Alan Savan

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Alan Savan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Savan has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Materials Chemistry, 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alan Savan's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (32 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (18 papers). Alan Savan is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (32 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (32 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (18 papers). Alan Savan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Alan Savan's co-authors include Alfred Ludwig, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer, Serhiy Cherevko, Benjamin Breitbach, Olga Kasian, Simon Geiger, Jan‐Philipp Grote, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Sergiy Vasil ́ović Merzlikin and Nadiia Kulyk and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, The Journal of Chemical Physics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alan Savan

110 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions on Ru, RuO 2 , Ir, and IrO 2 thin film electrodes in acidic and alkaline electrolytes: A comparative study on activity and stability

2015 1.2k citations Serhiy Cherevko, Olga Kasian et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Savan Germany	34	2.3k	2.2k	1.9k	1.4k	808	112	4.9k
Xi Lin China	39	2.6k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	246 0.3×	128	4.9k
Jiaxiang Shang China	34	3.2k 1.4×	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.2×	901 0.6×	216 0.3×	138	5.4k
Giovanni Zangari United States	40	3.1k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	3.4k 1.8×	708 0.5×	254 0.3×	259	6.3k
Bai Cui United States	32	2.3k 1.0×	692 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	647 0.8×	143	4.8k
Jizi Liu China	30	2.5k 1.1×	947 0.4×	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	166 0.2×	74	4.7k
Yaobin Xu United States	49	3.1k 1.3×	880 0.4×	6.1k 3.1×	1.4k 1.0×	488 0.6×	128	9.1k
Laure Bourgeois Australia	42	3.8k 1.7×	722 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.6k 1.8×	361 0.4×	150	6.1k
Gilberto Casillas Australia	33	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	940 0.7×	283 0.4×	78	4.5k
Riping Liu China	27	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	852 0.6×	331 0.4×	124	3.9k
Roger De Gryse Belgium	32	2.8k 1.2×	762 0.3×	2.6k 1.4×	391 0.3×	1.6k 2.0×	111	5.0k

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Clausmeyer, Jan, et al.. (2025). Does Pb underpotential deposition rearrange surface-near atoms in AgAu films and nanoparticles?. Electrochimica Acta. 518. 145776–145776.

Mingers, Andrea M., et al.. (2023). Low Ti Additions to Stabilize Ru‐Ir Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemElectroChem. 11(4). 6 indexed citations

Smekhova, Alevtina, Alexei Kuzmin, K. Siemensmeyer, et al.. (2023). Local structure and magnetic properties of a nanocrystalline Mn-rich Cantor alloy thin film down to the atomic scale. Nano Research. 16(4). 5626–5639. 8 indexed citations

Tetteh, Emmanuel Batsa, Olga A. Krysiak, Alan Savan, et al.. (2023). Long‐Range SECCM Enables High‐Throughput Electrochemical Screening of High Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts at Up‐To‐Industrial Current Densities. Small Methods. 8(7). e2301284–e2301284. 8 indexed citations

Zlatar, Matej, Daniel Escalera‐López, Alan Savan, et al.. (2023). Standardizing OER Electrocatalyst Benchmarking in Aqueous Electrolytes: Comprehensive Guidelines for Accelerated Stress Tests and Backing Electrodes. ACS Catalysis. 13(23). 15375–15392. 44 indexed citations

Savan, Alan, Amalraj Marshal, Emmanuel Batsa Tetteh, et al.. (2023). Combinatorial Screening of Electronic and Geometric Effects in Compositionally Complex Solid Solutions Toward a Rational Design of Electrocatalysts. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(4). 9 indexed citations

Kormányos, Attila, Qi Dong, Bin Xiao, et al.. (2023). Stability of high-entropy alloys under electrocatalytic conditions. iScience. 26(10). 107775–107775. 22 indexed citations

Tetteh, Emmanuel Batsa, Olga A. Krysiak, Alan Savan, et al.. (2023). Acidic Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis at High‐Entropy Alloys Correlates with its Composition‐Dependent Potential of Zero Charge. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(39). e202310069–e202310069. 38 indexed citations

Tetteh, Emmanuel Batsa, Olga A. Krysiak, Alan Savan, et al.. (2023). Die Elektrokatalyse der Wasserstoffentwicklung im Sauren an Hochentropielegierungen korreliert mit dem von der Zusammensetzung abhängigen Nullladungspotential. Angewandte Chemie. 135(39).

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Banko, Lars, Olga A. Krysiak, Jack K. Pedersen, et al.. (2022). Unravelling Composition–Activity–Stability Trends in High Entropy Alloy Electrocatalysts by Using a Data‐Guided Combinatorial Synthesis Strategy and Computational Modeling. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(8). 83 indexed citations

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Krysiak, Olga A., et al.. (2021). Searching novel complex solid solution electrocatalysts in unconventional element combinations. Nano Research. 15(6). 4780–4784. 26 indexed citations

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Batchelor, Thomas A. A., Tobias Löffler, Bin Xiao, et al.. (2020). Complex‐Solid‐Solution Electrocatalyst Discovery by Computational Prediction and High‐Throughput Experimentation**. Angewandte Chemie. 133(13). 7008–7013. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Yujiao, Aleksander Kostka, Alan Savan, & Alfred Ludwig. (2020). Correlative chemical and structural investigations of accelerated phase evolution in a nanocrystalline high entropy alloy. Scripta Materialia. 183. 122–126. 15 indexed citations

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Grote, Jan‐Philipp, Aleksandar R. Žeradjanin, Serhiy Cherevko, et al.. (2016). Screening of material libraries for electrochemical CO2 reduction catalysts – Improving selectivity of Cu by mixing with Co. Journal of Catalysis. 343. 248–256. 52 indexed citations

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Motemani, Yahya, Chinmay Khare, Alan Savan, et al.. (2016). Nanostructured Ti–Ta thin films synthesized by combinatorial glancing angle sputter deposition. Nanotechnology. 27(49). 495604–495604. 12 indexed citations

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Hartmann, Robert, L. Strüder, Alan Savan, et al.. (2011). Applications of an energy‐dispersive pnCCD for X‐ray reflectivity: Investigation of interdiffusion in Fe–Pt multilayers. physica status solidi (a). 208(11). 2601–2607. 8 indexed citations

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Brunken, Hayo, Christoph Somsen, Alan Savan, & Alfred Ludwig. (2010). Microstructure and magnetic properties of FeCo/Ti thin film multilayers annealed in nitrogen. Thin Solid Films. 519(2). 770–774. 4 indexed citations

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Mardare, Andrei Ionut, Alfred Ludwig, Alan Savan, Andreas D. Wieck, & Achim Walter Hassel. (2009). High-throughput study of the anodic oxidation of Hf–Ti thin films. Electrochimica Acta. 54(22). 5171–5178. 20 indexed citations

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Pflüger, E. & Alan Savan. (1999). Modern Solid Lubricants, Especially Based on MoS₂. Vakuum in Forschung und Praxis. 11(4). 236–240. 3 indexed citations

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Savan, Alan, et al.. (1993). Increased performance of bearings using TiC-coated balls. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 3(C7). C7–943. 7 indexed citations

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