Nathan S. Lewis

79.7k total citations · 20 hit papers
611 papers, 64.9k citations indexed

About

Nathan S. Lewis is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan S. Lewis has authored 611 papers receiving a total of 64.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 390 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 218 papers in Materials Chemistry and 188 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Nathan S. Lewis's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (119 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (112 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (87 papers). Nathan S. Lewis is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (119 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (112 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (87 papers). Nathan S. Lewis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Nathan S. Lewis's co-authors include Daniel G. Nocera, James R. McKone, Emily L. Warren, Shannon W. Boettcher, Harry A. Atwater, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Michael G. Walter, Qixi Mi, Elizabeth A. Santori and Carlos G. Read and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nathan S. Lewis

605 papers receiving 63.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Solar Water Splitting Cells

2010 8.4k citations Elizabeth A. Santori, Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
Powering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilization

2006 7.2k citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
Nanostructured Nickel Phosphide as an Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

2013 2.6k citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
Toward Cost-Effective Solar Energy Use

2007 2.0k citations Nathan S. Lewis profile →
Research opportunities to advance solar energy utilization

2016 1.7k citations Nathan S. Lewis profile →
Amorphous TiO ₂ coatings stabilize Si, GaAs, and GaP photoanodes for efficient water oxidation

2014 1.2k citations Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
Highly Active Electrocatalysis of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction by Cobalt Phosphide Nanoparticles

2014 1.1k citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
Comparison of the device physics principles of planar and radial p-n junction nanorod solar cells

2005 1.1k citations Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
Cross-Reactive Chemical Sensor Arrays

2000 1.1k citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
A comparative technoeconomic analysis of renewable hydrogen production using solar energy

2016 752 citations Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Ni–Mo Nanopowders for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

2012 714 citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
Will Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Devices See the Light of Day?

2013 633 citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Metal Phosphide Catalysts for the Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction

2016 564 citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Using Si Microwire Arrays

2011 545 citations Elizabeth A. Santori, Bruce S. Brunschwig et al. profile →
Array-Based Vapor Sensing Using Chemically Sensitive, Carbon Black−Polymer Resistors

1996 521 citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. Chemistry of Materials profile →
Solar energy conversion

2007 515 citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. profile →
An analysis of the optimal band gaps of light absorbers in integrated tandem photoelectrochemical water-splitting systems

2013 497 citations Nathan S. Lewis et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
Photovoltaic Measurements in Single-Nanowire Silicon Solar Cells

2008 472 citations Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater et al. profile →
Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage in Variable Renewable Electricity Systems

2020 381 citations Jacqueline A. Dowling, Katherine Z. Rinaldi et al. profile →
Decoupled electrochemical water-splitting systems: a review and perspective

2021 292 citations Zachary P. Ifkovits, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mechanism of Mesoscale Woodpile Development via Photoelectrochemical Deposition of Se–Te 2025 ·ACS Nano ·(unknown), Nathan S. Lewis, Azhar I. Carim	0
2	Oahu as a case study for island electricity systems relying on wind and solar generation instead of imported petroleum fuels 2024 ·Applied Energy ·(unknown), Edgar Virgüez, Ken Caldeira, Nathan S. Lewis	1
3	Opportunities and constraints of hydrogen energy storage systems 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jacqueline A. Dowling, Tyler Ruggles, Edgar Virgüez, (unknown), Zachary P. Ifkovits, Steven J. Davis, (unknown), (unknown), Katherine Z. Rinaldi, Lei Duan, Ken Caldeira, Nathan S. Lewis	5
4	Experimental and Theoretical Comparison of Potential-dependent Methylation on Chemically Exfoliated WS₂ and MoS₂ 2022 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Soonho Kwon, Charles B. Musgrave, Bruce S. Brunschwig, William A. Goddard, Nathan S. Lewis	4
5	Failure Modes of Platinized pn⁺-GaInP Photocathodes for Solar-Driven H₂ Evolution 2022 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Weilai Yu, (unknown), James L. Young, Zachary P. Ifkovits, Sean T. Byrne, Myles A. Steiner, Todd G. Deutsch, Nathan S. Lewis	8
6	The role of concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage in least-cost highly reliable electricity systems fully powered by variable renewable energy 2022 ·Advances in Applied Energy ·(unknown), Tyler Ruggles, Katherine Z. Rinaldi, Jacqueline A. Dowling, Lei Duan, Ken Caldeira, Nathan S. Lewis	96
7	Catalytic open-circuit passivation by thin metal oxide films of p-Si anodes in aqueous alkaline electrolytes 2021 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Zachary P. Ifkovits, Weilai Yu, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis	13
8	Geophysical constraints on the reliability of solar and wind power worldwide 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Dan Tong, David Farnham, Lei Duan, Qiang Zhang, Nathan S. Lewis, Ken Caldeira, Steven J. Davis	196
9	X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Resonant X-ray Spectroscopy Investigations of Interactions between Thin Metal Catalyst Films and Amorphous Titanium Dioxide Photoelectrode Protection Layers 2021 ·Chemistry of Materials ·Matthias H. Richter, Wen‐Hui Cheng, Ethan J. Crumlin, Walter S. Drisdell, Harry A. Atwater, Dieter Schmeißer, Nathan S. Lewis, Bruce S. Brunschwig	19
10	Failure modes of protection layers produced by atomic layer deposition of amorphous TiO₂ on GaAs anodes 2020 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·(unknown), Zachary P. Ifkovits, Paul A. Kempler, Yikai Chen, (unknown), Bruce S. Brunschwig, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Nathan S. Lewis	29
11	Effects of Deep Reductions in Energy Storage Costs on Highly Reliable Wind and Solar Electricity Systems 2020 ·iScience ·Fan Tong, Mengyao Yuan, Nathan S. Lewis, Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira	48
12	Enhanced stability of silicon for photoelectrochemical water oxidation through self-healing enabled by an alkaline protective electrolyte 2020 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·(unknown), Ivan A. Moreno‐Hernandez, (unknown), Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis	25
13	Conformal SnO_x heterojunction coatings for stabilized photoelectrochemical water oxidation using arrays of silicon microcones 2020 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Ivan A. Moreno‐Hernandez, Sisir Yalamanchili, (unknown), Harry A. Atwater, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis	14
14	Femtosecond time-resolved two-photon photoemission studies of ultrafast carrier relaxation in Cu2O photoelectrodes 2019 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Stefan T. Omelchenko, Marco Favaro, Paul Plate, Christian Höhn, Daniel Abou‐Ras, Klaus Schwarzburg, Roel van de Krol, Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis, Rainer Eichberger, Dennis Friedrich	44
15	Enhanced Stability and Efficiency for Photoelectrochemical Iodide Oxidation by Methyl Termination and Electrochemical Pt Deposition on n-Type Si Microwire Arrays 2019 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Shane Ardo, Elizabeth A. Santori, (unknown), Ronald L. Grimm, Matthew J. Bierman, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis	7
16	Reductant-Activated, High-Coverage, Covalent Functionalization of 1T′-MoS₂ 2019 ·ACS Materials Letters ·(unknown), Miguel Cabán‐Acevedo, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis	22
17	Performance and failure modes of Si anodes patterned with thin-film Ni catalyst islands for water oxidation 2018 ·Sustainable Energy & Fuels ·Ke Sun, Nicole L. Ritzert, Jimmy John, Haiyan Tan, William Hale, Jingjing Jiang, Ivan A. Moreno‐Hernandez, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Thomas P. Moffat, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Nathan S. Lewis	25
18	The Predominance of Hydrogen Evolution on Transition Metal Sulfides and Phosphides under CO₂ Reduction Conditions: An Experimental and Theoretical Study 2018 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Alan Landers, Meredith Fields, Daniel A. Torelli, Jianping Xiao, Thomas R. Hellstern, Sonja A. Francis, Charlie Tsai, Jakob Kibsgaard, Nathan S. Lewis, Karen Chan, Christopher Hahn, Thomas F. Jaramillo	72
19	A comparison of the chemical, optical and electrocatalytic properties of water-oxidation catalysts for use in integrated solar-fuel generators 2017 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Ke Sun, Ivan A. Moreno‐Hernandez, William C. Schmidt, Xinghao Zhou, J. Chance Crompton, Rui Liu, Fadl H. Saadi, Yikai Chen, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Nathan S. Lewis	53
20	Combinatorial electrochemistry: A highly parallel, optical screening method for discovery of better electrocatalysts 1999 ·Erik Reddington, Anthony Sapienza, Bogdan Gurauꝉ, Rameshkrishnan Viswanathanꝉ, S. Sarangapani, Eugene S. Smotkin, Thomas E. Mallouk, Joel A. Haber, Nathan S. Lewis	2

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