Prof. Roberto Fiorenza, PhD – Department of chemical sciences, Università degli studi di Catania
email: rfiorenza@unict.it
• 8 February 2027, 14.00 – 17.00
• 10 February 2027, 14.00 – 17.00
• 12 February 2027, 14.00 – 17.00
• 15 February 2027, 14.00 – 17.00
(lecture time can be modified on the basis of the interested students requests)
12h (2 CFU)
Online via Microsoft Teams – Join the class
The main purpose of this course is to show how many efforts have been made in recent years on the advance of hybrid catalytic processes in order to propose efficient solutions to meet the requests of the development of green and sustainable technologies for both environmental protection and energy production, also from an economic point of view. New approaches beyond the thermal-driven heterogeneous catalysis will be discussed, exploring advantages and drawbacks of the new hybrid processes as the photocatalysis, photo-electrocatalysis, the photo-thermocatalysis, the plasma-assisted catalysis, the sono-catalysis and the microwave-assisted catalysis. These processes will be examined both in environmental applications (water and air purification) and in energy production (H2 production, solar fuels, CO2 valorisation). Finally, an up-to-date panorama on the most suitable and sustainable materials for these applications will be presented, focusing on green and easy preparation procedures, and on non-critical materials to highlight the importance of the circular economy.
The course will be interactive, with continuous discussion and student participation expected. Therefore, keeping the video camera on will be mandatory.