Francesco Bonaccorso
First and last name: Francesco Bonaccorso
Title & Position: Dr, Chief Scientific Officer
Affiliation: BeDimensional S.p.A.
Address: Lungotorrente Secca 30R, 16163 Genova, Italy
Preferred contact number: +39 3395040109
Email: f.bonaccorso@bedimensional.it
Website: https://www.bedimensional.com/
Short Biography:
Francesco Bonaccorso is the Scientific Director of BeDimensional S.p.A. He gained the PhD from the University of Messina. In 2009 he was awarded a Royal Society Newton International Fellowship at Cambridge University, and elected to a Research Fellowship at Hughes Hall, Cambridge, where he also obtained a MA. He was responsible in defining the ten years scientific and technological roadmap for the European Graphene Flagship, covering the role of Deputy of the Innovation for 6 years. He is member of the executive board of the Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative (IAM-I). He is/was involved in tens of European/National projects as coordinator or principal investigator. He is author of 17 patent families and more than 230 publications that have been cited more than 45100 times, with an H-index of 73. He delivered more than 250 invited presentations worldwide. He was featured as 2016 Emerging Investigator by J. Mater. Chem. A and in 2019 by ChemPlusChem. In 2018 he was recognized as Highly cited Scientist by Clarivate Analytics. In 2019 he received the Magister Peloritanus by Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti and ExAllievi Eccellenti by the University of Messina. He co-founded Cambridge Graphene Ltd and BeDimensional S.p.A.
Talk Title & Abstract: High quality 2D materials for energy applications
The industrial exploitation of 2D materials in various applications requires scalable, reliable, and inexpensive production processes,[1-8] involving a balance between final product quality and ease of fabrication. We will present our industrial strategy to scale up the production of 2D materials,[1-3] demonstrating the efficiency of the manufacturing of high-quality 2D materials by wet-jet milling.[3]
Afterward, we will provide an overview on key applications of the as produced 2D materials. We will demonstrate how the production of 2D materials in liquid phase by wet-jet milling[3] represents a powerful pathway towards the development of 2D materials-based next-generation devices. In fact, our approach offers massive integration flexibility compared to other production methods. We will present insights in some key energy-related applications.[4-10]
[1] F. Bonaccorso, et al., Production and processing of graphene and 2d crystals Materials Today, 15, (2012), 564.
[2] F. Bonaccorso, et. al., 2D‐crystal‐based functional inks Adv. Mater. 28, (2016), 6136.
[3] A. E. Del Rio Castillo, et. al., High-yield production of 2D crystals by wet-jet milling Mater. Horiz. 5, (2018), 890.
[4] F. Bonaccorso, et. al., Graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems for energy conversion and storage Science, 347, (2015), 1246501.
[5] E. Pomerantseva, et al., Energy storage: The future enabled by nanomaterials Science 366, (2019), eaan8285.
[6] J. Hassoun, et. al., An advanced lithium-ion battery based on a graphene anode and a lithium iron phosphate cathode Nano letters 14 (2014), 4901.
[7] S. Pescetelli et al., Integration of two-dimensional materials-based perovskite solar panels into a stand-alone solar farm Nature Energy 7 (2022) 597.
[8] M. Garakani, et al., Scalable spray-coated graphene-based electrodes for high-power electrochemical double-layer capacitors operating over a wide range of temperature Energy Storage Materials 34, (2020), 1-11.
[9] M. A. Molina-Garcia, et al., Wet-jet milling exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride as industrial anticorrosive pigment for polymeric coatings J. Phys. Mater. 6, (2023) 035006.
[10] P. Mariani, et al., Low-temperature strain-free encapsulation for perovskite solar cells and modules passing multifaceted accelerated ageing tests Nature Comm. 15, (2024) 4552.
This project received funding from the European Union’s GREENCAP Horizon Europe research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No.101091572, and 2D-PRINTABLE Horizon Europe research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 694101