Donald A. Tryk

31.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
248 papers, 26.7k citations indexed

About

Donald A. Tryk is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald A. Tryk has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 26.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 122 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 112 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Donald A. Tryk's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (86 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (59 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (52 papers). Donald A. Tryk is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (86 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (59 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (52 papers). Donald A. Tryk collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Puerto Rico. Donald A. Tryk's co-authors include Akira Fujishima, Tata N. Rao, Xintong Zhang, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Bulusu V. Sarada, Ernest Yeager, Haruo Inoue, Taketoshi Murakami, Hiroyuki Uchida and Shinsuke Takagi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Donald A. Tryk

245 papers receiving 26.1k citations

Hit Papers

Titanium dioxide photocatalysis 1989 2026 2001 2013 2000 2008 1989 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Titanium dioxide photocatalysis
    2000 6.7k citations Donald A. Tryk et al. profile →
  2. TiO2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena
    2008 5.5k citations Donald A. Tryk et al. profile →
  3. Heat-treated polyacrylonitrile-based catalysts for oxygen electroreduction
    1989 551 citations Donald A. Tryk, W. Aldred et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald A. Tryk Japan 68 16.9k 13.7k 8.7k 3.2k 2.3k 248 26.7k
Ai‐Jun Wang China 77 10.8k 0.6× 10.0k 0.7× 11.2k 1.3× 3.8k 1.2× 2.9k 1.3× 600 23.2k
Krishnan Rajeshwar United States 63 7.0k 0.4× 7.1k 0.5× 5.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 395 14.6k
Koichi Aoki Japan 44 10.2k 0.6× 8.8k 0.6× 6.4k 0.7× 4.9k 1.5× 1.4k 0.6× 306 18.2k
S. Trasatti Italy 56 7.5k 0.4× 5.5k 0.4× 9.4k 1.1× 4.9k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 278 16.9k
Tata N. Rao India 51 7.2k 0.4× 6.9k 0.5× 5.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 196 14.8k
Ulrike Diebold Austria 78 11.9k 0.7× 23.3k 1.7× 9.7k 1.1× 709 0.2× 2.5k 1.1× 299 29.8k
Shun Mao China 76 6.5k 0.4× 8.8k 0.6× 10.6k 1.2× 1.4k 0.4× 4.1k 1.8× 236 19.1k
Kenichi Honda Japan 36 29.0k 1.7× 24.9k 1.8× 10.1k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 1.5k 0.7× 209 36.8k
Zhaoxiong Xie China 86 13.3k 0.8× 17.7k 1.3× 11.8k 1.4× 1.9k 0.6× 4.3k 1.9× 367 29.9k
Qing Peng China 78 14.0k 0.8× 12.2k 0.9× 12.3k 1.4× 1.6k 0.5× 2.2k 1.0× 158 24.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shi, Guoyu, Donald A. Tryk, Akihiro Iiyama, et al.. (2025). Tuning the Ni-Oxide Layer Structure on NiFe Alloys for High Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity. ACS Catalysis. 15(16). 14100–14107. 3 indexed citations
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Tryk, Donald A., Guoyu Shi, Katsuyoshi Kakinuma, Makoto Uchida, & Akihiro Iiyama. (2024). Mechanisms for the Production and Suppression of Hydrogen Peroxide at the Hydrogen Electrode in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Water Electrolyzers: Theoretical Considerations. Catalysts. 14(12). 890–890. 3 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Tetsuro Tano, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2024). Pt nanorods supported on Nb-doped ceria: A promising anode catalyst for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Electrochemistry Communications. 163. 107733–107733. 4 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Tetsuro Tano, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2024). Nanostructured Pt-NiFe Oxide Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolyzers. ACS Catalysis. 14(12). 9460–9468. 21 indexed citations
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Tryk, Donald A. & Akiyoshi Kuzume. (2023). The electrochemistry of platinum-group and noble metals as it relates to fuel cells and water electrolysis: Vibrational spectroscopic and computational insights. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 41. 101372–101372. 4 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Donald A. Tryk, Tetsuro Tano, et al.. (2023). NiFe Alloy Integrated with Amorphous/Crystalline NiFe Oxide as an Electrocatalyst for Alkaline Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions. ACS Omega. 8(14). 13068–13077. 33 indexed citations
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Tryk, Donald A., et al.. (2023). Various states of water species in an anion exchange membrane characterized by Raman spectroscopy under controlled temperature and humidity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26(3). 1658–1670. 12 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Tetsuro Tano, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2023). Highly Active Nanostructured NiCoMo-Based Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution in Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(21). 10742–10747. 8 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Tetsuro Tano, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2023). Nanorod Structuring of IrOx on a Unique Microstructure of Sb-Doped Tin Oxide to Dramatically Boost the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity for PEM Water Electrolysis. ACS Catalysis. 13(18). 12299–12309. 30 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Akinobu, et al.. (2022). Properties and Morphologies of Anion-Exchange Membranes with Different Lengths of Fluorinated Hydrophobic Chains. ACS Omega. 7(16). 13577–13587. 11 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Tetsuro Tano, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2022). Temperature Dependence of Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity in Alkaline Solution at Ni–Co Oxide Catalysts with Amorphous/Crystalline Surfaces. ACS Catalysis. 12(22). 14209–14219. 67 indexed citations
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Yokota, Naoki, Kenichi Nagase, Weilin Xu, et al.. (2022). Effect of water management in membrane and cathode catalyst layers on suppressing the performance hysteresis phenomenon in anion-exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 522. 230997–230997. 25 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Takuma Hashimoto, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2021). Enhanced oxygen reduction electrocatalysis on PtCoSn alloy nanocatalyst mediated by Ta-doped SnO2 support for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta. 390. 138894–138894. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Tetsuro Tano, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2021). Temperature Dependence of Oxygen Reduction Activity at Pt/Nb-Doped SnO2 Catalysts with Varied Pt Loading. ACS Catalysis. 11(9). 5222–5230. 41 indexed citations
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Tryk, Donald A., Shun Kobayashi, Junji Inukai, & Hiroyuki Uchida. (2019). Modeling the Effect of Underlying Cobalt on the Electrochemical Behavior of Pt-Skin / Pt100-x Cox(111) Single Crystal Electrodes. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2019-02(35). 1594–1594. 1 indexed citations
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Tryk, Donald A., Guoyu Shi, Hiroshi Yano, et al.. (2018). (Invited)Recent Progress in the Understanding of the Electrocatalysis of the CO-Tolerant Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. ECS Transactions. 85(12). 41–46. 8 indexed citations
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Shi, Guoyu, Hiroshi Yano, Donald A. Tryk, et al.. (2017). Weakened CO adsorption and enhanced structural integrity of a stabilized Pt skin/PtCo hydrogen oxidation catalyst analysed by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(24). 6124–6131. 17 indexed citations
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Tryk, Donald A., W. Aldred, & Ernest Yeager. (1983). Carbon in bifunctional air electrodes in alkaline solution. 1 indexed citations
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Tryk, Donald A., et al.. (1981). Catalytic systems for bifunctional oxygen electrodes.

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