Sergio Gonell Gómez's picture
Senior Researcher
Research Group: RG2. Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis
Office: NA3004DI
Workphone: 964387463
E-mail: sgonell@uji.es
Address:
Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM)
Universitat Jaume I
12006 Castelló
Spain
Researcher information:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0517-6833
Researcher ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/AAB-7282-2019
Bio and research interests
Sergio Gonell graduated with honors in 2010 at the Universitat Jaume I. In 2015 he received the PhD degree at the Universitat Jaume I, under the supervision of Prof. Eduardo Peris and Dr. Macarena Poyatos (Extraordinary award). In 2015 Sergio Joined Prof. Joost Reek’s lab at the University of Amsterdam, as a postdoctoral researcher (24 months). In 2017 he joined the Miller’s lab at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (USA), as a postdoctoral researcher under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global program (MSCA-IF-GF). In continuation within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie program, he returned to Spain in 2019, to the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), at the Julio Lloret’s group. In 2021 Sergio joined the INAM with a Juan de la Cierva Incorporación Grant and in 2023 he was promoted to profesor permanente laboral. He has a broad and multidisciplinary expertise, which includes a strong background in the fields of inorganic synthetic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis and supramolecular chemistry. His h-index is 19.

Publications

2026

  1. Green Chemistry, 2026, 28, 2385.

    Ritcher, M.L.; Peris, E.; Gonell, S.

    Impact of linking groups in chelating bis-carbene iridium catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of inorganic carbonates with glycerol.

    Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/gc/d5gc05119c

2025

  1. Organometallics, 2025, 44, 2857.

    Gonell, S.

    Flash Communication: Straightforward Synthesis of a Cp*Co(III) Complex Featuring a Bis-Carbene Ligand: Electrochemical Properties.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00443

  2. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2025, 54, 101766.

    Gonell, S.

    Positively charged second coordination sphere in molecular CO2 electroreduction.

    Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451910325001255

  3. Inorganic Chemistry, 2025, 64, 17255.

    Travis, B.D.; Ertem, M.Z.; Hearne, W.A.; Gonell, S.; Miller, A.J.M.

    Unexpected Hydricity of a Bis-Carbene Iridium Complex Provides Insight into Electronic Structure Impacts on Hydride Donor Ability.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c02249

2024

  1. ChemSusChem, 2024, 17, e202301113.

    Wang, Z.; Huang, H.H.; Luo, Z.M.; Ma, F.; Gonell, S.; Ke, Z.; Tan, L.; Wang, J.W.

    Unveiling the Activity and Mechanism Alterations by Pyrene Decoration on a Co(II) Macrocyclic Catalyst for CO2 Reduction.

    Article page: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.202301113

  2. ChemSusChem, 2024, 17, e202401007.

    Ritcher, M.L.; Peris, E.; Gonell, S.

    Influence of the Bis-Carbene Ligand on Manganese Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction.

    Article page: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cssc.202401007

  3. ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 7600–7608.

    Vivas, S.Martínez; Gonell, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.

    Anion-Switchable” Pincer-Mn(I) Catalyst for the Reductive N-Methylation of Amines with Formic Acid and CO2.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acscatal.4c01812

2022

  1. ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 12596−12606.

    Assaf, E.A.; Gonell, S.; Cheng, C.H.; Miller, A.J.M.

    Accessing and Photo-Accelerating Low-Overpotential Pathways for CO2 Reduction: A Bis-Carbene Ruthenium Terpyridine Catalyst.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.2c03651

2021

  1. ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 15212−15222.

    Gonell, S.; Assaf, E.A.; Lloret-Fillol, J.; Miller, A.J.M.

    An Iron Bis(carbene) Catalyst for Low Overpotential CO2 Electroreduction to CO: Mechanistic Insights from Kinetic Zone Diagrams, Spectroscopy, and Theory.

    Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.1c04414

  2. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 20003-20011.

    Ruíz-Zambrana, C.; Gutierrez-Blanco, A.; Gonell, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.

    Redox-Switchable Cycloisomerization of Alkynoic Acids with Napthalenediimide-Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202107973

2019

  1. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 33, 3776-3781.

    Gonell, S.; Peris, E.; Poyatos, M.

    Structural Features of Mono‐ and Dimetallic Complexes of Palladium Combining Two Types of Aromatic NHC Ligands.

    Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejic.201900684

2017

  1. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, 23, 7272-7277 .

    Nuevo, D.; Gonell, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.

    Platinum-Based Organometallic Folders for the Recognition of Electron-Deficient Aromatic Substrates.

    Article page: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201605241/epdf

2016

  1. Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 5549-5556.

    Gonell, S.; Poyatos, M.; Peris, E.

    Pincer-CNC mononuclear, dinuclear and heterodinuclear Au(III) and Pt(II) complexes supported by mono-and poly-N-heterocyclic carbenes: synthesis and photophysical properties.

    Article page: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2016/DT/C6DT00198J