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Javier Pérez-Ramírez

Javier Pérez-Ramírez

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Chemistry
Switzerland
2026
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Materials Science
Switzerland
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
134
Citations
67213
World Ranking
265
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2014 - Beilby Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Javier Pérez-Ramírez is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has an extensive research portfolio focused primarily on materials science and chemical engineering. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, catalysis, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, organic chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research extensively covers catalytic processes, with key topics including:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis

Notable recent publications demonstrate the breadth of their expertise and contribution to the field:

  • Single-Atom Catalysts across the Periodic Table, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Core-shell structured catalysts for thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic conversion of CO2, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution, 2020, Nature
  • Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Catalytic processing of plastic waste on the rise, 2021, Chem

Their frequent co-authors include: Sharon Mitchell, Núria López, Antonio J. Martín, Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, and Frank Krumeich.

Publications have appeared in a range of scientific venues, with several in high-profile journals and repositories. The most frequent venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis
  • ChemSusChem

Javier Pérez-Ramírez has been recognized with awards such as the Beilby Medal and Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Pore size determination in modified micro- and mesoporous materials. Pitfalls and limitations in gas adsorption data analysis

    Johan C Groen;Louk A.A Peffer;Javier Pérez-Ramı́rez

  • Status and perspectives of CO2 conversion into fuels and chemicals by catalytic, photocatalytic and electrocatalytic processes

    Evgenii V. Kondratenko;Guido Mul;Jonas Baltrusaitis;Gastón O. Larrazábal

  • Hierarchical zeolites: enhanced utilisation of microporous crystals in catalysis by advances in materials design.

    Javier Pérez-Ramírez;Claus H. Christensen;Kresten Egeblad;Christina H. Christensen

  • Single-Atom Catalysts across the Periodic Table.

    Selina K Kaiser;Zupeng Chen;Dario Faust Akl;Sharon Mitchell

  • Indium Oxide as a Superior Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis by CO2 Hydrogenation.

    Oliver Martin;Antonio J. Martín;Cecilia Mondelli;Sharon Mitchell

  • A Stable Single-Site Palladium Catalyst for Hydrogenations

    Gianvito Vilé;Davide Albani;Maarten Nachtegaal;Zupeng Chen

  • Direct Demonstration of Enhanced Diffusion in Mesoporous ZSM-5 Zeolite Obtained via Controlled Desilication

    Johan C Groen;Weidong Zhu;Sander Brouwer;Steven J Huynink

  • Design of hierarchical zeolite catalysts by desilication

    Danny Verboekend;Javier Pérez-Ramírez

  • Core–shell structured catalysts for thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic conversion of CO2

    Sonali Das;Javier Pérez-Ramírez;Javier Pérez-Ramírez;Jinlong Gong;Nikita Dewangan

  • Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution.

    Hong Nhan Nong;Hong Nhan Nong;Lorenz J. Falling;Arno Bergmann;Malte Klingenhof

  • Formation and control of N2O in nitric acid production: Where do we stand today?

    J Pérez-Ramı́rez;F Kapteijn;K Schöffel;J.A Moulijn

  • Status and prospects in higher alcohols synthesis from syngas

    Ho Ting Luk;Cecilia Mondelli;Daniel Curulla Ferré;Joseph A. Stewart

  • Desilication: on the controlled generation of mesoporosity in MFI zeolites

    Johan C. Groen;Jacob A. Moulijn;Javier Pérez-Ramírez

  • Optimal Aluminum-Assisted Mesoporosity Development in MFI Zeolites by Desilication

    Johan C. Groen;Jacobus C. Jansen;Jacob A. Moulijn;Javier Perez-Ramirez

  • Scalable two-step annealing method for preparing ultra-high-density single-atom catalyst libraries

    Xiao Hai;Shibo Xi;Sharon Mitchell;Karim Harrath;Karim Harrath

  • Mechanism of hierarchical porosity development in MFI zeolites by desilication: the role of aluminium as a pore-directing agent.

    Johan C. Groen;Louk A. A. Peffer;Jacob A. Moulijn;Javier Pérez-Ramírez

  • A heterogeneous single-atom palladium catalyst surpassing homogeneous systems for Suzuki coupling.

    Zupeng Chen;Evgeniya Vorobyeva;Sharon J. Mitchell;Edvin Fako

  • Creation of Hollow Zeolite Architectures by Controlled Desilication of Al-Zoned ZSM-5 Crystals

    Johan C. Groen;Torkel Bach;Ulrike Ziese;Anne M. Paulaime-Van Donk

  • Unifying views on catalyst deactivation

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  • Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrogen: From Haber-Bosch to Ammonia Artificial Leaf

    Antonio José Martín;Tatsuya Shinagawa;Javier Pérez-Ramírez

  • Zeolite Catalysts with Tunable Hierarchy Factor by Pore-Growth Moderators

    Javier Pérez-Ramírez;Danny Verboekend;Adriana Bonilla;Sònia Abelló

  • Tailored crystalline microporous materials by post-synthesis modification

    Valentin Valtchev;Gerardo Majano;Svetlana Mintova;Javier Pérez-Ramírez

  • Ein stabiler “Single-site”-Palladiumkatalysator für Hydrierungen

    Gianvito Vilé;Davide Albani;Maarten Nachtegaal;Zupeng Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Núria López
Núria López University of Barcelona
Jacob A. Moulijn
Jacob A. Moulijn Delft University of Technology
Freek Kapteijn
Freek Kapteijn Delft University of Technology
Roland Hauert
Roland Hauert Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Frank Krumeich
Frank Krumeich ETH Zurich
Guido Mul
Guido Mul University of Twente
Evgenii V. Kondratenko
Evgenii V. Kondratenko Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Detre Teschner
Detre Teschner Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

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