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Paolo P. Pescarmona

Paolo P. Pescarmona

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
8768
World Ranking
16320
National Ranking
286

Overview

Paolo P. Pescarmona is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and focuses on research intersecting engineering, materials science, and chemistry. Their work spans several subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy and sustainability, inorganic chemistry, process chemistry and technology, and mechanical engineering.

Their research covers multiple main topics centered on the utilization and transformation of carbon dioxide. These include:

  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide capture technologies
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Zeolite catalysis and synthesis
  • Catalysis for biomass conversion
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Fuel cells and related materials

Pescarmona has contributed to various scientific venues, demonstrating a focus on sustainable and green chemistry approaches. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Green Chemistry
  • Journal of CO2 Utilization
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Materials Today Chemistry
  • ChemCatChem

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on catalytic processes for CO2 conversion and materials synthesis. Key publications include:

  • "Zeolites as Selective Adsorbents for CO2 Separation", 2023, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "Cyclic carbonates synthesised from CO2: Applications, challenges and recent research trends", 2021, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
  • "Efficient and Easily Reusable Metal-Free Heterogeneous Catalyst Beads for the Conversion of CO2 into Cyclic Carbonates in the Presence of Water as Hydrogen-Bond Donor", 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • "WO3-SiO2 nanomaterials synthesized using a novel template-free method in supercritical CO2 as heterogeneous catalysts for epoxidation with H2O2", 2020, Materials Today Chemistry
  • "Highly-accessible, doped TiO2 nanoparticles embedded at the surface of SiO2 as photocatalysts for the degradation of pollutants under visible and UV radiation", 2021, Applied Catalysis A General

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of Pescarmona's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Petra Rudolf
  • Matteo Miola
  • Dina G. Boer
  • D Gerlach
  • Jort Langerak

Best Publications

  • CO2-fixation into cyclic and polymeric carbonates: Principles and applications

    Aeilke J. Kamphuis;Francesco Picchioni;Paolo P. Pescarmona

  • Metal-free doped carbon materials as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    Nick Daems;Xia Sheng;Ivo F. J. Vankelecom;Paolo P. Pescarmona

  • Challenges in the catalytic synthesis of cyclic and polymeric carbonates from epoxides and CO2

    Paolo P. Pescarmona;Masoumeh Taherimehr

  • Fast and selective sugar conversion to alkyl lactate and lactic acid with bifunctional carbon-silica catalysts.

    Filip de Clippel;Michiel Dusselier;Ruben Van Rompaey;Pieter Vanelderen

  • Zeolites as Selective Adsorbents for CO2 Separation

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  • Cyclic carbonates synthesised from CO2: Applications, challenges and recent research trends

    Paolo P. Pescarmona

  • Highly-efficient conversion of glycerol to solketal over heterogeneous Lewis acid catalysts

    Li Li;Tamás I. Korányi;Bert F. Sels;Paolo P. Pescarmona

  • Green polycarbonates prepared by the copolymerization of CO2 with epoxides

    Masoumeh Taherimehr;Paolo P. Pescarmona

  • Zeolite-catalysed conversion of C3 sugars to alkyl lactates

    Paolo Pescarmona;Kris Pieter Frans Janssen;Chloe Delaet;Christophe Stroobants

  • Selective conversion of trioses to lactates over Lewis acid heterogeneous catalysts

    Li Li;Christophe Stroobants;Kaifeng Lin;Pierre A. Jacobs

  • High activity and switchable selectivity in the synthesis of cyclic and polymeric cyclohexene carbonates with iron amino triphenolate catalysts

    Masoumeh Taherimehr;Syed Muhammad Al-Amsyar;Christopher J. Whiteoak;Arjan W. Kleij

  • Structure and stability of oxygen vacancies on sub-surface, terraces, and low-coordinated surface sites of MgO:: an ab initio study

    Gianfranco Pacchioni;Paolo Pescarmona

  • Oligomeric silsesquioxanes: Synthesis, characterization and selected applications

    Paolo P. Pescarmona;Thomas Maschmeyer

  • High-Resolution Single-Turnover Mapping Reveals Intraparticle Diffusion Limitation in Ti-MCM-41-Catalyzed Epoxidation

    Gert De Cremer;Maarten B. J. Roeffaers;Evelyne Bartholomeeusen;Kaifeng Lin

  • N-doped ordered mesoporous carbons prepared by a two-step nanocasting strategy as highly active and selective electrocatalysts for the reduction of O2 to H2O2

    Xia Sheng;Xia Sheng;Nick Daems;Bart Geboes;Bart Geboes;Mert Kurttepeli

  • Direct room-temperature synthesis of methyl-functionalized Ti-MCM-41 nanoparticles and their catalytic performance in epoxidation

    Kaifeng Lin;Paolo P. Pescarmona;Kristof Houthoofd;Duoduo Liang

  • New iron pyridylamino-bis(phenolate) catalyst for converting CO2 into cyclic carbonates and cross-linked polycarbonates.

    Masoumeh Taherimehr;João Paulo C.ardoso Costa Sertã;Arjan W. Kleij;Christopher J. Whiteoak

  • Combinatorial chemistry, high‐speed screening and catalysis

    Paolo Pescarmona;JC van der Waal;IE Maxwell;T Maschmeyer

  • Applicability of organic carbonates as green solvents for membrane preparation

    Muhammad Azam Rasool;Paolo P. Pescarmona;Ivo F. J. Vankelecom

  • Selective reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline over electrocatalysts based on nitrogen-doped carbons containing non-noble metals

    Nick Daems;Jonatan Wouters;Cédric Van Goethem;Kitty Baert

  • Synthesis and high-throughput testing of multilayered supported ionic liquid catalysts for the conversion of CO2 and epoxides into cyclic carbonates

    Paola Agrigento;Paola Agrigento;Syed M. Al-Amsyar;Benjamin Sorée;Masoumeh Taherimehr

  • A highly active Zn(salphen) catalyst for production of organic carbonates in a green CO2 medium

    Masoumeh Taherimehr;Antonello Decortes;Syed Muhammad Al-Amsyar;Warunee Lueangchaichaweng

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Maschmeyer
Thomas Maschmeyer University of Sydney
Bert F. Sels
Bert F. Sels KU Leuven
Hero J. Heeres
Hero J. Heeres University of Groningen
Arjan W. Kleij
Arjan W. Kleij Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Francesco Picchioni
Francesco Picchioni University of Groningen
Petra Rudolf
Petra Rudolf University of Groningen

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