Laura Isabel Vilas Holz

Fundings

• Next generation anodes for direct ammonia solid acid electrochemical fuel cells (SAFCs)

  08/14/2027
  10.54499/2024.14251.PEX

  https://doi.org/10.54499/2024.14251.PEX

• Bioethanol internal reforming proton ceramic fuel cell for the decarbonization of heavy transport

  04/01/2027
  COMPETE2030-FEDER-00744500 (nº 16284)

  https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.17866.ICDT

• Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation

  12/31/2029
  10.54499/UID/00481/2025

  https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/00481/2025

• CEEC Individual Contract (6th edition)

• Centro de Tecnologia Mecânica e Automação

  12/31/2024
  10.54499/UIDB/00481/2020

  https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00481/2020

• New generation of electrochemical ammonia formation membranes using nitride-based catalysts (250,000.00€)

• Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (335,000.00€)

• Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation (606,000.00€)

• Sustainable ammonia electrochemical synthesis via non-oxidative dehydrogenation of biomethane to ethylene using proton conducting membranes (249,999.99€)

• Valuation of N2O and NOx streams in oxidation reactions through electrochemical processes (911,221.66€)

• Direct conversion of CO2 to synthetic fuel by hybrid electrolyser cells (250,000.00€)

• UP-FUEL - Valorização Eletroquímica do CO2/Biogás para a produção de metano sintético

• Nanocompósitos de Hidreto Reativo Modificado: Uma nova solução promissora para os problemas de Armazenamento de Hidrogénio de Elevada Capacidade para Veículos a Hidrogénio Verde

Publications

• Transition metal (oxy)carbides for protonic ceramic cells: Opportunities and challenges of molybdenum (oxy)carbide

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  Chemical Engineering Journal | 2026

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2026.174739

• Thermodynamic and Electrochemical Transport Properties of Yttrium-Doped Barium Zirconate Stannates

  Almeida, Carlos M. R. de; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2026

  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c07579

• A simple compression sealing method for planar single-cell SOFC testing

  Alves, Luís; Fagg, Duncan; FERNANDES, CELINA; Holz, Laura; Mendes, Adélio
  Fuel | 2025

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.135872

• Optimisation of Electrodes for Fuel Cells Using the Electrospinning Technique

  Allan J. M. Araújo; Armin Feldhoff; Francisco J. A. Loureiro; Gideon S. Grader; Holz, Laura; Itzhak I. Maor; Meirav Mann-Lahav; Vadim Beilin
  TEchMA2025 International Conference, Aveiro, Portugal, 10 September 2025 | 2025

• Electrochemical Interpretation of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack for Simultaneous Nitrous Oxide Valorization Using Diluted Ammonia as Fuel, (Oral presentation).

  Fagg, Duncan; Fernandes, C; Holz, Laura
  SOFC XIX | 19th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells | 2025

• Nitrous Oxide Reduction and Valorization in a Solid Oxide Fuel cell Stack

  Duarte, Miguel; Fagg, Duncan; Fernandes, C; Francisco J. A. Loureiro; Holz, Laura; Mendes, Adélio
  DCE, 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering | 2025

• Nitrous oxide abatement and valorization in an ammonia-fueled SOFC stack – Nitric oxide and electricity production

  Duarte, Miguel; Fagg, Duncan P.; FERNANDES, CELINA; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mendes, Adélio
  Chemical Engineering Journal | 2024

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157921

• A robust hydrothermal synthesis method of NH4Zr2(PO4)3, a precursor for HZr2(PO4)3 proton conductor

  Almeida Paiva, Lara F.; Durana, E.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Manuel P.F.; Holz, Laura I.V.
  Ceramics International | 2024

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.05.256

• Electrochemical interpretation of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) stack for nitrous oxide (N2O) valorization using diluted ammonia fuel

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Fernandes, C; Holz, Laura; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mendes, Adélio
  27th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2024 | 2024

• Modelling ammonia and nitrous oxide decomposition reactions in solid oxide fuel cells for combined energy generation and treatment of flue gas streams

  Duarte, Miguel; Fagg, Duncan P.; FERNANDES, CELINA; Holz, Laura I.V.; Mendes, Adélio; RIBEIRINHA, PAULO
  Applied Energy | 2024

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123465

• N2O abatement

  Duarte, Miguel; Fagg, Duncan; Fernandes, C; Holz, Laura; Mendes, Adélio
  Encontro para a Ciência 2024 | 2024

• A kinetic study of the thermal oxidation of cubic niobium oxynitride

  Duncan P.FAgg; Francisco J.A.Loureiro; Glenn C. Mather; Laura I.V.Holz; Vanessa C.D.Graça
  Encontro Ciência 2024 | 2024

• Investigating CO2 Stability and Proton Conductivity in Yttrium-Doped Zirconate Stannate Electrolytes

  C.D. Graça, Vanessa; Duncan P.FAgg; Francisco J.A. Loureiro; Holz, Laura; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  Encontro Ciência 2024 | 2024

• Sr2Fe1·5Mo0·5O6--based cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells: Microstructural considerations and composite formation with Pr-doped ceria

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Farias, Morena B.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mikhalev, Sergey M.; Paskocimas, Carlos A.
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2024

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.02.363

• Catalytically driven hydrogen storage in magnesium hydride through its chemical interaction with the additive vanadium pentoxide

  Blaabjerg, Frede; Çaha, Ihsan; Checchetto, Riccardo; Deepak, Francis Leonard; Fagg, Duncan Paul; IV Holz, Laura; Kristensen, Peter Kjær; Pukazhselvan, D.
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2024

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.02.037

• Advanced materials for improving the (electro)catalytic processes in ammonia ceramic fuel cells

  Duncan P. Fagg; Francisco José Almeida Loureiro; Laura I.V. Holz; Sergey M. Mikhalev; Vanessa C.D. Graça
  2024

• Optimization of misfit calcium cobaltite oxygen electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells through electrospinning processing

  Araújo, Allan J. M.; Beilin, Vadim; Feldhoff, Armin; Grader, Gideon S.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Mann-Lahav, Meirav; Maor, Itzhak I.
  Journal of Materials Chemistry A | 2024

  https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ta04085f

• Bioactive Glasses Containing Strontium or Magnesium Ions to Enhance the Biological Response in Bone Regeneration

  Ana Sofia Pádua ; Holz, Laura; Isabel Sá-Nogueira; João Paulo Borges ; Jorge Carvalho Silva; Manuel Almeida Valente; Manuel Pedro Fernandes Graça; Sílvia Rodrigues Gavinho
  Nanomaterials | 2023

  https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13192717

• A novel niobium (oxy)nitride-BaCe0.7Zr0.1Y0.2O3-d composite electrode for Proton Ceramic Membrane Reactors (PCMRs)

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.
  Journal of Energy Storage | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.107769

• Assessing the use of SOFCs for NOx Valorization in Industry: A Technical-Economic Investigation

  Duarte, Miguel; Fagg, Duncan; Fernandes, C; Holz, Laura; Mendes, Adélio
  SPE 2023 - XXV Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society | 2023

• Benchmarking the yttrium content in the low temperature/low humidity electrical properties of yttrium-doped barium cerate

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Shakel, Zinaida
  Ceramics International | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.08.148

• Proton conducting yttrium-doped zirconate stannate (BaZr0.8-xSnxY0.2O3-d)electrolytes

  Duncan P. Fagg; Francisco J.A. Loureiro; Laura I. V. Holz; Sergey M.Mikhalev; Vanessa C.D. Graça
  Encontro Ciência 2023 | 2023

• Ba2NiMoO6-d (BNMO)-based electrodes for protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCECs)

  C.D. Graça, Vanessa; Duncan P.FAgg; Francisco J. A. Loureiro; Laura I. V. Holz
  Encontro Ciência 2023 | 2023

• Optimization of cobalt-free cathodes for sustainable power generation in ceramic fuel cells

  Allan J.M. Araújo; Carlos A. Paskocimas; Duncan P. Fagg; Francisco J.A. Loureiro; Laura I.V.Holz; Morena B. Fritas; Thayse R. Silva
  Encontro Ciência 2023 | 2023

• Strontium iron molybdenum oxide as electrocatalyst for nitrous oxide reduction in solid oxide fuel cells

  Fagg, Duncan P.; FERNANDES, CELINA; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mendes, Adélio; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.251

• Ba2NiMoO6-d as a potential electrode for protonic ceramic electrochemical cells

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.354

• The effect of ammonolysis conditions on the structural properties and oxidation kinetics of cubic niobium oxynitride

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Mather, Glenn C.
  Journal of Materials Chemistry C | 2023

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3tc01068f

• Vanadium (oxy)nitride as a new category of anode for direct ammonia solid oxide fuel cells cells

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mendes, Adélio; Mendes, Diogo; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  Renewable Energy | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.10.098

• Sealing efficiently a SOFC to reduce NOx and N2O emissions

  Adelio Mendes; Celina Fernandes; Duncan Fagg; Holz, Laura; José Nogueira; Luis alves; Paulo Ribeirinha
  8th International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related | 2022

• Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the Anisotropy Evolution in Aluminium Alloys Processed by Asymmetric Rolling

  Butuc, Marilena C.; Graça, Ana; Holz, Laura; Lopes, Augusto; Lopes, Diogo; Pereira, Antonio B.; Vincze, Gabriela; Yánez, Jesús
  European Journal of Computational Mechanics | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3131

• Electrochemical nitric oxide (NO) production with integral removal of nitrous oxide (N2O)

  Universidade de Aveiro | 2022

• Assessment of the electrical properties and chemical stabilities of BaCe0.9Y0.1O3-d and BaCe0.7Zr0.1Y0.2O3-d proton ceramic electrolytes at low temperatures, 300 to 600°C

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  International Journal of Energy Research | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.8746

• Catalysis of ceria incorporated magnesium hydride: A follow up study

  Çaha, Ihsan; Deepak, Francis Leonard; Fagg, Duncan Paul; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Jakka, Suresh Kumar; Kovalevsky, Andrei V.; Pukazhselvan, D.; Soares, M.J.
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.06.228

• An effective route to seal solid oxide fuel cells

  Fagg, Duncan; FERNANDES, CELINA; Holz, Laura; José Nogueira; Luis alves; Mendes, Adélio; RIBEIRINHA, PAULO
  ICCMR-15 - International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors 15 | 2022

• An effective route to seal SOFC for NOx and N2O treatment

  Adelio Mendes; Celina Fernandes; Duncan Fagg; Holz, Laura; José Nogueira; Luis alves; Paulo Ribeirinha
  VIII Symposium on Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Advanced Batteries | 2022

• Towards improved chemical stability of yttrium-doped barium cerate by the introduction of nickel oxide

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  Journal of the American Ceramic Society | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.18600

• The electrochemical promotion of nitrous oxide reduction on a lanthanum strontium iron cobalt cathode

  Araújo, Allan J. M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Mendes, Adélio; Mendes, Diogo
  International Journal of Energy Research | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.8213

• Boosted electrochemical performance of ca-cobaltite-based composite electrodes for reversible solid oxide cells

  Araújo, Allan J. M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Grilo, João P. F.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Macedo, Daniel A.; Paskocimas, Carlos A.
  International Journal of Energy Research | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.8174

• Cubic niobium (oxy)nitride as potential cathode for the electrochemical synthesis of ammonia in protonic ceramic fuel cells

  Duncan P. Fagg; Francisco J. A. Loureiro; Holz, Laura; Vanessa C. D. Graça
  Ciência meeting | 2022

• Understanding the oxidation kinetics behaviour of vanadium (oxy)nitride: effect of anion stoichiometry

  Adelio Mendes; C.D. Graça, Vanessa; Diogo Mendes; Duncan P.FAgg; Francisco J. A. Loureiro; Holz, Laura; Mikhalev, Sergey
  Ciência meeting | 2022

• Tailoring the anion stoichiometry and oxidation kinetics of vanadium (oxy)nitride by the control of ammonolysis conditions

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Mendes, Adélio; Mendes, Diogo; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  Journal of Materials Chemistry C | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2tc00545j

• Electrochemical ammonia synthesis: Mechanism, recent developments, and challenges in catalyst design

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  Heterogeneous Catalysis | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-85612-6.00018-8

• Non-faradaic electrochemical modification of catalytic activity: A current overview

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Mendes, Adélio; Mendes, Diogo
  Heterogeneous Catalysis | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-85612-6.00019-x

• Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in solid oxide cells (SOCs): A brief review

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Cesário, Moisés R.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Macedo, Daniel A.; Paskocimas, Carlos A.
  Heterogeneous Catalysis | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-85612-6.00015-2

• Solid oxide cells (SOCs) in heterogeneous catalysis

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Cesário, Moisés R.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Macedo, Daniel A.
  Heterogeneous Catalysis | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-85612-6.00014-0

• Progress in Misfit Ca-Cobaltite Electrodes for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells

  Allan J. M. Araújo; Araújo, Allan J. M.; et al; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Macedo, Daniel A.
  Handbook of Energy Materials | 2022

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4480-1_71-1

• A comprehensive review of NOx and N2O mitigation from industrial streams

  Alves, Luís; Fagg, Duncan P.; FERNANDES, CELINA; Holz, Laura I.V.; Mendes, Adélio; Mendes, Diogo; RIBEIRINHA, PAULO
  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2021

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111916

• Creating new surface-exchange pathways on the misfit Ca-cobaltite electrode by the addition of an active interlayer

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C.D.; Grilo, João P.F.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Macedo, Daniel A.; Paskocimas, Carlos A.
  Journal of Power Sources | 2021

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230417

• Composite of calcium cobaltite with praseodymium-doped ceria: A promising new oxygen electrode for solid oxide cells

  Araújo, Allan J.M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Grilo, João P.F.; Holz, Laura I.V.; Loureiro, Francisco J.A.; Macedo, Daniel A.; Paskocimas, Carlos A.
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2021

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.06.049

• Vanadium oxynitride as a novel potential anode for ammonia-fueled SOFC: electrochemical behaviour in NH3

  Adelio Mendes; Diogo Mendes; Duncan P.FAgg; Francisco J.A. Loureiro; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Laura I. V. Holz; Mikhalev, Sergey M.
  Ciência meeting | 2021

• The influence of time and temperature on the preparation of niobium nitride by ammonolysis route

  Duncan P. Fagg; Francisco J.A. Loureiro; Laura I. V. Holz; Vanessa C.D. Graça
  Ciência meeting | 2021

• Analysis of La4Ni3O10±d-BaCe0.9Y0.1O3-d Composite Cathodes for Proton Ceramic Fuel Cells

  Fagg, Duncan P.; Graça, Vanessa C. D.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Mikhalev, Sergey M.; Ramasamy, Devaraj
  Applied Sciences | 2021

  http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11083407

• Analysis of the Electrochemical Transport Properties of Doped Barium Cerate for Proton Conductivity in Low Humidity Conditions: A Review

  C.D. Graça, Vanessa; I.V. Holz, Laura; J.A. Loureiro, Francisco; P. Fagg, Duncan
  Analytical Chemistry - Advancement, Perspectives and Applications | 2021

  http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93970

• Composite of Ca-Cobaltite with Pr-Doped Ceria as Oxygen Electrode for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells

  Allan J. M. Araújo; Carlos Paskocimas; Daniel A. Macedo; Duncan P. Fagg; Francisco J. A. Loureiro; João Paulo Freitas Grilo; Laura I. V. Holz
  7th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC- XVII) July 18 - July 23 | 2021

• Non-Faradaic Electrochemical Modification of Catalytic Activity: LSCF As Electrocatalyst for Nitrous Oxide Electrochemical Reduction

  Adelio Mendes; Allan Jedson Menezes Araujo; Diogo Mendes; Duncan Paul Fagg; Francisco José Almeida Loureiro; Holz, Laura; Sergey Mikhaylovich Mikhalev
  17th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC- XVII) July 18 - July 23 | 2021

• Proteic sol–gel synthesis of Gd-doped ceria: a comprehensive structural, chemical, microstructural and electrical analysis

  Araújo, Allan J. M.; Fagg, Duncan P.; Grilo, João P. F.; Holz, Laura I. V.; Loureiro, Francisco J. A.; Macedo, Daniel A.; Paskocimas, Carlos A.
  Journal of Materials Science | 2020

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05173-6

• Effect of ammonolysis temperature on physical properties of vanadium (oxy)nitride as a potential electrocatalyst for ammonia decomposition: synthesis, crystal structure and electrical properties

  Holz, Laura
  TEchMA2020 - 3rd International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions | 2020

• Exploring NbN material as electrocatalyst for ammonia synthesis by ammonolysis route

  Holz, Laura
  TEchMA2020 - 3rd International Conference on Technologies for the Wellbeing and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions, Aveiro, Portugal | 2020

• Effect of Fe2O3 doping on colour and mechanical properties of Y-TZP ceramics

  Almeida, M.M.; Costa, F.M.; Fernandes, A.J.S.; Holz, L.; Macías, J.; Vitorino, N.
  Ceramics International | 2018

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.06.273

• Electrochemical treatment of NOx and N2O gases

  Holz, Laura
  Ciência meeting | 2018

• Yttria-stabilized zirconia with beige colour

  Holz, Laura
  Universidade de Aveiro | 2017

• Development of zirconia composites for orthopedic implants: ceramic preparation, characterization and biocompatibility study

  Holz, Laura
  Non living materials meet living biology, Greece, Patras (COST action MP1301 NEWGEN) | 2017