Malte Behrens

14.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
165 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Malte Behrens is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Malte Behrens has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Materials Chemistry, 85 papers in Catalysis and 32 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Malte Behrens's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (94 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (56 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (41 papers). Malte Behrens is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (94 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (56 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (41 papers). Malte Behrens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Malte Behrens's co-authors include Robert Schlögl, Frank Girgsdies, Igor Kasatkin, Julia Schumann, Stefanie Kühl, Stefan Zander, Felix Studt, Frank Abild‐Pedersen, Thomas Lunkenbein and Richard W. Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Malte Behrens

159 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2013 2015 2023 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al 2 O 3 Industrial Catalysts
    2012 2.2k citations Malte Behrens, Felix Studt et al. profile →
  2. The Haber–Bosch Process Revisited: On the Real Structure and Stability of “Ammonia Iron” under Working Conditions
    2013 605 citations Malte Behrens, Robert Schlögl et al. profile →
  3. Formation of a ZnO Overlayer in Industrial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalysts Induced by Strong Metal–Support Interactions
    2015 514 citations Thomas Lunkenbein, Julia Schumann et al. profile →
  4. Limitations of the Tauc Plot Method
    2023 265 citations Julian Klein, Laura Kampermann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Malte Behrens Germany 55 8.7k 7.3k 3.5k 1.8k 1.5k 165 11.9k
Darı́o Stacchiola United States 55 9.3k 1.1× 5.7k 0.8× 3.5k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 207 11.7k
Frank Girgsdies Germany 52 7.9k 0.9× 5.4k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 977 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 184 11.3k
Qingfeng Ge United States 58 7.3k 0.8× 5.0k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.3× 223 10.6k
Sanjaya D. Senanayake United States 68 12.8k 1.5× 9.1k 1.2× 5.2k 1.5× 1.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 252 17.0k
Оlga V. Safonova Switzerland 55 6.8k 0.8× 4.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 696 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 194 9.5k
Michael Hävecker Germany 64 11.3k 1.3× 6.2k 0.9× 5.4k 1.5× 819 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 196 16.2k
Xiulian Pan China 55 10.5k 1.2× 7.0k 1.0× 5.4k 1.5× 803 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 145 16.1k
Petra E. de Jongh Netherlands 65 11.9k 1.4× 5.8k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 457 0.2× 1.9k 1.2× 231 14.8k
Zhi‐Jian Zhao China 71 11.6k 1.3× 9.3k 1.3× 10.6k 3.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 231 18.4k
Ryuji Kikuchi Japan 53 6.8k 0.8× 4.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 624 0.3× 2.3k 1.5× 265 9.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Michels, Marius, et al.. (2026). Farmer perceptions and adaptations to nitrogen regulations in Germany: A Q-Methodology analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 399. 128597–128597.
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Pollitt, Stephan, Sakiat Hossain, Michael Stöger‐Pollach, et al.. (2025). Engineering Catalytic Efficiency by Thiolate-Protected Trimetallic (Cu, Pd, Au) Nanoclusters: Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts for Water–Gas Shift. ACS Catalysis. 15(17). 15459–15474. 2 indexed citations
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Wolf, Anna, et al.. (2025). A Novel Coprecipitation Path to a High‐Performing Ni/MgO Catalyst for Carbon Dioxide Methanation. ChemSusChem. 18(23). e202502052–e202502052.
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Mahler, G., Jacob Johny, Marc F. Tesch, et al.. (2025). Wetting across the Lyophilic–Lyophobic Spectrum: Morphological Tuning of Anode Catalyst Layers for the Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(45). 62720–62732. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Shilong, et al.. (2025). No Time for Nitrides: How Cobalt Alloying Promotes Iron Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition. ACS Catalysis. 15(19). 16690–16702.
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Mockenhaupt, Benjamin, Ulrich Schürmann, Lorenz Kienle, et al.. (2024). Method for Surface Characterization Using Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Demonstrated on Nanocrystalline ZnO:Al. Analytical Chemistry. 96(28). 11290–11298. 1 indexed citations
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Sato, Takuma, et al.. (2024). Aerobic Oxidation of Cyclohexane over LaCoxFe1-xO3 Perovskites in the Liquid Phase. Molecular Catalysis. 569. 114615–114615. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Shilong, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen Release From Ammonia: Size and Support Effects in Heterogeneous Transition Metal Catalysis. ChemCatChem. 17(5). 1 indexed citations
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Ortega, Klaus Friedel, et al.. (2023). Tailoring Pore Size and Catalytic Activity in Cobalt Iron Layered Double Hydroxides and Spinels by Microemulsion‐Assisted pH‐Controlled Co‐Precipitation. ChemSusChem. 16(10). e202202015–e202202015. 9 indexed citations
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Klein, Julian, Laura Kampermann, Eko Budiyanto, et al.. (2022). Monitoring Catalytic 2-Propanol Oxidation over Co 3 O 4 Nanowires via In Situ Photoluminescence Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 13(14). 3217–3223. 3 indexed citations
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Brix, Ann Cathrin, Ulrich Hagemann, Swapnil Varhade, et al.. (2022). Structure‐Performance Relationship of LaFe1‐xCoxO3 Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution, Isopropanol Oxidation, and Glycerol Oxidation. ChemElectroChem. 9(4). 18 indexed citations
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Prinz, Nils, Anna Wolf, Abhijeet Gaur, et al.. (2022). Substitution of Copper by Magnesium in Malachite: Insights into the Synthesis and Structural Effects. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(49). 19678–19694. 7 indexed citations
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Braun, Michael, Ignacio Sanjuán, Steffen Cychy, et al.. (2022). Electrooxidation of Alcohols on Mixed Copper–Cobalt Hydroxycarbonates in Alkaline Solution. ChemElectroChem. 9(13). 12 indexed citations
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Haase, Felix T., Franz Schmidt, Antonia Herzog, et al.. (2022). Role of Nanoscale Inhomogeneities in Co2FeO4 Catalysts during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(27). 12007–12019. 80 indexed citations
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Morales, Dulce M., et al.. (2021). Synergistic Effects of Co and Fe on the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity of LaCoxFe1−xO3. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(68). 17145–17158. 15 indexed citations
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Boubnov, Alexey, Benjamin Mockenhaupt, Chandra Chowdhury, et al.. (2021). Unravelling the Zn‐Cu Interaction during Activation of a Zn‐promoted Cu/MgO Model Methanol Catalyst. ChemCatChem. 13(19). 4120–4132. 29 indexed citations
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Tarasov, Andrey, Stefanie Kühl, Julia Schumann, & Malte Behrens. (2013). Thermokinetic study of the reduction process of a CuO/ZnAl2O4 catalyst. High Temperatures-High Pressures. 42(4). 377–386. 10 indexed citations

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