Prof. Silvia Licoccia
Contact details
Office: Department of Chemical Science and Technology
Tel: +39 06 72594386
Lab: +39 06 72594479
Fax: +39 06 72594328
Research Activity
SL is Professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
Active Member of The Materials Research Society of The International Sol-Gel Society. Secretary of the Board of Directors of AICIng (Italian Association of Chemistry for Engineering), Member of the Executive Committee of The Electrochemical Society.
SL Research activity is mainly focused on the following topics:
• Development of nanostructured materials for Polymeric and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and for gas sensors for environmental monitoring.
• Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of new materials for energy, environmental and biomedical applications.
• Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and its application to kinetic and structural studies.
• Synthesis, reactivity and study of the spectroscopic properties of transition metal complexes of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles. Investigation of the electronic and molecular structure of paramagnetic derivatives by means of NMR spectroscopy.
SL is co-author of 145 refereed scientific publications (115 on international Journals) and about 190 scientific oral contributions at international conferences, meetings and schools.
Active Research Programs
• FISR NUME Project: Development of composite proton conducting membranes and new electrode configurations for PEMFC applications (http://www.progetto-nume.it/) Partners: U. of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, U. of Genoa, U. of Camerino, U. of Pavia, U. of Bologna, U. of Perugia, U. of Padua, CNR, CRS4
• FISR Project: Polymeric and Ceramic Fuel Cells: systems demonstrators and development of new materials. Partners: CNR-ITAE, INSTM, Enitcnologie S.p.A., ENEL S.p.A., Nuvera Fuel Cells Europe s.r.l., De Nora tecnologie Elettrochimiche s.r.l.
• PRIN: Preparation and characterization of hybrid organic-inorganic materials by assembling of nano-building block. Partners: U. of Trento, U. di Padua, U. Sassari, U. Campus Biomedico
• PRIN: Protonic ceramics for Fuel Cells Partners: U. of Palermo, U. of Reggio Calabria, U. of Cassino, U. of Genoa
• EU Project CARISMA: Coordination Action for Research on Intermediate and high temperature Specialised Membrane electrode Assemblies. A network of research activities in Europe on high temperature membrane electrode assemblies and their components. Coordination activities are centered around membranes, catalysts and high temperature MEAs, with cross-cutting activities on the impact of high temperature operation on degradation of MEA components and MEA durability, identification of proton transfer mechanisms operating in water free conditions, and technical specifications for high temperature PEMFC applications. The CARISMA partnership assembles the expertise in high temperature PEMFC in European research institutes and universities and includes committed stakeholders and industrial developers.
Other Activities
Co-organizer of different conferences and symposia under the frame of the MRS, Electrochemical Society and of The European Ceramic Society meetings.
Teaching
Chemistry 1, Faculty of Engineering, Chemistry 3, Faculty of Engineering ,Environmental Monitoring, Faculty of Engineering
Member of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the International Ph.D. Program in Materials for Environment and Energy, a Joint Ph.D. Program with The University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology and The University of Florida Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Recent Publications (selected)
[1] B. Mecheri, A. D’Epifanio, M. L. Di Vona, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, M. Miyayama, “Sulfonated polyether ether ketone-based composite membranes doped with a tungsten-based inorganic proton conductor for Fuel Cell applications, Journal of Electrochemical Society, 153, A463-A467 (2006).
[2] F. A. Walker, S. Licoccia, R. Paolesse, “Iron Corrolates: Unambiguous Chloroiron(III) (Corrolate)2–• π-Cation Radicals”, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 100, 810 - 837 (2006).
[3] S. Licoccia, M. L. Di Vona, P. Romagnoli, L. Narici, M. Acquaviva, S. Carozzo, S. Di Marco, M. Saturno, W. G. Sannita, E. Traversa, “Nanocomposite polymeric electrolytes to investigate human electrophysiological brain signals in prolonged, unconventional or extreme conditions”, Acta Biomaterialia, 2, 531-536 (2006).
[4] S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, “Increasing the operation temperature of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells: from nanocomposites to hybrids”, Journal of Power Sources, 159, 12-20 (2006).
[5] A. Rainer, F. Basoli, S. Licoccia. E. Traversa, “Foaming of filled polyurethanes for fabrication of Porous Anode Supports for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT-SOFCs)”, Journal of The American Ceramic Society, 89 [6], 1795-1800 (2006).
[6] S. Licoccia, M. L. Di Vona, A. D’Epifanio, Z. Ahmed, S. Bellitto, D. Marani, B. Mecheri, C. de Bonis, M. Trombetta, E. Traversa, “SPPSU-Based Hybrid Proton Conducting Polymeric Electrolytes For Intermediate Temperature PEMFCs”, Journal of Power Sources, 167, 79-83 (2007).
[7] B. Mecheri, A. D’Epifanio, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, “Effect of an ormosil-based filler on the physico-chemical and electrochemical properties of Nafion membranes”, Journal of Power Sources, 167, 247-252 (2007).
[8] A. D’Epifanio, B. Mecheri, E. Fabbri, A. Rainer, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, “Composite Ormosil/Nafion Membranes As Electrolytes For Direct Methanol Fuel Cells”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 154, 1-4 (2007).
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