Heinz Frei

10.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
161 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Heinz Frei is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Heinz Frei has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Materials Chemistry, 70 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 38 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Heinz Frei's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (42 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (41 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (35 papers). Heinz Frei is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (42 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (41 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (35 papers). Heinz Frei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Heinz Frei's co-authors include Feng Jiao, Wenyong Lin, Miao Zhang, Moreno de Respinis, Fritz Blatter, Gábor A. Somorjai, Hai Sun, Yuri Borodko, Wooyul Kim and Hongxian Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Heinz Frei

159 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

Time-resolved observations of water oxidation intermediat... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2014 2009 2014 250 500 750
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. Time-resolved observations of water oxidation intermediates on a cobalt oxide nanoparticle catalyst
    2014 752 citations Heinz Frei et al. profile →
  2. Nanostructured Cobalt Oxide Clusters in Mesoporous Silica as Efficient Oxygen‐Evolving Catalysts
    2009 710 citations Feng Jiao, Heinz Frei Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Dual Visible Light Photoredox and Gold-Catalyzed Arylative Ring Expansion
    2014 379 citations Heinz Frei et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

Heinz Frei
Gary A. Attard United Kingdom
L. B. Hansen Denmark
Ryuzi Katoh Japan
Andrew B. Bocarsly United States
Thomas Bredow Germany
Eli Stavitski United States
Gerald J. Meyer United States
Bruce S. Brunschwig United States
Andrea Vittadini Italy
A. Hamnett United Kingdom
Gary A. Attard United Kingdom
Heinz Frei
Citations per year, relative to Heinz Frei Heinz Frei (= 1×) peers Gary A. Attard

Countries citing papers authored by Heinz Frei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heinz Frei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heinz Frei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heinz Frei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heinz Frei based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heinz Frei. Heinz Frei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frei, Heinz. (2023). Controlled electron transfer by molecular wires embedded in ultrathin insulating membranes for driving redox catalysis. Photosynthesis Research. 162(2-3). 473–495. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shengjie, Nicolás A. Grosso‐Giordano, Alexander Okrut, et al.. (2019). Spectroscopic Characterization of μ-η1:η1-Peroxo Ligands Formed by Reaction of Dioxygen with Electron-Rich Iridium Clusters. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(21). 14338–14348. 4 indexed citations
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Osowiecki, Wojciech T., Gaurav A. Kamat, Marc Ledendecker, et al.. (2019). Factors and Dynamics of Cu Nanocrystal Reconstruction under CO2 Reduction. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2(11). 7744–7749. 81 indexed citations
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Frei, Heinz, et al.. (2018). Photoinduced Electron Transfer from ZrOCo Binuclear Light Absorber to Pyridine Elucidated by Transient Optical and Infrared Spectroscopy C. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 1 indexed citations
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Kisielowski, Christian, Heinz Frei, P. Specht, et al.. (2016). Detecting structural variances of Co3O4 catalysts by controlling beam-induced sample alterations in the vacuum of a transmission electron microscope. PubMed. 2(1). 13–13. 9 indexed citations
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Sheng, Hua & Heinz Frei. (2016). Direct Observation by Rapid-Scan FT-IR Spectroscopy of Two-Electron-Reduced Intermediate of Tetraaza Catalyst [CoIIN4H(MeCN)]2+ Converting CO2 to CO. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(31). 9959–9967. 56 indexed citations
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Arnet, Ursina, et al.. (2015). Determinants of handbike use in persons with spinal cord injury: results of a community survey in Switzerland. Disability and Rehabilitation. 38(1). 81–86. 11 indexed citations
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Helveg, Stig, C. Kisielowski, Joerg R. Jinschek, et al.. (2014). Observing gas-catalyst dynamics at atomic resolution and single-atom sensitivity. Micron. 68. 176–185. 42 indexed citations
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Jiao, Feng & Heinz Frei. (2010). Nanostructured manganese oxide clusters supported on mesoporous silica as efficient oxygen-evolving catalysts. Chemical Communications. 46(17). 2920–2920. 286 indexed citations
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Borodko, Yuri, et al.. (2009). Spectroscopic Study of Tetradecyltrimethylammonium Bromide Pt−C14TAB Nanoparticles: Structure and Stability. Langmuir. 25(12). 6665–6671. 55 indexed citations
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Jiao, Feng & Heinz Frei. (2009). Nanostructured Cobalt Oxide Clusters in Mesoporous Silica as Efficient Oxygen‐Evolving Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(10). 1841–1844. 710 indexed citations breakdown →
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Han, Hongxian & Heinz Frei. (2008). Visible Light Absorption of Binuclear TiOCoII Charge-Transfer Unit Assembled in Mesoporous \nSilica. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 37 indexed citations
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Mul, Guido, et al.. (2008). Cyclohexene photo-oxidation over vanadia catalyst analyzed by time resolvedATR-FT-IT spectroscopy. University of Twente Research Information. 21 indexed citations
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Han, Hongxian & Heinz Frei. (2008). Controlled Assembly of Hetero-binuclear Sites on Mesoporous Silica: Visible Light Charge-Transfer Units with Selectable Redox Properties. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 112(22). 8391–8399. 55 indexed citations
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Frei, Heinz, et al.. (2007). Direct observation of the kinetically relevant site of CO hydrogenation on supported Ru catalyst at 700 K by time-resolved FT-IR spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 9(40). 5497–5497. 19 indexed citations
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Lin, Wenyong, Hongxian Han, & Heinz Frei. (2004). CO2 splitting by H2O to CO and O2 under UV light in TiMCM-41 silicate sieve. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Wenyong, Hongxian Han, & Heinz Frei. (2004). CO2 Splitting by H2O to CO and O2 under UV Light in TiMCM-41 Silicate Sieve. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(47). 18269–18273. 106 indexed citations
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Du, Xinlin, Heinz Frei, & Sung‐Hou Kim. (2000). The Mechanism of GTP Hydrolysis by Ras Probed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(12). 8492–8500. 62 indexed citations
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Frei, Heinz, A. Bauder, Otto Bastiansen, et al.. (1979). Large amplitude motion in molecules. Springer eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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