Lorena Álvarez Contreras

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Últimas publicaciones

• The impact of the design of MoO3 nanorods on the bactericidal performance

  Raúl Castellanos-Espinoza, Gabriela Gonzalez-Uribe, Noé Arjona, Claramaría Rodríguez-Gonzalez, Carlos Manuel Ramos-Castillo, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Gabriel Luna-Barcenas, Beatriz Liliana Espana-Sánchez, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.684. No.2025. pp161889 (2025)

• Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Co-based Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks and validation in a daily environment

  María José Martín-Martínez, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Carlos Ramos-Castillo, Noé Arjona, Beatriz Liliana España-Sánchez
  COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, Vol.707. No.2025. pp135917 (2025)

• High activity of cobalt-atomically dispersed catalyst on mesoporous carbon for rechargeable Zn-air batteries via effective removal of the hard template

  Yahreli Audeves−Audeves , Alejandro Arredondo−Espínola, Osvaldo Nava, Amelia Olivas, Julieta Torres-González, Lorena Álvarez‒Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona
  MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS, Vol.381. No.2025. pp113359 (2025)

• Tailoring N and S Heteroatoms Through Rational Design in Carbon Nanotubes-Graphene Composites for Enhanced Zn-Air Battery Performance

  José Béjar, Omar De-la-Fuente Valerio, Carlos M. Ramos-Castillo, Alfredo Aguilar-Elguezabal, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Juan Pablo F. Rebolledo-Chávez, Noé Arjona, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras
  CHEMSUSCHEM, Vol.. No.. pp (2024)

• Gel polymer electrolytes containing SiO2 spheres with tuned sizes to increase rechargeability of quasi-solid-state Zn-air batteries

  Cesar Coello–Mauléon , Alejandro Arredondo-Espínola , Lorena Alvarez–Contreras , Minerva Guerra–Balcázar , Noé Arjona
  ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, Vol.508. No.2024. pp145265 (2024)

• Electrodeposited Zn-Mn on three-dimensional electrodes as anodes in liquid and quasi-solid-state zinc-air batteries

  Alejandro Arredondo-Espínola, Gabriel Trejo, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Noé Arjona, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, Vol.1005. No.2024. pp176167 (2024)

• Modulating N doping in cobalt-derived catalyst from zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for high performance zinc-air batteries

  Adrián Ramírez-Díaz, José Béjar, Anabel D. Delgado, Alexander Suarez-Barajas, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras
  MATERIALS LETTERS, Vol.374. No.2024. pp137184 (2024)

• Surface Engineering of N-Doped Carbon Derived from Polyaniline for Primary Zinc-Air Batteries

  Ángel Chávez-Hernández, Carlos M. Ramos-Castillo, Amelia Olivas, Anabel D. Delgado, Minerva Guerra‒Balcázar, Lorena Álvarez‒Contreras, and Noé Arjona
  CHEMNANOMAT, Vol.10. No.2024. ppe202400361 (2024)

• Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)/Poly(Acrylic Acid) Gel Polymer Electrolyte Modified with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and SiO2 Nanospheres to Increase Rechargeability of Zn–Air Batteries I.F. 5

  Lucia Díaz-Patiño, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, and Noé Arjona
  Gels, Vol.10(9). No.2024. pp587 (2024)

• Dual antibacterial/antiviral performance of ZIFs for highly contaminated sanitary surfaces

  María José Martín-Martínez a, Alejandro López-Amador, Abel Gutiérrez-Ortega, Claramaría Rodríguez-González, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Noe Arjona, Beatriz Liliana España-Sánchez
  MATERIALS LETTERS, Vol.366. No.2024. pp136488 (2024)

• NiMn layered double hydroxides with promoted surface defects as bifunctional electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

  Oscar Ambriz-Peláez, José Béjar, Anabel D. Delgado, Claramaría Rodríguez-González, C.M. Ramos-Castillo, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona
  FlatChem, Vol.25. No.2024. pp100664 (2024)

• Synthesis of CoMoS/TiO2 as catalysts for hydrodesulfurization and their second life as electrocatalysts for energy conversion

  Anabel D. Delgado, Efraín Chacon-Ferra, Alexander Suarez-Barajas, Minerva Guerra Balcázar, C.M. Ramos-Castillo, Noé Arjona, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras
  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, Vol.2024. No.. pp (2024)

• Oxygen vacancy-enriched NiCo2O4 spinels/N-doped carbon nanotubes-graphene composites for the ethylene glycol electro-oxidation

  Alexander Suarez-Barajas, C.M. Ramos-Castillo, Amelia Olivas, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Noé Arjona
  FUEL, Vol.360. No.2024. pp130371 (2024)

• Defect Engineering of Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides: Insights from Density Functional Theory

  C. M. Ramos-Castillo, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Noé Arjona, and Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C , Vol.2024. No.128, 10. pp4161–4170 (2024)

• Defect engineering on metal oxides (Zn, Mo and Fe) and their impact on the crude glycerol biofuel oxidation

  Isaac Velazquez-Hernández, Amelia Olivas, Jennifer A. Bañuelos , C.M. Ramos-Castillo, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona
  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, Vol.52, Part B. No.2024. pp1033-1046 (2024)

• Electrochemical detection of creatinine on Cu/carbon paper electrodes obtained by physical vapor deposition

  Carlos Luis Gonzalez-Gallardo, Jorge Morales-Hernández, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Noé Arjona & Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY, Vol.54. No.2024. pp115–126 (2024)

• Green Energy Storage: Chitosan-Avocado Starch Hydrogels for a Novel Generation of Zinc Battery Electrolytes

  María I. Cruz-Balaz, María Fernanda Bósquez-Cáceres, Anabel D. Delgado, Noé Arjona, Vivian Morera Córdova, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Juan P. Tafur
  POLYMERS, Vol.15. No.2023. pp4398 (2023)

• CoMn2O4 nanoparticles supported on defect-rich N-doped carbon nanotubes as air electrode in rechargeable zinc-air batteries

  José Béjar, Francisco Espinosa-Magaña, Norberto Valdiviezo-Godina, Alfredo Aguilar-Elguezabal, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras
  JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol.947. No.2023. pp117754 (2023)

• Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous trimetallic spinel for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis

  Angela Caprì, Alejandra Martínez-Lázaro, José Béjar, Irene Gatto, Lorena Álvarez- Contreras, Mayra Polett Gurrola, Janet Ledesma-García, Vincenzo Baglio, Luis Gerardo Arriaga
  ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, Vol.463. No.2023. pp142851 (2023)

• Enhancing Electrochemical Performance of Zinc-Air Batteries Using Freeze Crosslinked Carboxymethylcellulose-Chitosan Hydrogels as Electrolytes

  María Fernanda Bósquez-Cáceres, José Bejar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, and Juan P. Tafur
  JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol.170. No.2023. pp060502 (2023)

• Novel and high electrocatalytic activity aerogel Pd-TM (TM=Co, Ni, Fe) F.I. 13.364

  A. Martínez-Lazaro, M.H. Rodriguez-Barajas, N. Rey-Raap, F.I. Espinosa, L. Alvarez-Contreras, J. Ledesma-García, A. Arenillas, L.G. Arriaga
  Materials Today Nano, Vol.22. No.2023. pp100308 (2023)

• Synthesis and characterization of Chitosan‐Avocado seed starch hydrogels as electrolytes for zinc‐air batteries

  María I. Cruz‐Balaz, María Fernanda Bósquez‐Cáceres, José Béjar, Lorena Álvarez‐Contreras, Vivian Morera Córdova, Juan P. Tafur
  JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH, Vol.30. No.2023. pp189 (2023)

• Temperature effect on electrochemical properties of lithium manganese phosphate with carbon coating and decorating with MWCNT for lithium-ion battery

  J Herrera Robles, H Camacho Montes, PE García Casillas, C Velasco-Santos, AL Martínez-Hernández, O Raymond Herrera, JA Matutes Aquino, L Fuentes Coba, L Alvarez Contreras, RK Bordia
  JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, Vol.27. No.2023. pp2207–2216 (2023)

• Antibacterial and electrochemical evaluation of electrospun polyethersulfone/silver composites as highly persistent nanomaterials

  María Mónica Hernádez-Orozco, Raúl Castellanos-Espinoza, Nuri Aranzazú Hernádez-Santos, Fatima Berenice Ramírez-Montiel, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Víctor Manuel Arellano-Arreola, Felipe Padilla-Vaca, Noé Arjona, Beatriz Liliana España-Sánchez
  POLYMER COMPOSITES, Vol.44. No.3. pp1711-1724 (2023)

• Rational design of nitrogen‒doped carbon nanotubes by defect engineering for Zn‒air batteries with high performance

  José Béjar, Francisco Espinosa‒Magaña, Joana Avelar, Alfredo Aguilar‒Elguezabal, Minerva Guerra‒Balcázar, Noé Arjona, Lorena Alvarez‒Contreras
  CARBON, Vol.204. No.2023. pp411-426 (2023)

• Electrodeposition of small‒sized NiM2O4 spinels (M: Co, Mn) as bifunctional nanomaterials for rechargeable zinc‒air batteries

  José Béjar, Anabel D. Delgado, Francisco Espinosa‒Magaña, Alfredo Aguilar‒ Elguezabal, Minerva Guerra‒Balcázar, Noé Arjona, Lorena Álvarez‒Contreras
  JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, Vol.929. No.2022. pp167266 (2022)

• Chitosan-Carboxymethylcellulose Hydrogels as Electrolytes for Zinc-Air Batteries: An Approach to the Transition Towards Renewable Energy Storage Devices

  María Fernanda Bósquez-Cáceres, Lola de Lim, Vivian Morera Córdova, Anabel D. Delgado, José Béjar, Noé Arjona, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Juan P. Tafur
  Batteries, Vol.8. No.2022. pp265 (2022)

• Sustainable energy conversion of crude glycerol as biofuel employing PdBi nanomaterials

  Isaac Velázquez-Hernández, Luis Torres-Pacheco, Alejandra Álvarez-López, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.602. No.2022. pp154385 (2022)

• Defected NiFe layered double hydroxides on N-doped carbon nanotubes as ef- ficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

  Oscar Ambriz-Peláez, José Béjar, C.M. Ramos-Castillo, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Noé Arjona
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.601. No.2022. pp154253 (2022)

• Electrochemical creatinine detection for advanced point-of-care sensing devices: a review

  Carlos Luis Gonzalez-Gallardo, Noé Arjona, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  RSC ADVANCES, Vol.12. No.2022. pp30785–30802 (2022)

• Gold structures on 3D carbon electrodes as highly active nanomaterials for the clean energy conversion of crude glycerol

  Noé Arjona, Luis J.Torres‒Pacheco, Lorena Álvarez‒Contreras, MinervaGuerra‒Balcázar
  ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, Vol.430. No.2022. pp141098 (2022)

• Monolayer CoMoS catalysts on hierarchically porous alumina spheres as bifunctional nanomaterials for hydrodesulfurization and energy storage applications

  Anabel D. Delgado, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Karen A. Beltrán, Noé Arjona, M. Guerra-Balcázar, José Béjar, A. Aguilar-Elguezabal
  CATALYSTS, Vol.12. No.2022. pp913 (2022)

• A Zn−air battery operated with Modified−Zn electrodes/gel polymer electrolytes

  Lucia Díaz‒Patiño, José Béjar, Euth Ortiz‒Ortega, Gabriel Trejo, Minerva Guerra‒Balcázar, Noé Arjona, and Lorena Álvarez‒Contreras
  CHEMELECTROCHEM, Vol.2022. No.. pp (2022)

• Manganese Oxides (Mn3O4 & α-MnO2) as Co-catalysts in Pd-Based Nanomaterials for the Ethylene Glycol Electro-Oxidation.

  Noé Arjona, Francisco Espinosa-Magaña, Jennifer A. Bañuelos, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, and Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  CHEMELECTROCHEM, Vol.9. No.2022. ppe202200015 (2022)

• Electrocatalytic oxidation of sorbitol on PdxAuy/C bimetallic nanocatalysts

  Luis J. Torres-Pacheco, Antonio De Leon Rodriguez, Jennifer A. Bañuelos, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar , Noé Arjona
  FUEL, Vol.314. No.2022. pp122788 (2022)

• Hierarchical Pd and Pt structures obtained on 3D carbon electrodes as electrocatalysts for the ethylene glycol electro‒oxidation

  Noé Arjona, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.571. No.2022. pp151246 (2022)

• Zn–air battery operated with a 3DOM trimetallic spinel (Mn 0.5 Ni 0.5 Co 2 O 4 ) as the oxygen electrode

  José Béjar, Lorena Álvarez–Contreras, Francisco Espinosa–Magaña, Janet Ledesma–García , NoéArjona, Luis Gerardo Arriaga
  ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, Vol.391. No.. pp138900 (2021)

• Electrocatalytic oxidation of crude glycerol from the biodiesel production on Pd-M (M = Ir, Ru or Pt) sub-10 nm nanomaterials

  Isaac Velazquez-Hernandez, Alejandra Alvarez-Lopez, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcazar, Noe Arjona
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.545. No.2022. pp149055 (2021)

• Effect of pre-activation treatment temperature on hydrodesulfurization catalytic activity of CoMoS/KIT-6 ISSN: 0920-5861

  Karen A. Beltrán, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras*, Anabel D. Delgado, César C. Leyva-Porras, Alfredo Aguilar-Elguezabal.
  CATALYSIS TODAY, Vol.2021. No.360. pp106-115 (2021)

• Formation of Cu@Pd core@shell nanocatalysts with high activity for ethanol electro-oxidation in alkaline medium, ISSN: 0169-4332

  J. Maya-Cornejo, J.A. Diaz-Real, Jose Luis Lopez-Miranda, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Rodrigo Esparza, Noé Arjona and Miriam Estévez
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.2021. No.538. pp148119 (2021)

• Comparison of three-dimensional versus two-dimensional structure of mesoporous alumina as support of (Ni)MoS2 catalysts for HDS, ISSN: 0920-5861

  Anabel De la Cruz, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras*, A. Beltrán, César C. Leyva-Porras, Alfredo Aguilar
  CATALYSIS TODAY, Vol.2021. No.360. pp165-175 (2021)

• Three-Dimensional-Order Macroporous AB2O4 Spinels (A, B =Co and Mn) as Electrodes in Zn−Air Batteries, ISSN: 1944-8244 (print) 1944-8252 (web)

  Béjar, José; Francisco Espinosa-Magaña; Guerra-Balcázar, M.; Ledesma-García, J.; Lorena Alvarez Contreras; Arjona, Noé; Arriaga, L.G.
  SIN REVISTA, Vol.12. No.. pp53760−53773 (2020)

• Synthesis and application of biogenic gold nanomaterials with {100} facets for crude glycerol electro-oxidation ISSN: 0016-2361

  Isaac Velázquez-Hernández, Miriam Estévez, Hayde Vergara-Castañeda, Minerva Guerra Balcázar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Gabriel Luna-Bárcenas, Claudia Pérez, Noé Arjona, Héctor Pool
  FUEL, Vol.2020. No.279. pp118505 (2020)

• A Flow-Through Membraneless Microfluidic Zinc−Air Cell, Web Edition ISSN: 1944-8252

  E. Ortiz-Ortega, Lucia Díaz-Patiño, José Bejar, G. Trejo, M. Guerra-Balcázar,Francisco Espinosa-Magaña, Lorena Alvarez Contreras, L.G. Arriaga, and Noé Arjona
  ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, Vol.12. No.37. pp41185-41199 (2020)

• Highly active PdNi bimetallic nanocubes electrocatalysts for the ethylene glycol electro-oxidation in alkaline medium

  Andrés López-Coronel, Luis J.Torres-Pacheco, Jennifer A.Bañuelos, Alejandra Álvarez-López, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, NoéArjona
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.530. No.. pp147210 (2020)

• Green synthesis of KIT-6 from water-glass as support for hydrodesulfurization catalysts, and its comparison with KIT-6 synthesized from TEOS

  Anabel D. Delgado, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Karen A. Beltrán, Paola S. Cárdenas, C. Leyva-Porras, A. Aguilar-Elguezabal
  MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS, Vol.2020. No.306. pp110436 (2020)

• Sorbitol electro-oxidation reaction on sub<10 nm PtAu bimetallicnanoparticles ISSN: 0013-4686

  Luis J. Torres-Pacheco, Antonio De Leon-Rodriguez, Lorena A lvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcazar, Noe Arjona.
  SIN REVISTA, Vol.2020. No.353. pp136593 (2020)

• An advanced three-dimensionally ordered macroporous NiCo2O4 spinel as bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn-Air batteries

  José Béjar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Janet Ledesma-García, Noé Arjona, Luis Gerardo Arriaga
  JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, Vol.2020. No.8. pp8554-8565 (2020)

• Effect of AuM (M: Ag, Pt & Pd) bimetallic nanoparticles on the sorbitol electro-oxidation in alkaline medium ISSN: 0016-2361

  Luis J. Torres-Pacheco,Azucena Osornio-Villa,a Nora A. García-Gómez,Amelia Olivas,cRicardo Valdez,Minerva Guerra-Balcázar,Lorena Álvarez-Contreras,Noé Arjona
  FUEL, Vol.2020. No.274. pp117864 (2020)

• Synthesis of a small-size metal oxide mixture based on MoOx and NiO with oxygen vacancies as bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reactions

  Bejar J., Alvarez-Contreras L., Guerra-Balcazar M., Ledesma-Garcia J., Arriaga L.G., Arjona N.
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.509. No.. pp144898 (2020)

• Ionic liquid as green solvent for the synthesis of a-terpineol from a-pinene ISSN: 2352-5541

  A. Aguilar-Elguezabal, L. De la Torre-Sáenz, M. Román Aguirre and L. Álvarez-Contreras
  SIN REVISTA, Vol.2020. No.15. pp100207 (2020)

• Ethanol electro-oxidation and spectroelectrochemical analysis of highly active sub<10 nm PdFe2O3, PdPt and PdAu bimetallicnanoparticles ISSN: 0360-3199

  Isaac Velazquez-Hernandez, Virginie Lair, Michel Cassir, Luis Gerardo Arriaga, Lorena Alvarez Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcazar, Noe Arjona
  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, Vol.2020. No.45. pp9758-9772 (2020)

• Electrochemical valorization of crude glycerol in alkaline medium for energy conversion using Pd, Au and PdAu nanomaterials ISSN: 0016-2361

  Isaac Velázquez-Hernández, Evelyn Zamudio, Francisco J. Rodríguez-ValadezNora A. García-Gómez, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona
  FUEL, Vol.262. No.2020. pp116556 (2020)

• Synthesis of PtAg bimetallic material as a multi-fuel tolerant electrocatalyst and spectroelectrochemical analysis of its capability to perform the oxygen reduction ISSN: 2468-6069

  Mariana Vargas, Isaac Velázquez-Hernández, Jennifer Bañuelos, Janet Ledesma-García, Lorena Alvarez Contreras, Walter Noe Velazquez Arjona, MINERVA GUERRA-BALCAZAR
  MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY, Vol.14. No.2019. pp100335-100347 (2019)

• Effect of molybdenum content on the morphology and electronic characteristics of Pd MoOx nanomaterials and activity evaluation for ethylene glycol electro oxidation ISSN: 0169-4332

  Oscar Ambriz-Peláez, Sergio Durón, Amelia Olivas, Ricardo Valdez, Luis Gerardo Arriaga, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Noé Arjona
  APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, Vol.2019. No.498. pp143842 (2019)

• Electrocatalytic evaluation of sorbitol oxidation as a promising fuel in energy conversion using Au/C, Pd/C and Au Pd/C synthesized ISSN: 0016-2361

  Luis J. Torres‒Pacheco,Lorena Álvarez‒Contreras,Virginie LairMichel CassirJanet Ledesma‒García,Minerva Guerra‒Balcázar,Noé Arjona
  FUEL, Vol.250. No.2019. pp103-116 (2019)

• High performance of Pd and PdAg with well defined facets in direct ethylene glycol microfluidic fuel cells ISSN: 0013-4686

  Andres Lopez‒Coronel, Euth Ortiz‒Ortega, Luis Torres‒Pacheco,Minerva Guerra‒Balcazar, Luis Gerardo Arriaga, Lorena A lvarez‒Contreras*, Noe Arjona
  ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, Vol.2019. No.320. pp134622 (2019)

• Electrocatalytic evaluation of Co3O4 and NiCo2O4 rosettes-like hierarchical spinel as bifunctional materials for oxygen evolution (OER) and reduction (ORR) reactions in alkaline media ISSN: 1572-6657

  José García Béjar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, J. Ledesma-García, Noe Arjona, and L. G. Arriaga
  JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol.2019. No.847. pp113190 (2019)

• Novel biomaterial based on monoamine oxidase-A and multi-walled carbon nanotubes for serotonin detection ISSN: 1369-703X

  Armando Becerra-Hernández, Juan de Dios Galindo-de-la-Rosa; Yolanda de Jesús Martínez-Pimentel, Janet Ledesma-García, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Alfredo Aguilar-Elguezabal, Alejandra Álvarez-López, Abraham Ulises Chávez-Ramírez, VANESSA VALLEJO
  BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, Vol.2019. No.149. pp107240 (2019)

• Electrocatalytic evaluation of highly stable Pt/ZrO2 electrocatalysts synthesized without the assistance of any carbon support for the methanol oxidation reaction Online ISSN:2196-0216

  Angelica Aguilar-Vallejo, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcazar, Janet Ledesma-Garcia, Luis Gerardo Arriaga, Noé Arjona, Sandra Virginia Rivas,
  CHEMELECTROCHEM, Vol.2019. No.6. pp2107 – 2118 (2019)

• Synthesis of Pd-Fe3O4 nanoparticles varying the stabilizing agent and additive and their effect on the ethanol electro-oxidation in alkaline media. ISSN: 1572-6657

  H. Rivera-González, L. Torres-Pacheco, L. Álvarez-Contreras, A. Olivas, M. Guerra-Balcázar, R. Valdez, N. Arjona
  JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol.835. No.2019. pp301-312 (2019)

• Electrocatalytic promotion of Pt nanoparticles by incorporation of Ni(OH)2 for glycerol electro-oxidation: analysis of activity and reaction pathway. Online ISSN:2199-692X

  Isaac Velázquez-Hernández, Mercedes T. Oropeza-Guzmán, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, and Noé Arjona
  SIN REVISTA, Vol.2019. No.5. pp68-78 (2019)

• Microfluidic water splitting cell using 3D NiFe2O4 hollow spheres, ISSN: 0378-7753

  A.Martínez-Lázaro, A.Rico-Zavala, F.I.Espinosa-Lagunes, JulietaTorres-González, L.Álvarez-Contreras, M.P.Gurrola, L.G.Arriaga, J.Ledesma-García, E.Ortiz-Ortega
  JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, Vol.412. No.2019. pp505-523 (2019)

Libros

• Single-Atom Catalysts for Alcohol Oxidation Reactions

  Noé Arjona, Alejandro Arredondo-Espínola, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  Springer, Cham, 2024 Países Bajos, ISBN:Print ISBN 978-3-031-54621-1, Online ISBN 978-3-031-54622-8, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54622-8_24

• Metal oxides for hybrid photoassisted electrochemical energy systems

  Noe Arjona, Jesús Adrián Díaz-Real, Catalina González-Nava, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras, and Minerva Guerra-Balcázar
  Elsevier, 2024 Países Bajos, ISBN:Paperback ISBN: 9780323991438 eBook ISBN: 9780323993678, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99143-8.00016-X

• Pseudocapacitive Materials for Electrolytes

  Lucia Díaz-Patiño, Lorena Álvarez Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, and Noé Arjona
  Springer, 2023 Suiza, ISBN:Libro ISBN 978-3-031-45429-5 y https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45430-1, Capitulo Print ISBN 978-3-031-45429-5 y https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45430-1_6,

• Novel Architectural Designs for Improved Performance

  José Béjar, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Álvarez-Contreras, Noé Arjona
  CRC Press, 2023 Estados Unidos de América, ISBN:9781003295761

• Oxygen defects in metal oxides and their effect on the electrochemical oxidation of short-chain alcohols

  Noé Arjona, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Lorena Alvarez-Contreras
  Elsevier, 2023 Países Bajos, ISBN:978-0-323-85588-4, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85588-4.00018-0

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