Research topics

The research group applies electrochemical methods to study chemical problems in various fields such as electrochemical surface treatment, (electro)catalysis, and environmental electrochemistry. The research activity is focused in molecular electrochemistry with particular attention to the study of mechanisms of electrochemical processes, the development of eco-friendly electrosynthesis and electrocatalytic materials and/or electrocatalytic processes. The main topics of research activity of the group are:

• Synthesis of mesoporous carbon as catalysts or catalyst support (fuel-cell, wastewater treatment, supercapacitor)

• Precious metal-based catalysts for Oxygen reduction (fuel-cell)

• Platinum-free catalysts for Oxygen reduction to water and hydrogen peroxide (fuel-cell,  activation of small molecules)

• Electrochemical approaches to controlled radical polymerization (polymerization)

• Electrochemical Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy for electrocatalytic fundamental studies 

• Electro-photo-catalysis (activation of small molecules)

• Metal oxide and metal dichalcogenide for oxygen and hydrogen evolution reaction (electrolyzer)