REU / Researcher

Mascha Afra Smit Researcher Titular B Renewable Energy Unit National Researcher level I Tel.: (52) 999 942 83 30,  Ext. 322 e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Education

• Master in Physics.University of Amsterdam.The Netherlands, 1993
• D.Phil. in Materials Science. University of Oxford. U.K., 1999

Lines of Research

• Applicaction of electroconductive polymers in energy systems; PEM fuel cells; polymeric supercapacitors

Recent publications

• W. Martínez M., T. Toledano-Thompson, L.G. Arriaga, M.A. Smit, ‘Characterization of composite materials of electroconductive polymer and cobalt as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction’, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34 (2009), pp. 694-702
• D. Pacheco-Catalan, E. Morales, M. Smit and J. L. Acosta, ‘Electrocatalytic Activity towards Oxygen Reduction of Mesoporous Carbon/Conducting Polymer Composites Application to PEM Fuel Cells’, J. New Materials Electrochem. Systems, 12 (2009) 115-118.
• L. Valero, T.F. Otero, J. Arias-Pardilla, M. Smit, J. Cauich, ‘Polypyrrole Free-Standing electrodes: Reactions sense temperature or current’, Polymer International, 59, 3 (2010) 337-342.
• L. Valero, J. Arias-Pardilla, J. Cauich-Rodríguez, M. Smit and T.F. Otero, ‘Sensing and Tactile Artificial Muscles from Reactive Materials’, Sensors, 10 (2010) 2638-2674
• Martínez M. W., T. Toledano Thompson and M.A. Smit, ‘Characterization and electrocatalytic activity of carbon-supported polypyrrole-cobalt-platinum compounds’, International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 5 (2010) 931 - 943.