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Narcís Homs is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a significant body of research contributions primarily in the fields of Medicine and Materials Science. Their work includes investigations in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Infectious Diseases, and Catalysis.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas including Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications.

Frequent publication venues for Narcís Homs include:

  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Internal and Emergency Medicine

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Narcís Homs are:

  • Critical effect of carbon vacancies on the reverse water gas shift reaction over vanadium carbide catalysts, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • The prevalence and incidence rate of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Autoimmunity Reviews
  • Engineered MoxC/TiO2 interfaces for efficient noble metal-free photocatalytic hydrogen production, 2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Beneficial and harmful outcomes of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
  • Medium-pressure hydrogen storage on activated carbon derived from biomass conversion, 2024, Fuel

Narcís Homs commonly collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors including Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina, Arturo Pajares, Manuel Rubio-Rivas, Xavier Corbella, and José María Mora-Luján, reflecting a multidisciplinary network in both clinical and materials science research.

Best Publications

  • Efficient Production of Hydrogen over Supported Cobalt Catalysts from Ethanol Steam Reforming

    Jordi Llorca;Narcı́s Homs;Joaquim Sales;Pilar Ramı́rez de la Piscina

  • CO-free hydrogen from steam-reforming of bioethanol over ZnO-supported cobalt catalysts

    Jordi Llorca;Pilar Ramı́rez de la Piscina;Jean-Alain Dalmon;Joaquim Sales

  • Use of biofuels to produce hydrogen (reformation processes)

    Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina;Narcís Homs

  • Highly effective conversion of CO2 to methanol over supported and promoted copper-based catalysts: influence of support and promoter

    Jamil Toyir;Pilar Ramı́rez de la Piscina;José Luis G Fierro;Narcı́s Homs

  • Effect of sodium addition on the performance of Co-ZnO-based catalysts for hydrogen production from bioethanol

    Jordi Llorca;Narcı́s Homs;Joaquim Sales;José-Luis G Fierro

  • In situ DRIFT-mass spectrometry study of the ethanol steam-reforming reaction over carbonyl-derived Co/ZnO catalysts

    Jordi Llorca;Narcís Homs;Pilar Ramirez de la Piscina

  • Direct production of hydrogen from ethanolic aqueous solutions over oxide catalysts

    Jordi Llorca;Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina;Joaquim Sales;Narcís Homs

  • Catalytic performance for CO2 conversion to methanol of gallium-promoted copper-based catalysts: influence of metallic precursors

    Jamil Toyir;Pilar Ramı́rez de la Piscina;José Luis G Fierro;Narcı́s Homs

  • Low-temperature steam-reforming of ethanol over ZnO-supported Ni and Cu catalysts: The effect of nickel and copper addition to ZnO-supported cobalt-based catalysts

    Narcís Homs;Jordi Llorca;Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina

  • In situ magnetic characterisation of supported cobalt catalysts under steam-reforming of ethanol

    Jordi Llorca;Jean-Alain Dalmon;Pilar Ramı́rez de la Piscina;Narcı́s Homs

  • Oxidative steam-reforming of ethanol over Co/SiO2, Co–Rh/SiO2 and Co–Ru/SiO2 catalysts: Catalytic behavior and deactivation/regeneration processes

    Evandro B. Pereira;Narcís Homs;Salvador Martí;J.L.G. Fierro

  • Transformation of Co3O4 during Ethanol Steam-Re-forming. Activation Process for Hydrogen Production

    Jordi Llorca;Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina;‡ and Jean-Alain Dalmon;Narcís Homs

  • Supported Pt–Sn catalysts highly selective for isobutane dehydrogenation: preparation, characterization and catalytic behavior

    J Llorca;N Homs;J León;J Sales

  • Microcalorimetric and Infrared Studies of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde Adsorption to Investigate the Ethanol Steam Reforming on Supported Cobalt Catalysts

    José M. Guil;Narcís Homs;and Jordi Llorca;Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina

  • Effective and Highly Selective CO Generation from CO2 Using a Polycrystalline α-Mo2C Catalyst

    Xianyun Liu;Christian Kunkel;Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina;Narcís Homs

  • CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over CuZnGa catalysts prepared using microwave-assisted methods

    Weijie Cai;Pilar Ramirez de la Piscina;Jamil Toyir;Narcis Homs

  • Bimetallic Silica-Supported Catalysts Based on Ni-Sn, Pd-Sn, and Pt-Sn as Materials in the CO Oxidation Reaction.

    J. Arana;P. Ramirez De La Piscina;J. Llorca;J. Sales

  • Development of Hexagonal Closed-Packed Cobalt Nanoparticles Stable at High Temperature

    Víctor A. de la Peña O′Shea;Pilar Ramírez de la Piscina;Narcis Homs;Guillem Aromí

  • Critical effect of carbon vacancies on the reverse water gas shift reaction over vanadium carbide catalysts

    Arturo Pajares;Hèctor Prats;Alexandre Romero;Francesc Viñes

  • Hydrogen production from the steam reforming of bio-butanol over novel supported Co-based bimetallic catalysts.

    Weijie Cai;Pilar Ramirez de la Piscina;Narcis Homs

  • Ethanol reforming processes over ZnO-supported palladium catalysts : Effect of alloy formation

    Albert Casanovas;Jordi Llorca;Narcís Homs;José Luis G. Fierro

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordi Llorca
Jordi Llorca Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
José Luis García Fierro
José Luis García Fierro Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Guerrero-Ruiz
Antonio Guerrero-Ruiz National University of Distance Education
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Ramos
Inmaculada Rodríguez-Ramos Spanish National Research Council
Francesc Borrull
Francesc Borrull Rovira i Virgili University
Andreu Cabot
Andreu Cabot Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano
Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano University of Alicante
Francesc Illas
Francesc Illas University of Barcelona
Francisco Rodríguez-Reinoso
Francisco Rodríguez-Reinoso University of Alicante
Jordi Arbiol
Jordi Arbiol Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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