Organometallic and Photochemistry
Description and lines of research
The Organometallic Chemistry and Photochemistry unit works on the development of new homo- and hetero-nuclear ruthenium complexes that are water-soluble and photocatalytically active, applied to the synthesis of high added-value molecules (such as hydrogen) and to new photovoltaic cells, as well as to anticancer agents active in visible-light photoactivatable therapies.
Strategic lines
- Development of new water-soluble homo-and heterometallic complexes with photocatalytic activity in the synthesis processes of high value-added molecules, such as hydrogen from water and visible-solar radiation
- Transformation of white phosphorus into red phosphorus, using solar energy as a power source
- New photoactivatable anticancer agents useful in photoactive therapy, where the compounds are inert in the dark and active under visible radiation
- Photogeneration of hydrogen and its storage
Principal investigators
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6285-9262 · Scopus Author ID: 6603792206. Antonio Romerosa was born in Granada, Spain, in 1964. He graduated in 1987 from the University of Granada and received his PhD from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in January 1992. That same year, he completed a postdoctoral stay at the former CNR ISSECC, now ICCOM CNR, in Florence, Italy. He became an associate professor in 1997 and a full professor in 2009 in the area of inorganic chemistry at the University of Almería, Spain. His main research interests include homogeneous catalysis and organometallic chemistry in water, phosphorus chemistry, inorganic photochemistry, bioinorganic chemistry and natural stones. He has authored more than 156 international papers, 15 Spanish and international patents, and over 260 presentations at national and international conferences. He has led more than 23 national, regional and European research projects and supervised 19 doctoral theses; he is currently supervising three more. He leads the Andalusian regional research group FQM-317.