Chemical and catalytic processes for energy and environment protection
Specific Mission
- Development of catalysts for the abatement of pollutants in gas and liquid phase
- Study of novel processes for exploitation/valorisation/reuse of wastes
- Limitation of the environmental impact of production processes
- Fundamental research on heterogeneous catalysts, photocatalysts and electrocatalysts
Main research topics
- Catalytic treatment of emissions in the automotive field
- Catalytic abatement of nitrogen oxides
- Soot catalytic abatement
- VOC catalytic oxidation
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous processes in liquid phase
- Multifunctional catalytic systems
- Photocatalysis and electrocatalysis for abatement of pollutants
- Methods for reuse of waste coming from the agro-food chain
- Advanced oxidative catalytic and electrocatalytic treatments for the production of renewable energy and water purification
- Multiscale process modelling (COMSOL, CFD, etc)
Main partnerships
- DISAT – Politecnico di Torino - Prof. Barbara BONELLI;
- DENERG – Politecnico di Torino - Proff. Federico MILLO, Vittorio VERDA;
- DIATI - Politecnico di Torino - Gianandrea BLENGINI;
- DISEG – Politecnico di Torino - Prof. Giuseppe Andrea FERRO
- Prof. Lidia CASTOLDI, Politecnico di Milano
- Dr. Eleonora ANEGGI, Prof. Alessandro TROVARELLI, Università di Udine
- Dr. Valeria DI SARLI, Prof.ssa Almerinda DI BENEDETTO, Università Federico II di Napoli/IRC-CNR
- Prof. Gabriele CENTI, Università di Messina
- Prof. Giuseppe Mancini, Università di Catania
- Prof. Michiel MAKKEE, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
- Prof. Dan LUSS, Prof. Vemuri BALAKOTAIAH, University of Houston, USA
- Prof. Athanasios Konstandopulos, Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)
- Prof. Alessandra QUADRELLI, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
- Prof. Dimosthenis Trimis, KIT, Germany
- REC-The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
- General Motors Global Propulsion Systems
- Johnson Matthey
Projects and publications
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Selected funded research projects
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ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FOR EMISSIONS CONTROL IN HYBRID VEHICLE DEVICES
DEORSOLA FABIO ALESSANDRO
2023 - 2025 (Current) -
DESIGN OF DUAL ACTION FILTER FOR INDOOR AIR TREATMENT
PIUMETTI MARCO
2023 - 2025 (Current) -
SUNCOCHEM - PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC DEVICE FOR SUN-DRIVEN CO2 CONVERSION INTO GREEN CHEMICALS
HERNANDEZ RIBULLEN SIMELYS PRIS
2020 - 2024 (Completed) -
DIRECT UTILIZATION OF BIO-FUELS IN SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND DECENTRALISED PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC POWER AND HEAT
PIUMETTI MARCO
2019 - 2022 (Completed) -
STUDIO FONDAMENTALE DELLA REATTIVITÀ DEL SISTEMA GAS-PARTICOLATO-CATALIZZATORE IN CONVERTITORI CATALITICI MULTI-FUNZIONALI PER APPLICAZIONI IN CAMPO AUTOMOTIVE (ACRONIMO: SOLYST)
BENSAID SAMIR
2013 - 2016 (Completed) -
BIOMETHAIR
CAVAGNINO ANDREA, FIORI FRANCO, RUSSO NUNZIO, SONZA REORDA MATTEO, SPESSA EZIO, TONOLI ANDREA
2013 - 2015 (Completed) -
IDEA
BERRONE STEFANO, BODOARDO SILVIA, CHIABERGE MARCELLO, DELPRETE CRISTIANA, FINO DEBORA, MILLO FEDERICO, MORISIO MAURIZIO, PELLEGRINO GIANMARIO, VELARDOCCHIA MAURO
2013 - 2015 (Completed)
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ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FOR EMISSIONS CONTROL IN HYBRID VEHICLE DEVICES
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Selected recent publications
2019
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In situ Raman analyses of the soot oxidation reaction over nanostructured ceria-based catalysts
Article
Sartoretti, Enrico; Novara, C.; Giorgis, F.; Piumetti, M.; Bensaid, S.; Russo, N.; Fino, D.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Nature Publishing Group
Vol.9 pp.14 ISSN:2045-2322 DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-39105-5 -
Novel Mn–Cu-Containing CeO2 Nanopolyhedra for the Oxidation of CO and Diesel Soot (Part II): Effect of Oxygen Concentration on the Catalytic Activity
Article
Dosa, Melodj; Piumetti, Marco; Bensaid, Samir; Russo, Nunzio; Fino, Debora
CATALYSIS LETTERS
SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA
Vol.149 pp.12 (pp.107-118) ISSN:1011-372X DOI:10.1007/s10562-018-2591-1
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Novel Mn–Cu-Containing CeO2 Nanopolyhedra for the Oxidation of CO and Diesel Soot: Effect of Dopants on the Nanostructure and Catalytic Activity
Article
Dosa, Melodj; Piumetti, Marco; Bensaid, Samir; Andana, Tahrizi; Novara, Chiara; Giorgis, Fabrizio; Fino, Debora; Russo, Nunzio
CATALYSIS LETTERS
Baltzer Science Publishers
Vol.148 pp.14 (pp.298-311) ISSN:1011-372X DOI:10.1007/s10562-017-2226-y -
Nanostructured equimolar ceria-praseodymia for NOx-assisted soot oxidation: Insight into Pr dominance over Pt nanoparticles and metal–support interaction
Article
Andana, T.; Piumetti, M.; Bensaid, S.; Veyre, L.; Thieuleux, C.; Russo, N.; Fino, D.; Quadrelli, E. A.; Pirone, R.
APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL
Elsevier B.V.
Vol.226 pp.15 (pp.147-161) ISSN:0926-3373 DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.12.048
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Notes on Catalysis for Environment and Energy
Book
Piumetti, Marco; Russo, Nunzio
CLUT - Politecnico (ITALIA)
pp.208 ISBN:9788879924085 -
Cerium-copper oxides prepared by solution combustion synthesis for total oxidation reactions: From powder catalysts to structured reactors
Article
Piumetti, Marco; Bensaid, Samir; Andana, Tahrizi; Russo, Nunzio; Pirone, Raffaele; Fino, Debora
APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL
Elsevier B.V.
Vol.205 pp.14 (pp.455-468) ISSN:0926-3373 DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.054
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Contact dynamics for a solid-solid reaction mediated by gas-phase oxygen: Study on the soot oxidation over ceria-based catalysts
Article
Piumetti, Marco; van der Linden, B.; Makkee, M.; Miceli, Paolo; Fino, Debora; Russo, Nunzio; Bensaid, Samir
APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL
Elsevier
Vol.199 pp.12 (pp.96-107) ISSN:0926-3373 DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.06.006 -
Nanostructured ceria-zirconia catalysts for CO oxidation: Study on surface properties and reactivity
Article
Piumetti, Marco; Bensaid, Samir; Fino, Debora; Russo, Nunzio
APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL
Elsevier
Vol.197 pp.12 (pp.35-46) ISSN:0926-3373 DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.02.023 -
A review on the catalytic combustion of soot in Diesel particulate filters for automotive applications: From powder catalysts to structured reactors
Article
Fino, Debora; Bensaid, Samir; Piumetti, Marco; Russo, Nunzio
APPLIED CATALYSIS A: GENERAL
Elsevier
Vol.509 pp.22 (pp.75-96) ISSN:0926-860X DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2015.10.016
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Scaled-up experimental biogas production from two agro-food waste mixtures having high inhibitory compound concentrations
Article
Battista, Federico; Fino, Debora; Flora, Erriquens; Giuseppe, Mancini; Ruggeri, Bernardo
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598
Vol.81 pp.7 (pp.71-77) ISSN:0960-1481 DOI:10.1016/j.renene.2015.03.007 -
Nanostructured MnOx catalysts for low-temperature NOx SCR
Article
Andreoli, Silvia; Deorsola, FABIO ALESSANDRO; Galletti, Camilla; Pirone, Raffaele
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Elsevier B.V.
Vol.278 pp.9 (pp.174-182) ISSN:1385-8947 DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.023 -
Nanostructured ceria-based catalysts for soot combustion: investigations on the surface sensitivity
Article
Piumetti, Marco; Bensaid, Samir; Russo, Nunzio; Fino, Debora
APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL
Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands
Vol.165 pp.10 (pp.742-751) ISSN:0926-3373 DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.10.062 -
Mesoporous manganese oxides prepared by solution combustion synthesis as catalysts for the total oxidation of VOCs
Article
Piumetti, Marco; Fino, Debora; Russo, Nunzio
APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL
Elsevier
Vol.163 pp.11 (pp.277-287) ISSN:0926-3373 DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.08.012
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In situ Raman analyses of the soot oxidation reaction over nanostructured ceria-based catalysts
Reference laboratories
- Anaerobic Fermentation Laboratory (FERMAN)
- Enviromental Catalysis Laboratory (Blu Nox)
- Laboratory of Enviromental Catalysis Characterization
- CAVALLINI NICOLA
- FRATERRIGO GAROFALO SILVIA
- GUZMAN MEDINA HILMAR DEL CARMEN
- PIPITONE GIUSEPPE
- SALOMONE FABIO
- SARTORETTI ENRICO
- ARDUINO MARA
- BLANGETTI NICOLA
- CALI' ELEONORA
- COCUZZA CLARISSA
- COMETTO ALESSIA
- CORRAO ELENA
- FORTUNATI ALESSIA
- GRIFASI NADIA
- MEZZAPESA MARCO PIETRO
- RIZZETTO ANDREA
- TAURO ALESSIO