Erwin Reisner

30.3k total citations · 12 hit papers
291 papers, 25.6k citations indexed

About

Erwin Reisner is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Erwin Reisner has authored 291 papers receiving a total of 25.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 228 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 109 papers in Materials Chemistry and 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Erwin Reisner's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (153 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (100 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (77 papers). Erwin Reisner is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (153 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (100 papers) and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (77 papers). Erwin Reisner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Germany. Erwin Reisner's co-authors include Moritz F. Kuehnel, Benjamin Martindale, Taylor Uekert, Julien Warnan, Katherine L. Orchard, David Wakerley, Hatice Kasap, Georgina A. M. Hutton, Jenny Zhang and James R. Durrant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Erwin Reisner

286 papers receiving 25.4k citations

Hit Papers

Electro- and Solar-Driven... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2019 2020 2017 2019 2015 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Electro- and Solar-Driven Fuel Synthesis with First Row Transition Metal Complexes
    2019 746 citations Kristian E. Dalle, Erwin Reisner et al. profile →
  2. Towards molecular understanding of local chemical environment effects in electro- and photocatalytic CO2 reduction
    2020 605 citations Andreas Wagner, Constantin D. Sahm et al. profile →
  3. Solar-driven reforming of lignocellulose to H2 with a CdS/CdOx photocatalyst
    2017 550 citations Erwin Reisner et al. profile →
  4. Photoreforming of Nonrecyclable Plastic Waste over a Carbon Nitride/Nickel Phosphide Catalyst
    2019 541 citations Hatice Kasap, Erwin Reisner et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Solar Hydrogen Production Using Carbon Quantum Dots and a Molecular Nickel Catalyst
    2015 535 citations Erwin Reisner et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Carbon dots as photosensitisers for solar-driven catalysis
    2017 473 citations Erwin Reisner et al. profile →
  7. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction
    2023 450 citations Erwin Reisner et al. profile →
  8. Plastic waste as a feedstock for solar-driven H2 generation
    2018 445 citations Erwin Reisner et al. profile →
  9. Interfacing nature’s catalytic machinery with synthetic materials for semi-artificial photosynthesis
    2018 416 citations Jenny Zhang, Erwin Reisner et al. profile →
  10. Best practices for experiments and reporting in photocatalytic CO2 reduction
    2023 223 citations Erwin Reisner et al. profile →
  11. Floating perovskite-BiVO4 devices for scalable solar fuel production
    2022 219 citations Virgil Andrei, Geani Maria Ucoski et al. Nature profile →
  12. Direct air capture of CO2 for solar fuel production in flow
    2025 25 citations Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Erwin Reisner et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Erwin Reisner 18.2k 11.8k 6.5k 2.3k 2.2k 291 25.6k
Yujie Sun 14.2k 0.8× 5.2k 0.4× 10.1k 1.5× 841 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 167 18.5k
Jin‐Song Hu 18.6k 1.0× 18.3k 1.5× 25.6k 3.9× 572 0.2× 2.7k 1.2× 430 40.0k
Qingfeng Xu 8.6k 0.5× 10.8k 0.9× 7.8k 1.2× 829 0.4× 2.2k 1.0× 548 20.6k
Etsuko Fujita 12.2k 0.7× 5.6k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 982 0.4× 2.4k 1.1× 223 17.8k
Honggang Fu 30.5k 1.7× 23.7k 2.0× 19.4k 3.0× 607 0.3× 2.6k 1.2× 507 42.6k
Gerald J. Meyer 10.1k 0.6× 9.8k 0.8× 4.3k 0.7× 917 0.4× 2.4k 1.1× 339 18.3k
Licheng Sun 47.8k 2.6× 32.6k 2.8× 26.8k 4.1× 2.6k 1.1× 4.8k 2.1× 920 68.5k
Rui Cao 12.5k 0.7× 6.6k 0.6× 9.5k 1.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 414 18.3k
Yong Chen 8.1k 0.4× 11.4k 1.0× 9.4k 1.4× 378 0.2× 2.1k 0.9× 459 20.5k
Xile Hu 28.7k 1.6× 10.1k 0.9× 19.8k 3.0× 1.0k 0.4× 9.6k 4.3× 267 41.0k

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All Works

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Su, Lin, et al.. (2025). Adapting gas fermenting bacteria for light-driven domino valorization of CO 2. Chemical Science. 16(26). 11801–11808.
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Liu, Yongpeng, Samuel J. Cobb, Santiago Rodríguez‐Jiménez, et al.. (2024). Electrostatic [FeFe]-hydrogenase–carbon nitride assemblies for efficient solar hydrogen production. Chemical Science. 15(16). 6088–6094. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huijie, Carla Casadevall, Jessica H. van Wonderen, et al.. (2023). Rational Design of Covalent Multiheme Cytochrome‐Carbon Dot Biohybrids for Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(40). 8 indexed citations
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Gentleman, Alexander S., Carla Casadevall, Jie Xiao, et al.. (2023). Low-Volume Reaction Monitoring of Carbon Dot Light Absorbers in Optofluidic Microreactors. ACS Catalysis. 13(13). 9090–9101. 7 indexed citations
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Baikie, Tomi K., Laura T. Wey, Joshua M. Lawrence, et al.. (2023). Photosynthesis re-wired on the pico-second timescale. Nature. 615(7954). 836–840. 53 indexed citations
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Moore, Esther Edwardes, et al.. (2022). Understanding the local chemical environment of bioelectrocatalysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(4). 37 indexed citations
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Andrei, Virgil, Geani Maria Ucoski, Chanon Pornrungroj, et al.. (2022). Floating perovskite-BiVO4 devices for scalable solar fuel production. Nature. 608(7923). 518–522. 219 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bozal‐Ginesta, Carlota, Reshma R. Rao, Camilo A. Mesa, et al.. (2022). Spectroelectrochemistry of Water Oxidation Kinetics in Molecular versus Heterogeneous Oxide Iridium Electrocatalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(19). 8454–8459. 35 indexed citations
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Bhattacharjee, Subhajit, David S. Hall, Virgil Andrei, et al.. (2022). Single-Source Deposition of Mixed-Metal Oxide Films Containing Zirconium and 3d Transition Metals for (Photo)electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(16). 6223–6233. 4 indexed citations
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Cobb, Samuel J., Andreas Wagner, Sónia Zacarias, et al.. (2022). Fast CO2 hydration kinetics impair heterogeneous but improve enzymatic CO2 reduction catalysis. Nature Chemistry. 14(4). 417–424. 88 indexed citations
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Sahm, Constantin D., Eric Mates‐Torres, Kamil Sokołowski, et al.. (2022). Tuning the local chemical environment of ZnSe quantum dots with dithiols towards photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Chemical Science. 13(20). 5988–5998. 24 indexed citations
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Sahm, Constantin D., Eric Mates‐Torres, Kamil Sokołowski, et al.. (2021). Imidazolium-modification enhances photocatalytic CO2 reduction on ZnSe quantum dots. Chemical Science. 12(26). 9078–9087. 44 indexed citations
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Klein, David M., Santiago Rodríguez‐Jiménez, Andrea Pannwitz, et al.. (2021). Shorter Alkyl Chains Enhance Molecular Diffusion and Electron Transfer Kinetics between Photosensitisers and Catalysts in CO2‐Reducing Photocatalytic Liposomes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(68). 17203–17212. 28 indexed citations
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Bajada, Mark A., Arjun Vijeta, Aleksandr Savateev, et al.. (2020). Visible-Light Flow Reactor Packed with Porous Carbon Nitride for Aerobic Substrate Oxidations. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(7). 8176–8182. 49 indexed citations
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Achilleos, Demetra S., Wenxing Yang, Hatice Kasap, et al.. (2020). Solar Reforming of Biomass with Homogeneous Carbon Dots. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(41). 18184–18188. 100 indexed citations
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Achilleos, Demetra S., Hatice Kasap, & Erwin Reisner. (2020). Photocatalytic hydrogen generation coupled to pollutant utilisation using carbon dots produced from biomass. Green Chemistry. 22(9). 2831–2839. 68 indexed citations
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Achilleos, Demetra S., Wenxing Yang, Hatice Kasap, et al.. (2020). Solar Reforming of Biomass with Homogeneous Carbon Dots. Angewandte Chemie. 132(41). 18341–18345. 19 indexed citations
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Ren, Jian, Demetra S. Achilleos, Ronny Golnak, et al.. (2019). Uncovering the Charge Transfer between Carbon Dots and Water by In Situ Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(14). 3843–3848. 18 indexed citations
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Lau, Vincent Wing‐hei, Daniel Klose, Hatice Kasap, et al.. (2016). Dark Photocatalysis: Storage of Solar Energy in Carbon Nitride for Time‐Delayed Hydrogen Generation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(2). 510–514. 248 indexed citations
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Lau, Vincent Wing‐hei, Daniel Klose, Hatice Kasap, et al.. (2016). Dark Photocatalysis: Storage of Solar Energy in Carbon Nitride for Time‐Delayed Hydrogen Generation. Angewandte Chemie. 129(2). 525–529. 70 indexed citations

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