Sergio Navalón

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
140 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Sergio Navalón is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Sergio Navalón has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Materials Chemistry, 71 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 67 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Sergio Navalón's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (69 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (64 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (38 papers). Sergio Navalón is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (69 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (64 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (38 papers). Sergio Navalón collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Saudi Arabia and India. Sergio Navalón's co-authors include Hermenegildo Garcı́a, Mercedes Álvaro, Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, Andrea Santiago‐Portillo, Belén Ferrer, Roberto Martín, Avelino Corma, María Cabrero‐Antonino, Juan Carlos Espinosa and Herme G. Baldoví and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sergio Navalón

137 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

Carbocatalysis by Graphene-Based Materials 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2010 2022 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Carbocatalysis by Graphene-Based Materials
    2014 586 citations Sergio Navalón, Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy et al. profile →
  2. Heterogeneous Fenton catalysts based on clays, silicas and zeolites
    2010 585 citations Sergio Navalón, Mercedes Álvaro et al. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental profile →
  3. Metal–Organic Frameworks as Photocatalysts for Solar-Driven Overall Water Splitting
    2022 330 citations Sergio Navalón, Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sergio Navalón Spain 43 4.5k 3.7k 2.2k 1.5k 1.5k 140 7.6k
Yukui Fu China 48 5.2k 1.1× 5.4k 1.4× 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 2.4k 1.6× 97 8.9k
Carolina Belver Spain 47 3.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 794 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 138 6.8k
Ziwei Wang China 37 3.5k 0.8× 3.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 634 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 141 6.0k
Ling‐Guang Qiu China 47 6.2k 1.4× 2.3k 0.6× 4.2k 1.9× 1.2k 0.8× 969 0.7× 78 8.9k
Yan Wu China 35 5.6k 1.2× 4.8k 1.3× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.4× 78 9.1k
Cláudia G. Silva Portugal 44 5.0k 1.1× 5.4k 1.4× 1.4k 0.6× 683 0.4× 837 0.6× 134 8.1k
Xigui Liu China 53 6.1k 1.4× 6.2k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 965 0.6× 2.5k 1.7× 77 10.7k
Ya Xiong China 49 3.1k 0.7× 3.6k 1.0× 657 0.3× 886 0.6× 2.3k 1.6× 166 7.2k
Fukun Bi China 53 4.8k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 743 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 69 6.8k
Chaohai Wang China 47 3.2k 0.7× 4.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 782 0.5× 3.7k 2.6× 139 8.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sergio Navalón

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sergio Navalón

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sergio Navalón. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sergio Navalón based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sergio Navalón. Sergio Navalón is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hillman, Sam A. J., Filip Podjaski, Yasmine Baghdadi, et al.. (2025). Photoaccumulation of Long‐Lived Reactive Electrons in a Microporous Ti(IV) Oxocluster‐Based Metal–Organic Framework for Light and Dark Photocatalysis. Advanced Materials. 38(8). e17595–e17595.
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Millán, Reisel, Neyvis Almora‐Barrios, Sergio Tatay, et al.. (2024). Translocation and Confinement of Tetraamines in Adaptable Microporous Cavities. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(30). e202402973–e202402973. 1 indexed citations
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Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi, Sergio Navalón, Ana Primo, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2023). Selective Gas‐Phase Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol Catalysed by Metal‐Organic Frameworks. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(3). e202311241–e202311241. 31 indexed citations
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Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi, et al.. (2022). Graphitic Carbon Nitride as Visible-Light Photocatalyst Boosting Ozonation in Wastewater Treatment. Nanomaterials. 12(19). 3494–3494. 3 indexed citations
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Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi, et al.. (2021). Cobalt-Based Metal Organic Frameworks as Solids Catalysts for Oxidation Reactions. Catalysts. 11(1). 95–95. 22 indexed citations
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Navalón, Sergio, Rafael Simó, Xavier Setoaín, et al.. (2020). Alteration of the Mitochondrial Effects of Ceria Nanoparticles by Gold: An Approach for the Mitochondrial Modulation of Cells Based on Nanomedicine. Nanomaterials. 10(4). 744–744. 10 indexed citations
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Melillo, Arianna, Cristina Vallés-García, Belén Ferrer, et al.. (2020). Bifunctional metal–organic frameworks for the hydrogenation of nitrophenol using methanol as the hydrogen source. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(4). 794–800. 6 indexed citations
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Cabrero‐Antonino, María, Josep Albero, Cristina Vallés-García, et al.. (2020). Plasma‐Induced Defects Enhance the Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Activity of MIL‐125(Ti)‐NH2 for Overall Water Splitting. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(67). 15682–15689. 55 indexed citations
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Vallés-García, Cristina, et al.. (2020). Tuning the active sites in reduced graphene oxide by hydroquinone functionalization for the aerobic oxidations of thiophenol and indane. Molecular Catalysis. 493. 111093–111093. 10 indexed citations
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Melillo, Arianna, María Cabrero‐Antonino, Sergio Navalón, et al.. (2020). Enhancing visible-light photocatalytic activity for overall water splitting in UiO-66 by controlling metal node composition. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 278. 119345–119345. 148 indexed citations
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Santiago‐Portillo, Andrea, Cristina Vallés-García, Miguel Palomino, et al.. (2020). Templateless Synthesis of Ultra‐Microporous 3D Graphitic Carbon from Cyclodextrins and Their Use as Selective Catalyst for Oxygen Activation. Small Methods. 4(3). 11 indexed citations
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Remiro‐Buenamañana, Sonia, et al.. (2019). Influence of co-catalysts on the photocatalytic activity of MIL-125(Ti)-NH2 in the overall water splitting. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 254. 677–684. 85 indexed citations
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Salcedo‐Abraira, Pablo, Andrea Santiago‐Portillo, Pedro Atienzar, et al.. (2019). A highly conductive nanostructured PEDOT polymer confined into the mesoporous MIL-100(Fe). Dalton Transactions. 48(26). 9807–9817. 39 indexed citations
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Souto, Manuel, Andrea Santiago‐Portillo, Miguel Palomino, et al.. (2018). A highly stable and hierarchical tetrathiafulvalene-based metal–organic framework with improved performance as a solid catalyst. Chemical Science. 9(9). 2413–2418. 52 indexed citations
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Espinosa, Juan Carlos, Sergio Navalón, Mercedes Álvaro, Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2018). Reduction of C═C Double Bonds by Hydrazine Using Active Carbons as Metal-Free Catalysts. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(4). 5607–5614. 30 indexed citations
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Daliran, Saba, Andrea Santiago‐Portillo, Sergio Navalón, et al.. (2018). Cu(II)-Schiff base covalently anchored to MIL-125(Ti)-NH2 as heterogeneous catalyst for oxidation reactions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 532. 700–710. 54 indexed citations
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Blandez, Juan F., Sergio Navalón, Mercedes Álvaro, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2017). N‐Hydroxyphthalimide Anchored on Diamond Nanoparticles as a Selective Heterogeneous Metal‐free Oxidation Catalyst of Benzylic Hydrocarbons and Cyclic Alkenes by Molecular O2. ChemCatChem. 10(1). 198–205. 26 indexed citations
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Santiago‐Portillo, Andrea, Juan F. Blandez, Sergio Navalón, Mercedes Álvaro, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2017). Influence of the organic linker substituent on the catalytic activity of MIL-101(Cr) for the oxidative coupling of benzylamines to imines. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(6). 1351–1362. 31 indexed citations
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Navalón, Sergio, Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, Mercedes Álvaro, Markus Antonietti, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2017). Active sites on graphene-based materials as metal-free catalysts. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(15). 4501–4529. 279 indexed citations
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Santiago‐Portillo, Andrea, Sergio Navalón, Patricia Concepción, Mercedes Álvaro, & Hermenegildo Garcı́a. (2017). Influence of Terephthalic Acid Substituents on the Catalytic Activity of MIL‐101(Cr) in Three Lewis Acid Catalyzed Reactions. ChemCatChem. 9(13). 2506–2511. 44 indexed citations

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