Giovanni Battista Appetecchi

Dr. Giovanni Battista Appetecchi

ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Department for Sustainability (SSPT), Division for Sustainable Materials (PROMAS), Materials and Physicochemical Processes Laboratory (MATPRO), Casaccia Research Center, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
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Academic Career Length

32Years (1995-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 May 2017 in ACS Nano
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GKGuk-Tae Kim
Guk-Tae Kim
TKTadhg Kennedy
Tadhg Kennedy
MBMichael Brandon
Michael Brandon
HGHugh Geaney
Hugh Geaney
KRKevin M. Ryan
Kevin M. Ryan
Giovanni Battista AppetecchiGiovanni Battista Appetecchi
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi

1 December 2014 in Journal of Power Sources
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MMM. Montanino
M. Montanino
MMM. Moreno
M. Moreno
MCM. Carewska
M. Carewska
GMG. Maresca
G. Maresca
ESE. Simonetti
E. Simonetti
Giovanni Battista AppetecchiGiovanni Battista Appetecchi
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi

1 January 2012
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Giovanni Battista AppetecchiGiovanni Battista Appetecchi
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi
MMM. Montanino
M. Montanino
SPStefano Passerini
Stefano Passerini

1 October 2014 in Journal of Power Sources
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RSR.E. Sousa
R.E. Sousa
João Nunes-PereiraJoão Nunes-Pereira
João Nunes-Pereira
Carlos M. CostaCarlos M. Costa
Carlos M. Costa
Maria Manuela SilvaMaria Manuela Silva
Maria Manuela Silva
Senentxu Lanceros-MendezSenentxu Lanceros-Mendez
Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez
Giovanni Battista AppetecchiGiovanni Battista Appetecchi
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi

5 November 2021 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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ATAlessandro Triolo
Alessandro Triolo
VLValerio Di Lisio
Valerio Di Lisio
FCFabrizio Lo Celso
Fabrizio Lo Celso
Giovanni Battista AppetecchiGiovanni Battista Appetecchi
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi
BFBarbara Fazio
Barbara Fazio
Olga RussinaOlga Russina
Olga Russina
Water-in-salt systems, i.e., super-concentrated aqueous electrolytes, such as lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (21 mol/kgwater), have been recently discovered to exhibit unexpectedly large electrochemical windows and high lithium transference numbers, thus paving the way to safe and sustainable charge storage devices. The peculiar transport features in these electrolytes are influenced by their intrinsically nanoseparated morphology, stemming from the anion hydrophobic nature and manifesting as nanosegregation between anions and water domains. The underlying mechanism behind this structure–dynamics correlation is, however, still a matter of strong debate. Here, we enhance the apolar nature of the anions, exploring the properties of the aqueous electrolytes of lithium salts with a strongly asymmetric anion, namely, (trifluoromethylsulfonyl)(nonafluorobutylsulfonyl) imide. Using a synergy of experimental and computational tools, we detect a remarkable level of structural heterogeneity at a mesoscopic level between anion-rich and water-rich domains. Such a ubiquitous sponge-like, bicontinuous morphology develops across the whole concentration range, evolving from large fluorinated globules at high dilution to a percolating fluorous matrix intercalated by water nanowires at super-concentrated regimes. Even at extremely concentrated conditions, a large population of fully hydrated lithium ions, with no anion coordination, is detected. One can then derive that the concomitant coexistence of (i) a mesoscopically segregated structure and (ii) fully hydrated lithium clusters disentangled from anion coordination enables the peculiar lithium diffusion features that characterize water-in-salt systems.

1 April 2018 in Journal of Power Sources
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CTCarmen de la Torre-Gamarra
Carmen de la Torre-Gamarra
Giovanni Battista AppetecchiGiovanni Battista Appetecchi
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi
UUUlderico Ulissi
Ulderico Ulissi
AVAlberto Varzi
Alberto Varzi
Alejandro VarezAlejandro Varez
Alejandro Varez
SPStefano Passerini
Stefano Passerini