A. Sclafani

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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A. Sclafani is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Sclafani has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in A. Sclafani's work include TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (30 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). A. Sclafani is often cited by papers focused on TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (30 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers). A. Sclafani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Spain. A. Sclafani's co-authors include Leonardo Palmisano, M. Schiavello, J.M. Herrmann, Vincenzo Augugliaro, Jean-Marie Herrmann, Giovanni Palmisano, Ezio Pelizzetti, Claudio Minero, Marie-Noëlle Mozzanega and Giuseppe Marcı̀ and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

A. Sclafani

41 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Comparison of the Photoelectronic and Photocatalytic Activities of Various Anatase and Rutile Forms of Titania in Pure Liquid Organic Phases and in Aqueous Solutions

1996 517 citations A. Sclafani, J.M. Herrmann The Journal of Physical Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Sclafani Italy	29	3.2k	2.0k	555	355	296	41	3.8k
J.M. Herrmann France	33	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	714 1.3×	621 1.7×	769 2.6×	58	4.7k
Alexander V. Vorontsov Russia	37	2.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	564 1.0×	592 1.7×	384 1.3×	116	4.0k
Jean Disdier France	21	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	372 0.7×	309 0.9×	165 0.6×	29	2.5k
Enrico Borgarello Italy	24	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	377 0.7×	656 1.8×	128 0.4×	38	3.3k
E. Puzenat France	25	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	592 1.1×	576 1.6×	130 0.4×	45	3.4k
Donia Beydoun Australia	26	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	314 0.6×	383 1.1×	64 0.2×	31	3.5k
Claudius Kormann Germany	11	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	569 1.0×	653 1.8×	67 0.2×	14	3.3k
Stephen R. McEvoy Australia	14	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	458 0.8×	252 0.7×	73 0.2×	19	2.5k
Ken Chiang Australia	31	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	665 1.2×	475 1.3×	483 1.6×	87	3.4k
Darren Lawless Canada	23	2.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	890 1.6×	818 2.3×	106 0.4×	29	4.0k

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Vella, G., Gustavo E. Imoberdorf, A. Sclafani, et al.. (2010). Modeling of a TiO2-coated quartz wool packed bed photocatalytic reactor. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 96(3-4). 399–407. 32 indexed citations

Tesser, Riccardo, Martino Di Serio, A. Sclafani, & E. Santacesaria. (2004). Modeling of polyurethane foam formation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 92(3). 1875–1886. 30 indexed citations

Loddo, Vittorio, Giuseppe Marcı̀, C. Dianne Martin, et al.. (1999). Preparation and characterisation of TiO2 (anatase) supported on TiO2 (rutile) catalysts employed for 4-nitrophenol photodegradation in aqueous medium and comparison with TiO2 (anatase) supported on Al2O3. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 20(1). 29–45. 58 indexed citations

Loddo, Vittorio, Giuseppe Marcı̀, Leonardo Palmisano, & A. Sclafani. (1998). Preparation and characterization of Al2O3 supported TiO2 catalysts employed for 4-nitrophenol photodegradation in aqueous medium. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 53(3). 217–224. 32 indexed citations

Sclafani, A. & Jean-Marie Herrmann. (1998). Influence of metallic silver and of platinum-silver bimetallic deposits on the photocatalytic activity of titania (anatase and rutile) in organic and aqueous media. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 113(2). 181–188. 314 indexed citations

Sclafani, A., et al.. (1997). Synthesis of 2-hydroxybenzoic acid from CO2 and phenol in aqueous heterogeneous photocatalytic systems. Chemical Communications. 529–530. 26 indexed citations

Martin, C. Dianne, Ignacio Martín, V. Rives, et al.. (1997). Physicochemical characterization of WO3/ZrO2 and WO3/Nb2O5 catalysts and their photoactivity for 4-nitrophenol photooxidation in aqueous dispersion. Journal of Materials Science. 32(22). 6039–6047. 14 indexed citations

Sclafani, A. & J.M. Herrmann. (1996). Comparison of the Photoelectronic and Photocatalytic Activities of Various Anatase and Rutile Forms of Titania in Pure Liquid Organic Phases and in Aqueous Solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(32). 13655–13661. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

Marcı̀, Giuseppe, Leonardo Palmisano, A. Sclafani, et al.. (1996). Influence of tungsten oxide on structural and surface properties of sol–gel prepared TiO₂employed for 4-nitrophenol photodegradation. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 92(5). 819–829. 68 indexed citations

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Schiavello, M., Vincenzo Augugliaro, Leonardo Palmisano, A. Sclafani, & Anna Maria Venezia. (1995). Comments on the Paper "Spectroscopic, Photoconductivity, and Photocatalytic Studies of TiO2 Colloids: Naked and with the Lattice Doped with Cr3+, Fe3+, and V5+ Cations". Langmuir. 11(8). 3278–3278. 2 indexed citations

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Sclafani, A., Leonardo Palmisano, & M. Schiavello. (1993). N2 photoreduction and phenol and nitrophenol isomers photooxidation as examples of heterogeneous photocatalytic reactions. Research on Chemical Intermediates. 18(2). 211–226. 44 indexed citations

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Palmisano, Leonardo, M. Schiavello, & A. Sclafani. (1993). Concerning “An Opinion on the Heterogeneous Photoreduction of N₂ with H₂O”: Second Letter. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 32(4). 551–551. 10 indexed citations

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Sclafani, A., et al.. (1991). Photocatalytic degradaton of phenol in aqueous polycrystalline TiO2 dispersions: the influence of Fe3+, Fe2+ and Ag+ on the reaction rate. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 56(1). 113–123. 140 indexed citations

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Soria, J., J.C. Conesa, Vincenzo Augugliaro, et al.. (1991). ChemInform Abstract: Dinitrogen Photoreduction to Ammonia Over Titanium Dioxide Powders Doped with Ferric Ions.. ChemInform. 22(13). 1 indexed citations

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Soria, J., J.C. Conesa, Vincenzo Augugliaro, et al.. (1991). Dinitrogen photoreduction to ammonia over titanium dioxide powders doped with ferric ions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 95(1). 274–282. 267 indexed citations

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Sclafani, A., Marie-Noëlle Mozzanega, & Pierre Pichat. (1991). Effect of silver deposits on the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide samples for the dehydrogenation or oxidation of 2-propanol. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 59(2). 181–189. 152 indexed citations

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Sclafani, A., Giovanni Palmisano, & M. Schiavello. (1990). Influence of the preparation methods of titanium dioxide on the photocatalytic degradation of phenol in aqueous dispersion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 94(2). 829–832. 378 indexed citations

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Palmisano, Leonardo, et al.. (1990). Influence of hydrogen peroxide on the kinetics of phenol photodegradation in aqueous titanium dioxide dispersion. Applied Catalysis. 65(1). 101–116. 91 indexed citations

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Pelizzetti, Ezio, Claudio Minero, Valter Maurino, et al.. (1989). Photocatalytic degradation of nonylphenol ethoxylated surfactants. Environmental Science & Technology. 23(11). 1380–1385. 134 indexed citations

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Augugliaro, Vincenzo, et al.. (1982). Conversion of solar energy to chemical energy by photoassisted processes—II. Influence of the iron content on the activity of doped titanium dioxide catalysts for ammonia photoproduction☆. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 7(11). 851–855. 34 indexed citations

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