Materials for Energy and the Environment

• subjectSkills

  The research group works in a chemical laboratory, equipped with different instruments for materials production and characterization:

  • Ball milling Type Rulli 1P MGS
  • Centrifuge Hettich Zentrifugen D-78532 Tuttlingen
  • Ultrasound bath LBS1-0.6 Labsonic Falc
  • Furnace Elite BRF16/5 max T 1600 °C
  • Furnace Forni&Forni 8L/TR630 max T 1100 °C
  • Horizontal tube furnace Carbolite EHA 12/150B max T 1200 °C
  • Oven Fratelli Galli G-2100 max T 300 °C
  • Blade coating RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd. (K101 control coater)
  • Fourier Transformed Spectrophotometer (FT-IR) Jasco mod. 615
  • X-ray Diffractometer (XRD) Bruker D8 Advance
  • High-Power DC Power supply Keysight N8955A
  • DC Resistance meter B&K precision corporation 2841
  • Diagnostic Kit STEMlabTM 125-14 board Red Pitaya
  • Thermoigrometer with external probe mod. C3121 Comet
  • Fuel Cell Technologies test station for low-temperature fuel cells, connected to the electrical load mod. RBL 488 50-150-800 TDI Power
  • Heating circulator mod. HC 5/9 Julabo
  • Ultra-Turrax T50 Janke & Junkel IKA-Labortechnik
  • Ultra-Turrax T25 digital IKA
  • Lab-built dip coater

• subjectResearch activities

  The main research topics are:

  • Environmental sustainability: Life cycle assessment (LCA) of industrial products and processes
  • Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: development, production and characterization of proton and electronic conductors for hydrogen-fed electrochemical cells
  • Characterization and modeling of electrochemical phenomena at the electrode-electrolyte interface in fuel cells
  • Clays and carbons: synthesis, functionalization and characterization for environmental applications and drug delivery
  • Self-assembling materials: development of graphene-based filters for the recovery of metals from electronic wastes and for the softening of waste and service waters
  • Sustainable buildings: analysis and characterization of nature-based materials
  • Highly conductive and wear resistant composite materials: structural, morphological and electrical characterization
  • Archeometry: characterization of ancient ceramics

• peopleTemporary Research Fellow

  VALERIA AROSIO

• peoplePhD

  ANDREA STEFANO BASSO PERESSUT

  GIACOMO BUCCELLA

  MARCO FRESCHI

  CHIARA MOLETTI

  ALESSANDRO SALVI

• peopleOther personnel

  LETIZIA CECCARELLI

• linkKeywords

  Applied Electrochemistry

  Carbon Nanomaterials

  Catalysis

  Clays

  Composites

  Drug Delivery

  Durability

  Electrochemical Processes

  Energy, Safety & Environment

  Fuel Cell

  Graphene and graphene related materials

  Materials Functionalization

  Metals Recycling