Bruno Scrosati, Professor Emeritus, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, passed away on November 5, 2024. “He will be remembered as a true leader and mentor who always combined an authentic and genuine passion for science.” reads the obituary by the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE).

Professor Scrosati was renowned for his work in electrochemical energy conversion and storage, and was among the pioneers of lithium battery technology.

 

Bruno Scrosati, born in  Ortisei (St. Ulrich in Gröden), Italy, in 1937, studied chemistry at La Sapienza University in Rome and the University of Illinois, USA, earning his Ph.D. from La Sapienza in 1969. In 1970 and 1971, he worked as a visiting scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, USA, and since 1980, he served as a professor of electrochemistry at La Sapienza in Rome.

Bruno Scrosati held several prestigious positions, including President of the International Society for Solid State Ionics (ISSI) from 1989 to 1991, President of the Italian Chemical Society (Società Chimica Italiana, SCI) from 1996 to 1998, and President of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) from 2003 to 2004.

Among many other honors, Bruno Scrosati received 1997 the ECS Battery Division Research Award and 2003/2004 the Italgas Science and Environment Prize.

 

Selected Publications

• Advances in lithium-ion batteries (Eds: Walter A. van Schalkwijk, Bruno Scrosati), SpringerNature, Chester, UK 2002. https://doi.org/10.1007/b113788
• Ulderico Ulissi, Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Sangsik Jeong, Franziska Mueller, Jakub Reiter, Nikolaos Tsiouvaras, Yang‐Kook Sun, Bruno Scrosati, Stefano Passerini, Jusef Hassoun, Low‐Polarization Lithium–Oxygen Battery Using [DEME][TFSI] Ionic Liquid Electrolyte, ChemSusChem 2017, 11, 229–236. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201701696
• Maria Assunta Navarra, Kanae Fujimura, Mirko Sgambetterra, Akiko Tsurumaki, Stefania Panero, Nobuhumi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Ohno, Bruno Scrosati, New Ether‐functionalized Morpholinium‐ and Piperidinium‐based Ionic Liquids as Electrolyte Components in Lithium and Lithium–Ion Batteries, ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 2496–2504. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201700346
• Giuseppe Antonio Elia, Ulderico Ulissi, Franziska Mueller, Jakub Reiter, Nikolaos Tsiouvaras, Yang‐Kook Sun, Bruno Scrosati, Stefano Passerini, Jusef Hassoun, A Long‐Life Lithium Ion Battery with Enhanced Electrode/Electrolyte Interface by Using an Ionic Liquid Solution, Chemistry – A European Journal 2016, 22, 6808–6814. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201505192
• Irene Osada, Henrik de Vries, Bruno Scrosati, Stefano Passerini, Ionic‐Liquid‐Based Polymer Electrolytes for Battery Applications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 55, 500–513. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201504971
• Advances in battery technologies for electric vehicles (Eds: Bruno Scrosati, Jürgen Garche, Werner Tillmetz), Elsevier, The Netherlands, UK 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2014-0-02665-2
• Lithium Batteries: Advanced Technologies and Applications (Eds: Bruno Scrosati, Kuzhikalail M. Abraham, Walter A. van Schalkwijk, Jusef Hassoun), John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, USA 2013.
• Bruno Scrosati, Jusef Hassoun, Yang-Kook Sun, Lithium-ion batteries. A look into the future, Energy & Environmental Science 2011, 4(9), 3287–3295. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ee01388
• Bruno Scrosati, Jürgen Garche, Lithium batteries: Status, prospects and future, Journal of Power Sources 2010, 195(9), 2419–2430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.11.048
• Encyclopedia of electrochemical power sources (Eds. Jürgen Garche, Chris K. Dyer, Patrick T. Moseley, Zempachi Ogumi, David A. J. Rand, Bruno Scrosati), Ed. 1., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009.
• Michel Armand, Frank Endres, Douglas R. MacFarlane, Hiroyuki Ohno, Bruno Scrosati, Ionic-liquid materials for the electrochemical challenges of the future, Nature Materials 2009, 8(8), 621–629. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2448
• Peter G. Bruce, Bruno Scrosati, Jean-Marie Tarascon, Nanomaterials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47(16), 2930–2946. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200702505
• Antonino Salvatore Aricò, Peter G. Bruce, Bruno Scrosati, Jean-Marie Tarascon, Walter van Schalkwijk, Nanostructured materials for advanced energy conversion and storage devices, Nature Materials 2005, 366–377. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1368
• F. Croce, Giovanni Battista Appetecchi, L. Persi, Bruno Scrosati, Nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries, Nature 1998, 456–458, https://doi.org/10.1038/28818
• Modern Batteries: An Introduction to Electrochemical Power Sources (Eds: Colin Angus Vincent, Bruno Scrosati). Arnold; Butterworth-Heinemann; Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1997. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-340-66278-6.X5000-1