The University of Rome La Sapienza is one of the oldest and largest Universities in Europe and its mission is to contribute to the development of a knowledge society through research, excellence, quality education and international cooperation. The Materials Thermodynamics research group is sited in the Department of Chemistry and can profit from the very wide range of equipment available at lab/department/university levels and can exploit the strong expertise in the battery materials field available within the research staff of the department (active materials synthesis, electrode formulation optimization and manufacture, physico-chemical and electrochemical characterization, advanced materials modeling).