Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)
- Member of Interdepartmental Center CWC - CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Profile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Research topics
- Development and scale-up of catalysts, electrodes and photo-electro-chemical reactors for the CO2 conversion and green hydrogen production.
- Development of electrocatalytic and photocatalytic systems for the conversion of CO2 to commercial products, production of energy carriers (e.g. H2) and for pollutants abatement.
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Fellowships
- Effective member - Società Chimica Italiana, Italia (2018-)
Editorial boards
- NANOMATERIALS (2020-2021), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
- CRYSTALS (2020-2021), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
- MATERIALS SCIENCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING (2017-2018), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
- FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY (2017-), Director
- FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY (2017-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2024/2025 (40. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2023/2024 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2022/2023 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2021/2022 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2020/2021 (36. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2019/2020 (35. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Energetica. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Photo-Electro-Catalytic Technologies for a Sustainable Chemical Industry: Fundamentals and Applications. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Photo-Electro-Catalytic Technologies for a Sustainable Chemical Industry: Fundamentals and Applications. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Teaching assistant
- Photo-Electro-Catalytic Technologies for a Sustainable Chemical Industry & in-situ microscopy/spectroscopic to study new photo-electrocatalyst materials (didattica di eccellenza). A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
Master of Science
- Oil&Gas processing and surface facilities. A.A. 2025/26, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
- Multiphase chemical reactors for sustainable processes. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Unit operations in industrial chemical processes. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Fixation and recycle of CO2 for greenhouse effect mitigation. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Operazioni Unitarie nei processi chimici industriali. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Oil&Gas processing and surface facilities. A.A. 2024/25, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
- Multiphase chemical reactors for sustainable processes. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Fixation and recycle of CO2 for greenhouse effect mitigation. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Operazioni Unitarie nei processi chimici industriali. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Oil&Gas processing and surface facilities. A.A. 2023/24, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
- Fixation and recycle of CO2 for greenhouse effect mitigation. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Oil&Gas processing and surface facilities. A.A. 2022/23, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
- Petroleum technology. A.A. 2021/22, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Titolare del corso
- Fixation and recycle of CO2 for greenhouse effect mitigation. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Fondamenti di impianti biochimici. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Petroleum technology. A.A. 2020/21, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Titolare del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Fondamenti di impianti biochimici. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Laboratorio di processi dell'industria alimentare I. A.A. 2021/22, TECNOLOGIE PER L'INDUSTRIA MANIFATTURIERA (CORSO PROFESSIONALIZZANTE). Titolare del corso
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Chimica industriale. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Institute
Research groups/teams
Laboratories
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- ENDURION: Efficient and Durable Pressurised Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyser with Novel Triple-Boundary and Stack Designs, (2025-2028) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - JTI - Clean Hydrogen - CSP - Trapezio - WASTE4VALUE: Innovative bio-based chains for NLBM waste valorization to added-value chemicals and polymers, (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - SuPERCO2 - Surface Polarization, Evolution, and Reconstruction for CO2 Reduction, (2024-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - HE - Excellent Science - MSCA - interface - AtomIc scale eNgineering of metal halide perovskiTEs suRFace towards exceptionally stAble and highly seleCtive photoElectrodes for CO2 conversion into fuels, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - CO2Synthesis - CO2-based electro-synthesis of high added-value products by smart designed electrocatalysts, (2022-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - SunCoChem - CE-NMBP-25-2019, (2020-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Industrial Leadership – LEIT - NANOTECHNOLOGIES - OCEAN - SPIRE-10-2017, (2017-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Cross-cutting activities - IND
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Feasibility studies on CO2 capture solvents as electrolytes for CO2 reduction, (2023-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Stable Noble-Metal-Free Oxygen Evolution Electrodes for PEM Electrolysis , (2022-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Validazione di un assemblaggio membrana-elettrodo con una membrana anionica per la produzione di H2, (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Riduzione della CO2 a metanolo, (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Studio relativo al sistema foto-elettro-catalitico per la conversione dell’acqua e la CO2 a H2 e altri prodotti sostenibili, (2020-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting - Riduzione della CO2 e Metanolo per vie Elettrocatalitica e Termocatalitica: Ottimizzazione di Catalizzatori e Confronto Energetico e di Performance fra i due Processi, (2019-2020) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - CO2 Meta, (2019-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research
Supervised PhD students
- Miguel Amaro Ferreira. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Matteo Ginepro. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Fehad Nabi Khan. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Giulia Cuatto. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
- Mario Gallone. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
Thesis: Coupling electrochemical CO2 reduction with hydroformylation reactions in Ionic Liquid-based electrolytes: Feasibility and Stability assessment - Noemi Pirrone. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
Thesis: Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrogenous Compounds to Ammonia and Organonitrogen Fertilizers - Francesco Vanzetti. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (37th cycle, 2022-in progress)
Thesis: Development of novel electrodes for oxygen evolution reaction towards green hydrogen production - Federica Zammillo. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
Thesis: Electrochemical conversion of CO2 on Gas Diffusion Electrodes: bridging the gap between research and industrial application - Alessia Fortunati. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (35th cycle, 2019-2023)
Thesis: Electrochemical CO2 reduction in ionic and poly-ionic liquids-based systems - Maddalena Zoli. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (35th cycle, 2019-2023)
Thesis: Development and advanced characterization of Cu-based catalysts for the electro and photo-electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
Publications
Publications by type
PoliTO co-authors
Last years publications
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- Pirrone, Noemi; Garcia Ballesteros, Sara; Mangini, Anna; Hernandez, Simelys; Bella, ... (2025)
Influence of operating parameters on the electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction to ammonia. In: Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUSSpring25), Sevilla (ES), March 3rd - 7th, 2025, pp. 239-239
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Zammillo, Federica; Guzmán, Hilmar; Polino, Daniela; Miró, Roger; Lopera, Alberto; ... (2025)
Assessing the activity and stability of Cu2O/SnO2-based gas diffusion electrodes for the CO2 conversion in different electrolytes: Bicarbonate vs. Ionic Liquid/Acetonitrile. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 514. ISSN 1385-8947
Contributo su Rivista - Guzmán, Hilmar; Albo, Jonathan; Irabien, Angel; Castellino, Micaela; Hernández, Simelys (2024)
Role of electrochemical cell configuration on the selectivity of CuZnAl-oxide-based electrodes for the continuous CO2 conversion: aqueous electrolyte vs. catholyte-less configuration. In: DISCOVER CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 4. ISSN 2730-7700
Contributo su Rivista - Garcia Ballesteros, S.; Pirrone, N.; Hernandez, S.; Bella, F. (2024)
Electrocatalytic simultaneous water denitrification and green ammonia production on a commercial MoS2 catalyst. In: 28th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Atlanta (USA), June 2-5, 2024, pp. 1-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pirrone, Noemi; Garcia Ballesteros, Sara; Hernandez, Simelys; Bella, Federico (2024)
Feasibility and challenges of the electrochemical ammonia production from nitrogen and nitrate in a flow cell reactor. In: SCI 2024 – XXVIII National Congress, Milano (IT), 26th - 30th of August 2024, pp. ELE-PO-016-ELE-PO-016
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pirrone, Noemi; Garcia Ballesteros, Sara; Hernandez, Simelys; Bella, Federico (2024)
Electrodeposited Bismuth Catalyst for Nitrogen-Containing Compounds Electrochemical Reduction. In: 75th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Montréal (Canada), 18-23 August 2024, pp. 1-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pirrone, Noemi; Garcia Ballesteros, Sara; Hernandez, Simelys; Bella, Federico (2024)
A Flow Cell Reactor Exceeding 100 h Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. In: 75th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Montréal (Canada), 18-23 August 2024, pp. 1-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pirrone, Noemi; Garcia Ballesteros, Sara; Hernandez, Simelys; Bella, Federico (2023)
Optimization of a flow-cell reactor operating parameters for the electrochemical ammonia production from wastewater. In: Merck Young Chemists' Symposium 2024, Rimini (IT), 13-15 November 2023, pp. 60-60. ISBN: 978-88-94952-44-5
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pirrone, Noemi; Garcia Ballesteros, Sara; Hernandez, Simelys; Bella, Federico (2023)
Electrochemical Ammonia Production from Wastewater in a Flow Cell Reactor. In: 244th ECS Meeting, Gothenburg (SE), October 8-12, 2023, pp. 2322-2322
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pirrone, Noemi; Ballesteros Garcia, Sara; Hernández, Simelys; Bella, Federico (2023)
Is there any chance for bismuth to catalyse E-NRR in aqueous media?. In: Sustainable nitrogen activation Faraday Discussion, London (UK), 27-29 March 2023, pp. P37-P37. ISBN: 978-1-83767-090-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- Poly-ionic liquids for CO2 electrochemical conversion. international Patent
Inventors: Alessia Fortunati Simelys Pris Hernandez Ribullen