ALESSIO VAROTTO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXVIII
email: alessio.varotto@uniroma1.it

supervisor: Prof.ssa Marta Feroci
co-supervisor: Dott.ssa Maria Luisa Grilli
joint PhD: ENEA Centro Ricerche Casaccia

Research: Development of innovative catalysts without metals of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) and/or with PGM recycled

Alessio Varotto (Anzio, 1998) is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at the Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering of the "La Sapienza" University of Rome. He graduated in Chemistry in 2022 with a thesis entitled "Electrodeposition and spectroscopic characterization of zinc-based electrodes for the electroreduction of CO2".
He is currently working on the development of innovative catalysts that make use of catalysts with recycled PGMs or without these precious metals in order to catalyze the Dry Reforming Methane (DRM) reaction. The research work is aimed at obtaining efficient catalysts, with a high product yield and minimal use of environmentally critical materials.

Research products

11573/1735863 - 2025 - Coking resistant Ru supported on Sm-substituted CaZrO3 catalyst for dry reforming of methane: The effect of Ru loading on catalytic activity

Duranti, L.; Laverdura, U. P.; Di Bartolomeo, E.; Grilli, M. L.; Chierchia, R.; Larosa, C.; Varotto, A.; Tuti, S.; Licoccia, S.; Luisetto, I. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY (Elsevier Science Limited:Oxford Fulfillment Center, PO Box 800, Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom:011 44 1865 843000, 011 44 1865 843699, EMAIL: asianfo@elsevier.com, tcb@elsevier.co.UK, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsa/, Fax: 011 44 1865 843010) pp. 1403-1416 - issn: 0360-3199 - wos: WOS:001427303000001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85217211477 (0)

11573/1718920 - 2024 - Photo-Thermal Dry Reforming of Methane with PGM-Free and PGM-Based Catalysts: A Review

Varotto, Alessio; Pasqual Laverdura, Umberto; Feroci, Marta; Grilli, Maria Luisa - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: MATERIALS (Basel: Molecular Diversity Preservation International-MDPI) pp. - - issn: 1996-1944 - wos: WOS:001286986100001 (2) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85200755445 (2)