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Vincenzo Esposito is a full professor at DTU Energy. He has built a distinguished career at renowned institutions, including Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, the University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” the University of Florida, and the Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN) in Brazil.
He has been working on defective metal oxides for over 15 years. His research focuses on functional inorganic nanomaterials and their processing for energy applications, such as catalysis, gas separation membranes, and fuel cells. Prof. Esposito is a recognized expert in electro-chemo-mechanical functional materials, with an extensive publication record, including articles in leading journals such as Nature and Science.
Prof. Esposito has led numerous projects on metal oxide processing, thin-film design, and the fabrication of nanomaterials for energy conversion. Internationally, he is considered a pioneer in the oxygen-defective ionic design of nanoscale functional metal oxides, contributing to EU projects, patents, books, and a roadmap article.
In the PIEZO2D project, Prof. Esposito aims to investigate the properties of ferroionic materials at the nanoscale. Since 2015, he has been at the forefront of ferroionics research, with three completed projects in the field. His group possesses extensive expertise in developing and testing ferroionic components and modeling their properties. The group is equipped with four state-of-the-art pulsed laser deposition (PLD) systems and two sputtering units, all featuring in-situ analytical capabilities.
The Piezo2D project is financed by the European Union under the HORIZON.1.2 – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), topic HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01 – MSCA Staff Exchanges 2022 (project number 101131229)
