Egill Skúlason

11.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
82 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Egill Skúlason is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Egill Skúlason has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 49 papers in Catalysis and 41 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Egill Skúlason's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (39 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (37 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (24 papers). Egill Skúlason is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (39 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (37 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (24 papers). Egill Skúlason collaborates with scholars based in Iceland, Denmark and United States. Egill Skúlason's co-authors include Jan Rossmeisl, Jens K. Nørskov, Thomas Bligaard, Hannes Jónsson, Younes Abghoui, Vladimir Tripković, Frank Abild‐Pedersen, Felix Studt, Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir and Mårten E. Björketun and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Egill Skúlason

80 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Scaling Properties of Adsorption Energies for Hydrogen-Containing Molecules on Transition-Metal Surfaces

2007 1.4k citations Egill Skúlason et al. profile →
A theoretical evaluation of possible transition metal electro-catalysts for N₂reduction

2011 1.4k citations Egill Skúlason, Hannes Jónsson et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →
Modeling the Electrochemical Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Reactions on the Basis of Density Functional Theory Calculations

2010 1.1k citations Egill Skúlason, Hannes Jónsson et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C profile →
Density functional theory calculations for the hydrogen evolution reaction in an electrochemical double layer on the Pt(111) electrode

2007 748 citations Egill Skúlason, Hannes Jónsson et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →
The oxygen reduction reaction mechanism on Pt(111) from density functional theory calculations

2010 501 citations Egill Skúlason et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Role of Manganese Oxide Nanosheets in Pyrolyzed Carbonaceous Supports for Water Oxidation 2025 ·Chemistry of Materials ·(unknown), Thorsten O. Schmidt, Richard W. Haid, Regina M. Kluge, Shinya Suzuki, Zyun Siroma, Egill Skúlason, Aliaksandr S. Bandarenka, Jun Maruyama	0
2	Towards improved stability of transition metal nitrides in aqueous solutions 2024 ·Progress in Solid State Chemistry ·Xiang Li, Anna B. Gunnarsdóttir, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Egill Skúlason, Helga Dögg Flosadóttir, Cristina Giordano	5
3	CO ₂ hydrogenation to methanol over Pt functionalized Hf-UiO-67 versus Zr-UiO-67 2024 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), Egill Skúlason, Ainara Nova, Unni Olsbye	1
4	Understanding the Mechanistic Pathways of N2 Reduction to Ammonia on (110) Facets of Transition Metal Carbides 2024 ·Crystals ·(unknown), Egill Skúlason, Younes Abghoui	7
5	Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia at Ambient Condition on the (111) Facets of Transition Metal Carbonitrides 2024 ·ChemPhysChem ·(unknown), Egill Skúlason, Younes Abghoui, (unknown)	18
6	Calculations of the effect of catalyst size and structure on the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ on Cu nanoclusters 2024 ·Nanoscale ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Egill Skúlason, Anna L. Garden	5
7	Are (100) facets of transition metal carbonitrides suitable as electrocatalysts for nitrogen reduction to ammonia at ambient conditions? 2024 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·(unknown), Egill Skúlason, Younes Abghoui	27
8	Elucidating the Active Sites and Synergies in Water Splitting on Manganese Oxide Nanosheets on Graphite Support 2023 ·Advanced Energy Materials ·Thorsten O. Schmidt, (unknown), Richard W. Haid, Regina M. Kluge, Shinya Suzuki, Kazuhide Kamiya, Aliaksandr S. Bandarenka, Jun Maruyama, Egill Skúlason	10
9	Mechanistic Insights in the Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO₂ over Pt Nanoparticles in UiO-67 Metal–Organic Frameworks 2023 ·ACS Catalysis ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Laurens D. B. Mandemaker, Bert M. Weckhuysen, Unni Olsbye, Ainara Nova, Egill Skúlason	11
10	Perspectives on the Competition between the Electrochemical Water and N₂ Oxidation on a TiO₂(110) Electrode 2022 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Ebrahim Tayyebi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin M. Comer, Andrew J. Medford, Egill Skúlason	22
11	Correction to “Computational Screening of Rutile Oxides for Electrochemical Ammonia Formation” 2021 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·(unknown), Younes Abghoui, Anna B. Gunnarsdóttir, Egill Skúlason	3
12	Optimizing Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Nitrides: A Computational Study on Crystallographic Orientation 2021 ·Topics in Catalysis ·(unknown), (unknown), Egill Skúlason, Younes Abghoui	21
13	Influence of Defects and H₂O on the Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Methanol over Pt Nanoparticles in UiO-67 Metal–Organic Framework 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Gurpreet Kaur, Andrea Lazzarini, (unknown), A.E. Gunnæs, (unknown), Maria Kalyva, (unknown), Stian Svelle, Egill Skúlason, Ainara Nova, Unni Olsbye	86
14	Why do RuO₂ electrodes catalyze electrochemical CO₂ reduction to methanol rather than methane or perhaps neither of those? 2020 ·Chemical Science ·Ebrahim Tayyebi, Javed Hussain, Egill Skúlason	22
15	Elucidating the Mechanism of Electrochemical N₂ Reduction at the Ru(0001) Electrode 2019 ·ACS Catalysis ·Ebrahim Tayyebi, Younes Abghoui, Egill Skúlason	110
16	Elucidation of temperature-programmed desorption of high-coverage hydrogen on Pt(211), Pt(221), Pt(533) and Pt(553) based on density functional theory calculations 2019 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Manuel J. Kolb, Anna L. Garden, (unknown), José Antonio Garrido Torres, Egill Skúlason, Ludo B. F. Juurlink, Hannes Jónsson, Marc T. M. Koper	10
17	Addition to “Assessment of Constant-Potential Implicit Solvation Calculations of Electrochemical Energy Barriers for H₂ Evolution on Pt” 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Maxime Van den Bossche, Egill Skúlason, Christoph Rose-Petruck, Hannes Jónsson	7
18	Geometric and Electronic Effects Contributing to N₂ Dissociation Barriers on a Range of Active Sites on Ru Nanoparticles 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Stephanie Lambie, (unknown), Egill Skúlason, Anna L. Garden	24
19	Calculations of Product Selectivity in Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction 2018 ·ACS Catalysis ·Javed Hussain, Hannes Jónsson, Egill Skúlason	253
20	Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Nitrides 2017 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Younes Abghoui, Egill Skúlason	142

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