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  1. Analysis of the Phase Stability of LiMO2 Layered Oxides (M = Co, Mn, Ni)

    Article • Crystals, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  2. Enhancement of Functional Properties of Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries by Addition of Pyrrolidinium‐Based Ionic Liquids with Long Alkyl‐Chains

    Article • Batteries & Supercaps, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  3. Towards Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries: Green, Low-Cost and High-Capacity Anode Compartment Encompassing Phosphorus/Carbon Nanocomposite as the Active Material and Aluminum as the Current Collector

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, April 2020, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  4. Effect of Transitional Metals (Mn and Ni) Substitution in LiCoPO4 Olivines

    Article • Molecules, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  5. Structural evolution of disordered LiCo1/3Fe1/3Mn1/3PO4 in lithium batteries uncovered

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  6. Analysis of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Hard Carbon Electrodes in Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Article • ChemElectroChem, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  7. Gas release mitigation in LiFePO4-Li4Ti5O12 Li-ion pouch cells by an H2-selective getter

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  8. Minimizing the Electrolyte Volume in Li-S Batteries: A Step Forward to High Gravimetric Energy Density

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, November 2018, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  9. Free-Standing 3D-Sponged Nanofiber Electrodes for Ultrahigh-Rate Energy-Storage Devices

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  10. Minimizing the Electrolyte Volume in Li-S Batteries: A Step Forward to High Gravimetric Energy Density

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  11. Enhancement of the performance in Li-O2 cells of a NiCo2O4 based porous positive electrode by Cr(III) doping

    Article • Materials Letters, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  12. Extremely Pure Mg2FeH6 as a Negative Electrode for Lithium Batteries

    Article • Energies, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  13. Rational Design of Low Cost and High Energy Lithium Batteries through Tailored Fluorine-free Electrolyte and Nanostructured S/C Composite

    Article • ChemSusChem, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  14. Iron doped LiCoPO 4 thin films for lithium-ion microbatteries obtained by ns pulsed laser deposition

    Article • Applied Surface Science, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  15. Hydrogen sorption properties of V 85 Ni 15

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  16. Degradation of LiTfO/TEGME and LiTfO/DME Electrolytes in Li-O 2 Batteries

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2018, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  17. Synergistic Electro-Catalysis of Pd/PdO Nanoparticles and Cr(III)-Doped NiCo2O4 Nanofibers in Aprotic Li-O2 Batteries

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2018, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  18. Failure mechanism of NaAlH4 negative electrodes in lithium cells

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  19. Noticeable Role of TFSI– Anion in the Carbon Cathode Degradation of Li–O2 Cells

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, September 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  20. Stabilizing the Performance of High-Capacity Sulfur Composite Electrodes by a New Gel Polymer Electrolyte Configuration

    Article • ChemSusChem, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  21. An extensive study of the Mg Fe H material obtained by reactive ball milling of MgH 2 and Fe in a molar ratio 3:1

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  22. A mixed mechanochemical-ceramic solid-state synthesis as simple and cost effective route to high-performance LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinels.

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  23. A high-power and fast charging Li-ion battery with outstanding cycle-life

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  24. Hydrides as High Capacity Anodes in Lithium Cells: An Italian “Futuro in Ricerca di Base FIRB-2010” Project

    Article • Challenges, March 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  25. Magnesium hydride as negative electrode active material in lithium cells: A review

    Article • Materials Today Energy, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  26. NaAlH 4 Nanoconfinement in a Mesoporous Carbon for Application in Lithium Ion Batteries

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2017, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  27. Interplay between local structure and transport properties in iron-doped LiCoPO4 olivines

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  28. Surface chemistry on LiCoPO 4 electrodes in lithium cells: SEI formation and self-discharge

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  29. Frontispiece: 1,2-Dimethoxyethane Degradation Thermodynamics in Li−O2 Redox Environments

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  30. 1,2-Dimethoxyethane Degradation Thermodynamics in Li−O2 Redox Environments

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  31. Corrigendum to ‘Controlled synthesis of LiCoPO4 by a solvo-thermal method at 220°C’ [Mater. Lett. 145 (2015) 324–327]

    Article • Materials Letters, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  32. High Voltage Li-Ion Battery Using Exfoliated Graphite/Graphene Nanosheets Anode

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, May 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  33. Investigation of the electrochemical features of carbon-coated TiO2 anode for application in lithium-ion battery using high voltage LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinel cathode

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  34. Critical Filler Concentration in Sulfated Titania-Added Nafion™ Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

    Article • Energies, April 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  35. Lightweight Borohydrides Electro-Activity in Lithium Cells

    Article • Energies, March 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  36. High-Temperature Structural Evolution of the Disordered LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4

    Article • Journal of the American Ceramic Society, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  37. Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of A Nanosized Sulfated TiO2 Filler and of Nanocomposite Nafion Membranes

    Article • Polymers, March 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  38. Enhancement of proton mobility and mitigation of methanol crossover in sPEEK fuel cells by an organically modified titania nanofiller

    Article • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  39. SBA-15 mesoporous silica highly functionalized with propylsulfonic pendants: A thorough physico-chemical characterization

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  40. Investigation of the Effects of Mechanochemical Treatment on NaAlH4Based Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2016, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  41. Reactivity of Sodium Alanates in Lithium Batteries

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, December 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  42. Structural and Morphological Tuning of LiCoPO4 Materials Synthesized by Solvo-Thermal Methods for Li-Cell Applications

    Article • Nanomaterials, December 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  43. Effect of the iron doping in LiCoPO4 cathode materials for lithium cells

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  44. Surface Reactivity of a Carbonaceous Cathode in a Lithium Triflate/Ether Electrolyte-Based Li–O 2 Cell

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  45. Analysis of the self-discharge process in LiCoPO4 electrodes: bulks

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  46. H2 thermal desorption and hydride conversion reactions in Li cells of TiH2/C amorphous nanocomposites

    Article • Journal of Alloys and Compounds, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  47. Origin of the Voltage Hysteresis of MgH 2 Electrodes in Lithium Batteries

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, July 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  48. Electrochemical activity of lightweight borohydrides in lithium cells

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  49. Temperature Dependence of the Elastic Modulus of (Ni0.6Nb0.4)1−xZrx Membranes: Effects of Thermal Treatments and Hydrogenation

    Article • Energies, May 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  50. Controlled synthesis of LiCoPO4 by a solvo-thermal method at 220°C

    Article • Materials Letters, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  51. Lithium Alanates as Negative Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • ChemElectroChem, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  52. A new Sn-C/LiFe0.1Co0.9PO4 full lithium-ion cell with ionic liquid-based electrolyte

    Article • Materials Letters, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  53. Investigation of the Chemical Disorder of LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 Lattice by Means of Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, November 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  54. Dynamics of Mn3+ in off-stoichiometric LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4

    Article • Journal of Alloys and Compounds, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  55. Preparation and Characterization of Nanocomposite Polymer Membranes Containing Functionalized SnO2 Additives

    Article • Membranes, March 2014, MDPI AG

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  56. SnO2-Nafion® nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for fuel cell applications

    Article • International Journal of Nanotechnology, January 2014, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  57. Incorporation of Lithium by MgH 2 : An Ab Initio Study

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  58. Insights about the irreversible capacity of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode materials in lithium batteries

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  59. Nanoporous carbons from hydrothermally treated biomass as anode materials for lithium ion batteries

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  60. Nanostructured TiO2(B): the effect of size and shape on anode properties for Li-ion batteries

    Article • Progress in Natural Science Materials International, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  61. Mixtures of ionic liquid – Alkylcarbonates as electrolytes for safe lithium-ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  62. Recent Advances in the Development of LiCoPO 4 as High Voltage Cathode Material for Li-Ion Batteries

    Article • January 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  63. Lithium Insertion into Anatase Nanotubes

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, November 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  64. A high power Sn–C/C–LiFePO4 lithium ion battery

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  65. TiO2-(B) Nanotubes as Anodes for Lithium Batteries: Origin and Mitigation of Irreversible Capacity

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  66. Magnesium hydride as a high capacity negative electrode for lithium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  67. Back matter

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Sergio Brutti, Dr Dennis Wiedemann, Professor Paul Heitjans, Jun Shen

  68. Mitigation of the irreversible capacity and electrolyte decomposition in a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4/nano-TiO2 Li-ion battery

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  69. Low scan rate DSC study of the monoclinic-tetragonal transition in zirconia

    Article • Thermochimica Acta, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  70. Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical properties of 4.8V LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode material in lithium-ion batteries

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  71. SnO2/C nanocomposites as anodes in secondary Li-ion batteries

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  72. Order−Disorder Transition and Phase Separation in the MgB 2 Metallic Sublattice Induced by Al Doping

    Article • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, July 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  73. Electronic, electrical and thermodynamic properties of Ca5Si3 by first principles calculations and low temperature experimental techniques

    Article • Calphad, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  74. Study of I − /I 2 Poisoning of Fe 2 O 3 -Based Catalysts for the H 2 SO 4 Decomposition in the Sulfur−iodine Cycle for Hydrogen Production

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, January 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  75. Thermodynamic properties of barium silicides from vapor pressure measurements and density functional calculations

    Article • Intermetallics, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  76. Lattice stability of intermediate phases of the Sr–Si system

    Article • Journal of Alloys and Compounds, June 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  77. Decomposition of H 2 SO 4 by Direct Solar Radiation

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, September 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  78. HYTHEC: An EC funded search for a long term massive hydrogen production route using solar and nuclear technologies

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  79. Energetics and Thermodynamic Stability of the Mixed Valence Ytterbium Germanides

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, May 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  80. Lattice stability of Ca, Sr and Yb disilicides

    Article • Intermetallics, December 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  81. Gas phase dissociation of H2SO4: A computational study

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  82. Catalytic thermal decomposition of sulphuric acid in sulphur–iodine cycle for hydrogen production

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, June 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  83. Vapor pressures and thermodynamic properties of strontium silicides

    Article • Intermetallics, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  84. Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of decomposition of MgB2 in vacuum: Implications for optimization of synthesis conditions

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  85. Structural and electrochemical studies of a hexaphenylbenzene pyrolysed soft carbon as anode material in lithium batteries

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  86. A gas-inlet system coupled with a Knudsen cell mass spectrometer for high-temperature studies

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  87. Thermodynamic assessment of the Yb–Si system

    Article • Calphad, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  88. A Disordered Carbon as a Novel Anode Material in Lithium-Ion Cells

    Article • Advanced Materials, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  89. Thermodynamics of the intermediate phases in the Mg–B system

    Article • Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  90. Pyrolyzed Hexakis(p-bromophenyl)benzene as Anode Material for Li Batteries

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2005, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  91. Mass spectrometric investigation of gaseous YbH, YbO and YbOH molecules

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  92. Thermochemistry of ytterbium silicides

    Article • Intermetallics, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  93. Thermochemistry of holmium bismuthides

    Article • Intermetallics, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  94. The phase diagram of the Yb–Si system

    Article • Journal of Alloys and Compounds, January 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  95. Synchrotron powder diffraction Rietveld refinement of MgB20 crystal structure

    Article • Intermetallics, August 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  96. Vaporization thermodynamics of MgB2 and MgB4

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, April 2002, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  97. Thermodynamics of the Ni-Yb system

    Article • February 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  98. Mass spectrometric determination of the dissociation energy of Mn2F6(g)

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, January 2002, Wiley

    Dr Sergio Brutti

  99. Thermodynamic stabilities of intermediate phases in the Ca–Si system

    Article • Journal of Alloys and Compounds, April 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Sergio Brutti