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UAE
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18369
World Ranking
5535
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in United Arab Emirates Leader Award

Overview

Giovanni Palmisano is affiliated with Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates. Their research primarily spans the fields of Energy and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Materials Chemistry. Additional subfields include Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

Their work concentrates on advanced topics within photocatalysis and catalysis, particularly in areas such as Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Copper-based nanomaterials and applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Industrial Gas Emission Control, and Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis.

Recent publications by Palmisano include:

  • "A review of material aspects in developing direct Z-scheme photocatalysts" (2021, Materials Today)
  • "Current and future perspectives on catalytic-based integrated carbon capture and utilization" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Synthesis and Surface Modification of TiO2-Based Photocatalysts for the Conversion of CO2" (2020, Catalysts)
  • "Multilayer thin film structures for multifunctional glass: Self-cleaning, antireflective and energy-saving properties" (2020, Applied Energy)
  • "3D printed photocatalytic feed spacers functionalized with β-FeOOH nanorods inducing pollutant degradation and membrane cleaning capabilities in water treatment" (2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Palmisano include Samar Al Jitan, Corrado Garlisi, Ahmed Yusuf, Khalid Al-Ali, and Marica Muscetta.

Their work appears predominantly in publication venues such as the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, SSRN Electronic Journal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, and Catalysis Today.

Best Publications

  • Flexible solar cells

    Mario Pagliaro;Rosaria Ciriminna;Giovanni Palmisano

  • High thermal and chemical stability in pyrazolate-bridged metal–organic frameworks with exposed metal sites

    Valentina Colombo;Valentina Colombo;Simona Galli;Hye Jin Choi;Hye Jin Choi;Ggoch Ddeul Han;Ggoch Ddeul Han

  • Photocatalysis: a promising route for 21st century organic chemistry

    Giovanni Palmisano;Vincenzo Augugliaro;Mario Pagliaro;Leonardo Palmisano

  • Nanostructured rutile TiO2 for selective photocatalytic oxidation of aromatic alcohols to aldehydes in water.

    Sedat Yurdakal;Giovanni Palmisano;Vittorio Loddo;Vincenzo Augugliaro

  • Oxidation of Alcohols with o-Iodoxybenzoic Acid in DMSO: A New Insight into an Old Hypervalent Iodine Reagent

    Marco Frigerio;Marco Santagostino;Simona Sputore;Giovanni Palmisano

  • Advances in selective conversions by heterogeneous photocatalysis.

    Giovanni Palmisano;Elisa García-López;Giuseppe Marcì;Vittorio Loddo

  • Overview on oxidation mechanisms of organic compounds by TiO2 in heterogeneous photocatalysis

    Vincenzo Augugliaro;Marianna Bellardita;Vittorio Loddo;Giovanni Palmisano

  • A review of material aspects in developing direct Z-scheme photocatalysts

    Xuan Li;Corrado Garlisi;Qiangshun Guan;Shoaib Anwer

  • [Gd-AAZTA]-: a new structural entry for an improved generation of MRI contrast agents.

    Silvio Aime;Luisella Calabi;Camilla Cavallotti;Eliana Gianolio

  • Metal-organic frameworks for photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible radiation: A review of strategies and applications

    Ismail Issa Alkhatib;Corrado Garlisi;Mario Pagliaro;Khalid Al-Ali

  • Tuning the adsorption properties of isoreticular pyrazolate-based metal-organic frameworks through ligand modification.

    Valentina Colombo;Carmen Montoro;Angelo Maspero;Giovanni Palmisano

  • An asymmetric approach to coumarin anticoagulants via hetero-Diels–Alder cycloaddition

    Giancarlo Cravotto;Gian Mario Nano;Giovanni Palmisano;Silvia Tagliapietra

  • Photocatalytic Selective Oxidation of 4-Methoxybenzyl Alcohol to Aldehyde in Aqueous Suspension of Home-Prepared Titanium Dioxide Catalyst

    Giovanni Palmisano;Sedat Yurdakal;Vincenzo Augugliaro;Vittorio Loddo

  • Selective photocatalytic oxidation of 4-substituted aromatic alcohols in water with rutile TiO2 prepared at room temperature

    Sedat Yurdakal;Sedat Yurdakal;Giovanni Palmisano;Vittorio Loddo;Oğuzhan Alagöz

  • Ternary Gd(III)L-HSA adducts: evidence for the replacement of inner-sphere water molecules by coordinating groups of the protein. Implications for the design of contrast agents for MRI.

    S. Aime;E. Gianolio;E. Terreno;G. B. Giovenzana

  • BIPV: merging the photovoltaic with the construction industry

    Mario Pagliaro;Rosaria Ciriminna;Giovanni Palmisano

  • One-pot electrocatalytic oxidation of glycerol to DHA

    Rosaria Ciriminna;Giovanni Palmisano;Cristina Della Pina;Michele Rossi

  • High-intensity ultrasound and microwave, alone or combined, promote Pd/C-catalyzed aryl–aryl couplings

    Giancarlo Cravotto;Marina Beggiato;Andrea Penoni;Giovanni Palmisano

  • Azomethine ylide cycloaddition/reductive heterocyclization approach to oxindole alkaloids: asymmetric synthesis of (-)-horsfiline.

    Giancarlo Cravotto;Giovanni Battista Giovenzana;Tullio Pilati;Massimo Sisti

  • Adsorption of Harmful Organic Vapors by Flexible Hydrophobic Bis-pyrazolate Based MOFs

    S. Galli;N. Masciocchi;V. Colombo;A. Maspero

  • Cubic octanuclear Ni(II) clusters in highly porous polypyrazolyl-based materials.

    Norberto Masciocchi;Simona Galli;Valentina Colombo;Angelo Maspero

Frequent Co-Authors

Giancarlo Cravotto
Giancarlo Cravotto University of Turin
Vincenzo Augugliaro
Vincenzo Augugliaro University of Palermo
Vittorio Loddo
Vittorio Loddo University of Palermo
Leonardo Palmisano
Leonardo Palmisano University of Palermo
Mario Pagliaro
Mario Pagliaro National Research Council (CNR)
Rosaria Ciriminna
Rosaria Ciriminna National Research Council (CNR)
Giovanni Appendino
Giovanni Appendino University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Norberto Masciocchi
Norberto Masciocchi University of Insubria
Silvio Aime
Silvio Aime University of Turin
Simona Galli
Simona Galli University of Insubria

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