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2025

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D-Index
87
Citations
22228
World Ranking
2466
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Enrico Tronconi is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemical engineering, with additional engagements in broader engineering disciplines. The scientist's work spans several interconnected subfields, including catalysis, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and computational mechanics.

Their scholarly output reflects a strong emphasis on catalytic processes within materials science, covering topics such as catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysts for methane reforming, heat and mass transfer in porous media, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and nanomaterials for catalytic reactions.

Frequent publication venues for Tronconi's research encompass:

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Catalysis Today
  • ChemCatChem

Frequent collaborators include Isabella Nova, Gianpiero Groppi, Matteo Ambrosetti, Umberto Iacobone, and Nicola Usberti.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Enrico Tronconi include:

  • On the Redox Mechanism of Low-Temperature NH3-SCR over Cu-CHA: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Reduction Half Cycle, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • An experimental and modelling study of the reactivity of adsorbed NH3 in the low temperature NH3-SCR reduction half-cycle over a Cu-CHA catalyst, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Joule-Heated Catalytic Reactors toward Decarbonization and Process Intensification: A Review, 2023, ACS Engineering Au
  • Transient Kinetic Analysis of Low-Temperature NH3-SCR over Cu-CHA Catalysts Reveals a Quadratic Dependence of Cu Reduction Rates on CuII, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Unraveling the Hydrolysis of Z2Cu2+ to ZCu2+(OH) and Its Consequences for the Low-Temperature Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO on Cu-CHA Catalysts, 2021, ACS Catalysis

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of catalytic mechanisms, especially related to ammonia selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and the development of catalysts based on copper-exchanged chabazite (Cu-CHA). Their research contributions also extend to reactor design and process intensification techniques, exemplified by recent work on joule-heated catalytic reactors.

Best Publications

  • The chemistry of the NO/NO2–NH3 “fast” SCR reaction over Fe-ZSM5 investigated by transient reaction analysis

    Antonio Grossale;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi;Daniel Chatterjee

  • NOx Storage Reduction over PtBa/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst

    Luca Lietti;Pio Forzatti;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi

  • Mass-Transfer Characterization of Metallic Foams as Supports for Structured Catalysts

    Leonardo Giani;Gianpiero Groppi;Enrico Tronconi

  • Urea-SCR technology for deNOx after treatment of diesel exhausts

    Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi

  • Reactivity of NO/NO2–NH3 SCR system for diesel exhaust aftertreatment: Identification of the reaction network as a function of temperature and NO2 feed content

    Cristian Ciardelli;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi;Daniel Chatterjee

  • FT-IR and TPD investigation of the NOx storage properties of BaO/Al2O3 and Pt-BaO/Al2O3 catalysts

    F. Prinetto;G. Ghiotti;I. Nova;L. Lietti

  • A comparative study of the NH3-SCR reactions over a Cu-zeolite and a Fe-zeolite catalyst

    Massimo Colombo;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi

  • NH3–NO/NO2 chemistry over V-based catalysts and its role in the mechanism of the Fast SCR reaction

    Isabella Nova;Cristian Ciardelli;Enrico Tronconi;Daniel Chatterjee

  • Redox features in the catalytic mechanism of the “standard” and “fast” NH3-SCR of NOx over a V-based catalyst investigated by dynamic methods

    Enrico Tronconi;Isabella Nova;Cristian Ciardelli;Daniel Chatterjee

  • The deposition of γ-Al2O3 layers on ceramic and metallic supports for the preparation of structured catalysts

    Michela Valentini;Gianpiero Groppi;Cinzia Cristiani;Marinella Levi

  • NOx adsorption study over Pt–Ba/alumina catalysts: FT-IR and pulse experiments

    Isabella Nova;Lidia Castoldi;Luca Lietti;Enrico Tronconi

  • Study of a Fe–zeolite-based system as NH3-SCR catalyst for diesel exhaust aftertreatment

    Antonio Grossale;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi

  • Higher Alcohol Synthesis

    Pio Forzatti;Enrico Tronconi;Italo Pasquon

  • Steam and dry reforming of methane on Rh : Microkinetic analysis and hierarchy of kinetic models

    Matteo Maestri;Matteo Maestri;Dionisios G. Vlachos;Alessandra Beretta;Gianpiero Groppi

  • Adequacy of lumped parameter models for SCR reactors with monolith structure

    Enrico Tronconi;Pio Forzatti

  • A comparison of lumped and distributed models of monolith catalytic combustors

    G. Groppi;A. Belloli;E. Tronconi;P. Forzatti

  • NH3‐SCR of NO over a V‐based catalyst: Low‐T redox kinetics with NH3 inhibition

    Isabella Nova;Cristian Ciardelli;Enrico Tronconi;Daniel Chatterjee

  • Ammonia blocking of the “Fast SCR” reactivity over a commercial Fe-zeolite catalyst for Diesel exhaust aftertreatment

    Antonio Grossale;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi

  • Detailed kinetic modeling of the NH3–NO/NO2 SCR reactions over a commercial Cu-zeolite catalyst for Diesel exhausts after treatment

    Massimo Colombo;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi

  • New insights in the NOx reduction mechanism with H2 over Pt–Ba/γ-Al2O3 lean NOx trap catalysts under near-isothermal conditions

    Isabella Nova;Luca Lietti;Lidia Castoldi;Enrico Tronconi

  • Enhanced NH3 selective catalytic reduction for NOx abatement

    Pio Forzatti;Isabella Nova;Enrico Tronconi

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabella Nova
Isabella Nova Polytechnic University of Milan
Gianpiero Groppi
Gianpiero Groppi Polytechnic University of Milan
Pio Forzatti
Pio Forzatti Polytechnic University of Milan
Luca Lietti
Luca Lietti Polytechnic University of Milan
Cinzia Cristiani
Cinzia Cristiani Polytechnic University of Milan
Guido Busca
Guido Busca University of Genoa
Dionisios G. Vlachos
Dionisios G. Vlachos University of Delaware
Wilhelm Schwieger
Wilhelm Schwieger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Massimo G. Colombo
Massimo G. Colombo Polytechnic University of Milan
Giovanna Ghiotti
Giovanna Ghiotti University of Turin

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