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Alessandro Fortunelli

Alessandro Fortunelli

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Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
14614
World Ranking
6443
National Ranking
98

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
14569
World Ranking
8777
National Ranking
231

Overview

Alessandro Fortunelli is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Materials Science, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry. Their research spans several related subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Catalysis.

The scientist's work involves multiple main topics within Materials Science, notably Catalytic Processes, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion. Other significant areas of research include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications, Machine Learning in Materials Science, 2D Materials and Applications, and Graphene research.

Alessandro Fortunelli has authored numerous papers published in well-known scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • Mechanisms of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on NiFe2O4 and CoFe2O4 Inverse-Spinel Oxides, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts, 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • Chiral Functionalization of an Atomically Precise Noble Metal Cluster: Insights into the Origin of Chirality and Photoluminescence, 2020, ACS Nano
  • The Missing Link: Au191(SPh-tBu)66 Janus Nanoparticle with Molecular and Bulk-Metal-like Properties, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Embedded oxide clusters stabilize sub-2 nm Pt nanoparticles for highly durable fuel cells, 2024, Nature Catalysis

Fortunelli has collaborated frequently with several co-authors within their research network. Prominent co-authors include Luca Sementa, William A. Goddard, Mauro Stener, Giovanni Barcaro, and Thantip Roongcharoen.

Their research outputs have been published predominantly in journals such as The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Faraday Discussions, ACS Nano, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

Best Publications

  • Ultrafine jagged platinum nanowires enable ultrahigh mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Mufan Li;Zipeng Zhao;Tao Cheng;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Crossover among structural motifs in transition and noble-metal clusters

    Francesca Baletto;R Ferrando;A Fortunelli;F Montalenti

  • Magic Polyicosahedral Core-Shell Clusters

    G Rossi;A Rapallo;C Mottet;A Fortunelli

  • Global optimization of bimetallic cluster structures. I. Size-mismatched Ag–Cu, Ag–Ni, and Au–Cu systems

    Arnaldo Rapallo;Giulia Rossi;Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Au133(SPh-tBu)52 Nanomolecules: X-ray Crystallography, Optical, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Analysis

    Amala Dass;Shevanuja Theivendran;Praneeth Reddy Nimmala;Chanaka Kumara

  • Searching for the optimum structures of alloy nanoclusters

    Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli;Roy L. Johnston

  • Quantum effects on the structure of pure and binary metallic nanoclusters

    Riccardo Ferrando;A. Fortunelli A.;Giulia Rossi

  • Global optimization of bimetallic cluster structures. II. Size-matched Ag-Pd, Ag-Au, and Pd-Pt systems.

    Giulia Rossi;Riccardo Ferrando;Arnaldo Rapallo;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Growth and Surface Structure of Zinc Oxide Layers on a Pd(111) Surface

    Gunther Weirum;G Barcaro;A Fortunelli;Frederik Weber

  • Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

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  • Structure-property relationship and chemical aspects of oxide-metal hybrid nanostructures.

    Svetlozar Surnev;Alessandro Fortunelli;Falko P. Netzer

  • Mechanisms of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction on NiFe2O4 and CoFe2O4 Inverse-Spinel Oxides

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  • Theoretical Studies of Palladium−Gold Nanoclusters: Pd−Au Clusters with up to 50 Atoms

    Faye Pittaway;Lauro Oliver Paz-Borbón;Roy L. Johnston;Haydar Arslan

  • Au24(SAdm)16 Nanomolecules: X-ray Crystal Structure, Theoretical Analysis, Adaptability of Adamantane Ligands to Form Au23(SAdm)16 and Au25(SAdm)16, and Its Relation to Au25(SR)18

    David Crasto;Giovanni Barcaro;Mauro Stener;Luca Sementa

  • Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics for Ammonia Synthesis on the Fe(111) Surface.

    Jin Qian;Qi An;Qi An;Alessandro Fortunelli;Robert J. Nielsen

  • Computational Approaches to the Chemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide

    Daojian Cheng;Fabio R. Negreiros;Edoardo Aprà;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Structural motifs, mixing, and segregation effects in 38-atom binary clusters

    Lauro Oliver Paz-Borbón;Roy L. Johnston;Giovanni Barcaro;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Electrical properties of graphene-metal contacts

    Teresa Cusati;Gianluca Fiori;Amit Gahoi;Amit Gahoi;Vikram Passi;Vikram Passi

  • Validation of self‐consistent hybrid density functionals for the study of structural and electronic characteristics of organic π radicals

    Carlo Adamo;Vincenzo Barone;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Size-dependent selectivity and activity of silver nanoclusters in the partial oxidation of propylene to propylene oxide and acrolein: A joint experimental and theoretical study

    Luis M. Molina;Sungsik Lee;Kristian Sell;Giovanni Barcaro

  • Amorphization Mechanism of Icosahedral Metal Nanoclusters

    Edoardo Apra;Francesca Baletto;Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Density-functional global optimization of gold nanoclusters

    Edoardo Aprà;Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Barcaro
Giovanni Barcaro National Research Council (CNR)
Mauro Stener
Mauro Stener University of Trieste
Riccardo Ferrando
Riccardo Ferrando University of Genoa
Falko P. Netzer
Falko P. Netzer University of Graz
Amala Dass
Amala Dass University of Mississippi
Edoardo Aprà
Edoardo Aprà Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
Giuseppe Iannaccone
Giuseppe Iannaccone University of Pisa
Gianluca Fiori
Gianluca Fiori University of Pisa
Roy L. Johnston
Roy L. Johnston University of Birmingham

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