Mr. Alessandro Beltram

Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Trieste
via L. Giorgieri 1
34127 Trieste (ITALY)

tel. +39 040 5583939
fax. +39 040 5583903
e-mail: alessandro.beltram@phd.units.it

Curriculum Vitae
Alessandro Beltram was born in 1988. He obtained the master degree in Chemistry in 2013 at the University of Trieste, Italy. In 2014 he began his Ph.D. at the University of Trieste on the project " Hierarchical Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications ".
His skills comprise synthesis and characterization of hierarchical inorganic and organic nanocomposites used as heterogeneous catalysts in solar fuels production and others energy-related catalytic processes, such as water gas-shift reaction.


Scientific Interests
- Synthesis of protected metal nanoparticles and core-shell nanostructures
- Assembly of nanostructured carbon-based materials
- Synthesis of TiO2-based composites
- Energy-related catalytic processes, such as water gas-shift reaction and photo-assisted H2 formation and CO2 photoreduction

Publications

1. Melchionna, M.; Beltram, A.; Montini, T.; Monai, M.; Nasi, L.; Fornasiero, P.; Prato, M. "Highly efficient hydrogen production through ethanol photoreforming by a carbon nanocones/Pd@TiO2 hybrid catalyst", Chem. Commun. accepted for publication..

2. Beltram, A.; Romero-Ocaña, I.; Delgado Jaén, J.J.; Montini, T.; Fornasiero, P. "Photocatalytic valorization of ethanol and glycerol over TiO2 polymorphs for sustainable hydrogen production", Appl. Catal. A, accepted for publication, doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2015.09.022.

3. Montini, T.; Monai, M.; Beltram, A.; Romero-Ocaña, I.; Fornasiero, P. "H2 production by photocatalytic reforming of oxygenated compounds using TiO2-based materials", Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. accepted for publication, doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2015.06.069.

4. Beltram, A.; Melchionna, M.; Montini, T.; Nasi, L.; Gorte, R.J.; Prato, M.; Fornasiero, P. "Improved activity and stability of Pd@CeO2 core-shell catalysts hybridized with multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the water-gas shift reaction", Catal. Today 2015, 253, 142-148, doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2015.03.032.

5. Romero-Ocaña, I.; Beltram, A.;Delgado Jaén, J.J.; Adami, G.; Montini, T.; Fornasiero, P. "Photocatalytic H2 production by ethanol photodehydrogenation: effect of anatase/brookite nanocomposites composition.", Inorg. Chim. Acta 2015, 431, 197-205, doi:10.1016/j.ica.2015.01.033.