Dr Paz Vaqueiro

Email:
p.vaqueiro@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 6363
Job title:
Associate Professor

Responsibilities:

Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry
Director of Postgraduate Studies
Director for MSc in Chemical Research
School Director of Postgraduate Studies.

Office

106

Building location

Chemistry

Areas of interest

Dr Vaqueiro's research group is interested in the design, synthesis and characterisation of new solid-state materials for energy applications. This includes materials for thermoelectric power generation, as well as porous materials for gas storage, gas separation and sensing applications.

Much of their research focuses on the synthesis and structural characterization of non-oxide materials, and in particular chalcogenides (sulfides, selenides and tellurides) and intermetallics (pnictides).

They also have expertise in the investigation of the electronic properties of these materials, which is complemented by a network of collaborators in physics and engineering departments who investigate additional properties or the incorporation of our materials into real applications.

Their current collaborative research projects, InnovTeg and "Identifying cost effective routes to optimised energy recovery for the fuel economy of vehicles" seek to develop thermoelectric devices for the conversion of waste heat into useful electrical power.

Their research has received financial support from a variety of sources, including EPSRC, FP7, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, The Royal Society, The Nuffield Foundation and the Royal Society of Chemistry. The group is also involved in commercially-funded research, and they have worked on joint projects with DSTL and European Thermodynamics Ltd.

Research centres and groups

Dr Vaqueiro is part of the Materials and Interfaces for the Future research group.

Learn more about our research groups

Websites/blogs

Visit Dr Vaqueiro's ORCID ID page.

Publications

Luu, S. , Supka, A. , Nguyen, V. , Vo, D. , Hung, N. , Wojciechowski, K. , Fornari, M. , Vaqueiro, P. ORCID: 0000-0001-7545-6262 (2020) Origin of low thermal conductivity in In4Se3. ACS Applied Energy Materials , 3 (12). pp. 12549-12556. ISSN: 2574-0962 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02489
Murtaza, S. and Vaqueiro, P. (2020) Rapid synthesis of chalcohalides by ball milling: preparation and characterisation of BiSI and BiSeI. Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 291 ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121625
Long, S. , Powell, A. , Hull, S. , Orlandi, F. , Tang, C. , Supka, A. , Fornari, M. , Vaqueiro, P. (2020) Jahn-Teller driven electronic instability in thermoelectric tetrahedrite. Advanced Functional Materials , 30 (12). ISSN: 1616-3028 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201909409
Mangelis, P. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. (2020) Improved thermoelectric performance through double substitution in shandite-type mixed-metal sulphides. ACS Applied Energy Materials , 3 (3). pp. 2168-2174. ISSN: 2574-0962 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b02272

Siloi, I. , Gopal, P. , Curtarolo, S. , Nardelli, M. , Vaqueiro, P. , Fornari, M. (2019) Thermoelectric properties of minerals with the mawsonite structure. ACS Applied Energy Materials , 2019 (2). pp. 8068-8078. ISSN: 2574-0962 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01564
Mangelis, P. , Aziz, A. , da Silva, I. , Grau-Crespo, R. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. (2019) Understanding the origin of disorder in kesterite-type chalcogenides A2ZnBQ4 (A = Cu, Ag; B = Sn, Ge; Q = S, Se): the influence of inter-layer interactions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 21 (35). pp. 19311-19317. ISSN: 1463-9076 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9CP03630J
Guélou, G. , Powell, A. , Smith, R. , Vaqueiro, P. (2019) The impact of manganese substitution on the structure and properties of tetrahedrite. Journal of Applied Physics , 126 (4). ISSN: 0021-8979 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5110696

Prado-Gonjal, J. , Phillips, M. , Vaqueiro, P. , Min, G. , Powell, A. (2018) Skutterudite thermoelectric modules with high volume-power-density: scalability and reproducibility. ACS Applied Energy Materials , 1 (11). pp. 6609-6618. ISSN: 2574-0962 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01548
Long, S. , Powell, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Hull, S. (2018) High thermoelectric performance of bornite through control of the Cu(II) content and vacancy concentration. Chemistry of Materials , 30 (2). pp. 456-464. ISSN: 1520-5002 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04436

Mangelis, P. , Vaqueiro, P. , Jumas, J. , da Silva, I. , Smith, R. , Powell, A. (2017) The effect of electron and hole doping on the thermoelectric properties of shandite-type Co3Sn2S2. Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 251 pp. 204-210. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2017.04.028
Vaqueiro, P. , Guelou, G. , Kaltzoglou, A. , Smith, R. , Barbier, T. , Guilmeau, E. , Powell, A. (2017) The influence of mobile copper ions on the glass-like thermal conductivity of copper-rich tetrahedrites. Chemistry of Materials , 29 (9). pp. 4080-4090. ISSN: 1520-5002 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00891
Vaqueiro, P. , Makin, S. , Tong, Y. , Ewing, S. (2017) A new class of hybrid super-supertetrahedral cluster and its assembly into a five-fold interpenetrating network. Dalton Transactions , 46 (12). pp. 3816-3819. ISSN: 1364-5447 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7DT00280G
Prado Gonjal, J. , Vaqueiro, P. , Nuttall, C. , Potter, R. , Powell, A. (2017) Enhancing the thermoelectric properties of single and double filled p-type skutterudites synthesized by an up-scaled ball-milling process. Journal of Alloys and Compounds , 695 pp. 3598-3604. ISSN: 0925-8388 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.11.404

Powell, A. and Vaqueiro, P. (2016) Chalcogenide thermoelectric materials. In: Nandhakumar, I. , White, N. , Stephen, B. , (eds.) Thermoelectric Materials and Devices. RSC Energy & Environment Series Royal Society of Chemistry (17). , Cambridge. pp. 27-59. ISBN: 9781782623236
Aziz, A. , Mangelis, P. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. , Grau-Crespo, R. (2016) Electron and phonon transport in shandite-structured Ni3Sn2S2. Physical Review B , 94 (16). pp. 2469-9950. ISSN: 1098-0121 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165131
Luu, S. and Vaqueiro, P. (2016) Layered oxychalcogenides: structural chemistry and thermoelectric properties. Journal of Materiomics , 2 (2). pp. 131-140. ISSN: 2352-8478 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2016.04.002
Guélou, G. , Vaqueiro, P. , Prado-Gonjal, J. , Barbier, T. , Hébert, S. , Guilmeau, E. , Kockelmann, W. , Powell, A. (2016) The impact of charge transfer and structural disorder on the thermoelectric properties of cobalt intercalated TiS2. Journal of Materials Chemistry C , 4 (9). pp. 1871-1880. ISSN: 2050-7526 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TC04217H
Barbier, T. , Martinet, S. , Lemoine, P. , Eriksson, M. , Gilmas, M. , Hug, E. , Guelou, G. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. , Guilmeau, E. (2016) Up-scaled synthesis process of sulphur-based thermoelectric materials. RSC Advances , 6 (12). pp. 10044-10053. ISSN: 2046-2069 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5RA23218J
Barbier, T. , Rollin-Martinet, S. , Lemoine, P. , Gascoin, F. , Kaltzoglou, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. , Guilmeau, E. (2016) Thermoelectric materials: a new rapid synthesis process for non-toxic and high-performance tetrahedrite compounds. Journal of the American Ceramic Society , 99 (1). pp. 51-56. ISSN: 1551-2916 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.13838

Bourges, C. , Barbier, T. , Guelou, G. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. , Lebedev, O. , Barrier, N. , Kinemuchi, Y. , Guilmeau, E. (2015) Thermoelectric properties of TiS2 mechanically alloyed compounds. Journal of the European Ceramic Society , 36 (5). pp. 1183-1189. ISSN: 1873-619X | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2015.11.025
Vaqueiro, P. , Al Orabi, R. , Luu, S. , Guelou, G. , Powell, A. , Smith, R. , Song, J. , Wee, D. , Fornari, M. (2015) The role of copper in the thermal conductivity of thermoelectric oxychalcogenides: do lone pairs matter?. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 17 (47). pp. 31735-31740. ISSN: 1463-9076 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5CP06192J
Guélou, G. , Powell, A. , Vaqueiro, P. (2015) Ball milling as an effective route for the preparation of doped bornite: synthesis, stability and thermoelectric properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry C , 3 (40). pp. 10624-10629. ISSN: 2050-7526 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TC01704A
Corps, J. , Vaqueiro, P. , Aziz, A. , Grau-Crespo, R. , Kockelmann, W. , Jumas, J. , Powell, A. (2015) The interplay of metal-atom ordering, Fermi leveltuning and thermoelectric properties in cobalt shandites Co3M2S2 (M = Sn, In). Chemistry of Materials , 27 (11). pp. 3946-3956. ISSN: 1520-5002 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00801
Luu, S. and Vaqueiro, P. (2015) Synthesis, characterisation and thermoelectric properties of the oxytelluride Bi2O2Te. Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 226 pp. 219-223. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2015.02.026
Barbier, T. , Lemoine, P. , Gascoin, S. , Lebedev, O. , Kaltzoglou, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. , Smith, R. , Guilmeau, E. (2015) Structural stability of the synthetic thermoelectric ternary and nickel-substituted tetrahedrite phases. Journal of Alloys and Compounds , 634 pp. 253-262. ISSN: 0925-8388 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.02.045
Ewing, S. and Vaqueiro, P. (2015) Structural complexity in indium selenides prepared using bicyclic amines as structure-directing agents. Dalton Transactions , 44 (4). pp. 1592-1600. ISSN: 1364-5447 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4DT02819H

Kaltzoglou, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Barbier, T. , Guilmeau, E. , Powell, A. (2014) Ordered-defect sulfides as thermoelectric materials. Journal of Electronic Materials , 43 (6). pp. 2029-2034. ISSN: 1543-186x | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11664-013-2941-0
Beaumale, M. , Barbier, T. , Breard, Y. , Guelou, G. , Powell, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Guilmeau, E. (2014) Electron doping and phonon scattering in Ti1+xS2 thermoelectric compounds. Acta Materialia , 78 pp. 86-92. ISSN: 1359-6454 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2014.06.032
Ewing, S. and Vaqueiro, P. (2014) Synthesis and characterization of inorganic-organic hybrid gallium selenides. Inorganic Chemistry , 53 (17). pp. 8845-8847. ISSN: 1520-510X | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic5011314

Ewing, S. , Woodward, D. , Powell, A. , Vaqueiro, P. (2013) Polymorphism and optical properties in [NH4][InSe2]. Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 204 pp. 159-165. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2013.05.033
Kaltzoglou, A. , Powell, A. , Knight, K. , Vaqueiro, P. (2013) High-temperature order–disorder transitions in the skutterudites CoGe1.5Q1.5 (Q=S, Te). Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 198 pp. 525-531. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2012.11.025
Luu, S. and Vaqueiro, P. (2013) Thermoelectric properties of BiOCu1-xMxSe (M = Cd and Zn). Semiconductor Science and Technology , 29 (6). ISSN: 0268-1242 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/29/6/064002
Luu, S. and Vaqueiro, P. (2013) Synthesis, structural characterisation and thermoelectric properties of Bi1−xPbxOCuSe. Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 1 (39). pp. 12270-12275. ISSN: 0959-9428 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3TA12753B
Vaqueiro, P. , Gouelou, G. , Stec, M. , Guilmeau, E. , Powell, A. (2013) A copper-containing oxytelluride as a promising thermoelectric material for waste heat recovery. Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 1 (3). pp. 520-523. ISSN: 0959-9428 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ta00878e
Corps, J. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. (2013) Co3M2S2 (M ¼ Sn, In) shandites as tellurium-free thermoelectrics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 1 (22). pp. 6553-6557. ISSN: 0959-9428 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ta11264k

Kaltzoglou, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. (2012) Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of the new skutterudites Yb x Fe2Ni2Sb12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4). AIP conference proceedings , 1449 pp. 251-253. ISSN: 0094-243X | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4731544
Kaltzoglou, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Knight, K. , Powell, A. (2012) Synthesis, characterization and physical properties of the skutterudites YbxFe2Ni2Sb12 (0≤x≤0.4). Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 193 pp. 36-41. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2012.03.041
Ewing, S. , Powell, A. , Vaqueiro, P. (2012) [C7H10N][In3Se5]: a layered selenide with two indium coordination environments. Inorganic Chemistry , 51 (13). pp. 7404-7409. ISSN: 0020-1669 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic300861h
Ewing, S. , Romero, M. , Hutchinson, J. , Powell, A. , Vaqueiro, P. (2012) Solvothermal synthesis of one-dimensional chalcogenides containing group 13 elements. Zeitschrift Fur Anorganische Und Allgemeine Chemie , 638 (15). pp. 2526-2531. ISSN: 0044-2313 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/zaac.201200255
García-Cañadas, J. , Powell, A. , Kaltzoglou, A. , Vaqueiro, P. , Min, G. (2012) Fabrication and evaluation of a skutterudite-based thermoelectric module for high-temperature applications. Journal of Electronic Materials , 42 (7). pp. 1369-1374. ISSN: 0361-5235 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2241-0

Romero, M. and Vaqueiro, P. (2011) Synthesis, characterisation and magnetic properties of a one-dimensional Iron(II) coordination polymer. Journal of Chemical Crystallography , 41 (5). pp. 601-605. ISSN: 1074-1542 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10870-010-9930-4
Rumble, J. and Vaqueiro, P. (2011) Na5(Ga4S)(GaS4)3·6H2O: a three-dimensional thiogallate containing a novel octahedral building block. Solid State Sciences , 13 (5). pp. 1137-1142. ISSN: 1293-2558 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2011.01.003
Ewing, S. , Powell, A. , Vaqueiro, P. (2011) Hydrothermal synthesis of [C6H16N2][In2Se3(Se2)]: a new one-dimensional indium selenide. Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 184 (7). pp. 1800-1804. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2011.05.021

Vaqueiro, P. (2010) Hybrid materials through linkage of chalcogenide tetrahedral clusters. Dalton Transactions , 39 (26). pp. 5965-5972. ISSN: 1364-5447 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C000130A
Vaqueiro, P. and Powell, A. (2010) Recent developments in nanostructured materials for high-performance thermoelectrics. Journal of Materials Chemistry , 20 (43). pp. 9577-9584. ISSN: 0959-9428 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C0JM01193B
Vaqueiro, P. , Sobany, G. , Powell, A. (2010) A synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction study of the skutterudite-related phases AB1.5Te1.5 (A=Co, Rh, Ir; B= Ge, Sn). Dalton Transactions , 39 pp. 1020-1026. ISSN: 1364-5447 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b913578b
Vaqueiro, P. , Romero, L. , Rowan, B. , Richards, B. (2010) Arrays of chiral nanotubes and a layered coordination polymer containing gallium-sulfide supertetrahedral clusters. Chemistry- A European Journal , 16 (15). pp. 4462-4465. ISSN: 0947-6539 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200903425

Vaqueiro, P. and Sobany, G. (2009) A powder neutron diffraction study of the metallic ferromagnet Co3Sn2S2. Solid State Sciences , 11 (2). pp. 513-518. ISSN: 1293-2558 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2008.06.017
Vaqueiro, P. and romero, M. (2009) Zero-Dimensional Units of Ligand-Bridged Gallium-Sulfide Supertetrahedra. Inorganic Chemistry , 48 (3). pp. 810-812. ISSN: 0020-1669 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic8020723
Vaqueiro, P. and Romero, M. (2009) Organically-functionalised supertetrahedra as building blocks for hybrid materials. MRS Proceedings , 1148 ISSN: 1946-4274 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/PROC-1148-PP10-07
Layva-Bailen, P. , Vaqueiro, P. , Powell, A. (2009) Ionothermal synthesis of the mixed-anion material, Ba3Cl4CO3. Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 182 (9). pp. 2333-2337. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2009.06.019
Vaqueiro, P. , Sobany, G. , Guinet, F. , Leyva-Bailen, P. (2009) Synthesis and characterisation of the anion-ordered tellurides MGeTe (M = Co, Rh). Solid State Sciences , 11 (6). pp. 1077-1082. ISSN: 1293-2558 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2009.02.012
Szkoda, I. , Vaqueiro, P. , McDowall, A. , Powell, A. , Ritter, C. (2009) Compositional control of the electrical transport properties in the new series of thiospinels Ga1-xGexV4S8-delta (0 <=x<=1). Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 182 (10). pp. 2806-2814. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2009.07.046
Powell, A. , Leyva-Bailen, P. , Vaqueiro, P. , Sanchez, R. (2009) Co3(SO4)3(OH)2[enH2]: a newS= 3/2 Kagome-type layered sulfate with a unique connectivity. Chemistry of Materials , 21 (18). pp. 4102-4104. ISSN: 1520-5002 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm901765n
Vaqueiro, P. , Szkoda, I. , Sanchez, R. , Powell, A. (2009) Ternary erbium chromium sulfides : structural relationships and magnetic properties. Inorganic Chemistry , 48 (4). pp. 1284-1292. ISSN: 0020-1669 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic801482a

Vaqueiro, P. , Sobany, G. , Stindl, M. (2008) Structure and electrical transport properties of the ordered skutterudites MGe1.5S1.5 (M = Co, Rh, Ir). Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 181 (4). pp. 768-776. ISSN: 0022-4596 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2008.01.025
Vaqueiro, P. (2008) A three-dimensional open-framework indium selenide: [C7H10N][In9Se14]. Inorganic Chemistry , 47 (1). pp. 20-22. ISSN: 0020-1669 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic701995p
Vaqueiro, P. and Romero, L. (2008) Gallium-sulphide supertetrahedral clusters as building blocks of covalent organic-inorganic networks. Journal of the American Chemical Society , 130 pp. 9630-9631. ISSN: 0002-7863 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja801619e

Vaqueiro, P. and Romero, M. (2007) Three-dimensional gallium sulphide open framework. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids , 68 (5-6). pp. 1239-1243. ISSN: 0022-3697 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2006.11.031
Vaqueiro, P. and Romero, M. (2007) [Ga10S16(NC7H9)4]2-: a hybrid supertetrahedral nanocluster. Chemical Communications pp. 3282-3284. ISSN: 1359-7345 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B704724J

Vaqueiro, P. , Darlow, D. , Powell, A. , Chippindale, A. (2004) Solvothermal synthesis of novel antimony sulphides containing [Sb4S7](2-) units. Solid State Ionics , 172 (1-4). pp. 601-605. ISSN: 0167-2738 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2004.01.064
Vaqueiro, P. , Chippindale, A. , Powell, A. (2004) [Co(en)(3)][Sb12S19]: a new antimony sulfide with a zeolite-like structure containing one-dimensional channels. Inorganic Chemistry , 43 (25). pp. 7963-7965. ISSN: 0020-1669 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic048985z

Vaqueiro, P. , Chippindale, A. , Powell, A. (2003) [Cr(C6H18N4)(SbS3)], a chromium complex containing an unusual bidentate SbS33- ligand. Polyhedron , 22 (20). pp. 2839-2845. ISSN: 0277-5387 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0277-5387(03)00403-0
Vaqueiro, P. , Chippindale, A. , Cowley, A. , Powell, A. (2003) Templated synthesis of the novel layered silver-antimony Sulfides [H3NCH2CH2NH2][Ag2SbS3] and [H3NCH2CH2NH2](2)[Ag5Sb3S8]. Inorganic Chemistry , 42 (24). pp. 7846-7851. ISSN: 0020-1669 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ic034926u

Dr Paz Vaqueiro

Office

Building location

Areas of interest

Research centres and groups

Websites/blogs

Publications

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2004

2003