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Paolo Fornasiero

Paolo Fornasiero

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Chemistry
Italy
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
108
Citations
43969
World Ranking
870
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Paolo Fornasiero is a researcher affiliated with the University of Trieste in Italy. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Energy and Materials Science, with significant publication activity in subfields such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, and Catalysis.

Their research emphasizes topics including Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells, and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications.

Fornasiero has contributed to several scientific journals, with frequent publications in these venues:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • ChemSusChem
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta
  • ACS Nano

Their co-authorship network includes collaborations with notable researchers such as:

  • Michele Melchionna
  • Tiziano Montini
  • Maurizio Prato
  • Giacomo Filippini
  • Radek Zbořil

Among recent publications, important papers include:

  • "Carbon-Based Single-Atom Catalysts for Advanced Applications" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "Updates on the Roadmap for Photocatalysis" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "Single-Atom (Iron-Based) Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications" (2021) in Chemical Reviews
  • "Single-Atom Catalysts: A Sustainable Pathway for the Advanced Catalytic Applications" (2021) in Small
  • "Nb2O5-Based Photocatalysts" (2021) in Advanced Science

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals and Catalytic Applications of CeO2-Based Materials

    Tiziano Montini;Michele Melchionna;Matteo Monai;Paolo Fornasiero

  • Use of CeO2-based oxides in the three-way catalysis

    Jan Kaspar;Paolo Fornasiero;Mauro Graziani

  • Catalysis by Ceria and Related Materials

    Alessandro Trovarelli;Paolo Fornasiero

  • Automotive catalytic converters: current status and some perspectives

    Jan Kašpar;Paolo Fornasiero;Neal Hickey

  • Electron localization determines defect formation on ceria substrates.

    Friedrich Esch;Stefano Fabris;Ling Zhou;Tiziano Montini

  • Control of Metal Nanocrystal Size Reveals Metal-Support Interface Role for Ceria Catalysts

    Matteo Cargnello;Matteo Cargnello;Vicky V. T. Doan-Nguyen;Thomas R. Gordon;Rosa E. Diaz

  • Rh-Loaded CeO2-ZrO2 Solid-Solutions as Highly Efficient Oxygen Exchangers: Dependence of the Reduction Behavior and the Oxygen Storage Capacity on the Structural-Properties

    P. Fornasiero;R. Dimonte;G.R. Rao;J. Kaspar

  • Exceptional Activity for Methane Combustion over Modular Pd@CeO2 Subunits on Functionalized Al2O3

    Matteo Cargnello;J. J. Delgado Jaén;J. C. Hernández Garrido;K. Bakhmutsky

  • Nonaqueous Synthesis of TiO2 Nanocrystals Using TiF4 to Engineer Morphology, Oxygen Vacancy Concentration, and Photocatalytic Activity

    Thomas R. Gordon;Matteo Cargnello;Taejong Paik;Filippo Mangolini

  • Modification of the Redox Behaviour of CeO2Induced by Structural Doping with ZrO2

    P. Fornasiero;G. Balducci;R. Di Monte;J. Kašpar

  • Carbon-Based Single-Atom Catalysts for Advanced Applications

    Manoj B. Gawande;Manoj B. Gawande;Paolo Fornasiero;Radek Zbořil

  • Photocatalytic Hydrogen production: A rift into the future energy supply

    Konstantinos C. Christoforidis;Konstantinos C. Christoforidis;Paolo Fornasiero

  • N-Doped Graphitized Carbon Nanohorns as a Forefront Electrocatalyst in Highly Selective O 2 Reduction to H 2 O 2

    Daniel Iglesias;Angela Giuliani;Michele Melchionna;Silvia Marchesan

  • Catalytic applications in the production of biodiesel from vegetable oils.

    Arumugam Sivasamy;Arumugam Sivasamy;Kien Yoo Cheah;Paolo Fornasiero;Paolo Fornasiero;Francis Kemausuor;Francis Kemausuor

  • Updates on the Roadmap for Photocatalysis

    Michele Melchionna;Paolo Fornasiero

  • Visible-light-driven coproduction of diesel precursors and hydrogen from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans

    Nengchao Luo;Nengchao Luo;Tiziano Montini;Jian Zhang;Paolo Fornasiero

  • Surface Phases and Photocatalytic Activity Correlation of Bi2O3/Bi2O4-x Nanocomposite

    Abdul Hameed;Tiziano Montini;Valentina Gombac;Paolo Fornasiero

  • The Rise of Hydrogen Peroxide as the Main Product by Metal-Free Catalysis in Oxygen Reductions.

    Michele Melchionna;Paolo Fornasiero;Maurizio Prato;Maurizio Prato

  • Next‐Generation Biofuels: Survey of Emerging Technologies and Sustainability Issues

    Sergey Zinoviev;Franziska Müller-Langer;Piyali Das;Piyali Das;Nicolás Bertero

  • Single-Atom (Iron-Based) Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications.

    Baljeet Singh;Manoj B Gawande;Arun D Kute;Rajender S Varma

  • COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDIES OF BULK REDUCTION AND OXYGEN MIGRATION IN CEO2-ZRO2 SOLID SOLUTIONS

    Gabriele Balducci;Jan Kašpar;Paolo Fornasiero;Mauro Graziani

  • Effects of Trivalent Dopants on the Redox Properties of Ce0.6Zr0.4O2Mixed Oxide

    Polona Vidmar;Paolo Fornasiero;Jan Kašpar;Giuseppe Gubitosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiziano Montini
Tiziano Montini University of Trieste
Mauro Graziani
Mauro Graziani University of Trieste
Jan Kašpar
Jan Kašpar University of Trieste
Matteo Cargnello
Matteo Cargnello Stanford University
Maurizio Prato
Maurizio Prato University of Trieste
Raymond J. Gorte
Raymond J. Gorte University of Pennsylvania
Alberto Gasparotto
Alberto Gasparotto University of Padua
Davide Barreca
Davide Barreca University of Padua
Chiara Maccato
Chiara Maccato University of Padua
Francesco Vizza
Francesco Vizza National Research Council (CNR)

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