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Marta Costa Figueiredo

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Assistant Professor

Marta Costa Figueiredo

Contact

m.c.costa.figueiredo@tue.nl

+31 40 247 6310

Helix-oost 1.24

Department / Institute

EIRES

Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Group

EIRES Research

Membrane Materials and Processes

Electrocat Synth.&Electrochem Interfaces

RESEARCH PROFILE

Marta Costa Figueiredo is an assistant professor in electrochemistry at the TU/e department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (research group Inorganic Materials Chemistry). Her research is devoted to electrocatalysis and electro(catalytic)synthesis for sustainable processes and production of high value chemicals like fuels and organic molecules from “waste” substrates as for example, carbon dioxide and biomass. The main aim is to understand, develop and optimize electrochemical reactions under practical relevant conditions in order to give a step further on the usage of electrochemistry at industrial scale.

There is a clear world demand for the independence of the industry from fossil fuels and electrochemistry and electrocatalysis are assuming a fundamental role on the development of more sustainable and environmental friendly industrial processes.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Marta Costa Figueiredo studied chemistry at Porto University (Portugal) where she obtained her MSc degree in 2008. From 2009 to 2012, she moved to Spain for her PhD research in electrocatalysis for the reduction of nitrogen containing compounds under the supervision of Prof. Juan Feliu. After finishing her PhD in 2012, Marta was a postdoctoral researcher at different Universities in Europe: from 2012 until 2014 at Aalto University (Finland) in the group of Prof. Tanja Kallio in fuel cells, from 2014 to 2017 at Leiden University in the group of Prof. Marc Koper on electrocatalytic synthesis of organic carbonates and during 2017 at University of Copenhagen with Prof. Jan Rosmeisl and Dr. Maria Escudero Escribano. From 2017 until 2019, Marta was a Jr Scientist at Avantium (Amsterdam) working on CO2 electrochemical conversion. In April 2019 she was appointed as assistant professor at the Inorganic Materials Chemistry research group at TU/e.

Recent Publications

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

(2026)

Bianca Ligt,Laura B. Donk,Floriane A. Rollier,Jérôme F.M. Simons,Marta Costa Figueiredo,Emiel J.M. Hensen](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/6e5a3c86-82ac-44d1-bc60-5fecbeb126a7) - [### A comparative study of electrochemical CO2 reduction on hydrothermally synthesized carbon nanosphere-supported Ni-, Cu-, and NiCu-hydroxide catalysts

Catalysis Science and Technology

(2026)

Yue Zhang,Qianqian Song,Jason M.J.J. Heinrichs,Marta Costa Figueiredo,Emiel J.M. Hensen](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/4591739d-09fe-4857-b919-31457ac40a22) - [### Structural properties of Au/Cu2O catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2 products

Special Publication - Royal Society of Chemistry

(2025)

B. Ligt,Floriane Rollier,Tim Wissink,Wei Chen,J.M.J.J. Heinrichs,Jérôme F.M. Simons,Marta Costa Figueiredo,Emiel J.M. Hensen](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/7bb8813c-fd35-4602-b063-916103d9cb90) - [### Editorial overview

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

(2025)

Marta Costa Figueiredo,Thijs de Groot,Antoni Forner-Cuenca](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/dea0e47e-e40d-49d8-a482-e490bda9e11b) - [### Functionalizing Lignin-Based Nanofiber Electrodes with Gold Using Electrochemically Assisted Aqueous Reduction

Advanced Materials Interfaces

(2025)

Reima Herrala,Linfan Cui,Bianca Ligt,Bruno Dufau Mattos,Kirsi Yliniemi,Marta Costa Figueiredo,Mari Lundström,Jaana Vapaavuori](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/78484342-cc5c-42d5-8629-bcd25ba46588)

Current Educational Activities

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