Franklin Tao

12.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Franklin Tao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Franklin Tao has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Materials Chemistry, 79 papers in Catalysis and 37 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Franklin Tao's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (114 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (66 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (30 papers). Franklin Tao is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (114 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (66 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (30 papers). Franklin Tao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Indonesia. Franklin Tao's co-authors include Shiran Zhang, Yu Tang, Luan Nguyen, Yuting Li, Miquel Salmerón, Luan Nguyen, Junjun Shan, Jiaguo Yu, Zaicheng Sun and Anatoly I. Frenkel and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Franklin Tao

139 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

Size- and shape-dependent catalytic performances of oxidation and reduction reactions on nanocatalysts

2016 623 citations Franklin Tao, Yu Tang et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Red Emissive Sulfur, Nitrogen Codoped Carbon Dots and Their Application in Ion Detection and Theraonostics

2017 422 citations Franklin Tao, Zaicheng Sun et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franklin Tao

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Photoelectron spectroscopic operando studies of surface of nanoparticles in liquid or gas at bar pressure with an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer 2025 ·Nature Protocols ·Franklin Tao	0
2	Highly Selective Photocatalytic Synthesis of Acetic Acid at 0–25 °C 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Xupeng Zong, (unknown), Yu Tang, Yuting Li, Xin‐Ping Wu, (unknown), Zaicheng Sun, Franklin Tao	1
3	Oxidative Coupling of CH4 on Supported Na2WO4 Promoted with Transition Metals (M = Co, Mn, Mo) 2023 ·Catalysis Letters ·Yuting Li, Yu Tang, Yixiao Li, Franklin Tao	2
4	Atomic-Scale Mechanism of Platinum Catalyst Restructuring under a Pressure of Reactant Gas 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Luan Nguyen, Franklin Tao, Philippe Sautet	38
5	Optimal Packing of CO at a High Coverage on Pt(100) and Pt(111) Surfaces 2020 ·ACS Catalysis ·(unknown), Luan Nguyen, Franklin Tao, Philippe Sautet	30
6	Elucidation of the Reaction Mechanism for High-Temperature Water Gas Shift over an Industrial-Type Copper–Chromium–Iron Oxide Catalyst 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Felipe Polo‐Garzon, Victor Fung, Luan Nguyen, Yu Tang, Franklin Tao, Yongqiang Cheng, Luke L. Daemen, Anibal J. Ramirez‐Cuesta, Guo Shiou Foo, Minghui Zhu, Israel E. Wachs, De‐en Jiang, Zili Wu	73
7	Achieving Atomic Dispersion of Highly Loaded Transition Metals in Small‐Pore Zeolite SSZ‐13: High‐Capacity and High‐Efficiency Low‐Temperature CO and Passive NO_x Adsorbers 2018 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Konstantin Khivantsev, Nicholas R. Jaegers, Libor Kovařík, Jonathan C. Hanson, Franklin Tao, Yu Tang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Iskra Z. Koleva, Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Yong Wang, Feng Gao, János Szanyi	169
8	Achieving Atomic Dispersion of Highly Loaded Transition Metals in Small‐Pore Zeolite SSZ‐13: High‐Capacity and High‐Efficiency Low‐Temperature CO and Passive NO_x Adsorbers 2018 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Konstantin Khivantsev, Nicholas R. Jaegers, Libor Kovařík, Jonathan C. Hanson, Franklin Tao, Yu Tang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Iskra Z. Koleva, Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Yong Wang, Feng Gao, János Szanyi	36
9	Anatomy of a Visible Light Activated Photocatalyst for Water Splitting 2018 ·ACS Catalysis ·Somphonh P. Phivilay, Charles A. Roberts, Andrew D. Gamalski, Eric A. Stach, Shiran Zhang, Luan Nguyen, Yu Tang, Anke Xiong, Alexander A. Puretzky, Franklin Tao, Kazunari Domen, Israel E. Wachs	26
10	Rücktitelbild: Achieving Atomic Dispersion of Highly Loaded Transition Metals in Small‐Pore Zeolite SSZ‐13: High‐Capacity and High‐Efficiency Low‐Temperature CO and Passive NO_x Adsorbers (Angew. Chem. 51/2018) 2018 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Konstantin Khivantsev, Nicholas R. Jaegers, Libor Kovařík, Jonathan C. Hanson, Franklin Tao, Yu Tang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Iskra Z. Koleva, Hristiyan A. Aleksandrov, Georgi N. Vayssilov, Yong Wang, Feng Gao, János Szanyi	2
11	A robust fuel cell operated on nearly dry methane at 500 °C enabled by synergistic thermal catalysis and electrocatalysis 2018 ·Nature Energy ·Yu Chen, Ben deGlee, Yu Tang, Ziyun Wang, Bote Zhao, Yuechang Wei, Lei Zhang, Seonyoung Yoo, Kai Pei, Jun Hyuk Kim, Yong Ding, P. Hu, Franklin Tao, Meilin Liu	302
12	Subsurface catalysis-mediated selectivity of dehydrogenation reaction 2018 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Rentao Mu, Shenjun Zha, Guodong Sun, Sai Chen, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, Hao Li, Hao Tian, Yu Tang, Franklin Tao, Liang Zeng, Jinlong Gong	121
13	Single rhodium atoms anchored in micropores for efficient transformation of methane under mild conditions 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Yu Tang, Yuting Li, Victor Fung, De‐en Jiang, Weixin Huang, Shiran Zhang, Yasuhiro Iwasawa, Tomohiro Sakata, Luan Nguyen, Xiaoyan Zhang, Anatoly I. Frenkel, Franklin Tao	250
14	Direct Neutron Spectroscopy Observation of Cerium Hydride Species on a Cerium Oxide Catalyst 2017 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Zili Wu, Yongqiang Cheng, Franklin Tao, Luke L. Daemen, Guo Shiou Foo, Luan Nguyen, Xiaoyan Zhang, Ariana Beste, Anibal J. Ramirez‐Cuesta	170
15	Catalysis at Multiple Length Scales: Crotonaldehyde Hydrogenation at Nanoscale and Mesoscale Interfaces in Platinum–Cerium Oxide Catalysts 2017 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Xin Yang, Yu Tang, Franklin Tao, L. Robert Baker	11
16	The role of copper in catalytic performance of a Fe–Cu–Al–O catalyst for water gas shift reaction 2013 ·Chemical Communications ·Yingchun Ye, Lei Wang, Shiran Zhang, Yuan Zhu, Junjun Shan, Franklin Tao	34
17	Water–gas shift on gold catalysts: catalyst systems and fundamental studies 2013 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Franklin Tao, Zhen Ma	57
18	Functionalization of semiconductor surfaces 2012 ·CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Franklin Tao, Steven L. Bernasek	24
19	Shape control of bimetallic nanocatalysts through well-designed colloidal chemistry approaches 2012 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Jun Gu, Ya‐Wen Zhang, Franklin Tao	394
20	Action of bimetallic nanocatalysts under reaction conditions and during catalysis: evolution of chemistry from high vacuum conditions to reaction conditions 2012 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Franklin Tao, Shiran Zhang, Luan Nguyen, Xueqiang Zhang	150

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