TESLab was founded by Dr. Jorge García-Cañadas in September 2015, when he was contracted by the Universitat Jaume I after several years working on thermoelectrics (TEs) and Dye-sensitised Solar Cells (DSCs) at Cardiff University (UK). In April 2016, Braulio Beltrán-Pitarch joined TESLab. He was the first Master and PhD student of the lab. After him, different undergraduate, graduate, master and PhD students have been working in the lab, together with several postdoctoral researchers. The lab also counts with the support of several technicians. A complete list of current and past members can be found in the Members section.

The lab was initially established at the laboratories of the Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering area, at the School of Technology and Experimental Sciences. However, in 2020 a new laboratory and office space were provided at the Research Building 1 of Universitat Jaume I where we currently work.

In September 2016, we started our 1st funded research project “Conversion of heat into electricity using solid-liquid thermoelectric materials” from the Iberdrola España Foundation. In January 2017, the 2nd project “Advanced methods for the characterisation of thermoelectric materials and devices”, funded by the Universitat Jaume I commenced. In November 2018, we started our 1st national project “Large and simultaneous improvement of Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity of thermoelectric materials acting outside the crystalline lattice”, funded by the Spanish National Research Agency. In January 2020, our 1st European project was launched, UncorrelaTEd, which is coordinator by us. Apart from these initial projects, we are involved in other funded and non-funded projects and collaborations with different research institutes and companies.

Our expertise is based on our advanced knowledge in electrochemical and thermo-electrical characterisation, which we apply to thermoelectrics, thermo-electrochemical cells, dye-sensitised solar cells, Li-ion batteries, nanostructured and porous materials, organic conductors, and other systems. In addition, we are skilled in the fabrication of devices, such as thermoelectric modules and dye-sensitised solar cells. We have also experitse in the development of instruments and sensors to measure thermal and electrical parameters.