Research

Publications

2026

Sustainable hydrogen production via sorption enhanced reforming of complex biorefinery side streams in a fixed bed adiabatic reactor

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research — ACS

Abdelrahman Mostafa, Irene Rapone, Aldo Bosetti, Matteo C Romano, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi

2026

Carbon formation pathways and kinetic implications in methane dry reforming on nickel revealed by spatio-temporal operando Raman spectroscopy

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy — Elsevier

Riccardo Colombo, Matteo Maestri

2026

Direct synthesis of e-kerosene from CO2 and H2 on a Fe-Zn-Cu-K catalyst: a promising route?

In collaboration with ENEA (IT) and Innovhub (IT)

Fuel — Elsevier

Mattia Piacentini, Beda Rolandi, Alessandro Porta, Giuseppina Vanga, Claudia Bassano, Giulia Monteleone, Angelo Lunghi, Davide Faedo, Carlo Giorgio Visconti, Luca Lietti

2026

Kinetic investigation of methane pyrolysis over iron-based catalyst in packed bed reactor

In collaboration with ENI (IT)

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Davide Cafaro, Marco Orsenigo, Veronica Piazza, Lidia Castoldi, Flavio Lucini, Andrea Lainati, Gianpiero Groppi, Matteo Maestri, Alessandra Beretta

2026

Unprecedented promotion of NH₃ decomposition over Ru via H₂ scavenging: a chemical reaction engineering analysis

In collaboration with CNR (IT)

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering — RSC

Yi Qiu, Ivan Conti, Enrico Berretti, Alessandra Beretta

2026

In Situ Characterization of Strontium Titanium Ferrite Perovskites for Application as Electrodes of Solid Oxide Cells

In collaboration with CSIC and the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (ES) and ALBA synchrotron facility (ES)

ACS Applied Energy Materials — ACS

Maria Carmenza Diaz Lacharme, Martina Marasi, Virginia Pérez Dieste, Belen Ballesteros, Alessandro Donazzi

2026

Two-step TSAR process for biogas upgrading: computational study of CO2 capture and catalytic methanation via reactive regeneration in a dual-function adsorber/reactor with conductive structured internals

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering — Frontiers

Luca Patron, Abdelrahman Mostafa, Gianpiero Groppi

2026

Coupled LNT–SCR catalysts for lean NOx abatement: mechanistic insights from operando FT-IR spectroscopy

In collaboration with Università di Torino (IT)

Journal of Catalysis — Elsevier

Roberto Matarrese, Sara Morandi, Lidia Castoldi, Luca Lietti

2026

Facile coating of floating polyurethane foams using reduced graphene oxide and TiO2 for pollutant adsorption and photodegradation in water

In collaboration with University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)

Materials Today Chemistry — Elsevier

Anna Dotti, Andrea Basso Peressut, Lorenzo Viganò, Barbara Di Credico, Roberto Matarrese, Saverio Latorrata

2026

Numerical analysis and experimental validation of an innovative process for catalytic hydrogen water heaters

Energy — Elsevier

Francesco Battistella, Antonino Ravidà, Samuele Molina, Alessandro Donazzi, Gianpiero Groppi, Gianluca Valenti

2026

Overcoming Storage Limitations in SiO2—Supported Dual Function Materials for CO2 Capture and Methanation

In collaboration with Università di Genova (IT) and Università di Milano Bicocca (IT)

ChemCatChem — Chemistry Europe

Giuseppe Nava, Sergio Molina‐Ramírez, Matteo Di Virgilio, Elisabetta Finocchio, Lorenzo Viganò, Barbara Di Credico, Roberto Scotti, Luca Lietti, Cinzia Cristiani, Lidia Castoldi

2026

Mesoporous silica as a tunable support for dual-function Ba–Ru catalysts: impact on CO2 adsorption and methanation performance

In collaboration with Università di Genova (IT) and Università di Milano Bicocca (IT)

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials — Elsevier

Sergio Molina‐Ramírez, Giuseppe Nava, Matteo Di Virgilio, Elisabetta Finocchio, Lorenzo Viganò, Barbara Di Credico, Roberto Scotti, Luca Lietti, Cinzia Cristiani, Lidia Castoldi

2026

Directly electrified SiSiC packed foam reactor for methane steam reforming: experimental study and model-based scaleup

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy — Pergamon

Federico Nicolini, Matteo Ambrosetti, Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi, Enrico Tronconi

2026

Physically Consistent Neural Network Surrogates of Catalytic Reactors with Detailed Surface Kinetics

ACS Engineering Au — ACS

Felix A Döppel, Mauro Bracconi, Matteo Maestri

2026

Standard NH3-SCR and N2O formation kinetics over Cu-CHA monolith catalysts: transient and steady-state redox models

In collaboration with Johnson Matthey (UK)

Chemical Engineering Journal — Elsevier

Nicola Usberti, Ramona Resmini, Andrea Gjetja, Maria Elena Azzoni, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, Roberta Villamaina, Maria Pia Ruggeri, Djamela Bounechada, Andrew PE York, Jillian Collier

2026

Detailed characterization and kinetic modeling of hemicellulose pyrolysis: A new approach for biomass in the CRECK-SB framework

In collaboration with University of Nottingham (CN), University of Darmstadt (DE)

Fuel — Elsevier

Muhammad Yusuf Suleiman, Eleonora Benedetto, Veronica Piazza, Leon Loni Berkel, Nicholas Musyoka, Wai Siong Chai, Christian Hasse, Luca Lietti, Alessandra Beretta, Alessio Frassoldati, Tiziano Faravelli, Paulo Debiagi

2026

Low-temperature standard-SCR over Cu-SSZ-13: selective inhibition of the oxidation half-cycle by mild hydrothermal aging

In collaboration with Cummins (USA)

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering — RSC

Andrea Gjetja, Nicola Usberti, Nicole Daniela Nasello, Umberto Iacobone, Isabella Nova, Enrico Tronconi, Rohil Daya, Lai Wei, Hongmei An, Krishna Kamasamudram

2025

In-situ and operando FT-IR investigation of Pd speciation in Pd/SSZ-13: The pivotal role of CO and NO adsorption with and without H₂O

In collaboration with Università di Torino (IT)

Applied Catalysis A: General — Elsevier

Sara Morandi, Lidia Castoldi, Roberto Matarrese

2025

Reactivity and characterization of S-poisoning on Ru/Al2O3 catalysts for CO2 methanation

In collaboration with ENI (IT), PNNL (USA), IIT (IT)

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy — Elsevier

Clara Larghi, Alessandro Porta, Marco Etzi, Gianluca Fiori, Carlo Giorgio Visconti, Janos Szanyi, Luca Lietti

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