Postdoctoral Research
Department of Chemical Science and Technologies
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1
00133 Rome Italy
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Anna Paola Panunzi is Postdoctoral Research fellow at the Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata since February 2024. She received her PhD in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy in 2024 with a thesis titled: “Multifunctional Electrocatalytioc Activity of Pt-doped Lanthanum Strontium Ferrite”. Anna Paola Panunzi’s research activity deals with the development of perovskite oxide-based catalysts in the field of high temperature solid oxide cell (SOC) and room temperature water splitting.
Dr Panunzi’s expertise is focused on structural, morphological and electrochemical properties of perovskite systems, through the use of different characterization techniques, such as XRPD, SEM, TGA, EIS and DRT, and their application as an electrode in a lab-scale reversible solid oxide cell. She has been visiting student at the Paul Sherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen (Switzerland), where she strengthened the knowledge on room temperature electrocatalysis by working on RDE characterization for oxygen electrocatalysis (OER/ORR). She also performed in operando and in situ soft-XAS measurements at the Swiss Light Source (SLS) synchrotron.
During her PhD Dr Panunzi received several recognitions for her research, including the “ChemElectroChem Best Poster Award” at the GEI – Giornate dell’Elettrochimica Italiana 2022 held by the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and the Best Poster Prize at the “Bando di Concorso per il conferimento di n 5 assegni premiali per la presentazione di attività di ricercar di dottorandi regolarmente iscritti al terzo anno nell’A.A. 2022-2023” held by The School of Sciences of Physical and Natural Mathematical Sciences of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She contributed to several oral and poster contributions in national and international conferences.
Anna Paola Panunzi is currently working on the PRIN-2022 project “Advanced materials for reversible solid oxide cells (AMARILLO)” issued by the Italian MUR Ministry of University and research.