Lin Gan

11.8k citations

220 papers · 10.3k · 3 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.1%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Electrochemistry top 0.2%
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 93
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 85
Materials Chemistry 87
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 18

Co-authors: Peter Strasser (22 shared papers)Marc Heggen (12 shared papers)Chunhua Cui (13 shared papers)Stefan Rudi (11 shared papers)Feiyu Kang (52 shared papers)Jia Zhao Li (36 shared papers)Hongda Du (34 shared papers)Dongsheng Xia (15 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Applied Polymer Science (9 papers)ACS Catalysis (8 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (7 papers)Carbon (7 papers)Small (6 papers)
Partner nations: China Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Lin Gan

210 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Lin Gan's Hit Papers

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Molecular understanding of the critical role of alkali metal cations in initiating CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) surface 2024 · 120 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2024 Nature Communications
2022 ACS Catalysis
2013 Nature Materials

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1	Compositional segregation in shaped Pt alloy nanoparticles and their structural behaviour during electrocatalysis Nature Materials ·Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1187
2	Octahedral PtNi Nanoparticle Catalysts: Exceptional Oxygen Reduction Activity by Tuning the Alloy Particle Surface Composition Nano Letters ·Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Hui‐Hui Li, Shu‐Hong Yu, Marc Heggen, Peter Strasser	2012	516
3	Record activity and stability of dealloyed bimetallic catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells Energy & Environmental Science ·Binghong Han, Christopher Earl Carlton, Anusorn Kongkanand, Ratandeep Singh Kukreja, Brian R. C. Theobald, Lin Gan, Rachel L. O’Malley, Peter Strasser	2014	382
4	Core–Shell Compositional Fine Structures of Dealloyed Pt x Ni 1– x Nanoparticles and Their Impact on Oxygen Reduction Catalysis Nano Letters ·Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser	2012	343
5	IrOx core-shell nanocatalysts for cost- and energy-efficient electrochemical water splitting Chemical Science ·Hong Nhan Nong, Lin Gan, Elena Willinger, Detre Teschner, Peter Strasser	2014	302
6	Element-specific anisotropic growth of shaped platinum alloy nanocrystals Science ·Lin Gan, Chunhua Cui, Marc Heggen, Fabio Dionigi, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser	2014	291
7	Understanding and Controlling Nanoporosity Formation for Improving the Stability of Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalysts Nano Letters ·Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Rachel L. O’Malley, Brian R. C. Theobald, Peter Strasser	2013	276
8	Probing the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Intermediates and Dynamic Active Site Structures of Molecular and Pyrolyzed Fe–N–C Electrocatalysts by In Situ Raman Spectroscopy ACS Catalysis ·Jie Wei, Dongsheng Xia, Yinping Wei, Xuya Zhu, Jia Zhao Li, Lin Gan Hit paper breakdown →	2022	268
9	Comparative Study of the Electrocatalytically Active Surface Areas (ECSAs) of Pt Alloy Nanoparticles Evaluated by Hupd and CO-stripping voltammetry Electrocatalysis ·Stefan Rudi, Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Peter Strasser	2014	228
10	Direct Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Doped with Single Atomic Fe–N 4 Active Sites and Neighboring Graphitic Nitrogen for Efficient and Stable Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis Advanced Functional Materials ·Dongsheng Xia, Xin Yang, Lin Xie, Yinping Wei, Wulyu Jiang, Miao Dou, Xuning Li, Jia Zhao Li	2019	216
11	Structurally Ordered Low‐Pt Intermetallic Electrocatalysts toward Durably High Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity Advanced Functional Materials ·Zhongxiang Wang, Xiaozhang Yao, Yongqiang Kang, Linqing Miao, Dongsheng Xia, Lin Gan	2019	189
12	A robust strategy for crafting monodisperse Li4Ti5O12 nanospheres as superior rate anode for lithium ion batteries Nano Energy ·Chao Wang, Shuanjin Wang, Yan‐Bing He, Lin Gan, Jia Zhao Li, Hongda Du, Baohua Li, Zhiqun Lin	2016	176
13	Unveiling the Axial Hydroxyl Ligand on FeN4C Electrocatalysts and Its Impact on the pH‐Dependent Oxygen Reduction Activities and Poisoning Kinetics Advanced Science ·Xin Yang, Dongsheng Xia, Yongqiang Kang, Hongda Du, Feiyu Kang, Lin Gan, Jia Zhao Li	2020	170
14	Highly Sensitive Amperometric Cholesterol Biosensor Based on Pt-Incorporated Fullerene-like ZnO Nanospheres The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Mashkoor Ahmad, Caofeng Pan, Lin Gan, Zeeshan Nawaz, Jing Zhu	2009	135
15	Individual and simultaneous electrochemical detection toward heavy metal ions based on L-cysteine modified mesoporous MnFe2O4 nanocrystal clusters Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Shaofeng Zhou, Junjie Wang, Lin Gan, Xiaojuan Han, Honglei Fan, Linyu Mei, Jin Tian Huang, Yaqing Liu	2017	135
16	Lattice Strain Distributions in Individual Dealloyed Pt–Fe Catalyst Nanoparticles The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Lin Gan, Rong Yu, Jun Luo, Zhiying Cheng, Jing Zhu	2012	132
17	Stability of Dealloyed Porous Pt/Ni Nanoparticles ACS Catalysis ·Claudio Baldizzone, Lin Gan, Nejc Hodnik, Gareth P. Keeley, Aleksander Kostka, Marc Heggen, Peter Strasser, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer	2015	126
18	Molecular understanding of the critical role of alkali metal cations in initiating CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) surface Nature Communications ·Zhichao Zhang, Hengyu Li, Yangfan Shao, Lin Gan, Feiyu Kang, Wenhui Duan, Heine Anton Hansen, Jia Zhao Li Hit paper breakdown →	2024	120
19	Size‐Controlled Synthesis of Sub‐10 nm PtNi3 Alloy Nanoparticles and their Unusual Volcano‐Shaped Size Effect on ORR Electrocatalysis Small ·Lin Gan, Stefan Rudi, Chunhua Cui, Marc Heggen, Peter Strasser	2016	114
20	Core–Shell and Nanoporous Particle Architectures and Their Effect on the Activity and Stability of Pt ORR Electrocatalysts Topics in Catalysis ·Lin Gan, Chunhua Cui, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser	2013	112

About Lin Gan

Lin Gan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials, Electrochemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 220 papers that have together received 10.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (85 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (37 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (23 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (20 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (19 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (18 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (16 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (6.4k citations), Electrochemistry (1.3k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (5.7k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.6k citations) and Catalysis (485 citations). Lin Gan has collaborated with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter Strasser, Marc Heggen, Chunhua Cui, Stefan Rudi, Feiyu Kang, Jia Zhao Li, Hongda Du, Dongsheng Xia, Jin Tian Huang and Yinping Wei. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Polymer Science, ACS Catalysis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Carbon and Small.

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