F. Molina-Lopez

Assoc Prof Materials Eng @KU_Leuven | ERC grantee | Formerly Engineer @Apple, Postdoc @Stanford, PhD @EPFL. Printed/flexible/stretchable electronic materials.

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

2/🧵Actually, a device installed on the hot water pipe running into his office wall heater, we could have already powered a few sensors for the IoT. Moreover, he demonstrated on-demand cooling ❄️ below room temperature!

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

1/🧵Happy to share our latest work on laser-printed flexible inorganic thermoelectrics (TEs) ⚡️🔥, published in @Nature_NPJ Flexible Electronics: https://t.co/3hbQcnhn78
We are getting very close to providing meaningful power 🔋 values from heat wasted in daily-life scenarios!

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Great work being carried out by Suo Tu in our team.

Suo is working on printed organic electronics for waste heat conversion, focusing on flexible, solution-processable and sustainable thermoelectric materials. 

I’m excited to see where it leads next.

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

We kicked off MatSus 2026 in Barcelona! I will be presenting our recent work (@Shubhradip07 ) on stable doping of p-type thermoelectric polymers on Thursday pm (symposium B3)! @nanoGe_Conf @ERC_Research @te_materials @ScaleMte

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Proud of my great research group! This year is a transition year with many PhDs graduating and the typical postdoc turnover. I hope funding will allow us to keep the science going!
@AltynaiQaidar,@Shubhradip07

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Happy to share the fruit of a collaboration between our group and Mario Caironi.
@te_materials, @ERC_Research

Printed Organic Thermoelectric Generators: Progress and Challenges Towards Efficient Energy Harvesting - Adv. Mater. Tech. https://t.co/3jZeejlon2

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

A great visit at KU Leuven today with Prof. Jeonghun Kwak from Seoul National University 🇰🇷

From quantum dot thermoelectrics and quantum confinement, to QD-based memristors for neuromorphic systems. Excellent discussions with the team. Science moves faster when ideas travel.

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

We are delighted to welcome Catarina Quitério as the newest PhD researcher in our group!
Catarina will be working on Laser-Printed Flexible Sustainable Thermoelectrics, pushing forward new materials and processes for energy harvesting on flexible platforms. Welcome to the team!

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

The final program of the MATSUS26 conference is out!📢. I will be presenting our latest work on doped conjugated polymers for thermoelectrics, along with top-researcher colleagues. @Shubhradip07
@ERC_Research

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Today, I had the pleasure of sharing the role of external jury member with Mariano Campoy-Quiles during the PhD defense of Bram Bijnens from @uhasselt in organic bolometers for infrared detection. Congratulations to the new doctor and thanks to Koen Vandewal for the invitation.

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Today we went for bowling and dinner afterwards. It felt so good to see the group enjoying some free time together out of the lab.
Thanks @AltynaiQaidar for organizing it!
@Shubhradip07

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Congratulations to Dr Hasan Baysal! The 3rd graduate of the group and our expert in 3D printing and PEDOT:PSS aerogels!
Thanks to the jury members and the funding agency.
@mattana_giorgio
@ERC_Research
@mtm_kuleuven
@Shubhradip07

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Always great to meet my friend and colleague @mattana_giorgio from Paris Cité who came to @KU_Leuven to serve as jury member for the PhD defense of Hasan Baysal. We are enjoying Belgium beer diversity.

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Congrats to Bokai Zhang, the 2nd PhD student to graduate from the group. He worked on brush-printed organic thermoelectrics. The first PhDs are instrumental in building the lab, both literally and culturally. Thank you!

@mtm_kuleuven @ERC_Research
@Shubhradip07, @AltynaiQaidar

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

@ERC_Research, @mtm_kuleuven, @KU_Leuven
@thermoelectrics, @te_materials

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

I am happy to share our latest collaborative work in Nano Energy: "Stress-engineered 3D thin-film micro-thermoelectrics for integrated energy harvesting and thermal management". You can access for free for 50 days at:
https://t.co/2qoAZVHwBe

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

This work is a step forward in the co-integration of miniaturized TE harvesters and micro-chips. Although we demonstrated only energy harvesting (for now), this technology holds potential also for chip cooling.
Thanks, Milad Shojaeian and Prof. M. Kraft, for the collaboration.

[F. Molina-Lopez @MolinaLopezLab]

Today we had the pleasure to welcome @nanozchen at @mtm_kuleuven (@KU_Leuven). He shared with us his impressive research at @UCSDJacobs in battery regeneration process.