Publications

Journal Title Authors Partner(s) Publication date Link
Frontiers for Young Minds
Silicifiers: The Glassy Creatures of the Ocean
María López-Acosta, Natalia Llopis Monferrer, Alessandra Petrucciani
CIRCC
December 2023
Journal of CO2 Utilization
Merging the Green-H2 production with Carbon Recycling for stepping towards the Carbon Cyclic Economy
Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto
IC2R, CIRCC
February 2024
Materials Today Advances
Copper–Zinc Oxide Heterostructure Photocathodes For Hydrogen and Methanol Production
Tomasz Baran, Szymon Wojtyła, Marco Scavini, Francesco Carla, Edmund Welter, Roberto Comparelli, Angela Dibenedetto, Michele Aresta
IC2R, CIRCC
March 2024
Nachhaltige Technologien
Solar Fuels – Recycling of carbon through CO2 conversion
Michelle Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto
IC2R, CIRCC
March 2024
ChemSusChem
Gas-Phase Photocatalytic Coprocessing of CO2 – H2O(v) to Energy Products Promoted by the n,n-Junction In2O3@g-C3N4 under VIS-Light
Tomasz Baran, Michele Aresta, Roberto Comparelli, Angela Dibenedetto
IC2R, CIRCC
May 2024
Molecules
Pitfalls in Photochemical and Photoelectrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Energy Products
Tomasz Baran, Domenico Caringella, Angela Dibenedetto, Michele Aresta
IC2R, CIRCC
October 2024
Materials
Efficient Photoelectrochemical Reduction of CO2 in Seawater with Cheap and Abundant Cu2O/Al2O3/TiO2 Electrode
Aleksandra Parzuch, Katarzyna Kuder, Kostiantyn Nikiforow, Piotr Wróbel, Grzegorz Kaproń, Krzysztof Bieńkowski, Renata Solarska
UW
January 2025
Catalysts
Titanosilicate ETS-10-Modified Cu2O for Enhanced Visible-Light Photoelectrochemical Activity
Ewelina Szaniawska-Białas, Aleksandra Parzuch, Linh Trinh, Pavla Eliášová, Renata Solarska
UW, CU
March 2025
Journal of CO2 Utilization
Orientational-growth of Cu2O {111} or {110} facets induced by frustules for CO2-H2O specific photo(electro)chemical conversion into methanol/ethanol under visible-light
Michele Aresta, Tomasz Baran, Domenico Caringella, Shambel G. Wasse, Yusuf I. Abubakar, Alessandra Petrucciani, Alessandra Norici, Ernesto Mesto, Elvira De Giglio, Roberto Comparelli, Angela Dibenedetto
IC2R, CIRCC
May 2025
Chemical Engineering Journal
Insights of Cu2O/Zn5(OH)8Cl2 photocathode architecture for an efficient photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products
Nabila Nawaz, Saira Perveen, Karthick Ramalingam, Krzysztof Bieńkowski, Piotr Wrobel, Marcin Pisarek, Shankar Prabhakaran, Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, Renata Solarska
UW
May 2025
Industrial Chemistry & Materials
Alternative sources of carbon for moving towards a sustainable carbon cycle
Michele Aresta
IC2R
June 2025
Energy & Fuels
Where We Are, Where We Go: Uncertainties on the Future of the Impact of Energy Systems on Climate
Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto
IC2R, CIRCC
September 2025
Algal Research
Life cycle assessment of diatom frustule production: a multitask bio-material
Alessandra Petrucciani, Alessia Amato, Alessandra Norici, Angela Dibenedetto, Michele Aresta
CIRCC, IC2R
September 2025
Journal of CO2 Utilization
Enhancing photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction: The impact of polyelectrolytes modification on copper oxide catalysts
Nabila Nawaz, Krzysztof Bienkowski, Karthick Ramalingam, Aleksandra Parzuch, Piotr Wróbel, Marcin Strawski, Renata Solarska
UW
September 2025
Journal of CO2 Utilization
Selective CO2 adsorption over alkali metal cation-exchanged UZM-9 zeolites
Jakub Halamek, Martin Kubu, Branislav Koren, Jirí Cejka, Jan Valenta , Roman Bulanek
CU
January 2026
Journal of CO2 Utilization
New composite materials based on g-C3N4 loaded with Copper(I) oxalate as promoters of C-C coupling in CO2-H2O co-processing under solar irradiation
Michele Aresta, Domenico Caringella, Ernesto Mesto, Christopher Habu, Angela Dibenedetto
IC2R, CIRCC
January 2026
Materials today Chemistry
The role of the structural features (Cu–Cu distance) of Cu2O in C–C coupling in CO2RRs with H2O under solar irradiation. A DFT study for elucidating the reaction mechanism
Marco Bortoluzzi, Imre Papai, Angela Dibenedetto, Michele Aresta
IC2R, CIRCC
July 2026
Advanced Energy Materials
Surface-Engineered Ti3C2Tx MXene/Cu2O Photocathodes for Highly Selective Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Ethanol
Luis A. M. Carrascosa, Magdaléna Linková, Monika Remzová, Tomáš Hrbek, Pavla Eliášová
CU
August 2026