an oxygen-rich microporous surface in carbon electrodes for high-power aqueous supercapacitors
Hérou S, Ribadeneyra MC, Schlee P, Luo H, Tanase LC, Roβberg C and Titirici M
Journal of Energy Chemistry, Elsevier vol. 53, 36-48.  
01-02-2021
bullet iconCorrection: A revised mechanistic model for sodium insertion in hard carbons
Au H, Alptekin H, Jensen ACS, Olsson E, O’Keefe CA, Smith T, Crespo-Ribadeneyra M, Headen TF, Grey CP, Cai Q, Drew AJ and Titirici M-M
Energy & Environmental Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 14 (5), 3216-3216.  
01-01-2021

2020

bullet iconA revised mechanistic model for sodium insertion in hard carbons
Au H, Alptekin H, Jensen ACS, Olsson E, O’Keefe CA, Smith T, Crespo-Ribadeneyra M, Headen TF, Grey CP, Cai Q, Drew AJ and Titirici M-M
Energy and Environmental Science, Royal Society of Chemistry 
07-08-2020
bullet iconInvestigating the effects of activating agent morphology on the porosity and related capacitance of nanoporous carbons
Hérou S, Crespo M and Titirici M
Crystengcomm, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 22 (9), 1560-1567.  
01-01-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationLignin-derived electrospun freestanding carbons as alternative electrodes for redox flow batteries
Jorge Sobrido A, Jervis R, Crespo Ribadeneyra M, Grogan L, Au H, Schlee P, Herou S, Neville T, Cullen P, Kok M, Hosseinaei O, Tomani P, Titirici M, Brett D and Shearing P
Carbon, Elsevier 
06-11-2019
bullet iconCore-independent approach for polymer brush-functionalised nanomaterials with a fluorescent tag for RNA delivery.
Li D, Wu L, Qu F, Ribadeneyra MC, Tu G and Gautrot J
Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 55 (94), 14166-14169.  
21-10-2019
bullet iconPhoto‐Responsive Graphene: A Photoaddressable Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition in Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites (Adv. Funct. Mater. 24/2019)
Crespo M, Santagiuliana G, Picot O, Portale G, Bilotti E and Gautrot JE
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 29 (24) 
01-06-2019
bullet iconA Photoaddressable Liquid Crystalline Phase Transition in Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites
Crespo M, Santagiuliana G, Picot O, Portale G, Bilotti E and Gautrot JE
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 29 (24) 
14-04-2019
bullet iconOrdered mesoporous carbons from lignin: a new class of biobased electrodes for supercapacitors
Herou S, Ribadeneyra MC, Madhu R, Araullo-Peters V, Jensen A, Schlee P and Titirici M
Green Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 21 (3), 550-559.  
01-01-2019

2018

Relevant PublicationBreaking the Nanoparticle Loading-Dispersion Dichotomy in Polymer Nanocomposites with the Art of Croissant-Making.
Santagiuliana G, Picot OT, Crespo M, Porwal H, Zhang H, Li Y, Rubini L, Colonna S, Fina A, Barbieri E, Spoelstra AB, Mirabello G, Patterson JP, Botto L, Pugno NM, Peijs T and Bilotti E
Acs Nano 
17-09-2018

2016

Relevant PublicationIn Situ Exfoliation of Graphene in Epoxy Resins: A Facile Strategy to Efficient and Large Scale Graphene Nanocomposites.
Li Y, Zhang H, Crespo M, Porwal H, Picot O, Santagiuliana G, Huang Z, Barbieri E, Pugno NM, Peijs T and Bilotti E
Acs Appl Mater Interfaces vol. 8 (36), 24112-24122.  
14-09-2016
bullet iconCarbon nanotube scaffolds with controlled porosity as electromagnetic absorbing materials in the gigahertz range
González M, Crespo M, Baselga J and Pozuelo J
Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 8 (20), 10724-10730.  
01-01-2016

2014

bullet iconSynergistic effect of magnetite nanoparticles and carbon nanofibres in electromagnetic absorbing composites
Crespo M, Méndez N, González M, Baselga J and Pozuelo J
Carbon, Elsevier vol. 74, 63-72.  
01-08-2014
bullet iconUltra‐light carbon nanotube sponge as an efficient electromagnetic shielding material in the GHz range
Crespo M, González M, Elías AL, Rajukumar LP, Baselga J, Terrones M and Pozuelo J
Physica Status Solidi (Rrl) - Rapid Research Letters, Wiley vol. 8 (8), 698-704.  
02-06-2014
bullet iconMagnetic silica:epoxy composites with a nano- and micro-scale control
Crespo M, González M and Pozuelo J
Materials Chemistry and Physics, Elsevier vol. 144 (3), 335-342.  
01-04-2014

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Sustainable Engineering
solid heart iconUnderstanding The Evolution of Na-ion Battery Interfaces Through Operando Electrochemical surface-enhanced
Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra
£12,000 Royal Society
31-03-2024 - 30-03-2026
solid heart iconRS Research Grant 2024 Round 1: Designing electrochemical interfaces for ultradurable sodium-ion batteries
Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra
£69,832 Royal Society
01-03-2024 - 28-02-2025


solid heart iconPAK UK Education Gateway Mobility Partnership for Faculty
Alan Drew, Maria Crespo-Ribadeneyra, Annalisa Bruno, Devis Di Tommaso, Edo Boek, Mahdieh Sadabadi, Paul Balcombe and Christopher Jones
£26,500 British Council
01-04-2023 - 30-06-2024