Full Professor
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

Member of Interdepartmental Center Ec-L - Energy Center Lab

Profile

Research interests

Batteries

Biosourced polymers

Design of experiments

Dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochemical nitrogen reduction

Integrated energy devices

Lithium batteries

Polymer electrolytes

Potassium batteries

Sustainable ammonia production

Biography

Federico Bella (Torino, 1987) is Full Professor of Chemistry at Politecnico di Torino. In the Electrochemistry Group, he leads the research activities on post-Li batteries, electrochemical nitrogen reduction and hybrid photovoltaics. Due to his important achievements in energy chemistry, he received the “ENI Award” and the “Roberto Piontelli Award” from the President of the Italian Republic. In 2021, he was the recipient of the USERN Prize, awarded among 10000 candidates by a jury of previous Nobel awardees. He is author of more than 100 international publications (h-index 65) and he leads the ERC project SuN2rise, a 1.5 M€ EU grant for redesigning NH3 production process. He has coordinated the Early-Career Division of the Italian Chemical Society and his member of the Editorial Board of cutting edge journals in the chemistry field, e.g. ChemSusChem and ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

Curriculum

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Scientific branch

CHIM/07 - PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES
(Area 0003 - Chemical Sciences)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_2 - Chemical engineering, technical chemistry

PE4_8 - Electrochemistry, electrodialysis, microfluidics, sensors

PE5_8 - Intelligent materials – self assembled materials

PE8_8 - Materials engineering (biomaterials, metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, etc.)

PE5_6 - New materials: oxides, alloys, composite, organic-inorganic hybrid, nanoparticles

SDG

Goal 4: Quality education

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Awards and Honors

Premio Botta&Risposta conferred by Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy (2009)
Menzione "Optime" - Unione Industriale di Torino conferred by Unione Industriale di Torino, Italy (2010)
Premio "Optime" Unione Industriale di Torino conferred by Unione Industriale di Torino, Italy (2012)
Migliore presentazione orale al 13° Sigma Aldrich Young Chemists Symposium (SAYCS) conferred by Società Chimica Italiana e Sigma-Aldrich, Italy (2013)
Premio per la Miglior Tesi di Laurea - AA 2010/2011 - Università degli Studi di Torino conferred by Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy (2013)
Macrogiovani conferred by Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole (AIM), Italy (2014)
Premio Sapio Junior conferred by Accademia del Premio Sapio., Italy (2015)
Migliore tesi di Dottorato - Divisoine di Elettrochimica della Società Chimica Italiana conferred by Società Chimica Italiana, Italy (2015)
Premio Giovedì Scienza conferred by http://www.giovediscienza.it/, Italy (2015)
Premio Ricercatore Junior “ENERCHEM-1 2016” conferred by Gruppo Interdivisionale ENERCHEM della Società Chimica Italiana, Italy (2015)
Riconoscimento “Top open access article” della Royal Society of Chemistry conferred by Royal Society of Chemistry, United kingdom (2015)
ENI Award - Debut in Research conferred by ENI spa, Italy (2016)
Outstanding Reviewer conferred by Elsevier BV, Netherlands (2016)
Electron Devices PhD Program: Prize for the Best 2015 Thesis conferred by Politecnico di Torino, Italy (2016)
European Young Chemist Award conferred by EuCheMS, Belgium (2016)
Premio Giovedì Scienza conferred by Fondazione Giovedì Scienza e Fondazione Agorà Scienza, Italy (2016)
Riconoscimento “Royal Society of Chemistry – Materials Horizons” conferred by Royal Society of Chemistry, United kingdom (2016)

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Conferences

Merck Young Chemists Symposium, Program chair
XV Sigma-Aldrich Young Chemists Symposium (SAYCS 2015), Program chair
XIV Società Chimica Italiana & Sigma-Aldrich Young Chemists Symposium (SCI&SAYCS), Program chair

Teaching

PhD Boards

SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO

Courses of Study Boards

Collegio di Ingegneria Energetica. Componente

Teachings

PhD

Photo-Electro-Catalytic Technologies for a Sustainable Chemical Industry: Fundamentals and Applications. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Teaching assistant
Electrochemical storage systems for automotive and stationary applications. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Teaching assistant
Facing the scientific publishing world. A.A. 2022/23, GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN. Main teacher
Research design and methodology. A.A. 2022/23, GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN. Main teacher

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Master of Science

Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - Mista. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
New battery systems for mobility (materials , cells and recycling). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

Chimica. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Titolare del corso
Chimica. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Titolare del corso
Chimica. A.A. 2017/18, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Chimica. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Chimica. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
Chimica. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
Chimica. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
Chimica. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Institute

Institute of Chemistry

Research groups/teams

Elettrochemistry

Laboratories

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Lithium prOtecTion for robUst and Safe batteries, (2022-2027) - Responsabile Scientifico
National Research
Aqueous photovoltaics as a new paradigm for solar energy conversion, (2022-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Non-EU international research
SuN2rise - Solar driven electrochemical nitrogen fixation for ammonia refinery, (2021-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - H2020 - Excellent Science - ERC
PErovskite Photovoltaic by PolYmers, (2017-2019) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research

Supervised PhD students

Sabrina Trano. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
Anna Mangini. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 37, 2021-in progress)
Noemi Pirrone. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 37, 2021-in progress)

Publications

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Bonomo, M.; Segura Zarate, A. Y.; Fagiolari, L.; Damin, A.; Galliano, S.; Gerbaldi, C.; ... (2023)
Unreported resistance in charge transport limits the photoconversion efficiency of aqueous dye-sensitised solar cells: an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study. In: MATERIALS TODAY SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 21. ISSN 2589-2347
Contributo su Rivista
Pirrone, Noemi; Bella, Federico; Simelys, Hernández (2022)
Solar H2 production systems: current status and prospective applications. In: GREEN CHEMISTRY, vol. 24, pp. 5379-5402. ISSN 1463-9262
Contributo su Rivista
Schmitz, F.; Lago, N.; Fagiolari, L.; Burkhart, J.; Cester, A.; Polo, A.; Prato, M.; ... (2022)
High open-circuit voltage Cs2AgBiBr6 carbon-based perovskite solar cells via green processing of ultrasonic spray-coated carbon electrodes from waste tire sources. In: CHEMSUSCHEM, vol. 15. ISSN 1864-5631
Contributo su Rivista
Fagiolari, L.; Versaci, D.; Di Berardino, F.; Amici, J.; Francia, C.; Bodoardo, S.; ... (2022)
An exploratory study of MoS2 as anode material for potassium batteries. In: BATTERIES, vol. 8. ISSN 2313-0105
Contributo su Rivista
Eisa, M.; Ragauskaite, D.; Adhikari, S.; Bella, F.; Baltrusaitis, J. (2022)
Role and responsibility of sustainable chemistry and engineering in providing safe and sufficient nitrogen fertilizer supply at turbulent times. In: ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, vol. 10, pp. 8997-9001. ISSN 2168-0485
Contributo su Rivista
Gandolfo, M; Amici, J; Fagiolari, L; Francia, C; Bodoardo, S; Bella, F (2022)
Designing photocured macromolecular matrices for stable potassium batteries. In: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES, vol. 34. ISSN 2214-9937
Contributo su Rivista
Siccardi, S.; Amici, J.; Colombi, S.; Carvalho, J. T.; Versaci, D.; Quartarone, E.; ... (2022)
UV-cured self-healing gel polymer electrolyte toward safer room temperature lithium metal batteries. In: ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, vol. 433. ISSN 0013-4686
Contributo su Rivista
Colombo, R.; Garino, N.; Versaci, D.; Amici, J.; Para, M. L.; Quartarone, E.; Francia, ... (2022)
Designing a double-coated cathode with high entropy oxides by microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis for highly stable Li–S batteries. In: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, vol. 57, pp. 15690-15704. ISSN 0022-2461
Contributo su Rivista
Elizalde, F.; Amici, J.; Trano, S.; Vozzolo, G.; Aguirresarobe, R.; Versaci, D.; ... (2022)
Self-healable dynamic poly(urea-urethane) gel electrolyte for lithium batteries. In: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. A, vol. 10, pp. 12588-12596. ISSN 2050-7488
Contributo su Rivista
Bandara, T. M. W. J.; Hansadi, J. M. C.; Bella, F. (2022)
A review of textile dye-sensitized solar cells for wearable electronics. In: IONICS, vol. 28, pp. 2563-2583. ISSN 0947-7047
Contributo su Rivista

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties

Elettroliti polimerici compositi per celle ricaricabili litio-metallico allo stato solido e il loro processo di produzione. international Patent - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research

Federico Bella

Full Professor Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)