Simona Fantacci

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
115 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

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Simona Fantacci is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Fantacci has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Materials Chemistry, 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 31 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Simona Fantacci's work include TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (38 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (21 papers). Simona Fantacci is often cited by papers focused on TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (38 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (28 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (21 papers). Simona Fantacci collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United States. Simona Fantacci's co-authors include Filippo De Angelis, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Annabella Selloni, Michaël Grätzel, Paul Liska, Guido Viscardi, Seigo Ito, Takeru Bessho, Antonio Sgamellotti and Davide Di Censo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Simona Fantacci

115 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Combined Experimental and DFT-TDDFT Computational Study of Photoelectrochemical Cell Ruthenium Sensitizers

2005 2.5k citations Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Filippo De Angelis et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Molecular Engineering of Organic Sensitizers for Solar Cell Applications

2006 737 citations Jun‐Ho Yum, Simona Fantacci et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Fantacci Italy	46	6.5k	5.8k	3.1k	1.2k	1.2k	115	10.6k
Fabrice Odobel France	60	7.2k 1.1×	5.6k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	849 0.7×	234	11.3k
K. R. Justin Thomas India	53	4.6k 0.7×	2.5k 0.4×	3.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.7×	602 0.5×	217	8.8k
Jaejung Ko South Korea	63	6.6k 1.0×	6.1k 1.0×	4.2k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	562 0.5×	257	12.6k
Jiann T. Lin Taiwan	60	5.9k 0.9×	4.3k 0.7×	5.0k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	591 0.5×	189	11.0k
Errol Blart France	46	4.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	458 0.4×	123	6.4k
Roberto Argazzi Italy	41	3.1k 0.5×	3.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	614 0.5×	450 0.4×	103	5.8k
Javier J. Concepcion United States	54	3.8k 0.6×	7.0k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	981 0.8×	467 0.4×	116	9.4k
Hirendra N. Ghosh India	47	5.7k 0.9×	2.9k 0.5×	3.3k 1.1×	885 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	265	8.2k
Leif Hammarström Sweden	68	7.1k 1.1×	6.4k 1.1×	3.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.9×	2.2k 1.9×	249	14.1k
Kohjiro Hara Japan	67	11.7k 1.8×	14.3k 2.4×	4.6k 1.5×	982 0.8×	978 0.8×	165	18.5k

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Colombo, Alessia, Claudia Dragonetti, Francesco Fagnani, Dominique Roberto, & Simona Fantacci. (2025). Dipolar Copper(I) Complexes: A Novel Appealing Class of Highly Active Second-Order NLO-Phores. Molecules. 30(5). 1009–1009. 3 indexed citations

Colombo, Alessia, Claudia Dragonetti, Francesco Fagnani, et al.. (2024). Introduction of a mesityl substituent on pyridyl rings as a facile strategy for improving the performance of luminescent 1,3-bis-(2-pyridyl)benzene platinum(ii) complexes: a springboard for blue OLEDs. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(26). 9702–9715. 9 indexed citations

Mahata, Arup, Edoardo Mosconi, Daniele Meggiolaro, Simona Fantacci, & Filippo De Angelis. (2023). Rationalizing Electron–Phonon Interactions and Hot Carriers Cooling in 2D to 3D Metal Halide Perovskites. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(2). 8 indexed citations

Germani, Raimondo, et al.. (2022). Kinetic effects of cationic surfactants on the photocatalytic degradation of anionic dyes in aqueous TiO₂ dispersions. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(1). 392–401. 4 indexed citations

Rizzo, Fabio, Federico Polo, Gregorio Bottaro, et al.. (2017). From Blue to Green: Fine-Tuning of Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence in Bifunctional Organic Dyes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(5). 2060–2069. 82 indexed citations

Pastore, Mariachiara, Annabella Selloni, Simona Fantacci, & Filippo De Angelis. (2014). Electronic and Optical Properties of Dye-Sensitized TiO2 Interfaces. Topics in current chemistry. 347. 1–45. 27 indexed citations

Rossi, Ester, Alessia Colombo, Claudia Dragonetti, et al.. (2013). Tuning the Dipolar Second‐Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complexes with Tridentate N^C^N Binding Ligands. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(30). 9875–9883. 52 indexed citations

Barolo, Claudia, Jun‐Ho Yum, Emma Artuso, et al.. (2013). A Simple Synthetic Route to Obtain Pure Trans‐Ruthenium(II) Complexes for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cell Applications. ChemSusChem. 6(11). 2170–2180. 26 indexed citations

Colombo, Alessia, Dominique Roberto, Francesca Tessore, et al.. (2012). New [(D-terpyridine)-Ru-(D or A-terpyridine)][4-EtPhCO2]2 complexes (D = electron donor group; A = electron acceptor group) as active second-order non linear optical chromophores. Dalton Transactions. 41(22). 6707–6707. 18 indexed citations

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Zaarour, Moussa, Véronique Guerchais, Hubert Le Bozec, et al.. (2012). An investigation on the second order nonlinear optical response of tris-cyclometallated Ir(iii) complexes with variously substituted 2-phenylpyridines. Dalton Transactions. 42(1). 155–159. 19 indexed citations

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Valore, Adriana, Elena Cariati, Claudia Dragonetti, et al.. (2010). Cyclometalated Ir^III Complexes with Substituted 1,10‐Phenanthrolines: A New Class of Efficient Cationic Organometallic Second‐Order NLO Chromophores. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(16). 4814–4825. 66 indexed citations

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Abbotto, Alessandro, Frédéric Sauvage, Claudia Barolo, et al.. (2010). Panchromatic ruthenium sensitizer based on electron-rich heteroarylvinylene π-conjugated quaterpyridine for dye-sensitized solar cells. Dalton Transactions. 40(1). 234–242. 53 indexed citations

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Valore, Adriana, Alessia Colombo, Claudia Dragonetti, et al.. (2010). Luminescent cyclometallated Ir(iii) and Pt(ii) complexes with β-diketonate ligands as highly active second-order NLO chromophores. Chemical Communications. 46(14). 2414–2414. 64 indexed citations

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Amat, Anna, Catia Clementi, Costanza Miliani, et al.. (2010). Complexation of apigenin and luteolin in weld lake: a DFT/TDDFT investigation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(25). 6672–6672. 36 indexed citations

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Beverina, Luca, Riccardo Ruffο, C.M. Mari, et al.. (2009). Panchromatic Cross‐Substituted Squaraines for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cell Applications. ChemSusChem. 2(7). 621–624. 50 indexed citations

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Amat, Anna, Catia Clementi, Filippo De Angelis, Antonio Sgamellotti, & Simona Fantacci. (2009). Absorption and Emission of the Apigenin and Luteolin Flavonoids: A TDDFT Investigation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 113(52). 15118–15126. 77 indexed citations

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Dragonetti, Claudia, Stefania Righetto, Dominique Roberto, et al.. (2007). Cyclometallated iridium(iii) complexes with substituted 1,10-phenanthrolines: a new class of highly active organometallic second order NLO-phores with excellent transparency with respect to second harmonic emission. Chemical Communications. 4116–4116. 83 indexed citations

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Dragonetti, Claudia, L. Falciola, Patrizia R. Mussini, et al.. (2007). The Role of Substituents on Functionalized 1,10-Phenanthroline in Controlling the Emission Properties of Cationic Iridium(III) Complexes of Interest for Electroluminescent Devices. Inorganic Chemistry. 46(21). 8533–8547. 163 indexed citations

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Angelis, Filippo De, Simona Fantacci, F. Cariati, et al.. (2005). A time-dependent density functional theory investigation on the nature of the electronic transitions involved in the nonlinear optical response of [Ru(CF₃CO₂)₃T] (T = 4′-(C₆H₄-p-NBu₂)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine). Dalton Transactions. 852–859. 17 indexed citations

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Andruniów, Tadeusz, Simona Fantacci, Filippo De Angelis, Nicolas Ferré, & Massimo Olivucci. (2005). Mechanism of the Initial Conformational Transition of a Photomodulable Peptide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(37). 6077–6081. 15 indexed citations

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