Viviani Massimo

Viviani

Viviani Massimo

Research executive

Genoa unit
Located at DICCA, Department of Chemical, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, Via all’Opera Pia 15, 16145, Genoa
Email
massimo.viviani@cnr.it
Phone
+39 010 353 6025

BIOGRAPHY

Massimo Viviani’s scientific activity has been entirely developed in the field of Materials Science, consistent with the educational path that began with a degree in Physics, continued with a specialization in Materials Science and Technology, and refined with a PhD in Chemistry for Engineering. In more than twenty years of activity he has carried out studies on different classes of materials (superconductors, steels, ceramics), using all main existing experimental techniques for the preparation and characterization of materials.

He conducts mentoring activities for dissertations, PhDs and international fellowships. He has taken scientific responsibility for the ICMATE (formerly IENI) operational unit in international (FP7, COST), national (PRIN, POR) and industrial projects.

Massimo Viviani is the author of about 160 papers published in ISI journals and many other publications in books and conference proceedings and is among the inventors of several patents related to the synthesis of ceramic pigments, innovative architectures for fuel cells, and chemical methods for the realization of electrode materials. He collaborates as a reviewer with several specialized journals and international bodies, such as ESF and FNS. From 2008 to 2013 he was a member of the Institute Council of IENI-CNR. Since 2017, he has been an FCS Industrial Project Evaluator of the MiSE. He is a member of the PNRR Working Group at the General Directorate of CNR.

RESEARCH AREAS

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Design and development of ionic and mixed conductor functional ceramic and cermet materials for fuel cells (SOFCs) and solid oxide electrolytic cells (SOECs), for hydrogen power generation and high-temperature electrochemical conversion of steam and carbon dioxide to syngas.

The optimization process ranges from the synthesis and characterization of oxides, through the formulation and fabrication of electrolytes and electrodes using colloidal techniques (spraying, infiltration, impregnation of controlled porosity structures) to the characterization of materials, their interfaces and devices under operating conditions through D.C. and impedance spectroscopy measurements.

The experimental activity is complemented by modelling, in collaboration with UNIGE, UNIMIB and CNR-SCITEC to correlate microscopic phenomena with electrode microstructure and device performance.

PROJECTS

PRIN 2022 – ADESSO: Identifying ADvanced fuel ElectrodeS for Solid Oxide electrolysis cells through computational screening and experimental characterization. 2023-2025
Ricerca e sviluppo di tecnologie per la filiera dell’idrogeno. POR H2 – PNRR. 2022-2025
Coelus – produzione di combustibile rinnovabile mediante co-elettrolisi e riuso del diossido di carbonio. Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. 2020-2024

RESEARCH PRODUCTS

M. Asensio et al., “ Calcium doping in double perovskite SmBa1−xCaxCo2O5+δ to enhance the electrochemical activity of solid oxide cell reversible oxygen electrode”, J. Alloys Compd. 933 (2023) 167731.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167731.

Artini et al., “The role of defects association in structural and transport properties of the Ce1−(Nd0.74Tm0.26) O2−/2 system”, J. Energy Chem. 60 (2021) 494–502.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2020.11.030.

M. Asensio et al., “Impregnation of microporous SDC scaffold as stable solid oxide cell BSCF-based air electrode”, Energy 237 (2021) 121514.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.121514.

Deganello et al., “Clarifying the Role of the Reducers-to-Oxidizers Ratio in the Solution Combustion Synthesis of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ Oxygen Electrocatalysts”, Catalysts 10 (2020) 1465.
DOI: 10.3390/catal10121465.

Clematis et al., Electrocatalytic activity of perovskite-based cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 44 (2019) 6212–6222.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.01.128.

RESEARCH PRODUCTS

M. Asensio et al., “ Calcium doping in double perovskite SmBa1−xCaxCo2O5+δ to enhance the electrochemical activity of solid oxide cell reversible oxygen electrode”, J. Alloys Compd. 933 (2023) 167731.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167731.

Artini et al., “The role of defects association in structural and transport properties of the Ce1−(Nd0.74Tm0.26) O2−/2 system”, J. Energy Chem. 60 (2021) 494–502.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2020.11.030.

M. Asensio et al., “Impregnation of microporous SDC scaffold as stable solid oxide cell BSCF-based air electrode”, Energy 237 (2021) 121514.
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.121514.

Deganello et al., “Clarifying the Role of the Reducers-to-Oxidizers Ratio in the Solution Combustion Synthesis of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-δ Oxygen Electrocatalysts”, Catalysts 10 (2020) 1465.
DOI: 10.3390/catal10121465.

Clematis et al., Electrocatalytic activity of perovskite-based cathodes for solid oxide fuel cells, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 44 (2019) 6212–6222.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.01.128.