Mr. Matteo Monai

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

tel. +39 040 5582412
fax. +39 040 5583903
e-mail: matteo.monai@phd.units.it

Curriculum Vitae
Matteo Monai was born in 1989. 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 "Design of core-shell catalysts for catalytic methane combustion".
His skills comprise synthesis and characterication of inorganic nanostructures used as heterogeneous catalysts, with particular attention to processes involved in sustainable energy production and environment protection. He spent various periods in synchrotron facilities (SOLEIL, Elettra) for characterization of the catalysts he prepared.

Scientific Interests
- Synthesis of protected metallic nanoparticles and core-shell nanostructures
- Pd and Pt based catalysts for methane oxidation
- Water effect on methane oxidation
- Preparation of model core-shell based catalysts for XPS studies

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. Monai, M.; Montini, M.; Melchionna, M.; Duchon, T.; Kus, P.; Tsud, N.; Prince, K.C.; Matolin, V.; Gorte, R.J.; Fornasiero, P. "Phosphorus poisoning during wet oxidation of methane over Pd@CeO2/Graphite model catalysts", Appl. Catal. B, accepted for publication, doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.10.001.

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. Monai, M.; Montini, T.; Chen, C.; Fonda, E.; Gorte, R.J.; Fornasiero, P. "Methane catalytic combustion over hierarchical Pd@CeO2/Si-Al2O3: Effect of the presence of water", ChemCatChem, 2015, 7, 2038-2046, doi:10.1002/cctc.201402717.