Roberto FIORENZA
Keywords
photocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, H2 economy, CO2 valorization, air and water purification, AOPs, photothermo-catalysis, hybrid catalysis
Researcher in Industrial chemistry
- Teaching of "Sustainable Industrial Chemistry" Master degree in Chemical Sciences (IABC)
- Teaching of " Fundamentals of Industrial Chemistry" Bachelor degree in Industrial Chemistry
- Member of board of PhD course in Materials Science and nanotecnology
- Member of board of PhD course in Catalysis
Main topics:
a. Heterogenous Photocatalysis (VOCs removal, wastewaters treatment, photocatalytic water splitting, semiconductors-based photocatalysis), photothermo-catalysis
b. Heterogenous Catalysis
c. Production and purification of hydrogen
d. CO2 valorisation
ORCID: 0000-0002-2773-0017
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CV Roberto Fiorenza, updated April 2025
Roberto Fiorenza holds the Bachelor Degree in Industrial Chemistry (2012) and the Master Degree in Material Chemistry (2014) with 110/110 cum laude at the Department of Chemical Sciences of the University of Catania. On 12 December 2017 he passed the exam for the PhD in chemical sciences even at the Department of Chemical Sciences of the University of Catania with honors. He works on the synthesis and characterization of new materials (catalysts) for environmental and energy applications (purification of air, water, production and purification of hydrogen), focusing his research on the semiconductors and on the TiO2-based materials. He is author and co-author of various papers in international peer review journals and reviewer of some international journals dealing with catalysis and material science .He teaches the courses "Suistainable Industrial Chemistry" (for the master's degree students in chemical science) and "Suistanable Industrial Chemistry and materials for the environmental protection " (for the PhD student). He is an official thesis tutor for both Bachelor and Master students.
In September 2022 he recevied the "Robert Karl Grasselli 2022" award from the catalysis group of the Italian chemical society for the research in the heterogenous catalysis in gas-phase.
In June 2019 he received the "Adolfo Parmaliana 2019" award from the catalysis group of the Italian chemical society for the best doctoral thesis on the theme "catalysis for a sustainable development",the same work was also awarded by the Gioenia Academy of Catania in the October 2018 (best doctoral thesis of 2018 in the field of chemical sciences), while in 2017 he received the "Young student award" at the international EMRS conference (European Materials Research Society) Spring Meeting 2017 in Strasbourg in the "Photocatalytic materials for energy and environment ” session.
He carried out part of his research work at the CNR-IMM of Catania (ESF SENTI project), at the University of Palermo with the research group of prof. Leonardo Palmisano, at the University of Namur (Belgium) with the research group of prof. Bao-Lian Su and at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria (Spain) with the research group of prof. Sixto Malato.
In February 2022 he achieved the National Scientific qualification as associate in the Italian higher education system, in the call 2021/2023 (Ministerial Decree n. 553/2021 and 589/2021) for the disciplinary field of 03/C2 -Industrial and applied chemistry.
In November 2023 he achieved the National Scientific qualification as full professor in the Italian higher education system, in the call 2021/2023 (Ministerial Decree n. 553/2021 and 589/2021) for the disciplinary field of 03/C2 -Industrial and applied chemistry.
He is the principal investigator of the research project CO2@PHOTOTHERMOCAT "Removal of air pollutants and valorization of the produced CO2: hybrid catalysis to solve two issues at single blow"
- ORCID: 0000-0002-2773-0017
- CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System: link
Main themes:
a. Preparation and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts and semiconductor materials (TiO2, CeO2)
b. Catalysis and Photocatalysis for purification of air (VOCs removal) and water (removal of dyes, phenolic compounds, pesticides)
c. Photocatalytic water splitting and photoreforming
d. CO2 valorisation (CCU and CCS)
e. Hybrid catalysis (Photothermo-catalysis)