Lab. of Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry "Roberto Piontelli"

• subjectSkills

  The research group stems from the tradition on electrochemistry at Politecnico di Milano, following one of the fathers of the Italian Electrochemistry culture, Roberto Piontelli, and two of his coworkers, Pietro Luigi Cavallotti and Umberto Ducati.

   

  Nowadays the laboratory operates in materials science and engineering with a multidisciplinary approach, owing to the  background of its members Massimiliano Bestetti (Nuclear Engineer), Antonello Vicenzo (Chemical Engineer), Silvia Franz (Chemist) and of the several research fellows, post-docs and Ph.D. students.

   

  Teaching

   

  M. Bestetti

  Physical Chemistry of Materials
  Nanomaterials engineering
  Raw materials and recycling of metals
  The art of approximation in science and engineering
  Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and dissipative structures

   

  A. Vicenzo

  Electrochemistry of materials
  Inorganic coatings

   

  S. Franz

  Laboratory of technological design – Nanotechnologies and surface treatments
  Electrochemical technologies for water and wastewater treatment

• subjectResearch activities

  Specific topics in applied research:

  • Chemical and electrochemical polishing of metallic components
  • Galvanic and PVD coatings
  • Electrodes and processes for water treatment
  • Electrodes for electrochemical capacitors with water-based electrolytes
  • Protection of magnesium alloys
  • Synthesis of ceramic and semiconductor films by plasma electrolytic oxidation
  • Hydrometallurgy for metal recovery from industrial waste
  • Surface treatment and alloying by high-current electron beam
  • Synthesis and application of nanomaterials

   

  Application areas:

  • Manufacturing
  • Water and air treatment
  • Materials and devices for energy storage

   

  Fundamental research in collaboration with:

  Tomsk Polytechnic University (Russia), Institute of High Current Electronics - Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory – FNAL (U.S.A.), University of Utah (U.S.A.), Centro de Tecnologias Estrategicas do Nordeste - CETENE (Brasile), Southern University of Science and Technologhy – SUSTech (Cina), Isfahan University of Technology (Iran), Università degli Studi di Milano, Water research institute – National Research Council (Italy), Università degli Studi di Pavia, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, INRiM-National Institute of Metrological Research (Italy).

• peopleTemporary Research Fellow

  MAKSIM BAHDANCHYK

• peoplePhD

  LUCA MURACHELLI

  JACOPO MANIDI

  MATTEO POZZI

  ANDREA LUCCHINI HUSPEK

  ALESSANDRO PIETRO TUCCI

  DANIELE MORASCHINI

• linkKeywords

  Applied Electrochemistry

  Batteries

  Carbon Capture and Storage

  Carbon dioxide

  Carbon Nanomaterials

  Chemical Vapour Deposition

  Corrosion

  Electrochemical Energy Storage

  Electrochemical Processes

  Electrochemical Water Treatment

  Fuel Cell

  Graphene and graphene related materials

  Green Chemistry

  Industry 4.0

  Localized Corrosion

  Magnetism

  Metallurgical Processes

  Metals Recycling 

  Nanomaterials

  Nanoparticles

  Nanotubes

  Photovoltaics

  Pollutant Reduction

  Separation Processes

  Stainless Steel

  Surface Engineering

  Thermodynamics

  Titanium

  Tribology

  Waste to Energy

  X-Ray diffraction