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Stefania Specchia is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy. Their research focuses extensively on engineering, materials science, and energy, with a significant body of work related to electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their research themes cover several specialized subfields including catalysis and public health aspects connected to environmental and occupational health. Key topics in their work include fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalytic processes in materials science, and catalytic oxidation reactions. Additional research interests involve advanced battery technologies, catalysts for methane reforming, and the application of machine learning techniques in materials science.

Stefania Specchia has published numerous articles in several frequent venues:

  • Electrochimica Acta
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Electrochemical Energy Reviews
  • Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Recent publications by Specchia include:

  • Latest insights on technologies for the treatment of solid medical waste: A review, 2023, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: A Comparative Review of Acidic and Alkaline Systems, 2023, Electrochemical Energy Reviews
  • PGM-Free Biomass-Derived Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Energy Conversion Devices: Promising Materials, 2024, Electrochemical Energy Reviews
  • Recent Advances in Non-Precious Metal Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Low-Temperature Polymer-Electrolyte Fuel Cells, 2023, ChemCatChem
  • Mapping transition metal-MN4 macrocyclic complex catalysts performance for the critical reactivity descriptors, 2021, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry

Throughout their career, Specchia has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Carmen W. Moncada Quintero, José H. Zagal, Plamen Atanassov, Giuliana Ercolino, and Carlo Santoro. These collaborations have resulted in multiple scholarly outputs contributing to their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • Performance of a Fe-N-C catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in direct methanol fuel cell: Cathode formulation optimization and short-term durability

    Luigi Osmieri;Luigi Osmieri;Ricardo Escudero-Cid;Alessandro H.A. Monteverde Videla;Pilar Ocón

  • Activity and degradation study of an Fe-N-C catalyst for ORR in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC)

    Ioanna Martinaiou;Alessandro H.A. Monteverde Videla;Natascha Weidler;Markus Kübler

  • Kinetics of Oxygen Electroreduction on Me–N–C (Me = Fe, Co, Cu) Catalysts in Acidic Medium: Insights on the Effect of the Transition Metal

    Luigi Osmieri;Luigi Osmieri;Alessandro H. A. Monteverde Videla;Pilar Ocón;Stefania Specchia

  • Fe-N/C catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction supported on different carbonaceous materials. Performance in acidic and alkaline direct alcohol fuel cells

    Luigi Osmieri;Luigi Osmieri;Ricardo Escudero-Cid;Marco Armandi;Alessandro H.A. Monteverde Videla

  • Removal of NO3- from water by electrochemical reduction in different reactor configurations

    Lidia Szpyrkowicz;Salvatore Daniele;M. Radaelli;S. Specchia

  • CO-selective methanation over Ru–γAl2O3 catalysts in H2-rich gas for PEM FC applications

    Camilla Galletti;Stefania Specchia;Guido Saracco;Vito Specchia

  • Oxidative reforming of diesel fuel over LaCoO3 perovskite derived catalysts: Influence of perovskite synthesis method on catalyst properties and performance

    J.A. Villoria;M.C. Alvarez-Galvan;S.M. Al-Zahrani;Pietro Palmisano

  • Optimization of Pd catalysts supported on Co3O4 for low-temperature lean combustion of residual methane

    Giuliana Ercolino;Paweł Stelmachowski;Paweł Stelmachowski;Gabriela Grzybek;Andrzej Kotarba

  • Syngas production by methane oxy-steam reforming on Me/CeO2 (Me = Rh, Pt, Ni) catalyst lined on cordierite monoliths

    Antonio Vita;Giuseppe Cristiano;Cristina Italiano;Lidia Pino

  • Latest insights on technologies for the treatment of solid medical waste: a review

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  • Estimation of hydrogen crossover through Nafion® membranes in PEMFCs

    Carlotta Francia;Vijaykumar S. Ijeri;Stefania Specchia;Paolo Spinelli

  • Photocatalytic reduction of Hg(II) on TiO2 and Ag/TiO2 prepared by the sol–gel and impregnation methods

    G. G. Lenzi;C. V. B. Fávero;L. M. S. Colpini;H. Bernabe

  • H2-rich syngas production through mixed residual biomass and HDPE waste via integrated catalytic gasification and tar cracking plus bio-char upgrading

    Reza Alipour Moghadam Esfahani;Luigi Osmieri;Stefania Specchia;Suzana Yusup

  • Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: A Comparative Review of Acidic and Alkaline Systems

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  • In situ combustion synthesis of perovskite catalysts for efficient and clean methane premixed metal burners

    Stefania Specchia;Andrea Civera;Guido Saracco

  • Diesel fuel processor for PEM fuel cells: Two possible alternatives (ATR versus SR)

    A. Cutillo;Stefania Specchia;M. Antonini;Guido Saracco

  • Performance evaluation and comparison of fuel processors integrated with PEM fuel cell based on steam or autothermal reforming and on CO preferential oxidation or selective methanation

    Giuliana Ercolino;Muhammad Arsalan Ashraf;Vito Specchia;Stefania Specchia

  • A micro-structured 5 kW complete fuel processor for iso-octane as hydrogen supply system for mobile auxiliary power units: Part II—Development of water–gas shift and preferential oxidation catalysts reactors and assembly of the fuel processor

    Gunther Kolb;Tobias Baier;Jochen Schürer;David Tiemann

  • Non-noble Fe–NX electrocatalysts supported on the reduced graphene oxide for oxygen reduction reaction

    Alessandro H.A. Monteverde Videla;Shuai Ban;Stefania Specchia;Lei Zhang

  • Surface chemistry and reactivity of ceria–zirconia-supported palladium oxide catalysts for natural gas combustion

    Stefania Specchia;Elisabetta Finocchio;Guido Busca;Pietro Palmisano

  • BIOFEAT: Biodiesel fuel processor for a vehicle fuel cell auxiliary power unit ☆: Study of the feed system

    M. Sgroi;G. Bollito;Guido Saracco;Stefania Specchia

  • Catalytic partial oxidation of CH4 with nickel-lanthanum-based catalysts

    Luigi Domenico Vella;J. A. Villoria;Stefania Specchia;N. Mota

  • CO selective methanation in H2-rich gas for fuel cell application: Microchannel reactor performance with Ru-based catalysts

    Camilla Galletti;Stefania Specchia;Vito Specchia

  • A comparative study on steam and oxidative steam reforming of methane with noble metal catalysts

    Um-E-Salma Amjad;Antonio Vita;Camilla Galletti;Lidia Pino

Frequent Co-Authors

Vito Specchia
Vito Specchia Polytechnic University of Turin
Guido Saracco
Guido Saracco Polytechnic University of Turin
Andrzej Kotarba
Andrzej Kotarba Jagiellonian University
Elisabetta Finocchio
Elisabetta Finocchio University of Genoa
Guido Busca
Guido Busca University of Genoa
Tiziano Montini
Tiziano Montini University of Trieste
Antonino S. Aricò
Antonino S. Aricò National Research Council (CNR)
Vincenzo Baglio
Vincenzo Baglio National Research Council (CNR)
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang National Research Council Canada
Paolo Fornasiero
Paolo Fornasiero University of Trieste

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