David Wakerley

4.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
24 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

David Wakerley is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Wakerley has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 9 papers in Catalysis and 6 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in David Wakerley's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (15 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (11 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (9 papers). David Wakerley is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (15 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (11 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (9 papers). David Wakerley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Austria. David Wakerley's co-authors include Erwin Reisner, Moritz F. Kuehnel, Marc Fontecave, Sarah Lamaison, Victor Mougel, Katherine L. Orchard, Taylor Uekert, Dimitri Mercier, Philippe Marcus and Khoa H. Ly and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

David Wakerley

24 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Bio-inspired hydrophobicity promotes CO2 reduction on a C... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2019 2017 2019 2022 2018 200 400 600
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. Bio-inspired hydrophobicity promotes CO2 reduction on a Cu surface
    2019 721 citations David Wakerley, Sarah Lamaison et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. Solar-driven reforming of lignocellulose to H2 with a CdS/CdOx photocatalyst
    2017 550 citations David Wakerley, Moritz F. Kuehnel et al. Nature Energy profile →
  3. Electroreduction of CO2 on Single‐Site Copper‐Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Material: Selective Formation of Ethanol and Reversible Restructuration of the Metal Sites
    2019 500 citations David Wakerley, Dario Taverna et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Gas diffusion electrodes, reactor designs and key metrics of low-temperature CO2 electrolysers
    2022 473 citations David Wakerley, Sarah Lamaison et al. Nature Energy profile →
  5. Plastic waste as a feedstock for solar-driven H2 generation
    2018 445 citations Taylor Uekert, Moritz F. Kuehnel 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
David Wakerley United Kingdom 19 3.2k 1.3k 1.2k 887 461 24 3.8k
Motiar Rahaman United Kingdom 25 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 778 0.9× 358 0.8× 39 3.2k
Shengbo Zhang China 31 2.2k 0.7× 549 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 838 0.9× 205 0.4× 79 3.2k
Haiyuan Zou China 33 3.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.5× 2.2k 2.4× 144 0.3× 64 4.7k
Hu Zhou China 25 2.2k 0.7× 899 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 915 1.0× 243 0.5× 79 3.3k
Saira Ajmal China 27 1.5k 0.5× 433 0.3× 933 0.7× 761 0.9× 60 0.1× 51 2.3k
Chunmiao Jia Singapore 15 1.2k 0.4× 756 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 875 1.0× 204 0.4× 20 2.2k
Mingyu Chu China 24 950 0.3× 325 0.3× 984 0.8× 315 0.4× 169 0.4× 52 2.1k
Feng-Yang Chen United States 15 3.8k 1.2× 2.4k 1.9× 1.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.8× 113 0.2× 20 4.8k
Ruixiang Ge China 37 6.1k 1.9× 714 0.6× 1.8k 1.5× 4.3k 4.9× 82 0.2× 61 7.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wakerley, David, Sarah Lamaison, Joshua Wicks, et al.. (2022). Gas diffusion electrodes, reactor designs and key metrics of low-temperature CO2 electrolysers. Nature Energy. 7(2). 130–143. 473 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Lei, Hong‐Jie Peng, Sarah Lamaison, et al.. (2021). Bimetallic effects on Zn-Cu electrocatalysts enhance activity and selectivity for the conversion of CO2 to CO. Chem Catalysis. 1(3). 663–680. 76 indexed citations
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Nicolas, Emmanuel, et al.. (2021). Coupling Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Thermocatalysis Enables the Formation of a Lactone Monomer. ChemSusChem. 14(10). 2198–2204. 19 indexed citations
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Akhade, Sneha A., Buddhinie Srimali Jayathilake, Stephen E. Weitzner, et al.. (2021). Electrolyte-Guided Design of Electroreductive CO Coupling on Copper Surfaces. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 4(8). 8201–8210. 9 indexed citations
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Lamaison, Sarah, David Wakerley, Frauke Kracke, et al.. (2021). Designing a Zn–Ag Catalyst Matrix and Electrolyzer System for CO2 Conversion to CO and Beyond. Advanced Materials. 34(1). e2103963–e2103963. 61 indexed citations
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Sassoye, Capucine, Mohamed Selmane, Sarah Lamaison, et al.. (2020). A Single Molecular Stoichiometric P‐Source for Phase‐Selective Synthesis of Crystalline and Amorphous Iron Phosphide Nanocatalysts. ChemNanoMat. 6(8). 1208–1219. 7 indexed citations
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Lamaison, Sarah, David Wakerley, Juliette Blanchard, et al.. (2020). High-Current-Density CO2-to-CO Electroreduction on Ag-Alloyed Zn Dendrites at Elevated Pressure. Joule. 4(2). 395–406. 123 indexed citations
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Wakerley, David, Sarah Lamaison, François Ozanam, et al.. (2019). Bio-inspired hydrophobicity promotes CO2 reduction on a Cu surface. Nature Materials. 18(11). 1222–1227. 721 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lamaison, Sarah, David Wakerley, David Montero, et al.. (2019). Zn–Cu Alloy Nanofoams as Efficient Catalysts for the Reduction of CO2 to Syngas Mixtures with a Potential‐Independent H2/CO Ratio. ChemSusChem. 12(2). 511–517. 55 indexed citations
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Wakerley, David, Khoa H. Ly, Nikolay Kornienko, et al.. (2018). Aerobic Conditions Enhance the Photocatalytic Stability of CdS/CdOx Quantum Dots. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(69). 18385–18388. 14 indexed citations
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Uekert, Taylor, Moritz F. Kuehnel, David Wakerley, & Erwin Reisner. (2018). Plastic waste as a feedstock for solar-driven H2 generation. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(10). 2853–2857. 445 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wakerley, David, Moritz F. Kuehnel, Katherine L. Orchard, et al.. (2017). Solar-driven reforming of lignocellulose to H2 with a CdS/CdOx photocatalyst. Nature Energy. 2(4). 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Reuillard, Bertrand, Julien Warnan, Jane J. Leung, David Wakerley, & Erwin Reisner. (2016). A Poly(cobaloxime)/Carbon Nanotube Electrode: Freestanding Buckypaper with Polymer‐Enhanced H2‐Evolution Performance. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(12). 3952–3957. 98 indexed citations
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Kuehnel, Moritz F., David Wakerley, Katherine L. Orchard, & Erwin Reisner. (2015). Photocatalytic Formic Acid Conversion on CdS Nanocrystals with Controllable Selectivity for H2 or CO. Angewandte Chemie. 127(33). 9763–9767. 11 indexed citations
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Kuehnel, Moritz F., David Wakerley, Katherine L. Orchard, & Erwin Reisner. (2015). Photocatalytic Formic Acid Conversion on CdS Nanocrystals with Controllable Selectivity for H2 or CO. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(33). 9627–9631. 118 indexed citations
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Wakerley, David & Erwin Reisner. (2015). Oxygen-tolerant proton reduction catalysis: much O2 about nothing?. Energy & Environmental Science. 8(8). 2283–2295. 74 indexed citations
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Wakerley, David, Manuela A. Groß, & Erwin Reisner. (2014). Proton reduction by molecular catalysts in water under demanding atmospheres. Chemical Communications. 50(100). 15995–15998. 55 indexed citations
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Wakerley, David & Erwin Reisner. (2014). Development and understanding of cobaloxime activity through electrochemical molecular catalyst screening. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(12). 5739–5746. 88 indexed citations
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Bassegoda, Arnau, Christopher Madden, David Wakerley, Erwin Reisner, & Judy Hirst. (2014). Reversible Interconversion of CO2 and Formate by a Molybdenum-Containing Formate Dehydrogenase. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(44). 15473–15476. 199 indexed citations
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Wakerley, David, Aleix G. Güell, Laura A. Hutton, et al.. (2013). Boron doped diamond ultramicroelectrodes: a generic platform for sensing single nanoparticle electrocatalytic collisions. Chemical Communications. 49(50). 5657–5657. 48 indexed citations

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