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centro ricerche fiat (italy)

Contacts: asya.mazzucco2@external.crf.it

Web-site: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stellantis

LAB and RESEARCH

CRF – Fiat Research Center

CRF is an affiliate of Stellantis N.V. Group, a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation formed in 2021 on the basis of a 50-50 cross-border merger between the Italian-American Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the French PSA Group. CRF, headquartered in Orbassano (Turin) with other branch sites in Italy, was established in 1978 and is a private industrial research organisation having the mission to promote, develop and transfer innovation for providing competitiveness to its clients and partners, including the different Stellantis affiliates, automotive suppliers, and national and international research agencies. CRF attains this objective by focusing on the development of innovative products and advanced methodologies. Priority areas of R&D include electrification activities on hybrid and electric vehicles, Environment, Safety, Well-Being, Sustainable Growth.

To cover a relatively broad spectrum of technologies, CRF has developed a global network of contacts and has been an active participant in national and regional projects, and projects within R&D programmes of the EU.

CRF mission is to:

• develop and transfer innovative powertrains, vehicle systems, materials, processes and methodologies together with innovation expertise to improve the competitiveness of Stellantis products

• represent Stellantis in European and National collaborative research programs, joining pre-competitive projects

• support Stellantis in the protection and enhancement of intellectual property

EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENT

MULTICHANNEL POTENTIOSTAT

Equipped for advanced electrochemical testing of batteries, including cyclers with climatic chambers for cycling and calendar aging, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), particle size analysis, and BET surface area measurement.

VERSA CO2 LASER

Comprehensive material characterization with SEM/FIB/EDAX, XRF, ICP-OES, DSC, TGA-IR, GC-MS, and ion chromatography for in-depth chemical, thermal, and structural analysis.

PEOPLE and LIFE

Senior Researcher

Asya Mazzucco

Asya Mazzucco holds a degree in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD with Honours in Chemical and Material Sciences at University of Turin. Currently working as a Battery Researcher at CRF – Centro Ricerche Fiat, she specializes in the research and development of advanced lithium-ion battery technologies, including next-generation solid-state batteries.

At CRF, Asya performs electrochemical testing of both conventional (Gen3) and all-solid-state (Gen4) lithium-ion cells, applying techniques such as Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), cycling and calendar ageing studies, and C-rate performance evaluation. She also assembles EL-Cell PAT cells and coin cells in full and half-cell configurations to characterize cathode and anode materials. An expert in material characterization, she investigates cathodes, anodes, separators, electrolytes, and binders using a range of analytical methods, with particular expertise in X-ray Diffraction (XRD).

She is also involved in dissemination activities and coordinate European Project activities for SOLID and HyMetBat.

Senior Researcher

Giovanna nicol

She graduated in Physics at the University of Turin and is currently working in CRF as specialist in material science and engineering related topics such as automotive catalysts, battery technologies and materials. She has participated in various research activities from lab-scale characterization of materials to modelling and has been responsible for CRF contributions in several EU funded projects. Currently she holds the position of Senior Researcher, focusing on the study and characterization of battery materials and is involved in the H-Europe projects: SIGNE, SOLID, CRUSADE.

Senior Researcher

Mattia Giuliano

Graduated in Environmental Chemistry with honor with a PhD project in Chemical and Material Science, since 2017 he is working in CRF, covering different positions on different technical topics related to the automotive field (catalysts, batteries, product development) Here, he had the chance to face up many different topics concerned the characterization and validation of materials, for R&D and routine activities. Furthermore, he submit and followed several EU funded project.

Currently he is covering a global position as technical reference in Stellantis group for the material for Li-ion batteries, with direct involvement in discussions related to the active materials and associated raw materials, managing also a laboratory dedicated to the validation and evaluation of these type of material.

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