Cao‐Thang Dinh

37.8k total citations · 16 hit papers
108 papers, 23.3k citations indexed

About

Cao‐Thang Dinh is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Cao‐Thang Dinh has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 23.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 43 papers in Materials Chemistry and 41 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Cao‐Thang Dinh's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (67 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (34 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers). Cao‐Thang Dinh is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (67 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (34 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers). Cao‐Thang Dinh collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Cao‐Thang Dinh's co-authors include Edward H. Sargent, David Sinton, Phil De Luna, F. Pelayo Garcı́a de Arquer, Christine M. Gabardo, Jonathan P. Edwards, Ali Seifitokaldani, Trong‐On Do, Oleksandr S. Bushuyev and Md Golam Kibria and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Cao‐Thang Dinh

105 papers receiving 23.0k citations

Hit Papers

CO 2 electroreduction to ethylene via hydroxide-mediated ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2016 2018 2020 2020 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. CO 2 electroreduction to ethylene via hydroxide-mediated copper catalysis at an abrupt interface
    2018 2.1k citations Cao‐Thang Dinh, Thomas Burdyny et al. Science profile →
  2. Enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction via field-induced reagent concentration
    2016 1.7k citations Min Liu, Yuanjie Pang et al. profile →
  3. What Should We Make with CO2 and How Can We Make It?
    2018 1.3k citations Oleksandr S. Bushuyev, Phil De Luna et al. profile →
  4. CO 2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm −2
    2020 1.2k citations F. Pelayo Garcı́a de Arquer, Cao‐Thang Dinh et al. Science profile →
  5. Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Activity on Copper–Nickel Alloys via Tuning of Intermediate Adsorption
    2020 1.1k citations Jun Li, Fengwang Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Designing materials for electrochemical carbon dioxide recycling
    2019 1.1k citations Michael B. Ross, Phil De Luna et al. profile →
  7. Electrochemical CO2 Reduction into Chemical Feedstocks: From Mechanistic Electrocatalysis Models to System Design
    2019 1.1k citations Md Golam Kibria, Jonathan P. Edwards et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  8. CO 2 electrolysis to multicarbon products in strong acid
    2021 1.0k citations Jianan Erick Huang, Fengwang Li et al. Science profile →
  9. Catalyst electro-redeposition controls morphology and oxidation state for selective carbon dioxide reduction
    2018 903 citations Phil De Luna, Rafael Quintero‐Bermudez et al. profile →
  10. Multi-site electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in neutral media by destabilization of water molecules
    2018 622 citations Cao‐Thang Dinh, Ankit Jain et al. Nature Energy profile →
  11. Theory-driven design of high-valence metal sites for water oxidation confirmed using in situ soft X-ray absorption
    2017 583 citations X. R. Zheng, Bo Zhang et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
  12. Continuous Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Concentrated Multi-carbon Products Using a Membrane Electrode Assembly
    2019 491 citations Christine M. Gabardo, Colin P. O’Brien et al. profile →
  13. Binding Site Diversity Promotes CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol
    2019 481 citations Joshua Wicks, Jun Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  14. N-heterocyclic carbene-functionalized magic-number gold nanoclusters
    2019 420 citations Cao‐Thang Dinh, Edward H. Sargent et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
  15. Can sustainable ammonia synthesis pathways compete with fossil-fuel based Haber–Bosch processes?
    2021 342 citations Joshua Wicks, Cao‐Thang Dinh et al. profile →
  16. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Stabilized Hydrido Au24 Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2
    2022 139 citations Behnam Nourmohammadi Khiarak, Cao‐Thang Dinh et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cao‐Thang Dinh Canada 57 20.6k 11.3k 7.5k 6.6k 2.9k 108 23.3k
Feng Jiao United States 73 15.1k 0.7× 7.2k 0.6× 7.5k 1.0× 7.0k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 187 21.1k
Phil De Luna Canada 29 13.5k 0.7× 7.2k 0.6× 4.4k 0.6× 4.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 39 15.0k
Fengwang Li Australia 51 10.5k 0.5× 6.7k 0.6× 3.7k 0.5× 3.3k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 109 13.0k
Zhi‐Jian Zhao China 71 10.6k 0.5× 9.3k 0.8× 11.6k 1.5× 3.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 231 18.4k
Brian Seger Denmark 49 11.7k 0.6× 4.0k 0.4× 7.4k 1.0× 6.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 108 15.8k
Ifan E. L. Stephens United Kingdom 57 20.5k 1.0× 4.6k 0.4× 7.6k 1.0× 13.0k 2.0× 861 0.3× 168 23.1k
Bingjun Xu United States 62 9.2k 0.4× 5.6k 0.5× 5.3k 0.7× 3.9k 0.6× 662 0.2× 209 14.3k
Boon Siang Yeo Singapore 49 10.4k 0.5× 4.7k 0.4× 3.9k 0.5× 4.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 107 13.1k
Jae Sung Lee South Korea 89 18.6k 0.9× 2.9k 0.3× 16.2k 2.2× 9.5k 1.4× 998 0.3× 334 25.3k
Wilson A. Smith Netherlands 61 10.5k 0.5× 4.1k 0.4× 4.8k 0.6× 5.0k 0.7× 871 0.3× 148 12.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cao‐Thang Dinh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cao‐Thang Dinh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cao‐Thang Dinh based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cao‐Thang Dinh. Cao‐Thang Dinh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Khiarak, Behnam Nourmohammadi, Hengzhou Liu, Thành Trần‐Phú, et al.. (2025). Recoverable operation strategy for selective and stable electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to methane. Nature Energy. 10(11). 1360–1370.
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Li, Yueying, et al.. (2025). From lab to industry: Challenges in scaling Cu-based electrodes for CO2 electroreduction to multi-carbon products. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 54. 101769–101769. 1 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Tu N., et al.. (2025). Metal Cluster Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. ACS Catalysis. 15(7). 5731–5759. 5 indexed citations
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Vu, Nhu‐Nang, Ulrich Legrand, Arthur G. Fink, et al.. (2024). Design of electrocatalysts and electrodes for CO2 electroreduction to formic acid and formate. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 524. 216322–216322. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Junnan, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous electrosynthesis of C–N, C–S and C–P products using CO2 as a building block. Nature Synthesis. 3(7). 809–824. 49 indexed citations
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Xia, Lu, et al.. (2024). Materials challenges on the path to gigatonne CO2 electrolysis. Nature Reviews Materials. 9(8). 535–549. 54 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Tu N., Behnam Nourmohammadi Khiarak, Zijun Xu, et al.. (2024). Multi‐metallic Layered Catalysts for Stable Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate and Formic Acid. ChemSusChem. 17(16). e202301894–e202301894. 7 indexed citations
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Khiarak, Behnam Nourmohammadi, et al.. (2024). Macro‐ and Nano‐Porous Ag Electrodes Enable Selective and Stable Aqueous CO 2 Reduction. Small. 21(8). e2409669–e2409669. 6 indexed citations
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Khiarak, Behnam Nourmohammadi, et al.. (2023). In-situ oxidation of Sn catalysts for long-term electrochemical CO2 reduction to formate. Catalysis Today. 426. 114393–114393. 18 indexed citations
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Crane, Jackson, et al.. (2023). Comparative analysis of electrolyzers for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion. Catalysis Today. 423. 114284–114284. 23 indexed citations
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Zeraati, Ali Shayesteh, et al.. (2022). In situregeneration of copper catalysts for long-term electrochemical CO2reduction to multiple carbon products. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(37). 20059–20070. 48 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Tu N., Zhu Chen, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, et al.. (2022). Catalyst Regeneration via Chemical Oxidation Enables Long-Term Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(29). 13254–13265. 81 indexed citations
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Xie, Ke, Rui Kai Miao, Adnan Ozden, et al.. (2022). Bipolar membrane electrolyzers enable high single-pass CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3609–3609. 183 indexed citations
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Rasouli, Armin Sedighian, Xue Wang, Joshua Wicks, et al.. (2020). CO2 Electroreduction to Methane at Production Rates Exceeding 100 mA/cm2. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(39). 14668–14673. 52 indexed citations
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Kibria, Md Golam, Cao‐Thang Dinh, Ali Seifitokaldani, et al.. (2018). A Surface Reconstruction Route to High Productivity and Selectivity in CO2 Electroreduction toward C2+ Hydrocarbons. Advanced Materials. 30(49). e1804867–e1804867. 240 indexed citations
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Arquer, F. Pelayo Garcı́a de, Oleksandr S. Bushuyev, Phil De Luna, et al.. (2018). 2D Metal Oxyhalide‐Derived Catalysts for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction. Advanced Materials. 30(38). e1802858–e1802858. 233 indexed citations
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Dinh, Cao‐Thang, Thomas Burdyny, Md Golam Kibria, et al.. (2018). CO 2 electroreduction to ethylene via hydroxide-mediated copper catalysis at an abrupt interface. Science. 360(6390). 783–787. 2066 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dinh, Cao‐Thang, Ankit Jain, F. Pelayo Garcı́a de Arquer, et al.. (2018). Multi-site electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution in neutral media by destabilization of water molecules. Nature Energy. 4(2). 107–114. 622 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zheng, X. R., Bo Zhang, Phil De Luna, et al.. (2017). Theory-driven design of high-valence metal sites for water oxidation confirmed using in situ soft X-ray absorption. Nature Chemistry. 10(2). 149–154. 583 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dinh, Cao‐Thang, et al.. (1989). Mechanism of Copper Transport and Delivery in Mammals: Review and Recent Findings. PubMed. 258. 131–144. 16 indexed citations

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