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2026

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84
Citations
35133
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2758
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Unni Olsbye is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway, focusing their research primarily on materials science, chemical engineering, and chemistry. Their work is characterized by an emphasis on materials chemistry, catalysis, inorganic chemistry, process chemistry and technology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their research work covers several key topics, including catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysts for methane reforming, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Unni Olsbye has coauthored numerous papers with frequent collaborators such as Silvia Bordiga, E. Redekop, Elisa Borfecchia, Karl Petter Lillerud, and Sigurd Øien-Ødegaard. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse portfolio of research outputs.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Selective Conversion of CO2 into Propene and Butene" (2020) in Chem
  • "Direct Conversion of Syngas into Light Olefins with Low CO2 Emission" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "Highly selective hydrogenation of CO2 to propane over GaZrOx/H-SSZ-13 composite" (2022) in Nature Catalysis
  • "Influence of Defects and H2O on the Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol over Pt Nanoparticles in UiO-67 Metal-Organic Framework" (2020) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Highly effective conversion of CO2 into light olefins abundant in ethene" (2022) in Chem

The venues where Unni Olsbye frequently publishes include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Catalysis Today
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • A new zirconium inorganic building brick forming metal organic frameworks with exceptional stability.

    Jasmina Hafizovic Cavka;Søren Jakobsen;Unni Olsbye;Nathalie Guillou

  • Synthesis and Stability of Tagged UiO-66 Zr-MOFs

    Mathivathani Kandiah;Merete Hellner Nilsen;Sandro Usseglio;Søren Jakobsen

  • 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

  • The Inconsistency in Adsorption Properties and Powder XRD Data of MOF-5 Is Rationalized by Framework Interpenetration and the Presence of Organic and Inorganic Species in the Nanocavities

    Jasmina Hafizovic;Morten Bjørgen;Unni Olsbye;Pascal D. C. Dietzel

  • 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

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

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

  • Space- and time-resolved in-situ spectroscopy on the coke formation in molecular sieves: methanol-to-olefin conversion over H-ZSM-5 and H-SAPO-34.

    Davide Mores;Eli Stavitski;Marianne H. F. Kox;Jan Kornatowski

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

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

  • Coke formation during the methanol-to-olefin conversion: in situ microspectroscopy on individual H-ZSM-5 crystals with different Brønsted acidity.

    Davide Mores;Jan Kornatowski;Unni Olsbye;Bert M. Weckhuysen

  • Mechanistic insight into the methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction

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

  • 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

  • The methanol-to-hydrocarbons reaction: insight into the reaction mechanism from [12C]benzene and [13C]methanol coreactions over zeolite H-beta

    Morten Bjørgen;Unni Olsbye;Dirk Petersen;Stein Kolboe

  • Coke precursor formation and zeolite deactivation: mechanistic insights from hexamethylbenzene conversion

    Morten Bjørgen;Unni Olsbye;Stein Kolboe

Frequent Co-Authors

Stian Svelle
Stian Svelle University of Oslo
Karl Petter Lillerud
Karl Petter Lillerud University of Oslo
Silvia Bordiga
Silvia Bordiga University of Turin
Carlo Lamberti
Carlo Lamberti University of Turin
Pablo Beato
Pablo Beato Max Planck Society
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Bert M. Weckhuysen Utrecht University
Gloria Berlier
Gloria Berlier University of Turin
Helmer Fjellvåg
Helmer Fjellvåg University of Oslo
Francesca Bonino
Francesca Bonino University of Turin

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