Christian Durante is full professor in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padua, in the Electrocatalysis and Applied Electrochemistry Group. He graduated in Industrial Chemistry in March 2003 and then obtained his PhD in Chemical Sciences in March 2007, also at DISC. After his PhD, he joined Prof. A. Gennaro's group as a post-doc and held this position until December 2010, when he became assistant professor (CHIM02) at DISC. From December 2017 to February 2023 he held the position of associate professor in the same Department. Between 2009 and 2011, he was a guest for short periods at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Bonn in Prof. Klaus Wandelt labs and Prof. Vicente Montiel at the Department of Electrochemistry at the University of Alicante.
During his PhD he developed spectroelectrochemical techniques (EC-UV-Vis, EC-nIR-fiber, EC-IR) for the investigation of intramolecular electron transfer in heteropolymetallic systems. During his post-doctoral work, he expanded his research activities into molecular electrochemistry and electrosynthesis, both organic and inorganic, and environmental electrochemistry. He is currently working in the field of electrocatalysis applied to energy production and storage. He is interested in the fundamental investigation of the catalytic effects associated with the size, composition and morphology of metallic NPs, loaded on functionalized and nanostructured mesoporous carbon. He is interested in the electrocatalytic properties of PGM-free catalysts for the conversion of small molecules (O2, CO2, CO, HCOOH) into higher value-added products. He is also interested in the study of carbon-based catalysts for the electrogeneration of H2O2, as well as in the application of electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical techniques including scanning tunnelling electrochemical microscopy to investigate and define the evolution of the active site during the catalytic process.
Christian Durante teaches Electrochemistry and Physical chemistry courses in the master and bachelor courses of Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Materials Science, and Chemical and Materials Engineering. He also lectured for the doctoral course in Molecular Sciences (Electrocatalysis & Electrosynthesis 2020-2022), the INFN Master's Degree in Surface Treatments for Industrial Applications (2019/2023) and for the School of Specialisation in Chemical Risk Assessment and Management (Industrial Chemistry 2022).
He is the author of 88 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, 3 book chapters and one Italian patent, as well as 100 presentations at congresses and conferences in the form of posters or oral communications.
General bibliometric data (Scopus December 2022):
- h- index 31
- 91 publications (11 as first author (IFT=175.3), 32 as corresponding author (IFT = 338.9), n°42 publications with IF > 5, n°21 with IF > 10.
- 3178 citations;

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