Contacts:
Supervisor(s):
Prof. Claudia Antonetti and Dr. Domenico Licursi
Title of the PhD project:
Energy storage devices: development and/or characterisation of components of new materials for batteries and supercapacitors aimed at solving safety and sustainability issues.
Abstract of the PhD project:
The use of lithium iron phosphate (LiFeO4, LFP) batteries, which already provide a significant reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, may further promote the clean energy transition for road transport, enabling a higher uptake of renewable energy technologies. Among the several electrochemical technologies available today, batteries and supercapacitors are dominating the energy storage field. The aim of this project is mainly focused on three aspects: i) the study of LFP safety issues under normal/regular conditions, as a result of highly-controlled abuse; ii) the study of new materials for energy storage devices, with a focus on the development of new materials for electrode components; iii) the development of a Life Cycle Assessment to estimate the potential impacts of batteries on the environment and human health, from raw material acquisition to the waste management.
Academic Fields and Disciplines (SSD), main and secondary:
• CHIM04
Publications:
• G. Bresciani, S. Volante, L. Biancalana, S. Zacchini, G. Pampaloni, F. Marchetti, “Piano stool iron complexes with isocyanide ligands”, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1001, 2023, 122851.
• S. Volante, M. Kloda, J. Demel, G. Pampaloni, F. Marchetti, G. Bresciani, M. Taddei, “Exploring metal carbamates as precursors for the synthesis of metal–organic frameworks”, Dalton Transaction, 53, 2024, 12582-12593.
• G. Bresciani, S. Volante, G. Pampaloni, S. Zacchini, G. Ciancaleoni, F. Marchetti, “The serendipitous isolation of a dinuclear iron(II) complex with a bridging η2: η2-trans-butadiene reveals the stabilizing effect of benzyl-isocyanide co-ligands”, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 166, 2024, 112677.
• A. Zamborlin, F. Pagliari, M.L. Ermini, V. Frusca, D. García-Calderón, L. Trinato, S. Volante, G. Bresciani, F. Marchetti, J. Seco, V. Voliani, “Invasiveness modulation of glioma cells by copper complex-loaded nanoarchitectures”, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 245, 2025, 114187.
Oral communications at conferences
• Oral communication at Merck Young Chemists’ Symposium 2023, Rimini (November 13-15, 2023). Title “Aging-electric abuse of graphite/LiFePO4 batteries from a chemical characterization perspective”. S. Volante, D. Licursi, C. Scarpelli, N. Di Fidio, S. Fulignati, G. Lutzemberger, A. M. Raspolli Galletti, C. Antonetti.
• Short communication at X Workshop GC-CS 1a Giornata Congiunta Divisione Chimica Industriale, Firenze (October 6, 2023). Title “Valorization of the waste biomass hazelnut shells for energy storage applications in the perspective of circular economy”. S. Volante, D. Licursi, F. M. Vivaldi, N. Di Fidio, S. Fulignati, F. Di Francesco, A. M. Raspolli Galletti, C. Antonetti.
• Oral communication at at World Sustainable Energy Days 2024, Wels (Austria) (March 5-8, 2024). Title “Energy storage devices: improvements of LiFePO4 batteries and supercapacitors”. S. Volante, D. Licursi, F. M. Vivaldi, C. Scarpelli, N. Di Fidio, S. Fulignati, G. Lutzemberger, F. Di Francesco, A. M. Raspolli Galletti, C. Antonetti.
Poster communications at conferences:
• Poster contribution at Chemistry for the Future (CFF), Pisa (June 29 – July 1, 2022). Title “Metal carbamate complexes for the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)”. S. Volante, G. Bresciani, J. Demel, F. Marchetti, M. Taddei.
• Poster contribution at Chemistry for the Future (CFF), Pisa (28-30 June, 2023). Title “Energy storage devices: graphite/LiFePO4 batteries and supercapacitors”. S. Volante, D. Licursi, F.M. Vivaldi, N. Di Fidio, S. Fulignati, G. Lutzemberger, F. Di Francesco, A.M. Raspolli Galletti, C. Antonetti.
• Poster contribution at X Workshop GC-CS 1a Giornata Congiunta Divisione Chimica Industriale, Firenze (October 6, 2023). Title “Valorization of the waste biomass hazelnut shells for energy storage applications in the perspective of circular economy”. S. Volante, D. Licursi, F. M. Vivaldi, N. Di Fidio, S. Fulignati, F. Di Francesco, A. M. Raspolli Galletti, C. Antonetti.
• Poster contribution at Chemistry for the Future (CFF), Pisa (3-5 July, 2024). Title “Sustainable energy storage: hazelnut shell-biochar as electrode material for supercapacitors”. S. Volante, D. Licursi, F.M. Vivaldi, N. Di Fidio, S. Fulignati, F. Di Francesco, A.M. Raspolli Galletti, C. Antonetti.
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