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View All Publications27 April 2016 in Chemical Reviews
Journal Article
TMTiziano Montini
Tiziano Montini
Michele MelchionnaMMMatteo Monai
Matteo Monai
Paolo Fornasiero1 April 1999 in Catalysis Today
Journal Article
29 July 2005 in Science
Journal Article
FEFriedrich Esch
Friedrich EschSFStefano Fabris
Stefano Fabris
LZLing Zhou
Ling Zhou
TMTiziano Montini
Tiziano MontiniCACristina Africh
Cristina AfrichRRRenzo Rosei
Renzo Rosei
+2
The high performance of ceria (CeO 2 ) as an oxygen buffer and active support for noble metals in catalysis relies on an efficient supply of lattice oxygen at reaction sites governed by oxygen vacancy formation. We used high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional calculations to unravel the local structure of surface and subsurface oxygen vacancies on the (111) surface. Electrons left behind by released oxygen localize on cerium ions. Clusters of more than two vacancies exclusively expose these reduced cerium ions, primarily by including subsurface vacancies, which therefore play a crucial role in the process of vacancy cluster formation. These results have implications for our understanding of oxidation processes on reducible rare-earth oxides.
16 August 2013 in Science
Journal Article
MCMatteo Cargnello
Matteo CargnelloVDVicky V. T. Doan-Nguyen
Vicky V. T. Doan-NguyenTGThomas R. Gordon
Thomas R. Gordon
RDRosa E. Diaz
Rosa E. Diaz
ESEric A. Stach
Eric A. Stach
CMChristopher B. Murray
Christopher B. Murray +2
A Measure of Metal-Oxide Interfaces: The rate of a catalytic reaction can sometimes be enhanced by using a different metal oxide as the support for adsorbed metal nanoparticles. Such enhancement is often attributed to more active sites at the metal-oxide interface, but it can be difficult to quantify this effect.
Cargnello
et al.
(p. 771 , published online 18 July) synthesized monodisperse nanoparticles of nickel, platinum, and palladium and dispersed them on high-surface-area ceria or alumina supports. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy enabled a detailed analysis of interfacial site structure, which showed that the rate of CO oxidation on ceria was indeed enhanced greatly at interface sites.
1 January 2003 in Catalysis Today
Journal Article
10 August 2012 in Science
Journal Article
MCM. Cargnello
M. CargnelloJDJuan Jose Delgado
Juan Jose DelgadoJHJuan C. Hernandez-Garrido
Juan C. Hernandez-GarridoKBK. Bakhmutsky
K. Bakhmutsky
TMTiziano Montini
Tiziano MontiniPaolo Fornasiero +2
Addressing a Burning Issue: Complete combustion of methane is required in order to avoid the unproductive emission of this greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. Palladium catalysts can help to promote complete combustion, but high-temperature operating conditions also promote aggregation of catalyst particles (“sintering”) that lowers their surface area and overall activity.
Cargnello
et al.
(p. 713 ; see the Perspective by
Farrauto
) report that cerium oxide–coated Pd catalyst particles could be fully dispersed on an alumina surface prepared with a hydrophobic coating. This treatment resisted Pd sintering up to temperatures of 800°C, and also enabled complete combustion of methane to occur at temperatures as low as 400°C.
About Me
Prof. Paolo Fornasiero obtained a degree in Chemistry in 1992, and a PhD in heterogeneous catalysis in 1997, both from the University of Trieste (Italy). This was then followed by a one-year post-doctoral at the Catalysis Research Center of the University of Reading. In 2016, he was a Full Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Trieste. He is an Associate Researcher of the National Council of Research (CNR), and since 2008, he has been the scientist responsible for the CNR Research Unit associated with the Institute of Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds (ICCOM) of Florence and is located at the University of Trieste-Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is also a member of the Academia Europaea and the European Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the 2022 Malatesta Medal in Inorganic Chemistry (Italian Chemical Society), 2018 Maria Teresa Messori Roncaglia and Eugenio Mari Award (Accademia dei Lincei), 2016 IACS Heinz Heinemann Award in Catalysis (International Association of Catalysis Societies), 2013 Chiusoli Gold Medal in Catalysis (Italian Chemical Society), and 2005 Nasini Gold Medal in Inorganic Chemistry (Italian Chemical Society). His research interests include material chemistry, with attention to the design and development of multi-functional metal-oxide nanosystems for their advanced applications in energy-related material science and environmental heterogeneous catalysis.