Projects

Research

Current projects EU HE

DECADE (DistributEd Chemicals And fuels production from CO2 in photoelectrocatalytic DEvices), ID: 862030, 1 May 2020 - 30 April 2024, INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP, Coordination (as European Research Institute of Catalysis A.I.S.B.L. - UdR UniME), Total cost € 5 358 672,49
EPOCH (Electrocatalytic Production of liquid Organic hydrogen carrier and CHemicals from lignin), ID: 101070976, 1 October 2022 - 30 September 2026, EIC, partecipant (as UniME), € 3 502 967,50
EreTECH (Electrified Reactor Technology, ID: 101058608,1 June 2022 - 30 November 2025, Digital, Industry and Space, partecipant (as ERIC aisbl - UdR UniME, Total cost
€ 9 233 597,71
SCOPE (Surface-COnfined fast-modulated Plasma for process and Energy intensification in small molecules conversion), ID: 810182, ERC Synergy, coordination (UniME), 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2026, Total cost € 10 400 695,38
SUNER-C (SUNER-C: SUNERGY Community and eco-system for accelerating the development of solar fuels and chemicals.), ID: 101058481, Digital, Industry and Space, partecipant as ERIC aisbl - UdR UniME), Total cost € 4 026 403,75
SUPERVAL (SUstainable Photo-ElectRochemical VALorization of flue gases), ID: 101115456, EIC, 01 Nov 2023 - 31 Oct. 2026, partecipant (UniME), Total cost: €3,571,708.75

National Projects

MIAMI (Innovative Materials for Hybrid Storage Systems), coordinated by PoliMI (Italy); partecipation as UnIME, start on 1st Sept. 2023, 3 years
MECCA (Green H2 from biomethane cracking through an innovative technology based on non-thermal plasma and nanocarbon catalysison), RSH2A_000002, started 1st April 2023, 3 years
PRIN 2022 and PRIN2022 PNRR the CASPE personnel involved as PI in 4 approved projects

Doctorate ACCESS

for 39 cycle accredidate as Industrial Doctorate, 13 PhD grants cofinanced by companies (Eni, Versalis, Casale, and others)
for cycles 36-38 it was accredicated as international doctorate in coordperation with Univ. Antwerp (Belgium) and TUe (Eindhoven The netherlands) stemming from the SCOPE ERC Synergy project

7th EU Framework Programme

HELMETH (Integrated High-Temperature Electrolysis and Methanation for Effective Power to Gas Conversion), From 2014-04-01 to 2017-12-31, ongoing project; as ERIC aisbl, JTI-CP-FCH - Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (FCH) (FCH-JU-2013-1)
SINCHEM: The European Doctoral Programme on Sustainable Industrial Chemistry. A three year international joint Doctoral School in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry offered by a consortium of 7 full partners and 18 associated members. Strong industrial links to major companies in the field are a key part of SINCHEM. As UNIME.
BIOFUR: BIOpolymers and BIOfuels from FURan based building blocks A Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) CONTRACT 324292 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016
ECO2CO2 (Eco-friendly biorefinery fine chemicals from CO2 photo-catalytic reduction), From 2012-12-01 to 2016-05-31, as ERIC aisbl, Project ID: 309701 (FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6),
NEXT-GTL (Innovative Catalytic Technologies & Materials for Next Gas to Liquid Processes), Large collaborative project, 7 FP, Coordination, as INSTM, NMP3-CT-2005-011730 - Nov. 2009 - Oct. 2013 Tot. participants 23; total cost € 12.572.781,00 (EU € 8.392.445,00)
INCAS (Integration of Nanoreactor and multisite CAtalysis for a Sustainable chemical production), Large collaborative project 7 FP, Coordination, as INSTM, Grant agreement no: 245988 (final stage negotiation, June 2010) 12 Partners; Total cost € 8,784,509 (EU € 5,651,564)

H2020 EU Framework Programme (completed)

TERRA “New adaptable catalytic reactor methodologies for Process Intensification”, Project ID: 67747. From 2015-09-15 to 2019-09-14, H2020-SPIRE-2015, Total cost: EUR 4 424 785,25, coordination. (as ERIC)
Web site of the project.

A-LEAF “An Artificial Leaf: a photo-electro-catalytic cell from earth-abundant materials for sustainable solar production of CO2-based chemicals and fuels” Project ID: 732840, From 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31, FETPROACT-2016, Total cost:EUR 7 980 861,25, coordinated ICIQ (Terragona, Spain), participation as INSTM
Photo of Kick-off.

OCEAN (Oxaclic acid from CO2 using Elcetrochemistry At demonstratioN scale), Project ID767798, Call H2020-SPIRE-2017, as ERIC (coordinator S. Perathoner)
RECODE (Recycling carbon dioxide in the cement industry to produce added-value additives: a step towards a CO2 circular economy), Project ID 768583, Call H2020-SPIRE-2017, as ERIC

EXTENDED UP TO end 2023

PERFORM (PowerPlatform: Establishment of platform infrastructure for highly selective electrochemical conversions), IA project 820723, H2020-NMBP-ST-IND-2018-2020 (CE-SPIRE-02-2018), as INSTM

6th EU Framework Programme

IDECAT (Network of Excellence, 6 FP) (Coordination, as INSTM) Integrated Design of Catalytic Nanomaterials for a Sustainable Production April 2005 - Sept. 2010, 17 Institutions, 9.5M€

5-6th EU FP; projects coordinated

2003-2006:CAT-MED ICA3-CT2002-10034Novel Catalytic Technologies for the Treatment of Wastewater from Agro-Food and Industrial Productions in MED Countries
2002-2005:NEOPS G5RD-CT2002-00678Novel Eco-efficient Oxidation Processes based on H2O2 Synthesis on Catalytic Membranes
2002-2005:NANOSTRAP G3RD-CT2002-00793Nanostructured Sulphur Traps for the protection of high performance NOx storage/reduction catalysts in low emission engine applications

4-6th EU FP; projects, as participant

1996-2006:

NATAMA NMP3-CT-2006-032583 (NAno engineered Titania thin films for Advanced Materials Applications)
CONCORDE NMP2-CT-2004-505834 (Co-ordination of Nanostructured Catalytic Oxides Research and Development in Europe)
SMART G5RD-CT-2002-00710 (SMART NOx abatement systems for Next-Generation Environmental Technologies)
SUPER G5RD-CT2001-00519: Use of supercritical conditions for developing eco-efficient catalytic processes in chemical industry.
COCON ERK6-CT99-00015 Hybrid systems for the conversion of CO2 with solar energy in a photoelectrocatalytic device
STORECAT BRPR-CT97-0460 Development of new catalysts for the reduction of NO in lean burn engines
DENITROCAT BRPR-CT96-420 Purification of water by catalytic reduction of nitrate in new membrane reactors
N2O-ACT ENV4-CT95-0067. Catalytic decomposition in gas phase of N2O in industrial emissions
H2O-RECYCAT BRPR-CT95-0034 Recycle of industrial water by catalytic oxidation of organic waste
NEMCA BRPR-CT97-0460 Application of NEMCA & DIMSI concepts in designing novel DeNOx catalysts for lean-burn engines

1995-1998

Various other projects at National level (PRIN, FIRB, FIRS) and with companies