Professor Enrico Andreoli

Professor

Chemical Engineering

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Second Floor
Energy Safety Research Institute
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Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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About

Dr Andreoli is the Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) expert and group leader at the Energy Safety Research Institute of Swansea University. His research, teaching, and engagement activities are related to energy and resource sustainability. He is interested in technologies for CCU, focusing in particular on the development of advanced carbon dioxide capture and utilisation materials to enable the deployment of CCU at large scale, especially for industrial decarbonisation. Following an across-scales approach, Dr Andreoli with his collaborators offer a unique approach to develop practical solutions to decarbonisation.

Areas Of Expertise

Carbon Capture and Utilisation
Industrial Decarbonisation
Low Carbon Energy
CO2 Capture Materials
CO2 Conversion Catalysis
Materials Science & Engineering
Chemistry & Electrochemistry
Energy Transport Materials

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Dr Andreoli is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches Chemistry and Energy modules.

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Hamdy, L., GOUGSA, A., Chow, W., Russell, J., García-Díez, E., Kulakova, V., Garcia, S., Barron, A., Taddei, M., & Andreoli, E. (2022). Overcoming mass transfer limitations in cross-linked polyethyleneimine-based adsorbents to enable selective CO₂ capture at ambient temperature. Materials Advances, 3(7), 3174-3191.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma01072g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60514
Hernandez-Aldave, S. & Andreoli, E. (2022). Oxygen depolarised cathode as a learning platform for CO2 gas diffusion electrodes. Catalysis Science and Technology, 12(11), 3412-3420.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cy00443g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60154
Hamdy, L., Goel, C., Rudd, J., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). The application of amine-based materials for carbon capture and utilisation: an overarching view. Materials Advances, 2(18), 5843-5880.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00360g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57952
Rudd, J., Hernandez Aldave, S., Kazimierska, E., Hamdy, L., Bain, O., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis. Chemistry, 3(3), 687-703.
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry3030048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57951
Taddei, M., McPherson, M., Gougsa, A., Lam, J., Sewell, J., & Andreoli, E. (2019). An Optimised Compaction Process for Zr-Fumarate (MOF-801). Inorganics, 7(9), 110
https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics7090110, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52365

All Research

Journal Articles

Khodabakhshi, S., Fulvio, P., Walton, K., Kiani, S., Niu, Y., Palmer, R., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2024). High surface area microporous carbon nanocubes from controlled processing of graphene oxide nanoribbons. Carbon, 221, 118940
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118940, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65836
Pavía, M., Emo, M., Alnjiman, F., Andreoli, E., Pierson, J., Flahaut, E., Kazimierska, E., & Vigolo, B. (2023). Stable dispersions of double-walled carbon nanotubes for carbon nanotube/copper co-deposition. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 299, 127491
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2023.127491, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62677
Shearan, S., Andreoli, E., & Taddei, M. (2022). An alternative C–P cross-coupling route for the synthesis of novel V-shaped aryldiphosphonic acids. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 18, 1518-1523.
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.160, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62915
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.160
Hernandez-Aldave, S. & Andreoli, E. (2022). Oxygen depolarised cathode as a learning platform for CO2 gas diffusion electrodes. Catalysis Science and Technology, 12(11), 3412-3420.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cy00443g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60154
Hamdy, L., GOUGSA, A., Chow, W., Russell, J., García-Díez, E., Kulakova, V., Garcia, S., Barron, A., Taddei, M., & Andreoli, E. (2022). Overcoming mass transfer limitations in cross-linked polyethyleneimine-based adsorbents to enable selective CO₂ capture at ambient temperature. Materials Advances, 3(7), 3174-3191.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma01072g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60514
Khodabakhshi, S., Fulvio, P., Sousaraei, A., Kiani, S., Niu, Y., Palmer, R., Kuo, W., Rudd, J., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Oxidative synthesis of yellow photoluminescent carbon nanoribbons from carbon black. Carbon, 183, 495-503.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2021.07.032, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57324
Hamdy, L., Goel, C., Rudd, J., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). The application of amine-based materials for carbon capture and utilisation: an overarching view. Materials Advances, 2(18), 5843-5880.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00360g, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57952
Rudd, J., Hernandez Aldave, S., Kazimierska, E., Hamdy, L., Bain, O., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis. Chemistry, 3(3), 687-703.
https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry3030048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57951
Koutsianos, A., Hamdy, L., Yoo, C., Lee, J., Taddei, M., Urban-Klaehn, J., Dryzek, J., Jones, C., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Drastic enhancement of carbon dioxide adsorption in fluoroalkyl-modified poly(allylamine). Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(17), 10827-10837.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta00879j, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56797
Shearan, S., Shearan, S., Jacobsen, J., Costantino, F., D'Amato, R., Novikov, D., Stock, N., Andreoli, E., & Taddei, M. (2021). In Situ X-ray Diffraction Investigation of the Crystallisation of Perfluorinated CeIV-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks with UiO-66 and MIL-140 Architectures**. Chemistry – A European Journal, 27(21), 6579-6592.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202005085, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56462
Khodabakhshi, S., Taddei, M., Rudd, J., McPherson, M., Niu, Y., Palmer, R., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Interplay between oxygen doping and ultra-microporosity improves the CO2/N2 separation performance of carbons derived from aromatic polycarboxylates. Carbon, 173, 989-1002.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.11.080, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55810
Khodabakhshi, S., Kiani, S., Niu, Y., Orbaek White, A., Suwaileh, W., Palmer, R., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2021). Facile and environmentally friendly synthesis of ultramicroporous carbon spheres: A significant improvement in CVD method. Carbon, 171, 426-436.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.08.056, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55116
Andreoli, E. (2021). CO2-to-ethylene electroreduction gets a boost. Nature Catalysis, 4(1), 8-9.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-00568-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57531
Hernandez Aldave, S. & Andreoli, E. (2020). Fundamentals of Gas Diffusion Electrodes and Electrolysers for Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Challenges and Opportunities. Catalysts, 10(6), 713
https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10060713, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55201
Khodabakhshi, S., Fulvio, P., & Andreoli, E. (2020). Carbon black reborn: Structure and chemistry for renewable energy harnessing. Carbon, 162, 604-649.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.02.058, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53847
Taddei, M., McPherson, M., Gougsa, A., Lam, J., Sewell, J., & Andreoli, E. (2019). An Optimised Compaction Process for Zr-Fumarate (MOF-801). Inorganics, 7(9), 110
https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics7090110, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52365
Koutsianos, A., Kazimierska, E., Barron, A., Taddei, M., & Andreoli, E. (2019). A new approach to enhancing the CO2 capture performance of defective UiO-66 via post-synthetic defect exchange. Dalton Transactions, 48(10), 3349-3359.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9DT00154A, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48825
Rudd, J., Jones, D., Dunnill, C., Andreoli, E., & Dunnill, C. (2019). Study of copper(II) oxide and copper(II) acetate on multiwalled carbon nanotubes by XPS. Surface Science Spectra, 26(1), 014013
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5091615, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50151
Kazimierska, E., Andreoli, E., & Barron, A. (2019). Understanding the effect of carbon nanotube functionalization on copper electrodeposition. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-019-01318-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50517
Hamdy, L., Wakeham, R., Taddei, M., Barron, A., & Andreoli, E. (2019). Epoxy-cross-linked Polyamine CO2 Sorbents Enhanced via Hydrophobic Functionalization. Chemistry of Materials
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00574, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50645
Rudd, J., Gowenlock, C., Gomez, V., Kazimierska, E., Al-Enizi, A., Andreoli, E., & Barron, A. (2019). Solvent-free microwave-assisted synthesis of tenorite nanoparticle-decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 35(6), 1121-1127.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2019.01.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48309
Taddei, M., Wakeham, R., Koutsianos, A., Andreoli, E., & Barron, A. (2018). Post-Synthetic Ligand Exchange in Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks: Beware of The Defects!. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(36), 11706-11710.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201806910, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40989
Ahn, S., Klyukin, K., Wakeham, R., Rudd, J., Lewis, A., Alexander, S., Carla, F., Alexandrov, V., & Andreoli, E. (2018). Poly-Amide Modified Copper Foam Electrodes for Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide. ACS Catalysis, 8(5), 4132-4142.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04347, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39347
Correas, C., Wright, K., Andreoli, E., Almutairi, Z., Sandnes, B., & Barron, A. (2018). Hydration induced morphological change on proppant surfaces employing a calcium-silicate cement system. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 537, 197-209.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.10.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35976
Andreoli, E. & Barron, A. (2017). CO2 Capture Partner Molecules in Highly Loaded PEI Sorbents. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(39), 21772-21781.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07541, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35139
Alagappan, P., Heimann, J., Morrow, L., Andreoli, E., & Barron, A. (2017). Easily Regenerated Readily Deployable Absorbent for Heavy Metal Removal from Contaminated Water. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06734-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34813
Andreoli, E. (2017). Materials and Processes for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilisation. C - Journal of Carbon Research, 3(2), 16
https://doi.org/10.3390/c3020016, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33882
http://www.mdpi.com/2311-5629/3/2/16
Correas, C., Gerardo, M., Lord, A., Ward, M., Andreoli, E., Barron, A., & Lord, A. (2017). Nanostructured fusiform hydroxyapatite particles precipitated from aquaculture wastewater. Chemosphere, 168, 1317-1323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.11.133, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31356
Gowenlock, C., Gomez, V., McGettrick, J., Andreoli, E., & Barron, A. (2017). Surface-initiated growth of copper using isonicotinic acid-functionalized aluminum oxide surfaces. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 14(1), 195-205.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-016-9842-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30991
Andreoli, E. & Barron, A. (2016). CO2 Adsorption by para-Nitroaniline Sulfuric Acid-Derived Porous Carbon Foam. C - Journal of Carbon Research, 2(4), 25
https://doi.org/10.3390/c2040025, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33885
Ghosh, S., Sevilla, M., Fuertes, A., Andreoli, E., Ho, J., & Barron, A. (2016). Defining a performance map of porous carbon sorbents for high-pressure carbon dioxide uptake and carbon dioxide–methane selectivity. J. Mater. Chem. A, 4(38), 14739-14751.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA04936B, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29551
Fabiano, T., Soares, V., & Andreoli, E. (2015). Pentaethylenehexamine-C60 for Temperature Consistent Carbon Capture. C—Journal of Carbon Research, 1(1), 16-26.
https://doi.org/10.3390/c1010016, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28286
http://www.mdpi.com/search?q=&journal=carbon&sort=pubdate&page_count=50
Andreoli, E. & Barron , A. (2015). Activation Effect of Fullerene C60on the Carbon Dioxide Absorption Performance of Amine-Rich Polypropylenimine Dendrimers. ChemSusChem, 8(16), 2635-2644.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201500605, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23513
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.201500605/abstract
Andreoli, E. & Barron, A. (2015). Correlating Carbon Dioxide Capture and Chemical Changes in Pyrolyzed Polyethylenimine-C60. Energy & Fuels, 29(7), 4479-4487.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00778, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22318
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00778
Andreoli, E. & Barron, A. (2015). Effect of spray-drying and cryo-milling on the CO2absorption performance of C60cross-linked polyethyleneimine. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(8), 4323-4329.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA06936F, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21053
Andreoli, E., Cullum, L., & Barron, A. (2014). Carbon Dioxide Absorption by Polyethylenimine-Functionalized Nanocarbons: A Kinetic Study. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 54(3), 878-889.
https://doi.org/10.1021/ie504277s, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21054
Andreoli, E., Dillon, E., Cullum, L., Alemany, L., & Barron, A. (2014). Cross-Linking Amine-Rich Compounds into High Performing Selective CO2 Absorbents. Scientific Reports, 4
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep07304, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21052

Supervision

RECYCLING OF PLATINUM ELECTRODES DEMONSTRATING PARTICULATE ELECTROCHEMICAL PRINTING (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr James Courtney
The use of Steelmaking Slags in Land and Marine applications (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr James Courtney
Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Phosphonate-based Linkers and Metal-Organic Frameworks based on Tetravalent Metals (awarded 2022)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Marco Taddei
Design of CO2 electrolysers and electrocatalysts integration (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Alvin Orbaek White
Identifying Qatar's Potential for Carbon Sequestration (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Andrew Barron
Modification of polymere-based CO2 capture materials (current)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Shirin Alexander
Growth of carbon nanotubes from waste carbon feedstock by various pathways (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Dr Shirin Alexander
The effect of water in diesel nanoemulsion on light-duty diesel vehicle (awarded 2023)

MSc

Other supervisor: Prof Andrew Barron

Taught Modules

CH-412 Advanced Integrated Topics in Chemistry Part 1

This module gives students the opportunity to explore options within Chemistry, giving opportunity to apply prior learning to advanced research topics and allowing students to pursue more specialised topics related to their research interests and aligned with the research areas represented within the Department. Study areas available will include advanced spectroscopic techniques, the application of instrumentation in chemistry, as well as more advanced synthetic pathways and a return to more integrated study of the traditional branches of organic/inorganic/physical chemistry. Classes will be supported with workshops which will help students gain a thorough understanding of the integrated nature of Chemistry at an advanced level. Where possible, topics will be taught using relevant examples from primary literature, encouraging students to evaluate and appraise a range of primary literature sources and locate appropriate new sources. The module is designed to be flexible to allow the content to vary with the research areas represented within the Department.
EG-091 Chemistry of Materials

This course provides an introduction to the chemical properties of materials used throughout engineering. A practical component will be used to complement taught theory and will allow students to develop the skills to carry out a number of basic laboratory manipulations in an accurate and safe manner. Fundamental knowledge regarding atomic structure and chemical bonding will be used to understand material properties and their use within engineering applications, and to understand the ways in which chemical reactions are utilized within a range of engineering processes.
EGA110 Instrumental and Analytical Chemistry

This module deals with the principles and practice of analytical chemistry and gives an introduction to a number of important instrumental techniques in analytical chemistry for both qualitative and quantitative analysis including: gravimetric, titrimetric separation and spectroscopic techniques.

Key Grants and Projects

Polymer-promoted Cu-catalysed conversion of CO2 to CH4 2016 - 2018

EPSRC First Grant

Career History

Senior Lecturer, Swansea University

2014 - Present

Public Engagements

Co-founder of IMPACKT (www.impackt.org.uk)

Invited Presentations, Lectures and Conferences

Carbon dioxide electrocatalysis at copper foam electrodes

2019

European Materials Research Society: E-MRS Fall meeting 2019 – Warsaw, Poland

Professor Enrico Andreoli

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Research Highlights

All Research

RECYCLING OF PLATINUM ELECTRODES DEMONSTRATING PARTICULATE ELECTROCHEMICAL PRINTING (current)

The use of Steelmaking Slags in Land and Marine applications (awarded 2023)

Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Phosphonate-based Linkers and Metal-Organic Frameworks based on Tetravalent Metals (awarded 2022)

Design of CO2 electrolysers and electrocatalysts integration (awarded 2024)

Identifying Qatar's Potential for Carbon Sequestration (awarded 2023)

Modification of polymere-based CO2 capture materials (current)

Growth of carbon nanotubes from waste carbon feedstock by various pathways (awarded 2023)

The effect of water in diesel nanoemulsion on light-duty diesel vehicle (awarded 2023)

CH-412 Advanced Integrated Topics in Chemistry Part 1

EG-091 Chemistry of Materials

EGA110 Instrumental and Analytical Chemistry

Senior Lecturer, Swansea University

Carbon dioxide electrocatalysis at copper foam electrodes