Héctor D. Abruña

55.2k citations

573 papers · 47.3k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 113

Impact in

Electrochemistry top 0.01%
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.02%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Papers in

Electrochemistry 161
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications 161
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 191
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 168

Co-authors: Francis J. DiSalvo Michael A. Lowe Hongsen Wang Yingchao Yu David A. Muller Yao Yang Deli Wang Sarah H. Tolbert
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (70 papers)Langmuir (32 papers)Inorganic Chemistry (31 papers)Analytical Chemistry (28 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (26 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Spain

In The Last Decade

Héctor D. Abruña

570 papers receiving 46.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Atomically Dispersed Zn/Co–N–C as ORR Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells 2024 · 120 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2023 Nature
2019 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2013 Nature Materials
2013 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2013 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2012 Nature Materials
2012 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2011 The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2010 Science
2008 ACS Nano
2002 Nature
2001 Chemical Reviews

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1	Competitive Carbonate Binding Hinders Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction to CO on Cu Surfaces at Low Overpotentials Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jinhui Meng, Jessica Freeze, Francis M. Caroll, Chaoyu Li, Hongsen Wang, Héctor D. Abruña, Adam P. Willard, Víctor S. Batista, Tianquan Lian	2025	2
2	Atomically Dispersed Zn/Co–N–C as ORR Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Weixuan Xu, Rui Zeng, Naveen Kumar Nerella, Alvaro Posada-Borbón, Huiqi Li, Christopher J. Pollock, Manos Mavrikakis, Héctor D. Abruña Hit paper breakdown →	2024	120
3	Direct Insertion Polymerization of Ionic Monomers: Rapid Production of Anion Exchange Membranes Angewandte Chemie ·Arno Nohlen, Cheyenne R. Peltier, 茂男辻村, T. G. Dunning, Qihao Li, Chiara Speranzoni, F. F. Nogueira, Héctor D. Abruña, Kevin J. T. Noonan, Geoffrey W. Coates, Brett P. Fors	2023	3
4	Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of CO and C₂ Products in Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction─The Role of Sequential Charge Transfer and Chemical Reactions ACS Catalysis ·Rileigh Casebolt, Sabeen Sabir, Bonan Ni, Héctor D. Abruña, Tobias Hanrath	2023	5
5	Adsorbed Enolate as the Precursor for the C–C Bond Splitting during Ethanol Electrooxidation on Pt Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Hongsen Wang, Héctor D. Abruña	2023	36
6	Understanding the Structural Evolution of IrFeCoNiCu High-Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles under the Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Nano Letters ·Arifin Luthfi Maulana, Pengcheng Chen, Zixiao Shi, Yao Yang, Carlos Lizandara‐Pueyo, F. Seeler, Héctor D. Abruña, David A. Muller, Kerstin Schierle‐Arndt, Peidong Yang	2023	101
7	Three-dimensional Imaging of Surface Structural Transformations on Electrocatalyst Nanoparticles Using Multi-slice Electron Ptychography Microscopy and Microanalysis ·Zixiao Shi, Rui Zeng, Yu‐Tsun Shao, 梁光明, Dianwen Song, Héctor D. Abruña, David A. Muller	2023	3
8	Identifying Adsorbed OH Species on Pt and Ru Electrodes with Surface-Enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy through CO Displacement Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Hongsen Wang, Héctor D. Abruña	2023	35
9	High Entropy Sulfide Nanoparticles as Lithium Polysulfide Redox Catalysts ACS Nano ·S. S. Flaschen, Connor R. McCormick, Shuang‐Yan Lang, Raymond E. Schaak, Héctor D. Abruña	2023	89
10	Facet Impact of CuMn₂O₄ Spinel Nanocatalysts on Enhancement of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media ACS Catalysis ·Ming Zhou, Hongsen Wang, Lihua Zhang, Can Li, Amar Kumbhar, Héctor D. Abruña, Jiye Fang	2022	32
11	Surface Roughness-Independent Homogeneous Lithium Plating in Synergetic Conditioned Electrolyte ACS Energy Letters ·Yunseo Jeoun, Philip Lynn Potts, Shin‐Yeong Kim, Aimé Kouassi, Sung‐Ho Huh, Sohee Kim, Xin Huang, Yung‐Eun Sung, Héctor D. Abruña, Seung‐Ho Yu	2022	23
12	Interface-Enhanced Catalytic Selectivity on the C₂ Products of CO₂ Electroreduction ACS Catalysis ·Zhen Li, Yao Yang, Zhenglei Yin, Wei Xing, Hanqing Peng, Kangjie Lyu, Fengyuan Wei, Li Xiao, Gongwei Wang, Héctor D. Abruña, Juntao Lu, Lin Zhuang	2021	135
13	Activity–Stability Relationship in Au@Pt Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis ACS Energy Letters ·Dong Young Chung, Subin Park, Hyeonju Lee, Hyungjun Kim, Young‐Hoon Chung, Ji Mun Yoo, Docheon Ahn, Seung‐Ho Yu, Kug‐Seung Lee, Mahdi Ahmadi, Huanxin Ju, Héctor D. Abruña, Sung Jong Yoo, Bongjin Simon Mun, Yung‐Eun Sung	2020	61
14	Operando Synchrotron-Based X-ray Study of Prussian Blue and Its Analogue as Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Jeesoo Seok, Seung‐Ho Yu, Héctor D. Abruña	2020	10
15	High-Loading Composition-Tolerant Co–Mn Spinel Oxides with Performance beyond 1 W/cm² in Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells ACS Energy Letters ·Yao Yang, Hanqing Peng, Yin Xiong, Qihao Li, Juntao Lu, Li Xiao, Francis J. DiSalvo, Lin Zhuang, Héctor D. Abruña	2019	89
16	Synergistic Mn-Co catalyst outperforms Pt on high-rate oxygen reduction for alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells Nature Communications ·Ying Wang, Yao Yang, Shuangfeng Jia, Xiaoming Wang, Kangjie Lyu, Yanqiu Peng, Zheng He, Wei Xing, Huan Ren, Li Xiao, Jianbo Wang, David A. Muller, Héctor D. Abruña, Bing−Joe Hwang, Juntao Lu, Lin Zhuang	2019	298
17	Metal–Organic-Framework-Derived Co–Fe Bimetallic Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Fuel Cells Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yin Xiong, Yao Yang, Francis J. DiSalvo, Héctor D. Abruña	2019	196
18	In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of a Synergistic Co–Mn Oxide Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yao Yang, Ying Wang, Yin Xiong, Xin Huang, Luxi Shen, Rong Huang, Hongsen Wang, Raja Abdelmalek, Seung‐Ho Yu, Li Xiao, J. D. Brock, Lin Zhuang, Héctor D. Abruña	2019	161
19	Cover Feature: Controlled Selectivity of CO₂ Reduction on Copper by Pulsing the Electrochemical Potential (ChemSusChem 11/2018) ChemSusChem ·L. Garchery, Kevin Fritz, Ji-Yoon Kim, Jin Suntivich, Héctor D. Abruña, Tobias Hanrath	2018	1
20	SnS/C nanocomposites for high-performance sodium ion battery anodes RSC Advances ·Seung‐Ho Yu, Aihua Jin, Xin Huang, Yao Yang, Rong Huang, J. D. Brock, Yung‐Eun Sung, Héctor D. Abruña	2018	35

About Héctor D. Abruña

Héctor D. Abruña is a scholar working on Electrochemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Structural Biology, Bioengineering and Polymers and Plastics, having authored 573 papers that have together received 47.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (168 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (161 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (99 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (86 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (82 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (75 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (72 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (68 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electrochemistry (7.2k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (15.3k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (31.7k citations), Polymers and Plastics (5.9k citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (7.8k citations). Héctor D. Abruña has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Francis J. DiSalvo, Michael A. Lowe, Hongsen Wang, Yingchao Yu, David A. Muller, Yao Yang, Deli Wang, Sarah H. Tolbert, Veronica Augustyn and Bruce Dunn. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Langmuir, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

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