- EBLab -
Electrocatalysis & Bioelectrocatalysis LAB
Bio & Electrocatalysis
@ UNIMIB
MISSION of the LAB: Research and development of electrocatalysts for several electrochemical reactions based on platinum group metal-free materials pursuing biomimicking and bionspired approaches within the core of the circular economy. Research and development of bacterial and enzymatic bioelectrochemical systems from fundamental to application. Scale up of the electrochemical systems towards real-world applications. Systems of interest: fuel cells, electrolyzers, CO2 electrolyzers, nitrogen reduction electrolyzers, electrochemical urea production, microbial fuel cells, microbial electrolysis cells, etc.
RESEARCH TOPICS
Electrocatalysis:
Oxygen Reduction Reaction, ORR
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, HER
Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction, HOR
Alcohol Oxidation Reaction
Oxygen Evolution Reaction, OER
CO2 electroreduction
Urea electroproduction
Waste Biomass to electrocatalyst or support or biochar
Bio-Electrocatalysis:
Interaction biotic-abiotic (e- transfer)
Bio-sensors for detections of heavy metals
Bioelectrochemical systems for metals recovery
Integration of supercapacitors with bioelectrochemical systems
Bio-capacitive desalination cells