Matthew W. Kanan

20.0k total citations · 13 hit papers
63 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Matthew W. Kanan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Process Chemistry and Technology and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew W. Kanan has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 13 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 12 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Matthew W. Kanan's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (20 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (18 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (13 papers). Matthew W. Kanan is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (20 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (18 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (13 papers). Matthew W. Kanan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Matthew W. Kanan's co-authors include Daniel G. Nocera, Christina Li, Yihong Chen, Yogesh Surendranath, Jim Ciston, Joshua A. Rabinowitz, Xiaofeng Feng, Shoushan Fan, Kaili Jiang and Ruperto G. Mariano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Matthew W. Kanan

60 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

In Situ Formation of an O... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2012 2012 2014 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. In Situ Formation of an Oxygen-Evolving Catalyst in Neutral Water Containing Phosphate and Co 2+
    2008 3.8k citations Matthew W. Kanan, Daniel G. Nocera profile →
  2. CO2 Reduction at Low Overpotential on Cu Electrodes Resulting from the Reduction of Thick Cu2O Films
    2012 1.8k citations Matthew W. Kanan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Aqueous CO2 Reduction at Very Low Overpotential on Oxide-Derived Au Nanoparticles
    2012 1.5k citations Matthew W. Kanan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Electroreduction of carbon monoxide to liquid fuel on oxide-derived nanocrystalline copper
    2014 1.5k citations Matthew W. Kanan et al. profile →
  5. Mechanistic Studies of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by a Cobalt-Phosphate Catalyst at Neutral pH
    2010 1.1k citations Yogesh Surendranath, Matthew W. Kanan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Tin Oxide Dependence of the CO2 Reduction Efficiency on Tin Electrodes and Enhanced Activity for Tin/Tin Oxide Thin-Film Catalysts
    2012 876 citations Matthew W. Kanan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Selective increase in CO 2 electroreduction activity at grain-boundary surface terminations
    2017 708 citations Ruperto G. Mariano, Matthew W. Kanan et al. profile →
  8. Cobalt–phosphate oxygen-evolving compound
    2008 666 citations Matthew W. Kanan, Yogesh Surendranath et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  9. Structure and Valency of a Cobalt−Phosphate Water Oxidation Catalyst Determined by in Situ X-ray Spectroscopy
    2010 648 citations Matthew W. Kanan, Junko Yano et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Grain-Boundary-Dependent CO2 Electroreduction Activity
    2015 628 citations Matthew W. Kanan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Probing the Active Surface Sites for CO Reduction on Oxide-Derived Copper Electrocatalysts
    2015 571 citations Joseph T. McKeown, Mukul Kumar et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. The future of low-temperature carbon dioxide electrolysis depends on solving one basic problem
    2020 523 citations Joshua A. Rabinowitz, Matthew W. Kanan Nature Communications profile →
  13. Pd-Catalyzed Electrohydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Formate: High Mass Activity at Low Overpotential and Identification of the Deactivation Pathway
    2015 473 citations Matthew W. Kanan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew W. Kanan United States 33 15.2k 6.3k 5.8k 5.8k 2.2k 63 17.9k
Hai Xiao China 53 10.6k 0.7× 5.6k 0.9× 4.4k 0.8× 7.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 154 15.3k
Andrew B. Bocarsly United States 55 8.4k 0.6× 6.0k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 5.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 203 14.5k
Andrew A. Gewirth United States 74 8.0k 0.5× 10.9k 1.7× 3.1k 0.5× 5.0k 0.9× 3.0k 1.3× 310 18.8k
Yogesh Surendranath United States 58 14.8k 1.0× 9.1k 1.4× 2.4k 0.4× 6.1k 1.1× 3.7k 1.7× 115 17.9k
Wei Luo China 71 9.8k 0.6× 7.7k 1.2× 2.7k 0.5× 6.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 302 15.6k
Beatriz Roldán Cuenya Germany 86 21.2k 1.4× 9.2k 1.5× 11.6k 2.0× 13.5k 2.3× 2.8k 1.3× 283 29.8k
Karen Chan United States 63 19.6k 1.3× 7.0k 1.1× 9.5k 1.6× 7.7k 1.3× 2.9k 1.3× 117 22.1k
Vincent Artero France 64 14.6k 1.0× 6.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.2× 4.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 190 17.1k
Federico Calle‐Vallejo Spain 62 19.2k 1.3× 9.3k 1.5× 6.8k 1.2× 8.5k 1.5× 3.5k 1.6× 151 22.0k
Ran Long China 69 12.3k 0.8× 4.6k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 10.0k 1.7× 575 0.3× 196 16.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wan, Chenghao, et al.. (2026). Scale-Up Analysis of Inductively Heated Metamaterial Reactors. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 14(11). 5323–5331.
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Chen, Yuxuan, Rishi G. Agarwal, Ethan R. Sauvé, et al.. (2025). Membrane-free electrochemical production of acid and base solutions capable of processing ultramafic rocks. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9759–9759. 1 indexed citations
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Wan, Chenghao, et al.. (2024). Electrified thermochemical reaction systems with high-frequency metamaterial reactors. Joule. 8(10). 2938–2949. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuxuan, et al.. (2022). Hypophosphite addition to alkenes under solvent-free and non-acidic aqueous conditions. Chemical Communications. 58(13). 2180–2183. 6 indexed citations
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Kanan, Matthew W., et al.. (2022). A Semicrystalline Furanic Polyamide Made from Renewable Feedstocks. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(1). 697–705. 26 indexed citations
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Kanan, Matthew W., et al.. (2022). Carbonate-catalyzed reverse water-gas shift to produce gas fermentation feedstocks for renewable liquid fuel synthesis. Cell Reports Physical Science. 3(9). 101021–101021. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Michael S., et al.. (2021). A framework for automated structure elucidation from routine NMR spectra. Chemical Science. 12(46). 15329–15338. 37 indexed citations
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Mariano, Ruperto G., Minkyung Kang, Oluwasegun J. Wahab, et al.. (2021). Microstructural origin of locally enhanced CO2 electroreduction activity on gold. Nature Materials. 20(7). 1000–1006. 164 indexed citations
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Veltman, T.R., Chun J. Tsai, Natalia Gomez‐Ospina, Matthew W. Kanan, & Gilbert Chu. (2020). Point-of-Care Analysis of Blood Ammonia with a Gas-Phase Sensor. ACS Sensors. 5(8). 2415–2421. 18 indexed citations
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Xiao, Dianne J., et al.. (2019). A closed cycle for esterifying aromatic hydrocarbons with CO2 and alcohol. Nature Chemistry. 11(10). 940–947. 31 indexed citations
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Ripatti, Donald S., T.R. Veltman, & Matthew W. Kanan. (2018). Carbon Monoxide Gas Diffusion Electrolysis that Produces Concentrated C2 Products with High Single-Pass Conversion. Joule. 3(1). 240–256. 258 indexed citations
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Harder, Ross, et al.. (2017). Imaging the Hydrogen Absorption Dynamics of Individual Grains in Polycrystalline Palladium Thin Films in 3D. ACS Nano. 11(11). 10945–10954. 23 indexed citations
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Kanan, Matthew W., et al.. (2015). Pd-Catalyzed Electrohydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Formate: High Mass Activity at Low Overpotential and Identification of the Deactivation Pathway. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(14). 4701–4708. 473 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lau, Vivian M., et al.. (2014). Electrostatic control of regioselectivity via ion pairing in a Au(i)-catalyzed rearrangement. Chemical Science. 5(12). 4975–4979. 41 indexed citations
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Kanan, Matthew W., Junko Yano, Yogesh Surendranath, et al.. (2010). Structure and Valency of a Cobalt−Phosphate Water Oxidation Catalyst Determined by in Situ X-ray Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(39). 13692–13701. 648 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kanan, Matthew W. & Daniel G. Nocera. (2008). ChemInform Abstract: In situ Formation of an Oxygen‐Evolving Catalyst in Neutral Water Containing Phosphate and Co2+.. ChemInform. 39(47). 4 indexed citations
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Kanan, Matthew W., Yogesh Surendranath, & Daniel G. Nocera. (2008). Cobalt–phosphate oxygen-evolving compound. Chemical Society Reviews. 38(1). 109–114. 666 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gartner, Zev J., Matthew W. Kanan, & David R. Liu. (2002). Expanding the Reaction Scope of DNA-Templated Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(10). 1796–1800. 174 indexed citations
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Singleton, Scott F., Feng Shan, Matthew W. Kanan, et al.. (2001). Facile Synthesis of a Fluorescent Deoxycytidine Analogue Suitable for Probing the RecA Nucleoprotein Filament. Organic Letters. 3(24). 3919–3922. 31 indexed citations

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