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Materials Science

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Chemistry

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Overview

Riccardo Ruffo is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their scholarly work covers a broad range of subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Automotive Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

Ruffo's recent publications illustrate a focus on battery materials and energy storage technologies. Selected papers include:

  • "Lithiation Mechanism in High-Entropy Oxides as Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries: An Operando XAS Study," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Paving the Way toward Highly Efficient, High-Energy Potassium-Ion Batteries with Ionic Liquid Electrolytes," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Exploiting Self-Healing in Lithium Batteries: Strategies for Next-Generation Energy Storage Devices," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Chemically Sustainable Large Stokes Shift Derivatives for High-Performance Large-Area Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators," 2020, Joule
  • "The Missing Piece: The Structure of the Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene and Its Behavior as Negative Electrode in Sodium Ion Batteries," 2021, Nano Letters

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several peers, including Chiara Ferrara, Nicolò Pianta, Piercarlo Mustarelli, Antonio Gentile, and Stefano Marchionna. These collaborations reflect sustained partnerships within their research network.

Ruffo regularly publishes in notable academic venues, with multiple contributions to journals and conferences such as Electrochimica Acta, ChemElectroChem, SSRN Electronic Journal, ECS Meeting Abstracts, and The Cambridge Structural Database.

Best Publications

  • Crystalline-amorphous core-shell silicon nanowires for high capacity and high current battery electrodes.

    Li Feng Cui;Li Feng Cui;Riccardo Ruffo;Riccardo Ruffo;Candace K. Chan;Candace K. Chan;Hailin Peng;Hailin Peng

  • Surface Chemistry and Morphology of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Silicon Nanowire Lithium-ion Battery Anodes

    Candace K. Chan;Riccardo Ruffo;Seung Sae Hong;Yi Cui

  • Spinel LiMn2O4 nanorods as lithium ion battery cathodes

    Do Kyung Kim;P. Muralidharan;Hyun Wook Lee;Riccardo Ruffo

  • Impedance Analysis of Silicon Nanowire Lithium Ion Battery Anodes

    Riccardo Ruffo;Seung Sae Hong;Candace K. Chan;Robert A. Huggins

  • Ultrathin spinel LiMn2O4 nanowires as high power cathode materials for Li-ion batteries.

    Hyun-Wook Lee;Pandurangan Muralidharan;Riccardo Ruffo;Claudio M. Mari

  • Structural and electrochemical study of the reaction of lithium with silicon nanowires

    Candace K. Chan;Riccardo Ruffo;Seung Sae Hong;Robert A. Huggins

  • Electrochemical behavior of LiCoO2 as aqueous lithium-ion battery electrodes

    Riccardo Ruffo;Colin Wessells;Robert A. Huggins;Yi Cui

  • Manganese-cobalt hexacyanoferrate cathodes for sodium-ion batteries

    Mauro Pasta;Mauro Pasta;Richard Y. Wang;Riccardo Ruffo;Ruimin Qiao

  • Macroporous WO3 thin films active in NH3 sensing: role of the hosted Cr isolated centers and Pt nanoclusters.

    Massimiliano D’Arienzo;Lidia Armelao;Claudio Maria Mari;Stefano Polizzi

  • Shape-Controlled TiO2 Nanocrystals for Na-Ion Battery Electrodes: The Role of Different Exposed Crystal Facets on the Electrochemical Properties

    Gianluca Longoni;Rosita Lissette Pena Cabrera;Stefano Polizzi;Massimiliano D’Arienzo

  • Diffusion behavior of sodium ions in Na0.44MnO2 in aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes

    Dong Jun Kim;Rubha Ponraj;Aravindaraj G. Kannan;Hyun-Wook Lee

  • Assessment of Water-Soluble π-Extended Squaraines as One- and Two-Photon Singlet Oxygen Photosensitizers: Design, Synthesis, and Characterization

    Luca Beverina;Maurizio Crippa;Mirko Landenna;Riccardo Ruffo

  • Readiness Level of Sodium-Ion Battery Technology: A Materials Review

    Lin Chen;Lin Chen;Michele Fiore;Ji Eun Wang;Riccardo Ruffo

  • Layered Na0.71CoO2: a powerful candidate for viable and high performance Na-batteries

    Massimiliano D'Arienzo;Riccardo Ruffo;Roberto Scotti;Franca Morazzoni

  • Lithiation Mechanism in High-Entropy Oxides as Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries: An Operando XAS Study.

    P. Ghigna;L. Airoldi;M. Fracchia;D. Callegari

  • Single nanorod devices for battery diagnostics: a case study on LiMn2O4.

    Yuan Yang;Chong Xie;Riccardo Ruffo;Hailin Peng

  • High Efficiency Up-Converting Single Phase Elastomers for Photon Managing Applications

    Angelo Monguzzi;Francesco Bianchi;Alberto Bianchi;Michele Mauri

  • High Stokes shift perylene dyes for luminescent solar concentrators

    Alessandro Sanguineti;Mauro Sassi;Riccardo Turrisi;Riccardo Ruffo

  • Alkaline glucose oxidation on nanostructured gold electrodes

    M. Pasta;R. Ruffo;E. Falletta;C. M. Mari

  • One-Step Preparation of SnO2 and Pt-Doped SnO2 As Inverse Opal Thin Films for Gas Sensing

    Massimiliano D’Arienzo;Lidia Armelao;Adriana Cacciamani;Claudio Maria Mari

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Do Kyung Kim
Do Kyung Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hyun-Wook Lee
Hyun-Wook Lee Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Filippo De Angelis
Filippo De Angelis University of Perugia
Robert A. Huggins
Robert A. Huggins Stanford University
Mauro Pasta
Mauro Pasta University of Oxford
Lidia Armelao
Lidia Armelao University of Padua
Stefano Polizzi
Stefano Polizzi Ca Foscari University of Venice
Francesco Meinardi
Francesco Meinardi University of Milano-Bicocca
Piercarlo Mustarelli
Piercarlo Mustarelli University of Milano-Bicocca

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