Hiroyuki Asakura

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

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Hiroyuki Asakura is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Hiroyuki Asakura has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Materials Chemistry, 65 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 39 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Hiroyuki Asakura's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (65 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (39 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (29 papers). Hiroyuki Asakura is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (65 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (39 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (29 papers). Hiroyuki Asakura collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Singapore and China. Hiroyuki Asakura's co-authors include Tsunehiro Tanaka, Ning Yan, Kentaro Teramura, Bin Zhang, Jiaguang Zhang, Saburo Hosokawa, Jia Zhang, Xi Chen, Yu Han and Sudipta De and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Hiroyuki Asakura

137 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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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.

Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation

2017 688 citations Hiroyuki Asakura, Yu Han et al. Nature Communications profile →
A Series of NiM (M = Ru, Rh, and Pd) Bimetallic Catalysts for Effective Lignin Hydrogenolysis in Water

2014 432 citations Hiroyuki Asakura, Tsunehiro Tanaka et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
Stabilizing a Platinum₁ Single‐Atom Catalyst on Supported Phosphomolybdic Acid without Compromising Hydrogenation Activity

2016 385 citations Hiroyuki Asakura, Ning Yan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hiroyuki Asakura Japan	39	4.2k	2.7k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	139	6.4k
Mi Peng China	39	4.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	693 0.6×	81	6.2k
Kunlun Ding China	35	3.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	816 0.7×	76	5.4k
Ruixuan Qin China	26	4.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	554 0.5×	71	6.2k
Shinya Furukawa Japan	43	3.6k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	747 0.6×	140	6.1k
Rinaldo Psaro Italy	45	4.5k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	189	7.4k
Maela Manzoli Italy	49	5.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	2.9k 2.0×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	173	6.9k
Huilin Wan China	45	5.5k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	3.1k 2.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	275	7.8k
Christopher M. A. Parlett United Kingdom	40	3.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	957 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	103	5.0k
Gianvito Vilé Italy	35	4.1k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	880 0.8×	88	6.0k
Dangsheng Su Germany	35	3.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	859 0.7×	51	5.5k

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Chen, Lu, Xuze Guan, Zhaofu Fei, et al.. (2025). Tuning the selectivity of NH3 oxidation via cooperative electronic interactions between platinum and copper sites. Nature Communications. 16(1). 26–26. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Lu, Xuze Guan, Xinbang Wu, et al.. (2024). Thermally stable high-loading single Cu sites on ZSM-5 for selective catalytic oxidation of NH ₃. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(31). e2404830121–e2404830121. 7 indexed citations

Asakura, Hiroyuki, Saburo Hosokawa, Takeshi Miki, & Tsunehiro Tanaka. (2024). Light‐off Performance of Three‐Way Catalysts Before and After Accelerated Aging Test with an Engine‐Dynamometer. ChemCatChem. 16(9). 4 indexed citations

Yoshiyama, Yuji, Saburo Hosokawa, Shoji Iguchi, et al.. (2024). Oxygen Storage Property and Catalytic Performance of Ti-Doped FeNbO₄. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(24). 9884–9893. 3 indexed citations

Iguchi, Shoji, Soichi Kikkawa, Hiroyuki Asakura, et al.. (2023). Hydrogenation of CO₂ over Mn-Substituted SrTiO₃ Based on the Reverse Mars–van Krevelen Mechanism. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(19). 8946–8952. 3 indexed citations

Nakanishi, Kousuke, et al.. (2023). Ruthenium and palladium bimetallic nanoparticles achieving functional parity with a rhodium cocatalyst for TiO₂-photocatalyzed ring hydrogenation of benzoic acid. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(33). 21868–21874. 1 indexed citations

Guan, Xuze, Hiroyuki Asakura, Siyuan Xu, et al.. (2023). Cascade NH₃ Oxidation and N₂O Decomposition via Bifunctional Co and Cu Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 13(20). 13816–13827. 17 indexed citations

Asakura, Hiroyuki, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of a stable Au/Ta₂O₅ plasmonic photoanode for water splitting under visible light irradiation. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 7(4). 1077–1083. 1 indexed citations

Guan, Xuze, Hiroyuki Asakura, Zhipeng Wang, et al.. (2022). Designing Reactive Bridging O^2– at the Atomic Cu–O–Fe Site for Selective NH₃ Oxidation. ACS Catalysis. 12(24). 15207–15217. 16 indexed citations

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Nakaya, Yuki, Hiroyuki Asakura, Satoru Takakusagi, et al.. (2022). High-Entropy Intermetallics Serve Ultrastable Single-Atom Pt for Propane Dehydrogenation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(35). 15944–15953. 109 indexed citations

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Hirayama, Jun, Soichi Kikkawa, Wataru Kurashige, et al.. (2021). Effect of Ligand on the Electronic State of Gold in Ligand-Protected Gold Clusters Elucidated by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(5). 3143–3149. 15 indexed citations

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Kang, Liqun, Bolun Wang, Andreas T. Güntner, et al.. (2021). The Electrophilicity of Surface Carbon Species in the Redox Reactions of CuO‐CeO₂ Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(26). 14420–14428. 34 indexed citations

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Kang, Liqun, Bolun Wang, Andreas T. Güntner, et al.. (2021). The Electrophilicity of Surface Carbon Species in the Redox Reactions of CuO‐CeO₂ Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 133(26). 14541–14549. 4 indexed citations

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Kang, Liqun, Bolun Wang, Adam Thetford, et al.. (2020). Design, Identification, and Evolution of a Surface Ruthenium(II/III) Single Site for CO Activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(3). 1212–1219. 14 indexed citations

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Hosokawa, Saburo, Hiroaki Koga, Hiroyuki Asakura, et al.. (2020). Excellent Catalytic Activity of a Pd‐Promoted MnO_x Catalyst for Purifying Automotive Exhaust Gases. ChemCatChem. 12(17). 4276–4280. 11 indexed citations

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Asakura, Hiroyuki, Saburo Hosokawa, Kentaro Teramura, & Tsunehiro Tanaka. (2019). Local Structure Study of Lanthanide Elements by X‐Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure Spectroscopy. The Chemical Record. 19(7). 1420–1431. 7 indexed citations

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Deng, Weiping, Yunzhu Wang, Sui Zhang, et al.. (2018). Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(20). 5093–5098. 205 indexed citations

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Sato, Katsutoshi, Hiroyuki Asakura, Saburo Hosokawa, et al.. (2018). Pt–Co Alloy Nanoparticles on a γ‐Al₂O₃ Support: Synergistic Effect between Isolated Electron‐Rich Pt and Co for Automotive Exhaust Purification. ChemPlusChem. 84(5). 447–456. 14 indexed citations

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Asakura, Hiroyuki, Saburo Hosokawa, Toshiaki Ina, et al.. (2017). Dynamic Behavior of Rh Species in Rh/Al₂O₃ Model Catalyst during Three-Way Catalytic Reaction: An Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(1). 176–184. 65 indexed citations

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Hirai, Toshio, Hiroyuki Asakura, & M. Sasaki. (1987). Apparatus for chemical vapor deposition of silicon carbide.. Bulletin of the Japan Institute of Metals. 26(8). 809–817. 2 indexed citations

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