Department of Chemistry

Selected research products

Plasmonics for chemistry (photocatalysis, water desalination)

Mascaretti, L, Schirato, A, Montini, T, Alabastri, A, Naldoni, A, Fornasiero, P (2022). Challenges in temperature measurements in gas-phase photothermal catalysis. JOULE, vol. 6, p. 1727-1732, doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.06.019.

Sourav Rej, Eva Yazmin Santiago, Olga Baturina, Yu Zhang, Sven Burger, Stepan Kment, Alexander O. Govorov, Alberto Naldoni (2022). Colloidal Titanium Nitride Nanobars for Broadband Inexpensive Plasmonics and Photochemistry from Visible to Mid-IR Wavelengths. NANO ENERGY, vol. 104, p. 107989-107996, ISSN: 2211-2855, doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107989

Yalavarthi, R, Yesilyurt, O, Henrotte, O, Kment, S, Shalaev, VM, Boltasseva, A, Naldoni, A (2022). Multimetallic Metasurfaces for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxidations in Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells. LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS, vol. 16, p. 2200137-2200146, ISSN: 1863-8880, doi: 10.1002/lpor.202200137

Mascaretti, A. Schirato, R. Zbořil, Š. Kment, P. Schmuki, A. Alabastri, Naldoni A (2021). Solar steam generation on scalable ultrathin thermoplasmonic TiN nanocavity arrays. NANO ENERGY, vol. 83, 105828, ISSN: 2211-2855

Rej, L. Mascaretti, E. Y. Santiago, O. Tomanec, Š. Kment, Z. Wang, R. Zbořil, P. Fornasiero, A. O. Govorov, Naldoni A (2020). Determining Plasmonic Hot Electrons and Photothermal Effects during H2 Evolution with TiN–Pt Nanohybrids. ACS CATALYSIS, ISSN: 2155-5435

Naldoni A, Z. A. Kudyshev, L. Mascaretti, S. P. Sarmah, S. Rej, J. P. Froning, O. Tomanec, J. E. Yoo, D. Wang, Š. Kment, T. Montini, P. Fornasiero, V. M. Shalaev, P. Schmuki, A. Boltasseva, R. Zbořil (2020). Solar Thermoplasmonic Nanofurnace for High-Temperature Heterogeneous Catalysis. NANO LETTERS, ISSN: 1530-6984

Naldoni A, Shalaev V M, Brongersma M L (2017). Applying Plasmonics to a Sustainable Future. SCIENCE, vol. 356, p. 908-909, ISSN: 0036-8075

Naldoni A, Guler U, Wang Z, Marelli M, Malara F, Meng X, Besteiro L V, Govorov A O, Kildishev A V, Boltasseva A, Shalaev V M (2017). Broadband hot electron collection for solar water splitting with plasmonic titanium nitride. ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, ISSN: 2195-1071, doi: 10.1002/adom.201601031

Amidani L, Naldoni A, Malvestuto M, Marelli M, Glatzel P, Dal Santo V, Boscherini F (2015). Probing long-lived plasmonic-generated charges Au/TiO2 photocatalyst by high resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE. INTERNATIONAL EDITION, vol. 127, p. 5503-5506, ISSN: 1433-7851, doi: 10.1002/anie.201412030

Photocatalysis with semiconductors

Hejazi S. M. H., Shahrezaei M., Blonski P., Allieta M., Sheverdyaeva P. M., Moras P., Badura Z., Kalytchuk S., Mohammadi E., Zboril R., Kment S., Otyepka M., Naldoni A., Fornasiero P. (2022). Defect engineering over anisotropic brookite toward substrate-specific photo-oxidation of alcohols. CHEM CATALYSIS, vol. 2, p. 1177-1190, ISSN: 2667-1107, doi: 10.1016/j.checat.2022.03.015

Rej, M. Bisetto, Naldoni A, P. Fornasiero (2021). Well-defined Cu2O photocatalysts for solar fuels and chemicals. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. A, ISSN: 2050-7496

Naldoni A, M. Altomare, G. Zoppellaro, N. Liu, Š. Kment, R. Zbořil, P. Schmuki (2019). Photocatalysis with Reduced TiO2: From Black TiO2 to Cocatalyst-Free Hydrogen Production. ACS CATALYSIS, ISSN: 2155-5435

Naldoni A, Allieta M, Santangelo S, Marelli M, Fabbri F, Cappelli S, Bianchi CL, Psaro R, Dal Santo V (2012). Effect of nature and location of defects on bandgap narrowing in black TiO2 nanoparticles. 134, 7600-7603.. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, ISSN: 0002-7863

Photoelectrochemistry

Malara, M. Fracchia, H. Kmentová, R. Psaro, A. Vertova, D. Oliveira de Souza, G. Aquilanti, L. Olivi, P. Ghigna, Alessandro Minguzzi, Naldoni A (2020). Direct Observation of Photoinduced Higher Oxidation States at a Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Junction. ACS CATALYSIS, ISSN: 2155-5435

Š Kment, K Sivula, Naldoni A, SP Sarmah, H Kmentová, M Kulkarni, Y Rambabu, P Schmuki, R Zbořil (2020). FeO-based nanostructures and nanohybrids for photoelectrochemical water splitting. PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE, ISSN: 0079-6425

Mascaretti, A. Dutta, Š. Kment, V.M. Shalaev, A. Boltasseva, R. Zbořil, Naldoni A (2019). Plasmon‐Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting for Efficient Renewable Energy Storage. ADVANCED MATERIALS, ISSN: 0935-9648

Naldoni A, Montini T, Malara F, Mróz M M, Beltram A, Virgili T, Boldrini C L, Marelli M, Romero-Ocaña I, Delgado J J, Dal Santo V, Fornasiero P (2017). Hot Electron Collection on Brookite Nanorods Lateral Facets for Plasmon-Enhanced Water Oxidation. ACS CATALYSIS, vol. 7, p. 1270-1278, ISSN: 2155-5435

Malara F, Fabbri, Marelli M, Naldoni A (2016). Controlling the Surface Energetics and Kinetics of Hematite Photoanodes Through Few Atomic Layers of NiOx. ACS CATALYSIS, vol. 6, p. 3619-3628, ISSN: 2155-5435, doi: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00569

Malara, A. Minguzzi, M. Marelli, S. Morandi, R. Psaro, V. Dal Santo, A. Naldoni (2015). α‑Fe2O3/NiOOH : an Effective Heterostructure for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS CATALYSIS, vol. 5, p. 5292-5300, ISSN: 2155-5435, doi: 10.1021/acscatal.5b01045

Courses

• Chimica Generale ed Inorganica - Corso A (Cognomi A-G) (FAR0072A)
  Corsi di studio in
  Farmacia - Chimica e tecnologia farmaceutiche
• ELETTROCHIMICA PER L'AMBIENTE (CHI0231)
  Corso di laurea magistrale in Chimica dell'Ambiente
• LABORATORIO DI SINTESI INORGANICHE (CHI0125)
  Corso di laurea in Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche
• SINTESI INORGANICHE (CHI0053)
  Corso di laurea magistrale in Chimica

Research topics

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Academic bodies

• Commissione Internazionalizzazione
• Consiglio di Dipartimento