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Gianfranco Pacchioni

Gianfranco Pacchioni

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Chemistry
Italy
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
116
Citations
49804
World Ranking
593
National Ranking
13

Gianfranco Pacchioni publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianfranco Pacchioni sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 670 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Gianfranco Pacchioni D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gianfranco Pacchioni sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2009 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Gianfranco Pacchioni is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Energy. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Catalysis.

The scientist's research covers several main topics such as Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications, and ZnO Doping and Properties.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gianfranco Pacchioni include:

  • Giovanni Di Liberto
  • Sergio Tosoni
  • Luis A. Cipriano
  • Gianvito Vilé
  • Farahnaz Maleki

Pacchioni's work has been published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Pacchioni are:

  • Role of Dihydride and Dihydrogen Complexes in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Single-Atom Catalysts, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Universal Principles for the Rational Design of Single Atom Electrocatalysts? Handle with Care, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Azide-Alkyne Click Chemistry over a Heterogeneous Copper-Based Single-Atom Catalyst, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Density Functional Theory Estimate of Halide Perovskite Band Gap: When Spin Orbit Coupling Helps, 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Interfacing Single-Atom Catalysis with Continuous-Flow Organic Electrosynthesis, 2022, Chemical Society Reviews

Gianfranco Pacchioni has been recognized by election to academic societies, including being named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2012 and a Member of the European Academy of Sciences in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of paramagnetic species in N-doped TiO2 powders by EPR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.

    Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni;Stefano Livraghi

  • N-doped TiO2: Theory and experiment

    Cristiana Di Valentin;Emanuele Finazzi;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

  • Origin of photoactivity of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide under visible light.

    Stefano Livraghi;Maria Cristina Paganini;Elio Giamello;Annabella Selloni

  • Increasing Oxide Reducibility: The Role of Metal/Oxide Interfaces in the Formation of Oxygen Vacancies

    Antonio Ruiz Puigdollers;Philomena Schlexer;Sergio Tosoni;Gianfranco Pacchioni

  • Electronic Structure of Defect States in Hydroxylated and Reduced Rutile TiO 2 ( 110 ) Surfaces

    Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

  • Theory of Carbon Doping of Titanium Dioxide

    Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

  • Reduced and n-Type Doped TiO2: Nature of Ti3+ Species

    Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

  • Excess electron states in reduced bulk anatase TiO2: Comparison of standard GGA, GGA+U, and hybrid DFT calculations

    Emanuele Finazzi;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

  • Oxide ultra-thin films on metals: new materials for the design of supported metal catalysts

    Hans-Joachim Freund;Gianfranco Pacchioni

  • Origin of the different photoactivity of N -doped anatase and rutile TiO 2

    Cristiana Di Valentin;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Annabella Selloni

  • Oxygen Vacancy: The Invisible Agent on Oxide Surfaces

    Gianfranco Pacchioni

  • Structural evolution of atomically dispersed Pt catalysts dictates reactivity

    Leo DeRita;Joaquin Resasco;Sheng Dai;Alexey Boubnov

  • Acetylene cyclotrimerization on supported size-selected Pd-n clusters (1 <= n <= 30): one atom is enough!

    S. Abbet;A. Sanchez;U. Heiz;W. D. Schneider

  • Charging of metal atoms on ultrathin MgO/Mo(100) films.

    Gianfranco Pacchioni;Livia Giordano;Matteo Baistrocchi

  • The Nature of Defects in Fluorine-Doped TiO2

    Am Czoska;S Livraghi;M Chiesa;E Giamello

  • Electron transfer at oxide surfaces. The MgO paradigm: from defects to ultrathin films.

    Gianfranco Pacchioni;Hans-Joachim Freund

  • Control of the charge state of metal atoms on thin MgO films.

    Martin Sterrer;Thomas Risse;Umberto Martinez Pozzoni;Livia Giordano

  • Mechanisms responsible for chemical shifts of core-level binding energies and their relationship to chemical bonding

    Paul S Bagus;Francesc Illas;Gianfranco Pacchioni;Fulvio Parmigiani

  • Ab Initio Cluster Model Calculations on the Chemisorption of CO2 and SO2 Probe Molecules on MgO and CaO (100) Surfaces. A Theoretical Measure of Oxide Basicity

    Gianfranco Pacchioni;Josep M. Ricart;Francesc Illas

  • Chemisorption and Reactivity on Supported Clusters and Thin Films

    Richard M. Lambert;Gianfranco Pacchioni

Frequent Co-Authors

Livia Giordano
Livia Giordano University of Milano-Bicocca
Cristiana Di Valentin
Cristiana Di Valentin University of Milano-Bicocca
Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Francesc Illas
Francesc Illas University of Barcelona
Elio Giamello
Elio Giamello University of Turin
Notker Rösch
Notker Rösch Technical University of Munich
Paul S. Bagus
Paul S. Bagus University of North Texas
Anna Maria Ferrari
Anna Maria Ferrari University of Turin
Niklas Nilius
Niklas Nilius Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Piercarlo Fantucci
Piercarlo Fantucci University of Milano-Bicocca

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