How To Make A Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

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1 - Born in Rome (Italy) on December 19th, University education: Prof. Enrico TRAVERSA Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum 1986, "Laurea" (Italian doctoral degree) in Chemical Engineering, Summa cum laude, at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Thesis: "Problems of Stress Corrosion Cracking in CO- CO2 Gas Tanks: Experimental Characterization of the Phaenomenon". - Academic positions: Research Associate in Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Associate Professor of Materials Technology, Department of Chem i cal Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" date Full Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Department of Chem i cal Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Director of the Doctorate Course in "Materials for Environmental and Energy Applications", Department of Chem i cal Science and Technology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Director of the Italy- Japan joint lab on Nanostructured Materials for Environment and Energy, with the RCAST of the University of Tokyo Director of the Italy- USA joint lab on Nanostructured Materials for Solid State Ionic Devices, with the University of Florida date Graduate Faculty, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida date Director of the Univ. of Tokyo joint lab in Rome on Automotive Fuel Cells Principal Investigator, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan date Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University Part- time Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo date Director of the Department of Fuel Cell Research, International Research Center for Renewable Energy, State Key Lab of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi an Jiaotong University, Xi an, China. - Professional awards: 1992 Grant under the auspices of the Scientific Co- operation Agreement between the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), which was used to spend three months as Visiting Research Associate at the Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology (RCAST), Univ. of Tokyo The same grant, for 20 days Grant of the Faculty of Engineering of the Ehime University to spend 40 days as Visiting Researcher at the Department of Applied Chemistry Grant of JSPS- CNR, for 20 days at the Univ. of Tokyo Grants of AIST- MITI, Japan, for 14 days at the National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research (NIMC), Tsukuba, and for 5 days at the National Industrial Research Institute of Nagoya Grant within the framework of the European Union S&T Grant in Japan, for 6 months at the RCAST of the University of Tokyo COE (Center of Excellence) Fellowship for 14 days at the NIMC, Tsukuba Grant of CNR within the framework of the Short Term Mobility Program, for 3 weeks at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Florida Grant of the Ministry of Culture and Education of Japan to spend 28 days at the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University Grant of JSPS- CNR, for twenty days at the University of Tokyo COE (Center of Excellence) Fellowship for 4 days at the NIMC, Tsukuba Grant of the Ministry of Culture and Education of Japan to spend 14 days at the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University Grant of the Faculty of Engineering of the Ehime University to spend 14 days as Visiting Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

2 2002 Grant of JSPS- CNR, for 28 days at the Institute of Industrial Science, Univ. of Tokyo AIST Fellowship for 14 days at the NARC, Tsukuba Elected in the World Academy of Ceramics MEXT Fellowships (three times) at the MANA- NIMS, Tsukuba American Ceramic Society Ross Coffin Purdy Award for the paper High proton conduction in grain- boundary- free yttrium- doped barium zirconate films grown by pulsed laser deposition that was published in Nature Materials, for the best paper on ceramics published in Visiting Professor at the Multidisciplinary Center for the Development of Ceramic Materials (MCDCM) for 30 days in Brazil Recipient of an ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies) Fellowship (declined) Recipient of 1000 Talent Fellowship (the highest honour from the Government of China). - Grants: Principal investigator for about 300,000 euro per year, in the last 6 years in Italy. In Japan, he received about 2 million euro in 3 years. - Services: Member of the International Relations Committee of the Materials Research Society ( ). Secretary- Treasurer ( ), Jr Vice Chairman ( ), Sr Vice Chairman ( ), Chairman ( ), and Past Chair (2011- ) of the High Temperature Materials Division of the Electrochemical Society. Member of the Ways and Means Committee of the Electrochemical Society ( ). Member of the Publication Committee of the Electrochemical Society ( ). Member of the Board of Directors of the Electrochemical Society ( ). Member of the Honors and Awards Committee of the Electrochemical Society (2012- ). Member of the panel for the evaluation and funding of research project in the Materials field for the Science and Technology Foundation of Portugal (2007, 2009). Reviewer of projects for funding agencies of Canada, Singapore, UK, USA, France, and Italy. Editor- in- Chief of Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, with Springer publisher, launched in Volume Organizer of MRS Bulletin (2014). European Editor of the journal Sensor Letters ( ). Associate Editor of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2008- ) and of Science and Technology of Advanced Materials ( ). Member of the International Board of the Journal of Electroceramics (founding member). Member of the Editorial Board of Cerâmica, the official journal of the Brazilian Ceramic Society, The Open Applied Physics Journal, Open Applied Physics Reviews, Interface ( ), and International Revue on Electrical & Electronics Engineering RIGEL. Peer reviewer for numerous journals in many disciplines, including Science, Nature Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, Nanoscale, Acta Materialia, Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering A. He was the Italian Delegate of the EU COST Action 525 "Advanced Electroceramics: Grain Boundary Engineering". - Conferences organized: Korea- Italy Joint Symposium on Electronic Ceramics, Taegu, Korea, Sept. 24, 1998, as a satellite Symposium of the 3rd Intern. Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Societies (PacRim 3) Japan- Italy Seminar on Functional Ceramic Materials, Tokyo, Sept. 29, 1998 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionic Devices II - Ceramic Sensors", 198th Meeting of the

3 Electrochemical Society, Phoenix, October 22-27, 2000 Chair of the Conference "Electroceramics VIII- 2002", Rome, August 25-28, 2002, under the patronage of the European Ceramic Society Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionics", 2002 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, December 2-6, 2002 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Emerging Sensing and Actuating Materials and Technology", 204th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Orlando, October 12-17, 2003, co- organized by the American Ceramic Society OSSEP Workshop on Electrode Processes and Kinetics in SOFCs, Villa Mondragone, Rome, February 19-21, Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionics 2004", 2004 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, November 29 - December 3, 2004 Organizer of the Symposium "Catalytic and Sensoric Properties of Nanomaterials", EUROMAT 2005, Prague, September 5-8, 2005 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionic Devices IV", 208th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Los Angeles, October 16-21, 2005 Main organizer of the Symposium "Nanostructured Metal Oxides: Processing and Applications", 210th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico, October 29- November 3, 2006 Main organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionics 2006", 2006 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, November 29 - December 3, 2006 Main organizer of the Symposium "Tutorials in Nanotechnology: Focus on High Temperature Materials", 211th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Chicago, May 6-11, 2007 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Sensors Based on Nanotechnology III", 211th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Chicago, May 6-11, 2007 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Materials for Advanced Sensors and Detectors", International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2007, ICMAT 2007, Singapore, July 1-6, 2007 Main organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", 212th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Washington DC, October 7-12, 2007 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionic Devices V", 212th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Washington DC, October 7-12, 2007 Co- organizer of the Symposium (J) "Sensor Materials", 10th International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS- ICAM 2007), Bangalore, October 8-13, 2007 Main organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", 213th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Phoenix, May 18-23, 2008 Main organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid- State Science PriME 2008, Joint International Meeting: 214th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society and 2008 Fall Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan, Honolulu, October 12-17, 2008 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionic Devices VI - Nanoionics", Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid- State Science PriME 2008, Joint International Meeting: 214th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society and 2008 Fall Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan, Honolulu, October 12-17, 2008 Main organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionics 2008", 2008 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, November 30 - December 4, 2008 Main organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", 215th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, San Francisco, May 24-29, 2009 Main organizer of the Symposium "Innovation in Fuel Cells: From Materials to Novel Devices", 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM) & VIII Encontro SBPMat, Rio de Janeiro, September 20-25, 2009 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", 216th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Vienna, October 4-9, 2009 MANA- JSPS Workshop "Materials Nanoarchitectonics for Sustainable Development", Hakone, March 24-26, 2010 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", 217th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Vancouver, April 25-30, 2010 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Economics and Policy Issues in Energy Conversion, Transmission, and Storage", 217th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Vancouver, April 25-30, 2010 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Electrochemical Nano/Bio Sensors 2", 217th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Vancouver, April 25-30, 2010 Co- Chair of the International Conference "Nanostructured Materials 2010, NANO2010", Rome, September 13-17, 2010 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", 218th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Las Vegas, October 10-15, 2010 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionic Devices 8 - NEMCA", 218th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Las Vegas, October 10-15, 2010

4 Co- organizer of the "International Symposium on the Social Acceptance of Nanomaterials", 20th MRS- Japan Academic Symposium, Yokohama, December 20-22, 2010 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Renewable Fuels and Nanotechnology", 2011 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, S. Francisco, April 25-29, 2011 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Nanotechnology General Session", 219th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Montreal, Canada, May 1-6, 2011 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Nano Energy - Energy Transduction at the Nanoscale for Energy Conversion Devices", E- MRS ICAM IUMRS 2011 Spring Meeting, E- MRS MRS Bilateral Conference on Energy, Nice, France, May 9-13, 2011 Co- organizer of the Symposium "The Worldwide Increasing Demand in Energy", The 9th International Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Societies (PAC RIM 9), Cairns, Australia, July 10-14, 2011 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Smart Materials", 12th International Conference in ASIA (IUMRS- ICA 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, September 19-22, 2011 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Nanostructured Materials: Chemistry & High- Temperature Applications", 220th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Boston, October 9-14, 2011 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Rare- Earth- based Materials", 2012 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, S. Francisco, April 9-13, 2012 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Solid State Ionic Devices 9 - Ion Conducting Thin Films and Multilayers", Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid- State Science PriME 2012, Joint International Meeting: 222nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society and 2012 Fall Meeting of the Electrochemical Society of Japan, Honolulu, October 7-12, 2012 Co- organizer of the Symposium "Materials as Tools for Sustainability", 2012 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, November 26-30, 2012 He received Grants from the Ministry of University and Scientific and Technological Research of Italy (MURST) to establish a Joint PhD programme in Electroceramics with the University of Florida and a Joint PhD programme with the Ehime University, Japan. He gave 114 invited lectures to international conferences, including 5 plenary. He gave invited seminars in Italy and in many institutions worldwide, in Japan, USA, Norway, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, India, UK, Slovenia, Brazil, Australia, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Denmark, China, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico. - Research experience: Listed in the Essential Science Indicators/Web of Science (2005- date) as a highly cited researcher, both in the Materials Science and in the Engineering categories. His papers were cited more than 5700 times, and his h- index is 41. His studies are documented by 15 patents, 26 books and special issues, and more than 490 papers mainly published or in press on International Journals (313 of them) and on the Proceedings of International Conferences. His research interests are now oriented mostly in the study of nanostructured materials for health, environment, and energy, including at present materials for fuel cells (both polymeric, PEMFC, and solid oxide, SOFC), chemical sensors (semiconductor and electrochemical), and innovative photovoltaics. Great attention is given to the synthesis and processing of nanostructured materials (powders, thin and thick films), tailoring also hierarchical porosity (ceramic and polymeric foams, mesoporous powders and films). Recent interests are in recycling plastics, scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and biological interactions of nanoparticles for therapy. He collaborated or is actively collaborating with numerous research groups worldwide. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ( ) PATENTS 1. F. Basoli, S. Licoccia, E.D. Wachsman, E. Traversa Fabrication of Dual Structure Ceramics by a Single Step Process. US Patent No. 61/255,645, filed October 28, C. Mandoli, E. Traversa Highly Porous Solid Materials Made of Biodegradable Polymer and Fabrication Method Thereof. Japanese Patent No , ref. No. 09- MS- 096, filed January 12, E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, H. Tanaka, E. Traversa Solid Electrolyte Materials Made by Barium Oxide, Zirconium Oxide, Praseodymium Oxide, and Yttrium Oxide Solid Solution.

5 Japanese Patent No , ref. No. 10- MS- 028, filed September 24, L. Bi, E. Fabbri, E. Traversa Fabrication Method of Dense Electrolyte Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Japanese Patent No , ref. No. 10- MS- 076, filed November 9, C. Mandoli, E. Traversa Highly Porous Solid Materials Made of Biodegradable Polymer and Method of Fabricating, Processing, and Cell- Seeding the Same. US Patent No. 12/916,919, filed November 1, C. Mandoli, E. Traversa Highly Porous Solid Materials Made of Biodegradable Polymer and Method of Fabricating, Processing, and Cell- Seeding the Same. Japanese Patent No , filed January 5, E. Fabbri, E. Traversa, L. Bi, H. Tanaka Cathode Complex Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Consisting of a First Material Having Proton or Proton/Electron Conductivities and a Second Material Having Oxide Ion/Electron Conductivity. Japanese Patent No , ref. No. 10- MS- 086, filed April 22, F. Basoli, S. Licoccia, E.D. Wachsman, E. Traversa Fabrication of Dual Structure Ceramics by a Single Step Process. PCT n. WO 2011/ A2, 12 May C. Mandoli, E. Traversa Highly Porous Solid Materials Made of Biodegradable Polymer and Method of Fabricating, Processing, and Cell- Seeding the Same. US Patent Pub. No. US2011/ A1, Pub. Date July 14, BOOKS AND SPECIAL ISSUES 10. E. Traversa, J. Li, W. Van Schalkwijk (editors) Nanotechnology (General), ECS Transactions Vol. 11, Issue No. 11, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2008 (ISBN ). 11. E.D. Wachsman, F.H. Garzon, E. Traversa, R. Mukundan, A. Manivannan (editors) Solid- State Ionic Devices 5, ECS Transactions Vol. 11, Issue No. 33, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2008 (ISBN ). 12. E. Traversa, J. Li (editors) Nanotechnology (General) 213 th ECS Meeting, ECS Transactions Vol. 13, Issue No. 18, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2008 (ISBN ). 13. E. Traversa, T.R. Armstrong, K. Eguchi, M.R. Palacin (editors) Solid State Ionics , MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 1126, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2009 (ISBN ). 14. E. Traversa, C. Bock (editors) Nanotechnology (General) 214 th ECS Meeting/PriME 2008, ECS Transactions Vol. 16, Issue No. 25, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2009 (ISBN ). 15. E.D. Wachsman, J. Weidner, K. Abraham, E. Traversa, S. Yamaguchi, K. Zaghib, R. Mukundan, S. Minteer (editors) Solid- State Ionic Devices 6 - Nanoionics, ECS Transactions Vol. 16, Issue No. 51, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2009 (ISBN ). 16. E. Traversa, C. Bock (editors) Nanotechnology (General) 215 th ECS Meeting, ECS Transactions Vol. 19, Issue No. 15, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2009 (ISBN ). 17. C. Bock, J. Li, E. Traversa (editors) Nanotechnology (General) 216 th ECS Meeting, ECS Transactions Vol. 25, Issue No. 24, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2010 (ISBN ). 18. M. Miyayama, E. Traversa (Guest Editors) Special Issue on Yanagida. Journal of Electroceramics, 24 (2010) Issue C. Bock, E. Traversa (editors) Nanotechnology (General) 217 th ECS Meeting, ECS Transactions Vol. 28, Issue No. 7, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2010 (ISBN ). 20. O. Leonte, Z. Aguilar, C. Bock, E. Traversa (editors) Nanotechnology (General) 218 th ECS Meeting, ECS Transactions Vol. 33, Issue No. 38, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2011 (ISBN ).

6 21. E.D. Wachsman, C. Bock, G. Hunter, E. Traversa (editors) Solid State Ionic Devices 8 - NEMCA, ECS Transactions Vol. 33, Issue No. 40, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2011 (ISBN ). 22. W. Mustain, E. Traversa (editors) Nanotechnology (General) 219 th ECS Meeting, ECS Transactions Vol. 35, Issue No. 10, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, 2011 (ISBN ). 23. E. Traversa, E. Agostinelli, D. Fiorani (Guest Editors) Special Issue on Nanostructured Materials Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 13 (2011) Issue M.L. Green, L. Espinal, E. Traversa, E.J. Amis (Guest Editors) Special Issue on Materials for Sustainable Development. MRS Bulletin, 37 (2012) April Issue. 25. E. Traversa (Editor) Nanostructured Materials: Chemistry and High- Temperature Applications, ECS Transactions Vol. 41, Issue No. 45, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, USA, PUBLICATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS 1. B. White, E. Traversa, E.D. Wachsman Investigation of La 2 CuO 4 /YSZ/Pt Potentiometric NO x Sensors with Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155 (2008) J11- J S. Tosti, A. Basile, F. Borgognoni, V. Capaldo, S. Cordiner, S. Di Cave, F. Gallucci, C. Rizzello, A. Santucci, E. Traversa Low temperature ethanol steam reforming in a Pd- Ag membrane reactor. Part 1: Ru- based catalyst. Journal of Membrane Science, 308 (2008) S. Tosti, A. Basile, F. Borgognoni, V. Capaldo, S. Cordiner, S. Di Cave, F. Gallucci, C. Rizzello, A. Santucci, E. Traversa Low temperature ethanol steam reforming in a Pd- Ag membrane reactor. Part 2: Pt- based and Ni- based catalysts and general comparison. Journal of Membrane Science, 308 (2008) A. Rainer, S.M. Giannitelli, F. Abbruzzese, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, M. Trombetta Fabrication of Bioactive Glass- Ceramic Foams Mimicking Human Bone Portions for Regenerative Medicine. Acta Biomaterialia, 4 (2008) L. Chevallier, E. Di Bartolomeo, M.L. Grilli, M. Mainas, B. White, E.D. Wachsman, E. Traversa Non- Nernstian Planar Sensors Based on YSZ with a Nb 2 O 5 Electrode. Sensors and Actuators B, 129 (2008) V. Esposito, D. Marani, E.D. Wachsman, E. Traversa A Soft Chemistry Route for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Pb 2 Ru 2 O 6.5 with a Controlled Stoichiometry. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91 (2008) A. D'Epifanio, E. Fabbri, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Design of BaZr 0.8 Y 0.2 O 3 Protonic Conductor to Improve the Electrochemical Performance in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). Fuel Cells, 8 (2008) B. Mecheri, A. D'Epifanio, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone and Hydrated Tin Oxide Proton Conducting Composite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications. Journal of Power Sources, 178 (2008) L. Chevallier, E. Di Bartolomeo, M.L. Grilli, E. Traversa High Temperature Detection of CO/HCs Gases with Non- Nernstian Planar Sensors Using Nb 2 O 5 Electrodes. Sensors and Actuators B, 130 (2008) V. Esposito, E. Traversa Design of Electroceramics for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications: Playing with Ceria. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91 (2008) (Feature Article, su invito). (Featured in the cover page). 11. E. Fabbri, A. D'Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Tailoring the Chemical Stability of Ba(Ce 1- x Zr x )Y 0.2 O 3- d Protonic Conductors for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). Solid State Ionics, 179 (2008) B. Ksapabutr, M. Panapoy, K. Choncharoen, S. Wongkasemjit, E. Traversa Investigation of Nozzle Shape Effect on Sm 0.1 Ce 0.9 O Thin Film Prepared by Electrostatic Spray Deposition.

7 Thin Solid Films, 516 (2008) E. Traversa, B. Mecheri, C. Mandoli, S. Soliman, A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, G. Forte, F. Pagliari, F. Carotenuto, P. Di Nardo Tuning Hierarchical Architecture of 3D Polymeric Scaffolds for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, 3 (2008) E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, A. D'Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Design and Fabrication of a Chemically- Stable Proton Conductor Bilayer Electrolyte for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). Energy & Environmental Science, 1 (2008) (Su invito). 15. A. Rinaldi, B. Mecheri, V. Garavaglia, S. Licoccia, P. Di Nardo, E. Traversa Engineering Materials and Biology to Boost Performance of Microbial Fuel Cells: A Critical Review. Energy & Environmental Science, 1 (2008) (Su invito). 16. F. Bozza, R. Polini, E. Traversa Electrophoretic Deposition of Dense Sr- and Mg- Doped LaGaO 3 Electrolyte Films on Porous La- Doped Ceria for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Fuel Cells, 8 (2008) (Su invito). 17. G. Forte, F. Carotenuto, F. Pagliari, S. Pagliari, P. Cossa, R. Fiaccavento, A. Ahluwalia, G. Vozzi, B. Vinci, A. Serafino, A. Rinaldi, E. Traversa, L. Carosella. M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo Criticality of the Biological and Physical Stimuli Array Inducing Resident Cardiac Stem Cell Determination. Stem Cells, 26 (2008) M. De Nicola, S. Bellucci, E. Traversa, G. De Bellis, F. Micciulla, L. Ghibelli Carbon Nanotubes on Jurkat Cells: Effects on Cell Viability and Plasma Membrane Potential. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20 (2008) (9pp). 19. E. Fabbri, T.K. Oh, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, E.D. Wachsman Mixed Protonic- Electronic Conductors as Cathode Materials for Proton Conducting Electrolytes in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 156 (2009) B38- B L. Chevallier, S. Cordiner, E. Traversa, E. Di Bartolomeo Non- Nernstian Electrochemical Sensors with an Nb 2 O 5 Sensing Electrode for Engine Exhaust Monitoring. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 156 (2009) J12- J L. Chevallier, S. Cordiner, E. Traversa, E. Di Bartolomeo Publisher s Note: Non- Nernstian Electrochemical Sensors with a Nb 2 O 5 Sensing Electrode for Engine Exhaust Monitoring [J. Electrochem. Soc., 156, J12 (2009)]. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 156 (2009) S A. Rinaldi, P. Peralta, C. Friesen, N. Chawla, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki Localized Compression and Shear Tests on Nanotargets with a Berkovich Tip and a Novel Multifunctional Tip. Journal of Materials Research, 24 (2009) E. Fabbri, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, E.D. Wachsman Composite Cathodes for Proton Conducting Electrolytes. Fuel Cells, 9 (2009) L. Chevallier, M. Zunic, V. Esposito, E. Di Bartolomeo, E. Traversa A Wet- Chemical Route for the Preparation of Ni- BaCe 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3- d Cermet Anodes for IT- SOFCs. Solid State Ionics, 180 (2009) M. Zunic, L. Chevallier, F. Deganello, A. D Epifanio, S. Licoccia, E. Di Bartolomeo, E. Traversa Electrophoretic Deposition of Dense BaCe 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3- x Electrolyte Thick- Films on Ni- Based Anodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Journal of Power Sources, 190 (2009) S. Sanna, V. Esposito, D. Pergolesi, A. Orsini, A. Tebano, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa Fabrication and Electrical Properties of Epitaxial Samarium- Doped Ceria Films Onto SrTiO 3 - Buffered MgO Substrates. Advanced Functional Materials, 19 (2009) (Highlighted in Advances in Advance). 27. A. Bonavita, E. Di Bartolomeo, L. Chevallier, C. D Ottavi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Tailoring the Structural and Microstructural Properties of Nanosized Tantalum Oxide for High Temperature Electrochemical Gas Sensors. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9 (2009) J.S. Ahn, D. Pergolesi, M.A. Camaratta, H. Yoon, B.W. Lee, K.T. Lee, D.W. Jung, E. Traversa, E.D. Wachsman High- Performance Bilayered Electrolyte Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Electrochemistry Communications, 11 (2009) V. Esposito, M. Zunic, E. Traversa

8 Improved Total Conductivity of Nanometric Samaria- Doped Ceria Powders Sintered with Molten LiNO 3 Additive. Solid State Ionics, 180 (2009) A. Orsini, P.G. Medaglia, S. Sanna, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, A. Tebano, G. Balestrino Epitaxial Superlattices of Ionic Conductor Oxides. Superlattices and Microstructures, 46 (2009) E. Magnone, M. Miyayama, E. Traversa Structural Properties and Electrochemical Characteristics of Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 1- X Fe X O 3- d Phases in Different Atmospheres. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 156 (2009) B1059- B M. De Nicola, S. Nuccitelli, D. Mirabile Gattia, E. Traversa, A. Magrini, A. Bergamaschi, L. Ghibelli Effect of Carbon Nanotubes on Human Monocytes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1171 (2009) B. Mecheri, A. D Epifanio, L. Pisani, F. Chen, E. Traversa, F.C. Weise, S. Greenbaum, S. Licoccia Effect of a Proton Conducting Filler on the Physico- Chemical Properties of SPEEK- based Membranes. Fuel Cells, 9 (2009) C. de Bonis, A. D Epifanio, M.L. Di Vona, C. D Ottavi, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Trombetta, S. Licoccia Proton Conducting Hybrid Membranes Based on Aromatic Polymers Blends for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications. Fuel Cells, 9 (2009) D. Mirabile Gattia, M. Vittori Antisari, L. Giorgi, R. Marazzi, E. Piscopiello, A. Montone, S. Bellitto, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Study of Different Nanostructured Carbon Supports for Fuel Cell Catalysts. Journal of Power Sources, 194 (2009) F. Bozza, R. Polini, E. Traversa Electrophoretic Deposition of Dense La 0.8 Sr 0.2 Ga 0.8 Mg Co O 3- d Electrolyte Films from Single- Phase Powders for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 92 (2009) F. Bozza, R. Polini, E. Traversa High Performance Anode- Supported Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs) with La 0.8 Sr 0.2 Ga 0.8 Mg 0.2 O 3- d (LSGM) Electrolyte Films Prepared by Electrophoretic Deposition. Electrochemistry Communications, 11 (2009) M. Fronzi, A. Soon, B. Delley, E. Traversa, C. Stampfl Stability and Morphology of Cerium Oxide Surfaces in an Oxidizing Environment: A First- Principles Investigation. Journal of Chemical Physics, 131 (2009) (16pp). 39. M. Fronzi, S. Piccinin, B. Delley, E. Traversa, C. Stampfl Water Adsorption on the Stoichiometric and Reduced CeO 2 (111) Surface: A First- Principles Investigation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11 (2009) E. Traversa Towards the Miniaturization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Interface, 18 [3] (2009) L. Wucherer, J.C. Nino, F. Basoli, E. Traversa Synthesis and Characterization of BaTiO 3 - Based Foams with a Controlled Microstructure. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 6 (2009) D.Z. de Florio, V. Esposito, E. Traversa, R. Muccillo, F.C. Fonseca Master Sintering Curve for Gd- Doped CeO 2 Solid Electrolytes. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 97 (2009) M. Mori, H. Nishimura, Y. Itagaki, Y. Sadaoka, E. Traversa Detection of Sub- ppm Level of VOCs Based on a Pt/YSZ/Pt Potentiometric Oxygen Sensor with Reference Air. Sensors and Actuators B, 143 (2009) E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, A. D'Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Improving the Performance of High Temperature Protonic Conductor (HTPC) Electrolytes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Applications. Key Engineering Materials, (2010) D. Marani, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama Nanocomposite SPEEK/Titania Nanosheets (TNS) Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. Key Engineering Materials, (2010) L. Brandão, D.Mirabile Gattia, R. Marazzi, M. Vittori Antisari, S. Licoccia, A. D Epifanio, E. Traversa, A. Mendes

9 Improvement of DMFC Electrode Kinetics by Using Nanohorns Catalyst Support. Materials Science Forum, (2010) E. Magnone, M. Miyayama, E. Traversa Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Analysis of Pr 0.8 Sr 0.2 Co 0.5 Fe 0.5 O 3- d as Cathode Material for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 157 (2010) B357- B J.S. Ahn, M.A. Camaratta, D. Pergolesi, K.T. Lee, H. Yoon, B.W. Lee, D.W. Jung, E. Traversa, E.D. Wachsman Development of High Performance Ceria/Bismuth Oxide Bilayered Electrolyte SOFCs for Lower Temperature Operation. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 157 (2010) B376- B D. Marani, A. D Epifanio, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama, S. Licoccia Titania Nanosheets (TNS)/Sulphonated Poly Ether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells. Materials Chemistry of Energy Conversion Special Issue, Chemistry of Materials, 22 (2010) C. Mandoli, B. Mecheri, G. Forte, F. Pagliari, S. Pagliari, F. Carotenuto, R. Fiaccavento, A. Rinaldi, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Thick Soft Tissue Reconstruction on Highly Perfusive Biodegradable Scaffolds. Macromolecular Bioscience, 10 (2010) (Featured in the cover page). 51. S. Soliman, S. Pagliari, A. Rinaldi, G. Forte, R. Fiaccavento, F. Pagliari, O. Franzese, M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Multiscale Three- Dimensional Scaffolds for Soft Tissue Engineering via Multimodal Electrospinning. Acta Biomaterialia, 6 (2010) A. Rinaldi, P. Peralta, C. Friesen, D. Nahar, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki Super- Hard Nanobuttons: Constraining Crystal Plasticity and Dealing with Extrinsic Effects at the Nanoscale. Small, 6 (2010) Y. Kozawa, S. Suzuki, M. Miyayama, T. Okumiya, E. Traversa Proton Conducting Membranes Composed of Sulfonated Poly(etheretherketone) and Zirconium Phosphate Nanosheets for Fuel Cell Applications. Solid State Ionics, 181 (2010) E. Magnone, M. Miyayama, E. Traversa Some Structural Considerations on the Perovskite- Type A 1- y Sr y Co 1- x Fe x O 3- d Solid Solution Series Taking into Account Recent Experimental Results. Crystal Research and Technology, 45 (2010) M. Miyayama, E. Traversa Hiroaki Yanagida: A Man with a Vision. Journal of Electroceramics, 24 (2010) E. Magnone, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama Nano- Sized Pr 0.8 Sr 0.2 Co 1- X Fe X O 3 Powders Prepared by Single- Step Combustion Synthesis for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes. Journal of Electroceramics, 24 (2010) C. de Bonis, A. D Epifanio, M.L. Di Vona, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Trombetta, S. Licoccia Proton- Conducting Electrolytes Based on Silylated and Sulphonated Polyetheretherketone: Synthesis and Characterization. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48 (2010) E. Fabbri, A. D Epifanio, S. Sanna, E. Di Bartolomeo, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa A Novel Single Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Based on Chemically Stable Thin Films of Y- doped BaZrO 3 Proton Conducting Electrolyte. Energy & Environmental Science, 3 (2010) C. Mandoli, F. Pagliari, S. Pagliari, G. Forte, P. Di Nardo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Stem Cell Aligned Growth Induced by CeO 2 Nanoparticles in PLGA Scaffolds with Improved Bioactivity for Regenerative Medicine. Advanced Functional Materials, 20 (2010) (Featured in a Frontispiece). (Reported in MRS Bull., 35 [7] (2010) 486). 60. C. Abate, V. Esposito, K. Duncan, J.C. Nino, D. Mirabile Gattia, E.D. Wachsman, E. Traversa Novel Y 2- x Pr x Ru 2 O 7 (x = 0-2) Pyrochlore Oxides Prepared Using a Soft Chemistry Route and Their Electrical Properties. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 93 (2010) D. Pergolesi, E. Fabbri, E. Traversa

10 Chemically Stable Anode- Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Based on Y- Doped Barium Zirconate Thin Films Having Improved Performance. Electrochemistry Communications, 12 (2010) E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Does the Increase in Y- Dopant Concentration Improve the Proton Conductivity of BaZr 1- x Y x O 3- d Fuel Cell Electrolytes? Solid State Ionics, 181 (2010) A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki, P. Peralta, A.B. Davila- Ibanez, M.A. Correa- Duarte, V. Salgueirino Radial Inner Morphology Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Amorphous Composite Cobalt Boride Nanoparticles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (2010) S. Sanna, V. Esposito, A. Tebano, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, G. Balestrino Enhancement of Ionic Conductivity in SDC/YSZ Heteroepitaxial Structures. Small, 6 (2010) (Reported in the MRS website at Materials News) 65. L. Chevallier, E. Traversa, E. Di Bartolomeo Propene Detection at High Temperatures Using Highly Sensitive Non- Nernstian Electrochemical Sensors Based on Nb and Ta Oxides. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 157 (2010) J386- J D. Pergolesi, E. Fabbri, A. D Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, A. Tebano, S. Sanna, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa High Proton Conduction in Grain- Boundary- Free Yttrium- Doped Barium Zirconate Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Nature Materials, 9 (2010) (Reported in MRS Bull., 35 [12] (2010) 945). ACerS Ross Coffin Purdy Award E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Electrode Materials: A Challenge for the Exploitation of Protonic Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 11 (2010) (9pp). 68. A. Rinaldi, M.A. Correa- Duarte, V. Salgueirino- Maceira, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, A.B. Dávila- Ibáñez, P. Peralta, K. Sieradzki Elastic Properties of Hard Cobalt Boride Composite Nanoparticles. Acta Materialia, 58 (2010) F. Chen, B. Mecheri, A. D Epifanio, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Development of Nafion/Tin Oxide Composite MEA for DMFC Applications. Fuel Cells, 10 (2010) E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Materials Challenges Toward Proton Conducting Oxide Fuel Cells: A Critical Review. Chemical Society Reviews, 39 (2010) (Reported in ChemInform, 42 [5] (2011) DOI: /chin ). 71. E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Ionic Conductivity in Oxide Hetero- Structures: The Role of Interfaces. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 11 (2010) (9pp). 72. B.R. Matos, E.I. Santiago, J.F.Q. Rey, A.S. Ferlauto, E. Traversa, M. Linardi, F.C. Fonseca Nafion- Based Composite Electrolytes for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Operating Above 120 C with Titania Nanoparticles and Nanotubes as Fillers. Journal of Power Sources, 196 (2011) E. Fabbri, L. Bi, H. Tanaka, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Chemically Stable Pr and Y Co- Doped Barium Zirconate Electrolytes with High Proton Conductivity for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Advanced Functional Materials, 21 (2011) (Reported in the Materials News website of Wiley). 74. S. Pagliari, A.C. Vilela- Silva, G. Forte, F. Pagliari, C. Mandoli, G. Vozzi, S. Pietronave, M. Prat, S. Licoccia, A. Ahluwalia, E. Traversa, M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo Cooperation of Biological and Mechanical Signals in Cardiac Progenitor Cell Differentiation. Advanced Materials, 23 (2011) E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Development of Chemically- Stable Proton Conducting BZY Electrolytes for SOFCs at WPI- MANA, NIMS. The Journal of Fuel Cell Technology, 10 [3] (2011) L. Bi, E. Fabbri, Z.Q. Sun, E. Traversa

11 A Novel Ionic Diffusion Strategy to Fabricate High- Performance Anode- Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) with Proton- Conducting Y- Doped BaZrO 3 Films. Energy & Environmental Science, 4 (2011) (Reported in the Materials News website of Wiley). 77. I. Celardo, E. Traversa, L. Ghibelli Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: A Promise for Applications in Therapy. Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology, 9 (2011) S. Soliman, S. Sant, J.W. Nichol, M. Khabiry, E. Traversa, A. Khademhosseini Controlling the Porosity of Fibrous Scaffolds by Modulating the Fiber Diameter and Packing Density. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 96A (2011) A. Rinaldi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Nanomechanics for MEMS: A Structural Design Perspective. Nanoscale, 3 (2011) C.P. Brown, F. Rosei, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Spider Silk as a Load Bearing Biomaterial: Tailoring Mechanical Properties via Structural Modifications. Nanoscale, 3 (2011) (Feature Article). 81. L. Bi, E. Fabbri, Z.Q. Sun, E. Traversa Sinteractive Anodic Powders Improve Densification and Electrochemical Properties of BaZr 0.8 Y 0.2 O 3- δ Electrolyte Films for Anode- Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Energy & Environmental Science, 4 (2011) I. Celardo, J.Z. Pedersen, E. Traversa, L. Ghibelli Pharmacological Potential of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 3 (2011) (Feature Article). 83. Z.Q. Sun, E. Fabbri, L. Bi, E. Traversa Lowering Grain Boundary Resistance of BaZr 0.8 Y 0.2 O 3- d with LiNO 3 Sintering- Aid Improves Proton Conductivity for Fuel Cell Operation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13 (2011) M. Zunic, L. Chevallier, E. Di Bartolomeo, A. D Epifanio, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Anode Supported Protonic Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Fabricated Using Electrophoretic Deposition. Fuel Cells, 11 (2011) R. Nechache, C. Harnagea, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, A. Ruediger, A. Pignolet, F. Rosei Photovoltaic Properties of Bi 2 FeCrO 6 Epitaxial Thin Films. Applied Physics Letters, 98 (2011) (3pp). 86. L. Bi, E. Fabbri, Z.Q. Sun, E. Traversa BaZr 0.8 Y 0.2 O 3- δ - NiO Composite Anodic Powders for Proton Conductive SOFCs Prepared by a Combustion Method. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 158 (2011) B797- B I. Celardo, M. De Nicola, C. Mandoli, J.Z. Pedersen, E. Traversa, L. Ghibelli Ce 3+ Ions Determine Redox- Dependent Anti- Apoptotic Effect of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles. ACS Nano, 5 (2011) J.W. Yoon, E. Di Bartolomeo, E. Traversa NO 2 Adsorption Behaviour on LaFeO 3 Electrodes of YSZ- Based Non- Nernstian Electrochemical Sensors. Journal of Electroceramics, 26 (2011) L. Bi, E. Fabbri, Z.Q. Sun, E. Traversa Sinteractivity, Proton Conductivity and Chemical Stability of BaZr 0.7 In 0.3 O 3- δ for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). Solid State Ionics, 196 (2011) C.P. Brown, J. MacLeod, H. Amenitsch, F. Cacho- Nerin, H.S. Gill, A.J. Price, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, F. Rosei The Critical Role of Water in Spider Silk and its Consequence for Protein Mechanics. Nanoscale, 3 (2011) Erratum: Nanoscale, 3 (2011) E. Fabbri, L. Bi, J.L.M. Rupp, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Electrode Tailoring Improves the Intermediate Temperature Performance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Based on a Y and Pr Co- Doped Barium Zirconate Proton Conducting Electrolyte. RSC Advances, 1 (2011) E. Fabbri, I. Markus, L. Bi, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Tailoring Mixed Proton- Electronic Conductivity of BaZrO 3 by Y and Pr Co- Doping for Cathode Application in Protonic SOFCs. Solid State Ionics, 202 (2011) A.B. Santibáñez- Mendieta, E. Fabbri, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Soft Chemistry Routes for the Synthesis of Sr 0.02 La 0.98 Nb 0.6 Ta 0.4 O 4 Proton Conductor. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 158 (2011) B1485- B1490.

12 94. G. Forte, S. Pietronave, G. Nardone, A. Zamperone, E. Magnani, S. Pagliari, F. Pagliari, C. Giacinti, C. Nicoletti, A. Musarò, M. Rinaldi, M. Ribezzo, C. Comoglio, E. Traversa, T. Okano, M. Minieri, M. Prat, P. Di Nardo Human Cardiac Progenitor Cell Grafts as Unrestricted Source of Supernumerary Cardiac Cells in Healthy Murine Hearts. Stem Cells, 29 (2011) E. Traversa, E. Agostinelli, D. Fiorani There Is Still Plenty of Room at the Bottom: Nanostructured Materials Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 13 (2011) (Editorial). 96. E.R. Macam, B.M. White, B.M. Blackburn, E. Di Bartolomeo, E. Traversa, E.D. Wachsman La 2 CuO 4 Sensing Electrode Configuration Influence on Sensitivity and Selectivity for a Multifunctional Potentiometric Gas Sensor. Sensors and Actuators B, 160 (2011) E. Fabbri, L. Bi, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa High- Performance Composite Cathodes with Tailored Mixed Conductivity for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Using Proton Conducting Electrolytes. Energy & Environmental Science, 4 (2011) J.L.M. Rupp, P. Reinhard, D. Pergolesi, T. Ryll, R. Tölke, E. Traversa Electric- Field- Induced Current- Voltage Characteristics in Electronic Conducting Perovskite Thin Films. Applied Physics Letters, 100 (2012) (3pp). 99. E. Fabbri, L. Bi, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Towards the Next Generation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Operating Below 600 C with Chemically Stable Proton Conducting Electrolytes. Advanced Materials, 24 (2012) (Progress Report). (Invited) L. Bi, E. Fabbri, E. Traversa Effect of Anode Functional Layer on the Performance of Proton- Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). Electrochemistry Communications, 16 (2012) Z.Q. Sun, E. Fabbri, L. Bi, E. Traversa Electrochemical Properties and Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cell Performance of Dense Yttrium- Doped Barium Zirconate with Calcium Addition. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 95 (2012) Z. Ahmed, S. Bellitto, M.L. Di Vona, M. Trombetta, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Sulphonated Poly Ether Ether Ketone/Amino- Diphenylsilandiol Composite Electrolyte for PEM Fuel Cells. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 124 (2012) A. Tebano, E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa Room Temperature Giant Persistent Photoconductivity in SrTiO 3 /LaAlO 3 Heterostructures. ACS Nano, 6 (2012) C. Veranitisagul, A. Kaewvilai, W. Wattanathana, N. Koonsaeng, E. Traversa, A. Laobuthee Electrolyte Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Derived from Metal Complexes: Gadolinia- Doped Ceria. Ceramics International, 38 (2012) M.L. Green, L. Espinal, E. Traversa, E.J. Amis Materials for Sustainable Development. MRS Bulletin, 37 (2012) C.P. Brown, C. Harnagea, H.S. Gill, A.J. Price, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia, F. Rosei Rough Fibrils Provide a Toughening Mechanism in Biological Fibres. ACS Nano, 6 (2012) L. Bi, E. Fabbri, E. Traversa Novel Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 (Co 0.8 Fe 0.2 )Ti 1- X Fe X O 3- δ (x = 0, 0.05, and 0.1) Cathode Materials for Proton- Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. Solid State Ionics, 214 (2012) F. Pagliari, C. Mandoli, G. Forte, E. Magnani, S. Pagliari, G. Nardone, S. Licoccia, M. Minieri, P. Di Nardo, E. Traversa Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Protect Cardiac Progenitor Cells from Oxidative Stress. ACS Nano, 6 (2012) A.B. Santibáñez- Mendieta, E. Fabbri, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Tailoring Phase Stability and Electrical Conductivity of Sr 0.02 La 0.98 Nb 1- x Ta x O 4 Proton Conducting Oxide for SOFC application. Solid State Ionics, 216 (2012) T. Naganuma, E. Traversa

13 Stability of Ce 3+ Valence State in Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Layers. Nanoscale, 4 (2012) M. Fronzi, S. Cereda, Y. Tateyama, A. De Vita, E. Traversa Ab- Initio Investigation of Defect Formation at ZrO 2 - CeO 2 Interfaces. Physical Review B, 86 (2012) (5 pages) A. Rinaldi, P. Peralta, K. Sieradzki, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Role of Dislocation Density on the Sample- Size Effect in Nanoscale Plastic Yielding. Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics, 2 (2012) G. Forte, S. Pagliari, M. Ebara, K. Uto, J.K.V. Tam, S. Romanazzo, C. Escobedo- Lucea, E. Romano, P. Di Nardo, E. Traversa, T. Aoyagi Substrate Stiffness Modulates Gene Expression and Phenotype in Neonatal Cardiomyocites In Vitro. Tissue Engineering A, 18 (2012) C. de Bonis, A. D Epifanio, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama, A.C. Tavares, S. Licoccia Layered Tetratitanate Intercalating Sulfanilic Acid for Organic/ Inorganic Proton Conductors. Solid State Ionics, 227 (2012) S. Sugata, S. Suzuki, M. Miyayama, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Effects of Tin Phosphate Nanosheet on Proton Conducting Properties of Sulfonated Poly(ether sulfone) Membranes. Solid State Ionics, 228 (2012) E. Traversa, H. Idriss Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Provides the Connection Between Materials, Energy, and Sustainability. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 1 (2012) 2 (2 pages) S. Romanazzo, G. Forte, M. Ebara, K. Uto, S. Pagliari, T. Aoyagi, E. Traversa, A. Taniguchi Substrate Stiffness Affects Skeletal Myoblast Differentiation In Vitro. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 13 (2012) (9 pages) D. Pergolesi, E. Fabbri, S.N. Cook, V. Roddatis, E. Traversa, J.A. Kilner Tensile Lattice Distortion Does Not Affect Oxygen Transport in Yttria- Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ)- CeO 2 Hetero- Interfaces. ACS Nano, 6 (2012) D. Pergolesi, M. Fronzi, E. Fabbri, A. Tebano, E. Traversa Growth Mechanisms of Ceria and Zirconia- Based Thin Films and Hetero- Structures Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2 (2013) 6 (9 pages) F. Deganello, L.F. Liotta, G. Marcì, E. Fabbri, E. Traversa Strontium and Iron- Doped Barium Cobaltite Prepared by Solution Combustion Synthesis: Exploring a Mixed- Fuel Approach for Tailored Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Materials. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2 (2013) 8 (14 pages). REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS 1. E. Fabbri, A. D Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa BaCe 1- x- y Zr x Y y O 3- δ Protonic Conductors for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). ECS Transactions, 6 [17] (2008) A. Santucci, F. Borgogni, S. Cordiner, E. Traversa, S. Tosti Low Temperature Ethanol Steam Reforming in a Pd- Ag Membrane Reformer. ECS Transactions, 6 [17] (2008) D. Pergolesi, V. Esposito, A. Tebano, P.G. Medaglia, S. Sanna, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa Ceria- Based Thin Film Hetero- structure Growth and Characterization for SOFC Applications. ECS Transactions, 7 [1] (2007) V. Esposito, F.C. Fonseca, D.Z. De Florio, M. Žunić, R. Muccillo, E. Traversa Fabrication of Ce 1- x Gd x O 2-0.5x Electrolytes with Tunable Dense Microstructures for IT- SOFC Applications. ECS Transactions, 7 [1] (2007) A. D Epifanio, E. Fabbri, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa BaZr x Y 1- x O 3- d and BaCe 1- x- z Zr x Y z O 3- d Proton Conductors for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). ECS Transactions, 7 [1] (2007) C. Veranitisagul, A. Laobuthee, E. Traversa, N. Koonsaeng Preparation of Gadolinia Doped Ceria (GDC) Powder from Metal- Organic Complex Method for Electrolyte Membrane in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell.

14 In Proceedings of Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference PACCON 2008, ed. W. Parasuk, Bangkok, 2008, Vol. 1, pp T. Rakthin, C. Veranitisagul, N. Koonsaeng, E. Traversa, A. Laobuthee Preparation of Ceria Powder via Metal- Organic Complex Method. In Proceedings of Pure and Applied Chemistry International Conference PACCON 2008, ed. W. Parasuk, Bangkok, 2008, Vol. 1, pp L. Chevallier, E. Di Bartolomeo, E. Traversa Exhaust Gas Electrochemical Sensors with an Nb 2 O 5 Sensing Electrode. ECS Transactions, 11 [33] (2008) E. Fabbri, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, E.D. Wachsman Composite Cathodes on Barium Cerate Proton Conducting Electrolyte for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). In Solid- State Ionics , ed. by E. Traversa, T.R. Armstrong, K. Eguchi, and M.R. Palacin, MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 1126, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2009, pp C. de Bonis, A. D Epifanio, B. Mecheri, M.L. Di Vona, M. Trombetta, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Hybrid Membranes Based on Aromatic Polymer Blends for Fuel Cell Applications. In Solid- State Ionics , ed. by E. Traversa, T.R. Armstrong, K. Eguchi, and M.R. Palacin, MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 1126, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2009, pp A. D Epifanio, B. Mecheri, F.C. Weise, S. Greenbaum, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia SPEEK- Based Composite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. In Solid- State Ionics , ed. by E. Traversa, T.R. Armstrong, K. Eguchi, and M.R. Palacin, MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 1126, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2009, pp D. Marani, C. Trakanprapai, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama Influence of Titania Morphology on the Electrochemical Properties of Composite Polymer Electrolyte Membranes. In Solid- State Ionics , ed. by E. Traversa, T.R. Armstrong, K. Eguchi, and M.R. Palacin, MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 1126, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2009, pp R.A. Isidoro, B.R. Matos, M.A. Dresch, E.V. Spinacé, M. Linardi, E. Traversa, F.C. Fonseca, E.I. Santiago High Temperature Operation of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells with Nafion- TiO 2 Membranes and PtSn/C Electrocatalysts. ECS Transactions, 25 [1] (2009) Z. Ahmed, B.R. Matos, D.Z. de Florio, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, V. Esposito, E.I. Santiago, F.C. Fonseca Nafion- Mesoporous Silica as Electrolyte for Ethanol Fuel Cells. ECS Transactions, 25 [1] (2009) F. Chen, A. D Epifanio, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, S. Licoccia Nafion- Tin Oxide Composite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. ECS Transactions, 25 [1] (2009) E. Di Bartolomeo, M. Zunic, L. Chevallier, A. D Epifanio, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Fabrication of Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Using Electrophoretic Deposition. ECS Transactions, 25 [2] (2009) A. D Epifanio, E. Fabbri, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Single Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SC- SOFCs) Based on a Proton Conducting Electrolyte. ECS Transactions, 25 [2] (2009) E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Exploring Highly Yttrium Doped Barium Zirconate Proton Conductor Electrolytes for Application in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs). ECS Transactions, 25 [2] (2009) A. Rinaldi, P. Peralta, C. Friesen, D. Nahar, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa, K. Sieradzki Stumbling on Extrinsic Effects in Super- Hard Nanobuttons. In Mechanical Behavior at Small Scales Experiments and Modeling, ed. by J. Lou, E. Lilleodden, B. Boyce, L. Lu, P.M. Derlet, D. Weygand, J. Li, M.D. Uchic, and E. Le Bourhis, MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 1224, Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA, 2010, pp L. Bi, E. Fabbri, E. Traversa Performance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with In- Doped BaZrO 3 Electrolyte Films on Different Anode Substrates. ECS Transactions, 35 [1] (2011) D. Pergolesi, A. Tebano, E. Fabbri, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Pulsed Laser Deposition of Superlattices Based on Ceria and Zirconia. ECS Transactions, 35 [1] (2011) M. Fronzi, A. De Vita, Y. Tateyama, E. Traversa

15 ZrO 2 - CeO 2 Interface Properties: A First Principle Investigation. ECS Transactions, 35 [1] (2011) A.B. Santibáñez- Mendieta, E. Fabbri, S. Licoccia, E. Traversa Soft Chemistry Routes for the Synthesis of Sr 0.02 La 0.98 Nb 0.6 Ta 0.4 O 4 Proton Conductor. ECS Transactions, 35 [1] (2011) E. Fabbri, I. Markus, L. Bi, D. Pergolesi, E. Traversa Exploring Mixed Protonic/Electronic Conducting Oxides as Cathode Materials for Intermediate Temperature SOFCs Based on Proton Conducting Electrolytes. ECS Transactions, 35 [1] (2011) C. De Bonis, A. D Epifanio, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa, M. Miyayama, S. Licoccia Layered Titanates Intercalating Organic Guest Spacers for Organic/Inorganic Proton Conductors. ECS Transactions, 41 [1] (2011) E. Traversa, E. Fabbri Proton Conductors for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). In Functional Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications, ed. by J.A. Kilner, S.J. Skinner, S.J.C. Irvine, and P.P. Edwards, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Oxfoed- Cambridge, UK, 2012, pp (Su invito).