Rodrigo Bautista Pacheco PhD Student

rodrigo.bautista[at]tum.de
Room 46206
Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85748 Garching

B.Sc. Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, 2022.
Thesis: "Growth of D-Transition Metal Dichalcogenides to be used as Cathodes for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction"
M.Sc. Physics (Applied- and Engineering Physics), Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany, 2024.
Thesis: "In-Situ Identification of Active Electrocatalytic Sites on Pt(111) in Alkaline Electrolytes. Cation and Isotope Effects"


Rodrigo’s research focuses on applying quantum sensing methods to study Lithium dynamics in Li-battery electrodes. Before joining ECM, Rodrigo was part of the Chair of Energy Conversion and Storage at the Physics Department.

Publications
1 “MoS2 Photoelectrodes for Hydrogen Production: Tuning the S-Vacancy Content in Highly Homogeneous Ultrathin Nanocrystals”
Jiménez-Arévalo, N., Al Shuhaib, J. H., Pacheco, R. B., Marchiani, D., Saad Abdelnabi, M. M., Frisenda, R., ... & Leardini, F.
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 28, 33514–33524