Leon Lefferts

12.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
250 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Leon Lefferts is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Lefferts has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Materials Chemistry, 144 papers in Catalysis and 53 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Leon Lefferts's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (143 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (83 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (40 papers). Leon Lefferts is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (143 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (83 papers) and Catalysts for Methane Reforming (40 papers). Leon Lefferts collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Finland. Leon Lefferts's co-authors include Barbara L. Mojet, K. Seshan, Kevin H. R. Rouwenhorst, Igor V. Babich, Sune Dalgaard Ebbesen, J.G. van Ommen, K. Seshan, K. Seshan, J.K. Chinthaginjala and K. Aika and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Leon Lefferts

247 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. The 2020 plasma catalysis roadmap
    2020 486 citations Annemie Bogaerts, Xin Tu et al. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Leon Lefferts 6.1k 5.0k 2.6k 2.4k 1.9k 250 10.5k
Lioubov Kiwi‐Minsker 5.8k 0.9× 3.0k 0.6× 3.4k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 215 10.2k
Albert Renken 3.7k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 2.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 719 0.4× 238 7.3k
Éric M. Gaigneaux 5.4k 0.9× 2.9k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 268 7.6k
Weikang Yuan 6.1k 1.0× 3.8k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 2.8k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 358 12.2k
Mingli Fu 10.7k 1.7× 5.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 2.4k 1.0× 4.2k 2.2× 310 13.2k
Petra E. de Jongh 11.9k 2.0× 5.8k 1.2× 1.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 2.7k 1.4× 231 14.8k
Qian He 9.7k 1.6× 4.5k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 5.8k 3.1× 334 15.3k
Junliang Wu 8.1k 1.3× 4.5k 0.9× 674 0.3× 2.3k 1.0× 3.1k 1.7× 141 9.9k
M. V. Twigg 4.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 971 0.5× 176 7.0k
Satoshi Sato 5.8k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 4.2k 1.6× 2.5k 1.0× 633 0.3× 365 9.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leon Lefferts

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., et al.. (2025). Plasma catalysis: what is needed to create synergy?. EES Catalysis. 3(4). 669–693. 9 indexed citations
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Lefferts, Leon. (2024). Leveraging Expertise in Thermal Catalysis to Understand Plasma Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(10). e202305322–e202305322. 16 indexed citations
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Lefferts, Leon. (2024). Leveraging Expertise in Thermal Catalysis to Understand Plasma Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 136(10). 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Pengcheng, et al.. (2024). Water Confinement on Polymer Coatings Dictates Proton–Electron Transfer on Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Nitrite. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(7). 2656–2665. 2 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., S.A. Tabak, & Leon Lefferts. (2024). Improving the energy yield of plasma-based NOx synthesis with in situ adsorption. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 9(3). 528–531. 5 indexed citations
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Postma, Rolf S. & Leon Lefferts. (2024). Effect of Hydrogen Addition on Coke Formation and Product Distribution in Catalytic Coupling of Methane. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 63(16). 6995–7002. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Pengcheng, et al.. (2023). Stimulus-Responsive Control of Transition States on Nanohybrid Polymer–Metal Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 13(10). 6590–6602. 10 indexed citations
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Lefferts, Leon, et al.. (2023). Plasma‐catalytic Ammonia Synthesis via Eley‐Rideal Reactions: A Kinetic Analysis. ChemCatChem. 15(12). 21 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., Anthony S. Travis, & Leon Lefferts. (2022). 1921–2021: A Century of Renewable Ammonia Synthesis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 149–171. 51 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., et al.. (2022). Improving the Energy Yield of Plasma-Based Ammonia Synthesis with In Situ Adsorption. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(6). 1994–2000. 53 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., Fatme Jardali, Annemie Bogaerts, & Leon Lefferts. (2021). From the Birkeland–Eyde process towards energy-efficient plasma-based NOX synthesis: a techno-economic analysis. Energy & Environmental Science. 14(5). 2520–2534. 165 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., Aloijsius G.J. van der Ham, & Leon Lefferts. (2021). Beyond Haber-Bosch: The renaissance of the Claude process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46(41). 21566–21579. 77 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R. & Leon Lefferts. (2021). On the mechanism for the plasma-activated N2 dissociation on Ru surfaces. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(39). 393002–393002. 24 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., et al.. (2021). Plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis beyond thermal equilibrium on Ru-based catalysts in non-thermal plasma. Catalysis Science & Technology. 11(8). 2834–2843. 61 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., Yannick Engelmann, Kevin van ’t Veer, et al.. (2020). Plasma-driven catalysis: green ammonia synthesis with intermittent electricity. Green Chemistry. 22(19). 6258–6287. 223 indexed citations
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Bogaerts, Annemie, Xin Tu, J. Christopher Whitehead, et al.. (2020). The 2020 plasma catalysis roadmap. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(44). 443001–443001. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R. & Leon Lefferts. (2020). Feasibility Study of Plasma-Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis for Energy Storage Applications. Catalysts. 10(9). 999–999. 52 indexed citations
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Rouwenhorst, Kevin H. R., Hyun‐Ha Kim, & Leon Lefferts. (2019). Vibrationally Excited Activation of N2 in Plasma-Enhanced Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis: A Kinetic Analysis. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(20). 17515–17522. 132 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Smriti, Xinyuan Zhu, Emiel J. M. Hensen, Leon Lefferts, & Barbara L. Mojet. (2014). Defect Chemistry of Ceria Nanorods. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(8). 4131–4142. 127 indexed citations
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Azzam, Khalid G., Igor V. Babich, K. Seshan, & Leon Lefferts. (2006). Development of active, and stable water-gas-shift reaction catalysts for fuel cell applications. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 231. 1 indexed citations

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