Paolo Fornasiero

Bio: Paolo Fornasiero is an academic researcher from University of Trieste. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Photocatalysis. The author has an hindex of 81, co-authored 315 publications receiving 25953 citations. Previous affiliations of Paolo Fornasiero include King Abdullah University of Science and Technology & AREA Science Park.

Fundamentals and Catalytic Applications of CeO2-Based Materials

Abstract: Cerium dioxide (CeO2, ceria) is becoming an ubiquitous constituent in catalytic systems for a variety of applications. 2016 sees the 40th anniversary since ceria was first employed by Ford Motor Company as an oxygen storage component in car converters, to become in the years since its inception an irreplaceable component in three-way catalysts (TWCs). Apart from this well-established use, ceria is looming as a catalyst component for a wide range of catalytic applications. For some of these, such as fuel cells, CeO2-based materials have almost reached the market stage, while for some other catalytic reactions, such as reforming processes, photocatalysis, water-gas shift reaction, thermochemical water splitting, and organic reactions, ceria is emerging as a unique material, holding great promise for future market breakthroughs. While much knowledge about the fundamental characteristics of CeO2-based materials has already been acquired, new characterization techniques and powerful theoretical methods are dee...

Use of CeO2-based oxides in the three-way catalysis

Abstract: In the present paper the use of CeO 2 -based materials in the automotive three-way catalysts (TWCs) is considered. The multiple roles of CeO 2 as a TWC promoter and in particular the oxygen storage/release capacity (OSC) are critically discussed. Attention is focused on the advanced OSC materials containing ZrO 2 , which are employed in the last generation of catalytic automotive converters.

Catalysis by Ceria and Related Materials

Abstract: Mining, production, application and safety issues of cerium-based materials, K. Schermanz structural properties and nonstoichiometric behaviour of CeO2, A. Trovarelli synthesis and modification of ceria-based materials, G. Adachi and T. Masui chemical and nanostructural aspects of the preparation and characterization of ceria and ceria-based mixed oxide-supported metal catalysts, S. Bernal et al studies of ceria-containing catalysts using magnetic resonance and X-ray based spectroscopies, J.C. Conesa et al structural properties and thermal stability of ceria-zirconia and related materials, J. Kaspar and P. Fornasiero oxygen storage/redox capacity and related phenomena on ceria-based catalysts, D. Duprez and C. Descorme computer simulation studies of ceria-based oxides, M. Saiful Islam and G. Balducci ceria surfaces and films for model catalytic studies using surface analysis techniques, S.H. Overbury and D.R. Mullins ceria and other oxygen storage components in automotive catalysts, M. Shelef et al SO2 poisoning of ceria-supported, metal catalysts, R.J. Gorte and T. Luo cerium and platinum based diesel fuel additives in the diesel soot abatement technology, M. Makkee et al fundamentals and applications of ceria in combustion reactions, M. Primet and E. Garbowski ceria-based wet-oxidation catalysts, S. Imamura ceria-based electrodes, M. Mogensen the use of ceria in FCC, dehydrogenation and other catalytic applications, M. Boaro et al.

Automotive catalytic converters: current status and some perspectives

Abstract: Automotive three-way catalysts (TWCs) have represented over the last 25 years one of the most successful stories in the development of catalysts. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the technology for abatement of exhaust emissions by analysing the current understanding of TWCs, the specific role of the various components, the achievements and the limitations. The challenges in the development of new automotive catalysts, which can meet future highly demanding pollution abatement requirements, are also discussed.

Electron localization determines defect formation on ceria substrates.

Abstract: The high performance of ceria (CeO2) 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.

I and i

Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality. Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

Phd by thesis

Abstract: Deposits of clastic carbonate-dominated (calciclastic) sedimentary slope systems in the rock record have been identified mostly as linearly-consistent carbonate apron deposits, even though most ancient clastic carbonate slope deposits fit the submarine fan systems better. Calciclastic submarine fans are consequently rarely described and are poorly understood. Subsequently, very little is known especially in mud-dominated calciclastic submarine fan systems. Presented in this study are a sedimentological core and petrographic characterisation of samples from eleven boreholes from the Lower Carboniferous of Bowland Basin (Northwest England) that reveals a >250 m thick calciturbidite complex deposited in a calciclastic submarine fan setting. Seven facies are recognised from core and thin section characterisation and are grouped into three carbonate turbidite sequences. They include: 1) Calciturbidites, comprising mostly of highto low-density, wavy-laminated bioclast-rich facies; 2) low-density densite mudstones which are characterised by planar laminated and unlaminated muddominated facies; and 3) Calcidebrites which are muddy or hyper-concentrated debrisflow deposits occurring as poorly-sorted, chaotic, mud-supported floatstones. These

Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4)-Based Photocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis and Environmental Remediation: Are We a Step Closer To Achieving Sustainability?

Abstract: As a fascinating conjugated polymer, graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has become a new research hotspot and drawn broad interdisciplinary attention as a metal-free and visible-light-responsive photocatalyst in the arena of solar energy conversion and environmental remediation. This is due to its appealing electronic band structure, high physicochemical stability, and “earth-abundant” nature. This critical review summarizes a panorama of the latest progress related to the design and construction of pristine g-C3N4 and g-C3N4-based nanocomposites, including (1) nanoarchitecture design of bare g-C3N4, such as hard and soft templating approaches, supramolecular preorganization assembly, exfoliation, and template-free synthesis routes, (2) functionalization of g-C3N4 at an atomic level (elemental doping) and molecular level (copolymerization), and (3) modification of g-C3N4 with well-matched energy levels of another semiconductor or a metal as a cocatalyst to form heterojunction nanostructures. The constructi...