10 most
cited papers of Prof. Francesc Illas
Updated, October 2025
1.- “Support Nanostructure Boosts Oxygen Transfer to Catalytically Active Platinum Nanoparticles”, G. N. Vayssilov, Y. Lykhach, A. Migani, T. Staudt, G. P. Petrova, N. Tsud, T. Skála, A. Bruix, F. Illas, K. C. Prince, V. Matolín, K. M. Neyman, J. Libuda, Nature Materials, 10 (2011) 310-135
752 times cited
2.- “A New type of Strong Metal-Support Interaction and the Production of H2 through the Transformation of Water on Pt/CeO2(111) and Pt/CeOx/TiO2(110) catalysts”, A. Bruix, J. A. Rodriguez, P. J. Ramírez, S. D. Senanayake, J. Evans, J. B. Park, D. Stacchiola, P. Liu, J. Hrbek and F. Illas, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134 (2012) 8968-8974
749 times cited
3.- “First Principles LDA+U and GGA+U Study of Cerium Oxides: Dependence on the Effective U-Parameter”, C. Loschen, J. Carrasco, K. M. Neyman and F. Illas, Phys. Rev. B, 75 (2007) 035115 (1-8)
676 times cited
4.- “Origin of the large N 1s Binding Energy in X-ray photoelectron Spectra of calcined carbonaceous materials”, by J. Casanovas, J. M. Ricart, J. Rubio, F.Illas and J. M. Jimenez Mateos, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 118 (1996) 8071
500 times cited
5.- “A Molecular Mechanism for the Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Substituted Nitroaromatics with Nanoparticles of Gold on TiO2 Catalysts: A Cooperative Effect between Gold and the Support”; M. Boronat, P. Concepción, A. Corma, S. González, F. Illas and P. Serna, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 (2007) 16230-16237
469 times cited
6.- “Remarks on the proper use of the broken symmetry approach to magnetic coupling” by R. Caballol, O. Castell, F. Illas, J. P. Malrieu and I. de P. R. Moreira, J. Phys. Chem., 101 (1997) 7860
428 times cited
7.- “Maximum Noble Metal Efficiency in Catalytic Materials: Atomically Dispersed Surface Platinum”, A. Bruix, Y. Lykhach, I. Matolínová, A. Neitzel, T. Skála, N. Tsud, M. Vorokhta, V. Stetsovych, K. Ševčiková, J. Mysliveček, K. C. Prince, S. Bruyere, V. Potin, F. Illas, V. Matolín, J. Libuda, K. M. Neyman, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53 (2014) 10525-10530
404 times cited
8.- “MXenes: New Horizons in Catalysis”, Á. Morales-García, F. Calle-Vallejo, F. Illas, ACS Catal., 10 (2020) 13487-13503
332 times cited
9.- “Effect of Fock exchange on the electronic structure and magnetic coupling in NiO”, I. de P.R. Moreira, F. Illas and R.L. Martin, Phys. Rev. B, 65 (2002) 155102 (1-14)
300 times cited
10.- “Ab initio cluster model calculations on the chemisorption of CO2 and SO2 probe molecules on MgO and CaO(100) surfaces. A theoretical measure of oxide basicity” by G. Pacchioni, J. M. Ricart and F. Illas, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116 (1994) 10152
296 times cited