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Stian Svelle

Stian Svelle

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
20235
World Ranking
6789
National Ranking
17

Overview

Stian Svelle is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Chemical Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis, Spectroscopy, and Mechanical Engineering. The primary focus areas cover catalytic processes and materials science, particularly involving zeolite catalysis and synthesis, oxidation reactions, and metal-organic frameworks.

Throughout their career, Svelle has published in multiple well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Catalysis
  • Catalysis Today
  • Topics in Catalysis
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Svelle are:

  • Influence of Defects and H2O on the Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol over Pt Nanoparticles in UiO-67 Metal-Organic Framework, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • EXAFS wavelet transform analysis of Cu-MOR zeolites for the direct methane to methanol conversion, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Finding the active species: The conversion of methanol to aromatics over Zn-ZSM-5/alumina shaped catalysts, 2020, Journal of Catalysis
  • Mapping the coke formation within a zeolite catalyst extrudate in space and time by operando computed X-ray diffraction tomography, 2021, Journal of Catalysis
  • Copper Pairing in the Mordenite Framework as a Function of the CuI/CuII Speciation, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Svelle collaborates frequently with several other researchers in their field. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Pablo Beato
  • Unni Olsbye
  • Silvia Bordiga
  • Karoline Kvande
  • Izar Capel Berdiell

The main topics of Svelle's work revolve around catalytic processes in materials science, with a strong emphasis on zeolite catalysis and synthesis as well as catalysis and oxidation reactions. Their research additionally involves studies on metal-organic framework synthesis and application, catalysts for methane reforming, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and the use of advanced NMR techniques.

Best Publications

  • Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons: How Zeolite Cavity and Pore Size Controls Product Selectivity

    Unni Olsbye;Stian Svelle;Morten Bjørgen;Pablo Beato

  • Defect Engineering: Tuning the Porosity and Composition of the Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66 via Modulated Synthesis

    Greig C. Shearer;Sachin Chavan;Silvia Bordiga;Silvia Bordiga;Stian Svelle

  • Conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons over zeolite H-ZSM-5 : On the origin of the olefinic species

    Morten Bjørgen;Stian Svelle;Finn Joensen;Jesper Nerlov

  • Tuned to Perfection: Ironing Out the Defects in Metal–Organic Framework UiO-66

    Greig C. Shearer;Sachin Chavan;Jayashree Ethiraj;Jenny G. Vitillo

  • Conversion of methanol into hydrocarbons over zeolite H-ZSM-5: ethene formation is mechanistically separated from the formation of higher alkenes.

    Stian Svelle;Finn Joensen;Jesper Nerlov;Unni Olsbye

  • Methanol to gasoline over zeolite H-ZSM-5: Improved catalyst performance by treatment with NaOH

    Morten Bjørgen;Finn Joensen;Martin Spangsberg Holm;Unni Olsbye

  • Product shape selectivity dominates the Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) reaction over H-SAPO-34 catalysts

    Bart P.C. Hereijgers;Bart P.C. Hereijgers;Francesca Bleken;Merete H. Nilsen;Stian Svelle

  • Post-synthetic modification of the metal–organic framework compound UiO-66

    Mathivathani Kandiah;Sandro Usseglio;Stian Svelle;Unni Olsbye

  • Detailed Structure Analysis of Atomic Positions and Defects in Zirconium Metal‒Organic Frameworks

    Sigurd Øien;David Wragg;Helge Reinsch;Stian Svelle

  • The formation and degradation of active species during methanol conversion over protonated zeotype catalysts

    U. Olsbye;S. Svelle;K. P. Lillerud;Z. H. Wei

  • Methane to Methanol: Structure–Activity Relationships for Cu-CHA

    Dimitrios Pappas;Elisa Borfecchia;Michael Martin Dyballa;Ilia A. Pankin

  • Quantum chemical modeling of zeolite-catalyzed methylation reactions: toward chemical accuracy for barriers.

    Stian Svelle;Christian Tuma;Xavier Rozanska;Torsten Kerber

  • Mechanistic insight into the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction

    Unni Olsbye;Morten Bjørgen;Stian Svelle;Karl-Petter Lillerud

  • Assessing the acid properties of desilicated ZSM-5 by FTIR using CO and 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine (collidine) as molecular probes

    Martin Spangsberg Holm;Stian Svelle;Finn Joensen;Pablo Beato

  • The Effect of Acid Strength on the Conversion of Methanol to Olefins Over Acidic Microporous Catalysts with the CHA Topology

    Francesca Bleken;Morten Bjørgen;Luisa Palumbo;Silvia Bordiga

  • Cu-CHA - a model system for applied selective redox catalysis.

    Elisa Borfecchia;Pablo Beato;Stian Svelle;Unni Olsbye

  • The mechanisms of ethene and propene formation from methanol over high silica H-ZSM-5 and H-beta

    Morten Bjørgen;Finn Joensen;Karl-Petter Lillerud;Unni Olsbye

  • Shape Selectivity in the Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons: The Catalytic Performance of One-Dimensional 10-Ring Zeolites: ZSM-22, ZSM-23, ZSM-48, and EU-1

    Shewangizaw Teketel;Wegard Skistad;Sandrine Benard;Unni Olsbye

  • Effect of Benzoic Acid as a Modulator in the Structure of UiO-66: An Experimental and Computational Study

    Cesare Atzori;Greig C. Shearer;Lorenzo Maschio;Bartolomeo Civalleri

  • Catalyst deactivation by coke formation in microporous and desilicated zeolite H-ZSM-5 during the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons

    Francesca Lønstad Bleken;Katia Barbera;Francesca Bonino;Unni Olsbye

  • Kinetic studies of zeolite-catalyzed methylation reactions. 1. Coreaction of [12C]ethene and [13C]methanol

    Stian Svelle;Per Ola Rønning;Stein Kolboe

Frequent Co-Authors

Unni Olsbye
Unni Olsbye University of Oslo
Silvia Bordiga
Silvia Bordiga University of Turin
Karl Petter Lillerud
Karl Petter Lillerud University of Oslo
Pablo Beato
Pablo Beato Max Planck Society
Carlo Lamberti
Carlo Lamberti University of Turin
Gloria Berlier
Gloria Berlier University of Turin
Ton V.W. Janssens
Ton V.W. Janssens Umicore (Belgium)
Francesca Bonino
Francesca Bonino University of Turin
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Bert M. Weckhuysen Utrecht University

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