Mahmoud Zendehdel

Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry & Professor of Chemistry and Nanotechnology With 18+ years of experience across electrochemistry, photochemistry, materials science, petrochemistry, crystallography, and thin-film PVs. I especially work on innovative systems and holds 14 patents spanning hi-tech materials, EC CO2-to-fuels, methane-to-methanol/olefin, EC gas desulfurization, water-based polymers, methanol separation membranes, large-scale nanomaterials, nanocomposites, perovskite PVs, and natural sweetener crystallization. I have coordinated 7 projects: natural gas desulfurization (TRL 7), ambient methane-to-methanol reactors (TRL 7), electrochromic photonic mirrors (TRL 5), EC methane-to-olefin systems (TRL 6), optic nanocrystalline slurries (TRL 7), EC CO2-to-methanol (TRL 5), and PV-PC-EC atmospheric CO2-to-methanol (TRL 4). Currently CRO/CAO of Iritaly Trading Company S.r.l., I manage SUNPEROM (Horizon Europe/EIC 101223212), NEXTCCUS (ERA-NET ACT 2021), and the CHOH-D project. Concurrently, I also work as Senior Scientist at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Electronics Engineering) with focus research on thin film PVs. In particular in ITC company in Italy we invented a new class of low-dimensional crystalline structures which led us to achieve super stable perovskite solar modules (published stability record in Nature Energy) for bot terrestrial and space applications (full technology for automatic fabrication reached TRL6). In addition we invented selective piezoelectrocatalysts and relevant ultra-low-cost tubular electrodes for direct CO2 capture and electroreduction to methanol and ethylene at standard ambient temperature and pressure (more than 70% FE). This technology is also advanced to TRL7 via industrial symbiosis with large Italian steel manufacturers.