Researcher developing and testing electrocatalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane electrolyzers
Neethu Varghese is a doctoral researcher working on electrocatalyst development for Anion Exchange Membrane electrolyzers in the lab of Professor Antonio Comite at the University of Genoa. Neethu completed her Bachelor's and Master's in Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. During her Master's thesis, she worked on nanomaterial synthesis for biomedical applications. Her doctoral research, conducted in collaboration with H2Energy SRL, focuses on developing cost-effective and efficient electrocatalysts.
1. 20th Nordic Symposium on Catalysis 2024, 'Electrochemical characterization of NixFe100−x nanoparticles on CeO2 for anion exchange membrane electrolyzers', Stavanger, Norway (June 2024) https://www.20nsc.no
2. Italian-French Chemistry Days 2024, 'NixFe100−x nanoparticles on CeO2 as effective anode catalysts for anion exchange membrane electrolyzers', Turin, Italy (April 2024)
3. European PhD Hydrogen Conference, 'NixFe100−x nanoparticles on CeO2, ZrO2, and T iO2 as effective anode catalysts for anion exchange membrane electrolyzers', Ghent, Belgium (March 2024)
https://ephyc2024.sciencesconf.org
4. XXIII National Catalysis Congress, 'The Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide on N iF e/CeO2 Catalysts', Genoa, Italy (June 2023)
5. World Hydrogen and Renewables Italy 2023, moderated a panel discussion on 'Integrating Hydrogen & Renewables to Develop the Energy Transition in Italy', Milan, Italy (May 2023)
6. World Electrolysis Congress 2023, moderated a panel discussion on 'Managing Operational Efficiency through effective Balance of Plant', Duesseldorf, Germany (March 2023)
V. Agarwal, Neethu Varghese, S. Dasgupta, A. K. Sood, K. Chatterjee, ’Engineering a 3D M oS2 Foam Using Keratin Exfoliated Nanosheets’ Chemical Engineering Journal 374 (2019)