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Laurent Piccolo

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Numéro ORCID : 0000-0003-4095-0572


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Mots clés

Heterogeneous catalysis, CO2 valorization, CO oxidation & PROX, hydrogenation, Selective ring opening, Metals, Nanoalloys, Single-atom catalysts, Restructruring

Dr. Laurent PICCOLO

CNRS researcher in surface catalysis

 

Degrees

 

- Habilitation à diriger des recherches, University of Lyon, 10/2007, "Surface science and catalysis by gold"

- PhD in Materials Science - 12/1999. Thesis : "Reactivity of Pd clusters supported on MgO(100) : NO adsorption, CO+NO and CO+O2 reactions", Aix-Marseille University, France (Supervisor C.R. Henry)

- Master in Materials Science/Surfaces and Interfaces, Aix-Marseille University - 6/1996

 

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Updated July 19, 2026

Dr. Laurent PICCOLO

CNRS researcher in surface catalysis

 

Research positions

 

- Permanent senior researcher (DR CNRS, national scientific research center) at the IRCELYON (research institute on catalysis and environment),Villeurbanne, France - Since 2022

- Invited researcher at INTE, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, 6 months in 2017-2018

- Permanent associate researcher (CR CNRS) at the IRCELYON, Villeurbanne, France - 2001-2021

- Post-doctoral researcher at CEA (national atomic research organization), SPCSI (department of physics and chemistry of surfaces and interfaces), Saclay (near Paris), France, 3/2000-9/2001

- Teaching assistant at Aix-Marseille University - 10/1996-9/1999

- Master and PhD at CINaM (interdisciplinary nanosciences), CNRS, Marseille, France, 3/1996-12/1999

 

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Dr. Laurent PICCOLO

CNRS researcher in surface catalysis

 

Current topics of research

 

- CO2 valorization: hydrogenation, electroreduction, integrated CCU

- Metal ultradispersion and single-atom catalysis

- Operando understanding of catalyst dynamics and reaction kinetics

 

 

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Dr. Laurent PICCOLO

CNRS researcher in surface catalysis

 

Skills and expertise

 

- Mecanisms of heterogeneous catalysis by metals/alloys and bifunctional catalysts: COOX/PROX, selective (de)hydrogenation, selective ring opening

- Single-atom/ultradispersed catalysts, nanoparticles & nanoalloys, intermetallics, single-crystal surfaces

- Ultrahigh vacuum science and technology

- Surface (AES, XPS, LEIS, STM, FTIR...) and bulk (XRD, TEM, XAS...) characterization of materials

- Products analysis by GCxGC-MS

 

Scientific production

 

~110 articles in international peer-reviewed journals: ~60 as corresponding author, ~5000 citations, H-index 42

-3 book chapters

~300 communications at national and international conferences, ~20 invited lectures

 

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