Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto, Universidade do Porto
Professor Adélio Mendes (born 1964) received his PhD degree from the University of Porto in 1993.
Currently is full professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering – University
of Porto.
Coordinates a large research team with research interests mainly in photovoltaic cells (DSSC and PSC),
photoelectrochemical cells, electroreduction of CO2, batteries (RFB and SIB), fuel cells and electrolysis,
chemical membrane reactors, methane splitting, green methanol, adsorption-based separation processes
and carbon molecular sieve membranes.
Professor Mendes authored or co-authored more than 460 articles in peer-reviewed international journals,
filled more than 35 families of patents, and authored a textbook; he was the recipient of an Advanced
Research Grant from the ERC on dye-sensitized solar cells for building integrated of ca. 2 M€, in 2013,
led/leads several EU projects, namely two from the Future and Emerging Technologies program (FET); leads
a large project on Green-Methanol of ca. 7 M€. 10 start-up companies co-owned by former or present
researchers from his research team were created from his research activities.
Prof. Mendes’ awards include Air Products Faculty Excellence 2011 Award (USA), Solvay & Hovione
Innovation Challenge 2011, Ramos Catarino Innovation Award 2011-2012, ACP Diogo Vasconcelos Applied
Research Award 2011, Municipal Medal of Merit by the City of Porto Merit – Gold Degree in 2015, Coimbra
University Prize of 2016, Scientific Excellence Award by FEUP, Technology Innovation Award 2017 by the
University of Porto and The PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize 2019 (com Catarina G. Braz, Henrique A.
Matos, Adélio Mendes, Jorge Rocha, Ricardo Alvim). He was the director and founder of the Competence
Network in Polymers, and he was President and founder of the VG-CoLAB – Energy Storage.
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2472-3265
SCOPUS: Author ID 7102443929