THEMATIC AREAS

• SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY;

• TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATIONS AND INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY – SMART ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• From 02-10-2023 to today: Temporary Researcher (III professional level) at the National Research Council – Institute of Advanced Energy Technologies (CNR ITAE).
• From 15-01-2020 to 30-09-2023: Research fellow at the National Research Council – Institute of Advanced Energy Technologies (CNR ITAE).
• From 23-09-2019 to 31-12-2019: Project collaborator at the National Interuniversity Consortium for the Science and Technology of Materials (INSTM).
• From 01-09-2014 to 31-12-2014: Contract professor of “Environmental impact of energy technologies” for the master course in “Innovative energy technologies applied to the naval sector – TESEO”
• From 01-01-2012 to 20-09-2019: Project collaborator at the European Research Institute of Catalysis (ERIC).
• From 01-01-2011 to 31-12-2011: Grant recipient at the National Interuniversity Consortium for the Science and Technology of Materials (INSTM).

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Production and electrochemical testing of active materials for anode and cathode compartments of sodium batteries. The activity concerns the following types of batteries:
  • – ZEBRA Batteries with low nickel content, using NASICON as solid electrolyte;
  • – “Self-standing” Sodium-ion Batteries produced by electrospinning characterized by carbon fibers supporting different active species;
  • – Sodium-air Batteries with cathode containing structured carbon materials and different non-aqueous electrolytes.

• Development of composite solid electrolytes for low-temperature sodium batteries.
• Design and manufacturing of “lab scale” cells for ZEBRA batteries and low-temperature metal halide batteries.
• Publications: 27 articles in international journals, 1 book chapter.

Bibliometric Data (Scopus 19/10/2023): h-index: 17; 779 citations for 28 documents.