Dr. Chiara Ricca

Education and research

2017 - 2022:

Post-doctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Aschauer, University of Bern, Switzerland

2013 - 2016:

PhD in Chemistry with Prof. Carlo Adamo and Dr. Armelle Ringuedé, Univerisité Pierre et Marie Curie and IRCP Chimie Paris-Tech, France

2013:

Research Intern in the Computational Chemistry Laboratory at Università della Calabria, Italy and in the Modeling of Complex System Group at Chimie Paris-Tech ENSCP, France

2011 - 2013:

M.Sc. in Chemistry, Università della Calabria, Italy

2008 - 2011:

B.Sc. in Chemistry, Università della Calabria, Italy

Publications

1. C. Ricca, A. Ringuedé, M. Cassir, C. Adamo, and F. Labat, “Modeling composite electrolytes for low temperature solid oxide fuel cell application: structural, vibrational and electronic features of carbonate-oxide interfaces”, Journal of Material Chemistry A 2016, 4, 17473-17482
2. C. Ricca, V. Albin, F. Labat, C. Adamo, M. Cassir, A. Ringuedé, “A first combined electrochemical and modelling strategy on composite carbonate/oxide electrolytes for hybrid fuel cells”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2016, 41, 18778-198787
3. C. Ricca, A. Ringuedé, M. Cassir, A. Ottochian, C. Adamo, and F. Labat, “Defect Formation and Diffusion on the (001) Surface of LiKCO₃ for Fuel Cell Applications: Insight from Hybrid DFT”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 12941-12951
4. A. Ottochian, C. Ricca, F. Labat, and C. Adamo, “Molecular dynamics simulations of a lithium/sodium carbonate mixture”, J. Molecular Modeling 2016, 22, 1-8
5. C. Ricca, A. Ringuedé, M. Cassir, C. Adamo, and F. Labat, “Mixed lithium-sodium (LiNaCO₃) and lithium-potassium (LiKCO₃) carbonates for low temperature electrochemical applications: Structure, electronic properties and surface reconstruction from ab-initio calculation”, Surf. Sci. 2016, 647, 66-67
6. C. Ricca, B. Medina-Lott, V. Albin, F. Labat, C. Adamo, M. Hinoijosa, M. Cassir, A. Ringuedé, “Hybrid Fuel Cells with Carbonate/Oxide Composite Electrolytes: An Electrochemical and Theoretical Insight”, ECS Trans. 2015, 68, 2597-2609
7. C. Ricca, A. Ringuedé, M. Cassir, C. Adamo, and F. Labat, “Revealing the properties of the cubic ZrO₂ (111) surface by periodic DFT calculations: reducibility and stabilization through doping with aliovalent Y₂O₃”, RSC Adv. 2015, 2, 13941–13951
8. C. Ricca, A. Ringuedé, M. Cassir, C. Adamo, and F. Labat, “A comprehensive DFT investigation of bulk and low-index surfaces of ZrO₂ polymorphs”, J. Comput. Chem. 2014, 36, 9-21
9. C. Ricca, F. Labat, N. Russo, C. Adamo, and E. Sicilia, “Oxidation of Ethylbenzene to Acetophenone with N-Doped Graphene: Insight from Theory”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 12275-12284