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Sergio Rojas is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Medicine, with significant contributions particularly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Catalysis.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including electrocatalysts for energy conversion, fuel cells and related materials, advanced battery technologies research, catalytic processes in materials science, coronary interventions and diagnostics, acute myocardial infarction research, and catalysts for methane reforming.

Recent publications by Sergio Rojas include:

  • Highly active and stable OER electrocatalysts derived from Sr2MIrO6 for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Active and durable R2MnRuO7 pyrochlores with low Ru content for acidic oxygen evolution (2023, Nature Communications)
  • High Performance and Durable Anode with 10-Fold Reduction of Iridium Loading for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis (2023, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • How oxidation state and lattice distortion influence the oxygen evolution activity in acid of iridium double perovskites (2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
  • Effects of support and reaction pressure for the synthesis of dimethyl ether over heteropolyacid catalysts (2020, Scientific Reports)

Thevenues where Sergio Rojas frequently publishes reflect their interdisciplinary approach, including Journal of Power Sources, SSRN Electronic Journal, Revista Española de Cardiología, Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition), and Catalysis Today.

Among frequent collaborators, Sergio Rojas works with M. Retuerto, M.A. Peña, Mohamed Abdel Salam, A. Tolosana-Moranchel, and Jorge Torrero.

Best Publications

  • Preparation of catalysts from microemulsions and their applications in heterogeneous catalysis

    Sara Eriksson;Ulf Nylén;Sergio Rojas;Magali Boutonnet

  • Direct methane conversion routes to chemicals and fuels

    M.C. Alvarez-Galvan;N. Mota;M. Ojeda;S. Rojas

  • Genesis of iron carbides and their role in the synthesis of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas

    Tirma Herranz;Sergio Rojas;Francisco J. Pérez-Alonso;Manuel Ojeda

  • Na-doped ruthenium perovskite electrocatalysts with improved oxygen evolution activity and durability in acidic media

    María Retuerto;Laura Pascual;Federico Calle-Vallejo;Pilar Ferrer

  • Hydrogenation of aromatics over supported Pt-Pd catalysts

    B Pawelec;R Mariscal;R.M Navarro;S van Bokhorst

  • Microfluidic fuel cells on paper: meeting the power needs of next generation lateral flow devices

    J. P. Esquivel;J. P. Esquivel;F. J. Del Campo;J. L. Gómez de la Fuente;S. Rojas

  • Chemical Structures of Coprecipitated Fe−Ce Mixed Oxides

    F. J. Perez-Alonso;M. Lopez Granados;M. Ojeda;P. Terreros

  • Hydrogenation of carbon oxides over promoted Fe-Mn catalysts prepared by the microemulsion methodology

    T. Herranz;S. Rojas;F.J. Pérez-Alonso;M. Ojeda

  • Influence of the preparation route of bimetallic Pt-Au nanoparticle electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

    P. Hernández-Fernández,†,‡;S. Rojas;P. Ocón;J. L. Gómez de la Fuente

  • Catalytic valorization of CO2 via methanol synthesis with Ga-promoted Cu–ZnO–ZrO2 catalysts

    Rosa Ladera;Francisco J. Pérez-Alonso;Juan M. González-Carballo;Manuel Ojeda

  • Catalytic effects of ruthenium particle size on the Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

    Juan María González Carballo;Jia Yang;Anders Holmen;Sergio García-Rodríguez

  • Manganese-promoted Rh/Al2O3 for C2-oxygenates synthesis from syngas: Effect of manganese loading

    Manuel Ojeda;Manuel López Granados;Sergio Rojas;Pilar Terreros

  • La1.5Sr0.5NiMn0.5Ru0.5O6 Double Perovskite with Enhanced ORR/OER Bifunctional Catalytic Activity

    Maria Retuerto;Federico Calle-Vallejo;Laura Pascual;Gunnar Lumbeeck

  • Preparation of carbon supported Pt and PtRu nanoparticles from microemulsion - Electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications

    Sergio Rojas;Francisco J. García-García;Sven Järas;María V. Martínez-Huerta

  • Synthesis of Rh nano-particles by the microemulsion technology: Particle size effect on the CO+H2 reaction

    Manuel Ojeda;Sergio Rojas;Magali Boutonnet;Francisco J. Pérez-Alonso

  • Effect of Ce-doping on Rh/ZrO2 catalysts for partial oxidation of methane

    Sara Eriksson;S. Rojas;Magali Boutonnet;J.L.G. Fierro

  • Ni/Fe electrodes prepared by electrodeposition method over different substrates for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium

    F.J. Pérez-Alonso;C. Adán;S. Rojas;M.A. Peña

  • TiO2-supported heteropoly acids for low-temperature synthesis of dimethyl ether from methanol

    Rosa María Ladera;José Luis García Fierro;Manuel Ojeda;Sergio Rojas

  • Tailoring and structure of PtRu nanoparticles supported on functionalized carbon for DMFC applications: New evidence of the hydrous ruthenium oxide phase

    J.L. Gómez de la Fuente;M.V. Martínez-Huerta;S. Rojas;P. Hernández-Fernández

  • Synthesis, structural features, and reactivity of Fe-Mn mixed oxides prepared by microemulsion

    T. Herranz;S. Rojas;M. Ojeda;† F. J. Pérez-Alonso

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis García Fierro
José Luis García Fierro Spanish National Research Council
Miguel A. Peña
Miguel A. Peña Spanish National Research Council
Shaeel A. Al-Thabaiti
Shaeel A. Al-Thabaiti King Abdulaziz University
M. López Granados
M. López Granados Spanish National Research Council
Mohamed Abdel Salam
Mohamed Abdel Salam Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering
Federico Calle-Vallejo
Federico Calle-Vallejo University of Barcelona
Elisabetta Finocchio
Elisabetta Finocchio University of Genoa
Antonio Otero
Antonio Otero University of Castilla-La Mancha
Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri
Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri King Abdulaziz University
Andreu Cabot
Andreu Cabot Catalonia Institute for Energy Research

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