Brian Seger

19.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
108 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Brian Seger is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Seger has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 36 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Brian Seger's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (49 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (30 papers). Brian Seger is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (49 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (38 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (30 papers). Brian Seger collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and China. Brian Seger's co-authors include Prashant V. Kamat, Ib Chorkendorff, Graeme Williams, Peter C. K. Vesborg, Ole Hansen, Karen Chan, Ifan E. L. Stephens, Sebastian Horch, Søren B. Scott and Thomas F. Jaramillo and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Brian Seger

106 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte

2019 3.9k citations Stephanie Nitopi, Erlend Bertheussen et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
TiO₂-Graphene Nanocomposites. UV-Assisted Photocatalytic Reduction of Graphene Oxide

2008 2.2k citations Brian Seger et al. profile →
Electrocatalytically Active Graphene-Platinum Nanocomposites. Role of 2-D Carbon Support in PEM Fuel Cells

2009 811 citations Brian Seger et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C profile →
Decorating Graphene Sheets with Gold Nanoparticles

2008 811 citations Brian Seger et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C profile →
Recent Development in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysts and Their Practical Implementation

2015 662 citations Peter C. K. Vesborg, Brian Seger et al. profile →
Understanding cation effects in electrochemical CO₂ reduction

2019 659 citations Brian Seger, Karen Chan et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Insights into the carbon balance for CO ₂ electroreduction on Cu using gas diffusion electrode reactor designs

2020 421 citations Ming Ma, Kasper T. Therkildsen et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Seger Denmark	49	11.7k	7.4k	6.1k	4.0k	1.6k	108	15.8k
Byoung Koun Min South Korea	60	7.6k 0.6×	6.0k 0.8×	4.7k 0.8×	4.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	223	12.3k
Wen–Bin Cai China	55	8.9k 0.8×	4.9k 0.7×	5.0k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	769 0.5×	169	12.1k
Huanxin Ju China	62	11.8k 1.0×	9.8k 1.3×	9.2k 1.5×	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	135	18.0k
Wei Zhou China	65	12.1k 1.0×	9.0k 1.2×	7.0k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	790 0.5×	298	16.7k
Qi Lu China	51	8.2k 0.7×	3.9k 0.5×	4.3k 0.7×	4.1k 1.0×	515 0.3×	147	11.2k
Boon Siang Yeo Singapore	49	10.4k 0.9×	3.9k 0.5×	4.8k 0.8×	4.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	107	13.1k
Yun Jeong Hwang South Korea	54	9.0k 0.8×	4.9k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	3.9k 1.0×	743 0.5×	168	11.1k
Jingjie Wu United States	60	9.8k 0.8×	6.4k 0.9×	5.2k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	607 0.4×	154	12.8k
Min‐Rui Gao China	68	17.8k 1.5×	6.7k 0.9×	13.5k 2.2×	2.9k 0.7×	779 0.5×	158	21.6k
Bingsen Zhang China	71	9.2k 0.8×	10.5k 1.4×	7.6k 1.2×	3.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	326	19.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Seger

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Xu, Qiucheng, José A. Zamora Zeledón, Lena Trotochaud, et al.. (2025). Operando X-ray characterization platform to unravel catalyst degradation under accelerated stress testing in CO2 electrolysis. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(7). 889–896. 8 indexed citations

Ayyub, Mohd Monis, Dorottya Hursán, Mattia Saccoccio, et al.. (2025). Unlocking the Future: A Commercial Take on R&D for Emerging Electrochemical Technologies. ACS Energy Letters. 10(8). 3670–3680. 1 indexed citations

Deng, Wanyu, Peng Zhang, Georg Kastlunger, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the rate-determining step of C2+ products during electrochemical CO reduction. Nature Communications. 15(1). 892–892. 45 indexed citations

Ma, Ming & Brian Seger. (2024). Rational Design of Local Reaction Environment for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ into Multicarbon Products. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(23). e202401185–e202401185. 31 indexed citations

Chorkendorff, Ib, et al.. (2024). Direct Electrocatalytic Propylene Epoxidation on PdO_x and PtO_x. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(40). 17006–17012. 5 indexed citations

Seger, Brian, Marc Robert, & Feng Jiao. (2023). Best practices for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Nature Sustainability. 6(3). 236–238. 73 indexed citations

Ma, Ming, Wanyu Deng, Aoni Xu, et al.. (2022). Local reaction environment for selective electroreduction of carbon monoxide. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(6). 2470–2478. 57 indexed citations

Garg, Sahil, et al.. (2022). How membrane characteristics influence the performance of CO₂ and CO electrolysis. Energy & Environmental Science. 15(11). 4440–4469. 77 indexed citations

Silvioli, Luca, Søren B. Scott, Ivano E. Castelli, et al.. (2022). Rational Catalyst Design for Higher Propene Partial Electro-oxidation Activity by Alloying Pd with Au. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(34). 14487–14499. 16 indexed citations

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Larrazábal, Gastón O., Valery Okatenko, Ib Chorkendorff, Raffaella Buonsanti, & Brian Seger. (2022). Investigation of Ethylene and Propylene Production from CO₂ Reduction over Copper Nanocubes in an MEA-Type Electrolyzer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(6). 7779–7787. 44 indexed citations

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Ma, Ming, et al.. (2022). Rigorous Evaluation of Liquid Products in High-Rate CO ₂ /CO Electrolysis. ACS Energy Letters. 7(8). 2595–2601. 31 indexed citations

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Larrazábal, Gastón O., Ming Ma, & Brian Seger. (2021). A Comprehensive Approach to Investigate CO₂ Reduction Electrocatalysts at High Current Densities. Accounts of Materials Research. 2(4). 220–229. 58 indexed citations

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Xie, Qixian, Gastón O. Larrazábal, Ming Ma, et al.. (2021). Copper-indium hydroxides derived electrocatalysts with tunable compositions for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 63. 278–284. 59 indexed citations

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Ma, Ming, Sang-Kuk Kim, Ib Chorkendorff, & Brian Seger. (2020). Role of ion-selective membranes in the carbon balance for CO ₂ electroreduction via gas diffusion electrode reactor designs. Chemical Science. 11(33). 8854–8861. 141 indexed citations

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Scott, Søren B., et al.. (2020). CO as a Probe Molecule to Study Surface Adsorbates during Electrochemical Oxidation of Propene. ChemElectroChem. 8(1). 250–256. 18 indexed citations

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Nitopi, Stephanie, Erlend Bertheussen, Søren B. Scott, et al.. (2019). Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte. Chemical Reviews. 119(12). 7610–7672. 3931 indexed citations breakdown →

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Larrazábal, Gastón O., et al.. (2019). Analysis of Mass Flows and Membrane Cross-over in CO₂ Reduction at High Current Densities in an MEA-Type Electrolyzer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(44). 41281–41288. 245 indexed citations

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Silvioli, Luca, Søren B. Scott, Kasper Enemark‐Rasmussen, et al.. (2019). Towards an atomistic understanding of electrocatalytic partial hydrocarbon oxidation: propene on palladium. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(3). 1055–1067. 70 indexed citations

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Crovetto, Andrea, Mohnish Pandey, Kristian S. Thygesen, et al.. (2017). Sulfide perovskites for solar energy conversion applications: computational screening and synthesis of the selected compound LaYS₃. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(12). 2579–2593. 114 indexed citations

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Kemppainen, Erno, Janne Halme, Ole Hansen, Brian Seger, & Peter D. Lund. (2016). Two-phase model of hydrogen transport to optimize nanoparticle catalyst loading for hydrogen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41(18). 7568–7581. 9 indexed citations

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