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CURRICULUM VITAESERGIO BRUTTIPersonal DetailsBirth: Roma, 2 febbraio 1976Home address: via Giulio Braida 12, 00136 Roma (RM)Telephones: 06 35343118 / 349 5086503e-mail: sergio.brutti@uniroma1.it / sb212@st-andrews.ac.uk / sergio.brutti@unibas.itFiscal number: BRTSRG76B02H501HCURRENT POSITION: Researcher (RTI-NC) at the Università degli Studi della Basilicata –Dipartimento di Chimica – via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 85100 Potenza (presa di servizio 21/12/2011).CURRICULUM STUDIORUMHigh school degree: “Maturità Classica Sperimentale a Indirizzo Scientifico”, Liceo Classico T.Mamiani, Roma,– Final mark 60/60 – July 1994Master degree in Chemistry: Università di Roma “La Sapienza” – Final dissertation“Thermodynamic stability of the intermediate phases in the Ca-Si systes” – supervisor Prof.G.Balducci – Final mark 110/110 cum laude – May 2000PhD degree in Chemical Sciences: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Roma LaSapienza” – Thesis “Stability and reactivity at high temperatures of metallic borides and silicides” -supervisor Prof. G.Balducci – January 2004JOB EXPERIENCES1. PhD Scholarship - Supervisor: Prof. G.Balducci - Dipartimento di Chimica - Università di Roma LaSapienza – research project: “Stability and reactivity at high temperatures of metallic borides andsilicides” - November 2000-October 20032. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. B. Scrosati, - Dipartimento di Chimica - Università di Roma LaSapienza – research project: “Amorphous Carbons as anodes for Li-ion batteries” – nov. 2003-apr. 20043. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. De Maria - Dipartimento di Chimica - Università di RomaLa Sapienza – research project: “Thermodynamics of the high temperature decomposition of H 2 SO 4 ” -May- Oct. 2004

4. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. D. Pettifor –Department of Materials, University of Oxford,UK– research project: “Computational study of the energetic of metallic silicides by DFT” – nov. 2004-may 20055. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. De Maria - Istituto per lo Studio dei materialiNanostrutturati (CNR) Sezione di Roma1 - research project: “Ab initio study of the gaseous adductsH2SO4-SO3-H2O” - May -June 20056. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. Cerri - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica ed Industriale- Università di Roma Tre - research project: “High temperature decomposition of H 2 SO 4 by direct solarradiation” - July 2005 – Jan. 20077. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Prof. G. Gigli – Dipartimento di Chimica – Università di Roma “LaSapienza” – research project: “Experimental and computational study of the thermodynamic stability ofintermetallic compounds” – Feb. 2007- Jan. 20098. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Dr. K.Aifantis – General Engineering Department - AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki (Greece) – research project: “Probing the Micro-Nano Transition: Theoreticaland Experimental Foundations, Simulations and Applications” – Feb. 2009- June 20099. Co-shared post-doc Fellowship - Supervisors: Prof. Bruno Scrosati and Prof. Peter Bruce,Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma (IT), School of Chemistry, University ofSt.Andrews (UK) – research project: “TiO 2 electrodes for high-performances and safe Li-ion batteries” -July 2009 - June 2011.10. Post-doc Fellowship - Supervisor: Dr. Maria Assunta Navarra, Dipartimento di Chimica, SapienzaUniversità di Roma (IT) – research project: “Synthesis and characterization of nenostrctured ceramicmaterials for application in Nafion mambreanes” - July 2011 – Dec. 2012.REFEREE FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALSJournal of Alloys and Compounds, Calphad, Intermetallics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, AdvancedMaterials, Advanced Functional Materials, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Electrochimica Acta, Journal ofPower Sources, Energy and Environmental Science, Journal of Applied Physics.SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONALCONGRESSES1. XXI Convegno Nazionale di Calorimetria, Analisi Termica e Termodinamica Chimica, 13-16 Dicembre2000 Camogli (GE) –Italia, Poster Presenation “Determination of the thermodynamic properties offormation for the Yb-Ni alloys”2. Meeting on Thermodynamics of Alloys (TOFA 2002), 8-13 Settembre 2002, Roma – Italia Oralpresentation “Thermodynamics of ytterbium silicides phases” Poster presentations “The phase diagramof the Yb-Si system” and “Thermodynamic properties of phase formation in the Ho-Bi system”

3. International IUPAC Conference on High Temperature Material Chemistry XI, 19-23 Maggio 2003Tokyo – Giappone, Poster presentations “Thermodynamic of the intermediate phases in the B-Mgsystem” and “Vaporization thermochemistry of praseodymium dicarbide”4. Primo Convegno Giovani Chimici, 15-16 Giugno 2004, Roma – Italia, Oral Presentation “Aspettitermodinamici e cinetici della vaporizzazione di boruri di magnesio: implicazioni nella deposizione di filmsottili di MgB 2 ”5. ECO-Efficiency Biennal Third edition, International Congress of Young Scientists on Hydrogen, 18-21Maggio 2005, Torino – Italia, Oral presentation “Solar H 2 thermochemical production and storagesystems”6. Secondo Convegno Giovani Chimici, 6-7 Giugno 2006, Roma – Italia, Oral presentation “Aspettichimico-fisici del ciclo S-I per la produzione di idrogeno: la decomposizione ad alta temperaturadell’acido solforico”7. XXXVI Congresso Nazionale di Chimica Fisica, 17-22 Giugno 2007, Gallipoli - Italia, Posterpresentation “New advances in the high temperature decomposition of H 2 SO 4 ”8. World Hydrogen Technologies Convention 2007, 4-7 Novembre 2007 Montecatini Terme – Italia, Oralpresentation “Study of I - /I 2 poisoning of Fe 2 O 3 -based catalysts for the H 2 SO 4 decomposition in sulphuriodinecycle for hydrogen production”9. Terzo Convegno Giovani Chimici, 18-19 Giugno 2008 Roma – Italia, Poster presentation “Metodicomputazionali da principi primi nella scienza dei materiali”10. Technical Meeting on the Status of Hydrogen Production (IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency),Vienna – Austria , 1-3 Settembre 2008, Invited lecture “High temperature thermochemical cycles forhydrogen production: the Italian national project TEPSI”11. Nanotech-Lazio: panoramica sulle nanoscienze – 22 Aprile 2009, Roma. Oral Presentation “Produzionedi idrogeno da energia solare: catalizzatori innovativi a base di schiume ceramiche”12. 13th IUPAC conference on high temperature material chemistry (HTMC-XIII) – 14-19 Settembre 2009,Davis (California, USA), Invited lecture “Thermodynamics at finite temperatures of the intermediatephases in the Re-B system by density functional theory and perturbational dft calculations”.13. Quarto convegno giovani chimici – la chimica nelle nanoscienze e nelle nanotecnologie - Roma, 16-17giugno 2010; Poster presentation “TiO2 nanotubes as anode materials in Li-ion batteries”14. Material Research Society 2011 Spring Meeting – 25-29 Aprile 2011, San Francisco (California, USA),Invited lecture “Nanostructured TiO2 for Lithium Batteries”.RESEARCH PROJECTS1. Project leader and principal investigator of the computational research project: “Electronic and dynamicproperties of MgB 2 and related composition-modulated superstructures” - Bando B 2007 – Caspur –Progetto di ricerca nel campo del calcolo ad alte prestazioni (november 2007 – february 2009)

2. Project leader and principal investigator of the computational research project: “DFT modelling ofmetallic nanoparticles for lithium intercalation” - Standard HPC Grant 2009 – Caspur (april 2009-february 2010)3. Project leader and principal investigator of the computational research project: “Thermodynamicmodelling by first principles calculations of metallic substitution in the TiO2 lattice” - Standard HPCGrant 2010 – Caspur (april 2010- december 2010)4. Research unit coordinator (CNR-ISC) of the project FIRB Futuro in ricerca 2010 “Hydrides as highcapacity anodes for Li-ion batteries” (National Leader: Dr.Priscilla Reale). (march 2012-february 2016)PUBLICATIONS LIST1. Sergio Brutti, Valentina Gentili, Priscilla Reale, Lorenzo Carbone, Stefania Panero, Mitigation of theirreversible capacity and electrolyte decomposition in a LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 /nano-TiO 2 Li-ion battery, Journalof Power Sources 196 (2011) 9792-97992. D. Lega, A. Antonini, A. Ciccioli, S. Brutti, P. Lenzuni, Low scan rate DSC study of the monoclinictetragonaltransition in zirconia, Thermochimica Acta 524 (2011) 18-223. KE Aifantis, S Brutti, SA Hakney, T Sarakonsri, B Scrosati. SnO 2 /C nano composite as anodes insecondary Li-ion batteries. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA 55 (2010) 5071-50764. Le Ha Chi, Nguyen Nang Dinh, Sergio Brutti, Bruno Scrosati. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA 55 (2010)5110-5116.5. Sergio Brutti, Guido Gigli. Order-disorder transition and phase separation in the MgB 2 metallic sub-latticeinduced by Al doping. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION 5, 1858-1864 (2009)6. Sergio Brutti, Giovanni Balducci, Duc Nguyen-Manh, David G. Pettifor, Pietro Manfrinetti, MyrtaNapoletano, Fabio Canepa. Electronic, electrical and thermodynamic properties of Ca 5 Si 3 by firstprinciples calculations and low temperature experimental techniques. CALPHAD 33, 260-264 (2009)7. Vincenzo Barbarossa, Sergio Brutti, Bruno Brunetti, Maurizio Diamanti, Giuseppe Ricci. Study of I - /I 2poisoning of Fe 2 O 3 -based catalysts for the H 2 SO 4 decomposition in sulphur-iodine cycle for hydrogenproduction. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY RESEARCH 48, 625-632 (2009)8. S. Brutti, D.. Nguyen Manh, D.G. Pettifor. Lattice stability of intermediate phases of the Sr-Si system.JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 457, 29-35 (2008)9. Giovanni Balducci, Sergio Brutti, Andrea Ciccioli, Giuseppe Trionfetti, Andrea Palenzona and MarcellaPani. Thermodynamic properties of barium silicides from vapor pressure measurements and densityfunctional theory INTERMETALLICS, 16, 1006-1012 (2008)10. G. Balducci, S. Brutti, A. Ciccioli, G. Gigli, A. Palenzona, M- Pani. Energetics and thermodynamicstability of the mixed valence ytterbium germanides. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B. 111,5132-5139 (2007)11. A. Le Duigou, JM Borgard, B. Larousse, D. Doizi, G.Cerri, C. Salvini, A. Giovannelli, G. De Maria, S.Brutti et al. HYTECH: An EC funded search for a long term massive hydrogen production route using

solar an nuclear technologies. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY. 32, 1516-1529(2007)12. Sergio Brutti, Giovanni Balducci, Guido Gigli. A Gas Inlet System coupled with a Knudsen cell massspectrometer for high temperature studies. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY, 21,89-98 (2007)13. S. Brutti, G. De Maria, , G. Cerri, A. Giovannelli, B. Brunetti, P. Cafarelli, E. Semprini, V. Barbarossa, A.Ceroli,. Decomposition of H 2 SO 4 by direct solar radiation. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING ANDCHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 46, 6393-6400 (2007)14. S. Brutti, L. Bencivenni, V. Barbarossa, S. Sau, G. De Maria. Gas phase dissociation of H 2 SO 4 : acomputaional study. THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, 38, 1292-1300 (2006)15. Franco Bonino, Sergio Brutti, Michele Piana, Sergio Natale, Bruno Scrosati, Lileta Gherghel and KlausMuller. Structural and electrochemical studies of a hexaphenylbenzene pyrolyzed soft carbon as anodematerial in lithium batteries ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 51, 3407-3412 (2006)16. Sergio Brutti, Giovanni Balducci, Guido Gigli, Andrea Ciccioli, Pietro Manfrinetti and Andrea Palenzona.Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the decomposition of MgB 2 in vacuum: implications in theoptimization of the synthesis conditions J CRYST GROWTH, 289, 578-586 (2006)17. Vincenzo Barbarossa, Sergio Brutti, Salvatore Sau, M Diamanti and Giovanni De Maria. Catalyticthermal decomposition of sulphuric acid in sulphur-iodine cycle for hydrogen production INT JHYDROGEN ENERG, 31, 883-890 (2006)18. S. Brutti, D. Nguyen-Manh, D.G. Pettifor. Lattice stability of Ca, Sr and Yb disilicidesINTERMETALLICS, 14, 1472-1486 (2006)19. G. Balducci, S. Brutti, A. Ciccioli, G. Gigli, G. Trionfetti, A. Palenzona and M. Pani. Vapor pressures andthermodynamic properties of the strontium silicides INTERMETALLICS, 14, 578-583 (2006)20. Ambra Giovannelli, Sergio Brutti, Claudio Corgnale. Solar H 2 thermochemical production and storagesystems. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS of the HYSYDays – 1 st World Congress of Young Scientistson Hydrogen Energy Systems, Torino, Italy, 2005; ISBN 1-56700-230-7, Begell House Inc., New York,2006, US.21. Sergio Brutti, T Terai, M Yamawaki, M Yasumoto, G Balducci, A Ciccioli and G Gigli. Massspectrometric investigation of gaseous YbH, YbO and YbOH molecules RAPID COMMUN MASS SP,19, 2251 - 2258 (2005)22. Sergio Brutti, Giovanni Balducci, Andrea Ciccioli and Guido Gigli. Thermodynamic assessment of theYb-Si system CALPHAD, 29, 254 - 261 (2005)23. G. Balducci, S. Brutti, A. Ciccioli, G. Gigli, P. Manfrinetti, A. Palenzona, M. Butman and L. Kudin.Thermodynamics of the intermediate phases in the Mg-B system J PHYS CHEM SOLIDS, 66, 292 -297 (2005)24. Franco Bonino, Sergio Brutti, Priscilla Reale, Bruno Scrosati, Lileta Gherghel, Jon Wu, Klaus Mullen, Adisordered carbon as novel anode material in Lithium-Ion cells, ADVANCED MATERIALS, 17, 743-746(2005)25. Franco Bonino, Sergio Brutti, Michele Piana, Bruno Scrosati, Luigi Brambilla, Giorgio Fustella, ChiaraCastiglioni, Giuseppe Zerbi, Daniela Zane, Thierry Renouard, Claude Mathis, Pyrolyzed Hexakis(p-

omophenyl)benzene as anode material for Li batteries, JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICALSOCIETY, 152 A2023-A2029 (2005)26. Sergio Brutti, Andrea Ciccioli, Giovanni Balducci, Guido Gigli, Pietro Manfrinetti and Andrea Palenzona.Thermochemistry of Ytterbium Silicides INTERMETALLICS, 11, 1153 - 1159 (2003)27. N Parodi, G Borzone, A Ciccioli, S Brutti, G Balducci and G Gigli. Thermochemistry of HolmiumBismuthides INTERMETALLICS, 11, 1175 - 1181 (2003)28. G. Balducci, S. Brutti, A. Ciccioli, G. Gigli. Thermochemsitry of Intermetallic systems in condensedphase and gaseous phase by high temperature mass spectrometry. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS of theII International Symposium on High Temperature Mass Spectrometry, Plyos, Russia, 2003; ISBN 5-230-01602-7, Ivanovo State University of Chemical Sciences and Technology Press, Ivanovo, 2003, Russia.29. Sergio Brutti, Andrea Ciccioli, Giovanni Balducci, Guido Gigli, Gabriella Borzone, R Raggio and RFerro. Thermodynamics of the Ni-Yb system J PHASE EQUILIB, 23(1), 51 - 56 (2002)30. Sergio Brutti, Andrea Ciccioli, Giovanni Balducci, Guido Gigli, Pietro Manfrinetti and Pietro Palenzona.Vaporization thermodynamics of MgB 2 and MgB 4 APPL PHYS LETT, 80(16), 2892 - 2894 (2002) ACiccioli, JV Rau, G Balducci, S Brutti, NN Chilingarov, G Gigli, S Nunziante Cesaro and LN Sidorov.Mass spectrometric determination of the dissociation energy of Mn 2 F 6 RAPID COMMUN MASS SP, 16,1526 - 1530 (2002)31. Sergio Brutti, Marcello Colapietro, Giovanni Balducci, Luisa Barba, Pietro Manfrinetti and AndreaPalenzona. Synchrotron powder diffraction Rietveld refinement of MgB 20 crystal structureINTERMETALLICS, 10(8), 811 - 817 (2002)32. Andrea Palenzona, Pietro Manfrinetti, Sergio Brutti and Giovanni Balducci. The phase diagram of the Yb-Sisystem J ALLOY COMPD, 348(1-2), 100 - 104 (2002)33. Sergio Brutti, Andrea Ciccioli, Giovanni Balducci, Guido Gigli, Pietro Manfrinetti and Myrta Napolitano.Thermodynamic stabilities of intermediate phases in the Ca-Si system J ALLOY COMPD, 317-318, 525 -531 (2001)Dr. Sergio BruttiRoma 24/1/2012