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