Michel Lefèvre

13.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
47 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Michel Lefèvre is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel Lefèvre has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 43 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 7 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Michel Lefèvre's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (43 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (42 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (19 papers). Michel Lefèvre is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (43 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (42 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (19 papers). Michel Lefèvre collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Michel Lefèvre's co-authors include Frédéric Jaouen, Jean‐Pol Dodelet, Eric Proietti, Nicholas Larouche, Juan Herranz, Régis Chenitz, J. P. Dodelet, Ulrike I. Kramm, P. Bertrand and Juan Tian and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Michel Lefèvre

47 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

Iron-Based Catalysts with Improved Oxygen Reduction Activ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2009 2010 2011 2009 2012 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Iron-Based Catalysts with Improved Oxygen Reduction Activity in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
    2009 2.8k citations Michel Lefèvre, Eric Proietti et al. profile →
  2. Recent advances in non-precious metal catalysis for oxygen-reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte fuelcells
    2010 1.4k citations Frédéric Jaouen, Eric Proietti et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  3. Iron-based cathode catalyst with enhanced power density in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
    2011 1.3k citations Eric Proietti, Frédéric Jaouen et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Cross-Laboratory Experimental Study of Non-Noble-Metal Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    2009 654 citations Frédéric Jaouen, Juan Herranz et al. profile →
  5. Structure of the catalytic sites in Fe/N/C-catalysts for O2-reduction in PEM fuel cells
    2012 627 citations Ulrike I. Kramm, Juan Herranz et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →
  6. Heat-Treated Fe/N/C Catalysts for O2 Electroreduction:  Are Active Sites Hosted in Micropores?
    2006 548 citations Frédéric Jaouen, Michel Lefèvre et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
  7. Correlations between Mass Activity and Physicochemical Properties of Fe/N/C Catalysts for the ORR in PEM Fuel Cell via 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Other Techniques
    2013 480 citations Ulrike I. Kramm, Michel Lefèvre et al. profile →

Peers

Michel Lefèvre
Fang Song China
Sengeni Anantharaj India
Gongquan Sun China
Prashanth W. Menezes Germany
Gongquan Sun China
Ningyan Cheng China
Zhenxing Liang China
Zexing Wu China
Pengzuo Chen China
Xuecheng Yan Australia
Fang Song China
Michel Lefèvre
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel Lefèvre

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michel Lefèvre. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michel Lefèvre based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michel Lefèvre. Michel Lefèvre is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Gaixia, Xiaohua Yang, Marc Dubois, et al.. (2019). Non-PGM electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells: effect of fluorination on the activity and stability of a highly active NC_Ar + NH3 catalyst. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(10). 3015–3037. 75 indexed citations
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Zhang, Gaixia, Régis Chenitz, Michel Lefèvre, Shuhui Sun, & Jean‐Pol Dodelet. (2016). Is iron involved in the lack of stability of Fe/N/C electrocatalysts used to reduce oxygen at the cathode of PEM fuel cells?. Nano Energy. 29. 111–125. 255 indexed citations
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Lefèvre, Michel, et al.. (2014). A density functional theory study of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction in Fe/N/C catalysts used in H2/O2 fuel cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(27). 13654–13654. 128 indexed citations
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Kramm, Ulrike I., Michel Lefèvre, Peter Bogdanoff, Dieter Schmeißer, & Jean‐Pol Dodelet. (2014). Analyzing Structural Changes of Fe–N–C Cathode Catalysts in PEM Fuel Cell by Mößbauer Spectroscopy of Complete Membrane Electrode Assemblies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 5(21). 3750–3756. 92 indexed citations
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Tian, Juan, Adina Morozan, Moulay Tahar Sougrati, et al.. (2013). Optimized Synthesis of Fe/N/C Cathode Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: A Matter of Iron–Ligand Coordination Strength. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(27). 6867–6870. 196 indexed citations
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Li, Yongliang, Xifei Li, Dongsheng Geng, et al.. (2013). Carbon black cathodes for lithium oxygen batteries: Influence of porosity and heteroatom-doping. Carbon. 64. 170–177. 60 indexed citations
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Kramm, Ulrike I., Juan Herranz, Nicholas Larouche, et al.. (2012). Structure of the catalytic sites in Fe/N/C-catalysts for O2-reduction in PEM fuel cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(33). 11673–11673. 627 indexed citations breakdown →
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Proietti, Eric, Frédéric Jaouen, Michel Lefèvre, et al.. (2011). Iron-based cathode catalyst with enhanced power density in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Nature Communications. 2(1). 416–416. 1275 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Hui, Frédéric Jaouen, Eric Proietti, Michel Lefèvre, & Jean‐Pol Dodelet. (2009). pH-effect on oxygen reduction activity of Fe-based electro-catalysts. Electrochemistry Communications. 11(10). 1986–1989. 114 indexed citations
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Lefèvre, Michel, Eric Proietti, Frédéric Jaouen, & Jean‐Pol Dodelet. (2009). Iron-based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in PEM Fuel Cells: Expanded Study Using the Pore-filling Method. ECS Transactions. 25(1). 105–115. 11 indexed citations
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Denis, M.C., Michel Lefèvre, Daniel Guay, & Jean‐Pol Dodelet. (2008). Pt-Ru catalysts prepared by high energy ball-milling for PEMFC and DMFC: Influence of the synthesis conditions. Electrochimica Acta. 53(16). 5142–5154. 10 indexed citations
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Lefèvre, Michel & Jean‐Pol Dodelet. (2008). Fe-based electrocatalysts made with microporous pristine carbon black supports for the reduction of oxygen in PEM fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta. 53(28). 8269–8276. 90 indexed citations
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Bonakdarpour, Arman, Michel Lefèvre, Ruizhi Yang, et al.. (2008). Impact of Loading in RRDE Experiments on Fe–N–C Catalysts: Two- or Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction?. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters. 11(6). B105–B105. 251 indexed citations
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Bonakdarpour, Arman, Ruizhi Yang, J. R. Dahn, Michel Lefèvre, & Jean‐Pol Dodelet. (2007). Impact of ORR Electrocatalyst Loading on H2O2 Production in RRDE Experiments. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2007-02(9). 505–505. 1 indexed citations
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Jaouen, Frédéric, Alessandra Maria Serventi, Michel Lefèvre, Jean‐Pol Dodelet, & Patrick Bertrand. (2007). Non-Noble Electrocatalysts for O2 Reduction:  How Does Heat Treatment Affect Their Activity and Structure? Part II. Structural Changes Observed by Electron Microscopy, Raman, and Mass Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 111(16). 5971–5976. 73 indexed citations
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Jaouen, Frédéric, Michel Lefèvre, Jean‐Pol Dodelet, & Mei Cai. (2006). Heat-Treated Fe/N/C Catalysts for O2 Electroreduction:  Are Active Sites Hosted in Micropores?. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110(11). 5553–5558. 548 indexed citations breakdown →
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Irissou, Éric, et al.. (2003). PEMFC Anode with Very Low Pt Loadings Using Pulsed Laser Deposition. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters. 6(7). A125–A125. 33 indexed citations
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He, Ping, Michel Lefèvre, G. Faubert, & J. P. Dodelet. (1999). Oxygen reduction catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells from the pyrolysis of various transition metal acetates adsorbed on 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetra-carboxylic dianhydride. Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems. 2. 6 indexed citations

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