The research activity of Dr. Aricò is based on a mixture of basic and applied research, carried out through a multidisciplinary approach. This research has been focused on innovating electrochemical energy conversion technologies through specific knowledge acquired in materials science, micro- and nano-technologies, polymer science and system engineering.
Dr. Aricò has been coordinator and responsible scientifically for several projects including EU projects (11), international projects (3), national projects (8) and industry-funded contracts (16). In particular, he has coordinated five EU projects, three international projects and two national project on fuel cells, electrocatalysis, water electrolysis and power-to-fuel investigating various approaches for coupling renewable power sources with hydrogen and organic fuel electrochemical generation.
The results of these research works have essentially focused on low carbon energy technologies and have been presented at various conferences (>300), several as plenary, invited and keynote lectures (>50).
According to scientometric indexes of the Scopus database, Dr. Aricò has published more than 400 research papers in leading international journals (> 25,000 citations), his h-index is > 75 in Scopus.
Many of his innovative ideas can easily be found especially in the field of renewable hydrogen, fuel cells and electrolysis. His coordination of EU and international projects fuel cells and hydrogen research projects represents also an important contribution to the field.
Dr. A.S. Aricò has been included in the 2016 List of The 150 world Most Cited Scholars in Energy Research by Elsevier Scopus Data.
According to the acquired experience, he has been appointed as SRG representative of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research for the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) at the European Commission for the period 2014-2021 and as SRG representative of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research for the Clean Hydrogen Ju at the European Commission for the period 2011-2027.