Research

Publications

LCCP publications since 2020.

2025

Methane pyrolysis on fused Fe-Al2O3 catalysts: Characterization of catalyst structure, performance and carbon formation

Applied Catalysis A: General — Elsevier

Chiara Negri, Veronica Piazza, Marco Orsenigo, Matteo Maestri, Gianpiero Groppi, Lidia Castoldi, Alessandra Beretta

2025

A comprehensive kinetic study of hemicellulose pyrolysis: TGA datasets and detailed quantitative speciation for xylan, glucomannan and arabinoxylan

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis — Elsevier

Eleonora Benedetto, Veronica Piazza, Luca Lietti, Alessio Frassoldati, Tiziano Faravelli, Alessandra Beretta

2025

How cycling between sulfur exposure and high-temperature desulfation affects deactivation of a Cu-SSZ-13 selective catalytic reduction catalyst

In collaboration with Cummins (USA) and University of Virgina (USA)

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy — Elsevier

Poonam Rani, Elisabetta Bonaglia, Giovanni Bevilacqua, Rohil Daya, Lai Wei, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, William S Epling

2025

Mechanistic Insights into Structure‐Driven Selectivity in CO2 Hydrogenation Over Cu‐Based Catalysts

ChemCatChem — Chemistry Europe

Kaustav Niyogi, Pedro SF Mendes, Matteo Maestri

2025

Investigation of the ammonia cracking kinetics over Ru/Al2O3 using conductive reactor internals

Applied Catalysis A: General — Elsevier

Federico Sascha Franchi, Matteo Ambrosetti, Nicola Usberti, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi, Enrico Tronconi

2025

Impact of sorbent-catalyst layouts on Ru/K-based DFMs for integrated CO2 capture and methanation

Applied Catalysis A: General — Elsevier

Giuseppe Nava, Alessandro Porta, Carlo Giorgio Visconti, Roberto Matarrese

2025

Effect of H2O and O2 on NOx adsorption and stability over Pd/SSZ-13 low-T adsorbers: mechanistic aspects investigated by operando FT-IR spectroscopy

In collaboration with Università di Torino (IT)

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Yusra Hamid, Lidia Castoldi, Luca Lietti, Roberto Matarrese, Sara Morandi

2025

Electrochemical characterization and model investigation of BaZr0. 625Ce0. 2Y0. 175O3-δ based proton conductive ceramic cells

Electrochimica Acta — Pergamon

Martina Marasi, Alberto Cammarata, Giovanna Massobrio, Paolo Colbertaldo, Stefano Campanari, Alessandro Donazzi

2025

Kinetic investigation of NH3 decomposition over Ru-based catalysts: The limiting role of H* surface coverage and its impact on reactor engineering

Fuel Processing Technology — Elsevier

Yi Qiu, Federico Sascha Franchi, Nicola Usberti, Alessandra Beretta

2025

Sintering-driven optimization of multi-ionic SDC-Na2CO3 nanocomposite electrolytes for low-temperature solid oxide cell applications

In collaboration with CNR-ISSMC (IT), University of Salerno (IT) and University of Trento (IT)

Fuel Processing Technology — Elsevier

Maria Carmenza Diaz Lacharme, Andrea Bartoletti, Katia Monzillo, Riccardo Ceccato, Francesco Parrino, Emanuela Callone, Sandra Dirè, Vincenzo Vaiano, Alessandra Sanson, Angela Gondolini, Alessandro Donazzi

2025

A novel electrified methane steam reformer for intensified H2 production based on conductive packed foams: experimental and modelling assessment

In collaboration with SNAM (IT)

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Giulia Ferri, Matteo Ambrosetti, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi, Enrico Tronconi, Amedeo Agosti

2025

On the performances of highly promoted Fe-Zn-Cu-K catalysts for CO2 Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Applied Catalysis A: General — Elsevier

Beda Rolandi, Mattia Piacentini, Riccardo Ometto, Alessandro Porta, Carlo Giorgio Visconti

2025

Electrified dehydrogenation of methyl-cyclohexane: reactor modeling and process integration

Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification — Elsevier

Luca Vergani, Matteo Ambrosetti, Gianpiero Groppi

2025

Electrochemical performance of LSM-YSZ SOFC cathodes: activation, durability, and tolerance to CO2

In collaboration with ENI (IT) and SolydEra (IT)

Journal of Power Sources — Elsevier

Michele Pagliari, Martina Marasi, Dario Montinaro, Dylan Vandoni, Emanuele Martelli, Stefano Campanari, Alessandro Donazzi

2025

Enabling micro-kinetics based simulation of industrial packed-bed reactors by physics-enhanced neural networks

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Felix Biermann, Riccardo Uglietti, Felix A Döppel, Tim Kircher, Mauro Bracconi, Matteo Maestri, Martin Votsmeier

2025

Kinetic consequences of carbon deposition in CH₄ steam and dry reforming on Rh via operando Raman spectroscopy and microkinetic analysis

Applied Catalysis A: General — Elsevier

Riccardo Colombo, Gianluca Moroni, Mauro Bracconi, Matteo Maestri

2025

Investigation of the redox properties of Fe-CHA catalysts by transient response methods

In collaboration with Johnson Matthey (UK)

Applied Catalysis A: General — Elsevier

Maria Elena Azzoni, Nicola Usberti, Andrea Gjetja, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, Roberta Villamaina, Maria Pia Ruggeri, Veselina Georgieva, Loredana Mantarosie, Jill Collier

2025

Spatially resolved insights from operando FT-IR on integrated CO2 capture and hydrogenation in the presence of NOx

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Alessandro Porta, Roberto Matarrese, Carlo Giorgio Visconti, Luca Lietti

2025

Blueish hydrogen production via methane pyrolysis and remote CO2 capture and storage

In collaboration with Instituto de Carboquímica CSIC (ES)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy — Pergamon

Alessandro De Cataldo, Paolo Colbertaldo, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi, José Luis Pinilla, Isabel Suelves, Stefano Campanari, Matteo C Romano

2025

Kinetic modelling of biomass pyrolysis: A new lumped scheme for xylan-based hardwood hemicellulose

In collaboration with University of Nottingham (CN)

Energy Conversion and Management: X — Elsevier

Muhammad Yusuf Suleiman, Eleonora Benedetto, Veronica Piazza, Luca Lietti, Alessio Frassoldati, Tiziano Faravelli, Alessandra Beretta, Paulo Debiagi

2025

Characterization and testing of strontium titanium ferrite-based solid oxide cells for reversible and co-electrolysis operation

Journal of Power Sources — Elsevier

Maria Carmenza Diaz Lacharme, Alessandro Donazzi

2025

Numerical analysis of NOx production within a hydrogen catalytic combustor

Energy proceedings

Francesco Battistella, Luca Mastropasqua, Alessandro Donazzi, Gianluca Valenti

2025

A simple analytical equation to assess the probe effect on Spaci-MS data: Computational and experimental validation for the redox kinetics of low-T NH3-SCR over a Cu-CHA monolith catalyst

In collaboration with johnson Matthey (UK) and University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (CZ)

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Pietro De Angeli, Aldo Lanza, Nicola Usberti, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, Roberta Villamaina, Maria Pia Ruggeri, Djamela Bounechada, Andrew York, Tomáš Hlavatý, Petr Kočí

2025

Understanding the effect of transport phenomena in deep-injection floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition carbon nanotube synthesis

In collaboration with Rice University (USA)

Carbon — Pergamon

Muxiao Li, Jui Junnarkar, Arthur WN Sloan, Eldar Khabushev, Ana Victoria Benavides-Figueroa, Mingrui L Gong, Miguel Garza, Joe F Khoury, Davide Cavuto, Steven M Williams, Daniele Micale, Mauro Bracconi, Matteo Maestri, Glen C Irvin Jr, Matteo Pasquali

2025

Deciphering Size and Shape Effects on the Structure Sensitivity of the CO2 Methanation Reaction on Nickel

In collaboration with Utrecht University (NL)

ACS catalysis — ACS

Gabriele Spanò, Matteo Ferri, Raffaele Cheula, Matteo Monai, Bert M Weckhuysen, Matteo Maestri