FRANCESCA DE GIORGIO

Ricercatore
Sede: Bologna
Tel.: +39 051 639 8541
E-Mail: francesca.degiorgio@cnr.it

Aree tematiche

ENERGIA: materiali e dispositivi per la produzione, la conversione e l’accumulo di energia

Area di competenza

CARATTERIZZAZIONE: metodologie di caratterizzazione chimico-fisica e funzionale di materiali e dispositivi

Formazione ed esperienze professionali

Education – 01/01/2013 – 28/04/2016: PhD in Chemistry (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) – 02/2008 – 22/07/2010: MSc in Photochemistry and Material Chemistry (University of Bologna) – 09/2004 – 20/12/2007: BSc in Chemistry and Material Chemistry (University of Siena) – 01/04/2015 – 30/09/2015: Visiting PhD Student (Helmholtz-Institute Ulm (HIU) – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Ulm) Working experience – 30/09/2020 – at present: Researcher (CNR-ISMN, Bologna) – 01/11/2011-01/07/2019: Research Fellow (University of Bologna) – 01/11/2010 – 31/10/2011: Post degree fellow (University of Bologna) – 30/01/2018 – 31/03/2020: President and Co-founder of BETTERY Srl, Innovative Startup, Spin-off of the University of Bologna – 02/07/2019 – 29/09/2020: Associate Battery Researcher (Manz Italy Srl, Sasso Marconi, BO)

Attività di ricerca

– Synthesis and multi-technique characterization (physicochemical, structural, morphological, and electrochemical) of inorganic materials (e.g., transition metal oxides), carbon-based materials, innovative electrolytes, and biopolymers for high-energy Li-ion and next-generation batteries, supercapacitors and perovskite-based solar cells. – Background in electrochemical analysis to investigate interfacial phenomena and optimize battery performance for applications in electric mobility and renewable energy storage, to correlate material properties, electrochemical behavior, and device performance.