Nick Daems

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nick Daems is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Daems has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Nick Daems's work include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (28 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (12 papers). Nick Daems is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (28 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (24 papers) and Ionic liquids properties and applications (12 papers). Nick Daems collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Russia. Nick Daems's co-authors include Ivo F.J. Vankelecom, Paolo P. Pescarmona, Xia Sheng, Tom Breugelmans, Deepak Pant, Annick Hubin, Sara Bals, Oriol Gutiérrez‐Sánchez, Metin Bulut and Bert De Mot and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Chemistry of Materials and Advanced Energy Materials.

In The Last Decade

Nick Daems

43 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Metal-free doped carbon materials as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
    2013 628 citations Nick Daems, Xia Sheng 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
Nick Daems Belgium 20 1.3k 867 386 339 257 46 1.7k
Peter Kerns United States 18 904 0.7× 563 0.6× 507 1.3× 260 0.8× 125 0.5× 42 1.3k
Weitao Shan United States 15 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 761 2.0× 437 1.3× 165 0.6× 17 2.0k
Changlong Wang China 17 1.2k 0.9× 542 0.6× 1.1k 3.0× 255 0.8× 285 1.1× 34 2.0k
Jian Shen China 17 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 681 1.8× 182 0.5× 481 1.9× 62 2.3k
Hongyuan Yang China 26 2.1k 1.7× 1.7k 2.0× 803 2.1× 387 1.1× 174 0.7× 62 2.7k
Yuseong Noh South Korea 24 878 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 528 1.4× 144 0.4× 364 1.4× 41 1.7k
Panpan Hao China 20 654 0.5× 475 0.5× 456 1.2× 175 0.5× 133 0.5× 34 1.1k
Likun Xiong China 13 1.1k 0.9× 534 0.6× 509 1.3× 365 1.1× 127 0.5× 24 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Daems

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All Works

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Solano, Eduardo, Matthias M. Minjauw, Nick Daems, et al.. (2025). Understanding How the Interfacial Properties of ALD‐Crafted In2S3 Thin Films Promote Enhanced Formate Electrosynthesis. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(18). 2 indexed citations
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Arnouts, Sven, Nathalie Claes, Nick Daems, et al.. (2025). Effective Utilization of Nanoporosity and Surface Area Guides Electrosynthesis over Soft-Landed Copper Oxide Catalyst Layers. Nano Letters. 25(7). 2670–2677. 2 indexed citations
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León‐Fernandez, Luis Fernando, et al.. (2025). Pulse-combustion-synthesized carbon-supported NiM (M = Co, Cu) nanoparticles: A framework for alkaline oxygen evolution studies. Journal of Catalysis. 453. 116492–116492.
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Daems, Nick, et al.. (2025). Promoting CO2 reduction in the presence of oxygen with polymer-based gas diffusion electrodes. Chem Catalysis. 5(7). 101353–101353. 1 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, et al.. (2024). From batch to flow: the effect of pH, current, and the crystal facets of Cu2O on electrochemical CO2 reduction. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 8(11). 2504–2518. 3 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, et al.. (2024). In Situ Spectroelectrochemical Study of Acetate Formation by CO2 Reduction Using Bi Catalyst in Amine‐Based Capture Solution. ChemSusChem. 17(20). e202400437–e202400437. 11 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, et al.. (2023). How flue gas impurities affect the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO and formate. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 341. 123345–123345. 37 indexed citations
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Esteban, Daniel Arenas, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Pomegranate‐Structured SnO2 Electrocatalysts for the Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate. ChemElectroChem. 10(6). 8 indexed citations
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Esteban, Daniel Arenas, et al.. (2023). 3D Characterization of the Structural Transformation Undergone by Cu@Ag Core–Shell Nanoparticles Following CO2 Reduction Reaction. Chemistry of Materials. 35(17). 6682–6691. 8 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical Production of Formate Directly from Amine-Based CO2 Capture Media. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2023-01(26). 1722–1722.
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Esteban, Daniel Arenas, Radu‐George Ciocarlan, Pegie Cool, et al.. (2022). Use of Nanoscale Carbon Layers on Ag-Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes to Promote CO Production. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(6). 7723–7732. 4 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, Pablo Merino, Clara Rettenmaier, et al.. (2022). Steering Hydrocarbon Selectivity in CO2 Electroreduction over Soft-Landed CuOx Nanoparticle-Functionalized Gas Diffusion Electrodes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(2). 2691–2702. 18 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez‐Sánchez, Oriol, Bert De Mot, Nick Daems, et al.. (2022). Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 from Direct Air Capture Solutions. Energy & Fuels. 36(21). 13115–13123. 41 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez‐Sánchez, Oriol, Nick Daems, W. K. Offermans, et al.. (2021). The inhibition of the proton donor ability of bicarbonate promotes the electrochemical conversion of CO2 in bicarbonate solutions. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 48. 101521–101521. 39 indexed citations
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Mot, Bert De, Jonas Hereijgers, Nick Daems, & Tom Breugelmans. (2021). Insight in the behavior of bipolar membrane equipped carbon dioxide electrolyzers at low electrolyte flowrates. Chemical Engineering Journal. 428. 131170–131170. 32 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, Jonas Hereijgers, Thomas Altantzis, et al.. (2020). Bifunctional Nickel–Nitrogen-Doped-Carbon-Supported Copper Electrocatalyst for CO₂ Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 6 indexed citations
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Daems, Nick, Xia Sheng, Yolanda Álvarez‐Gallego, Ivo F.J. Vankelecom, & Paolo P. Pescarmona. (2015). Iron-containing N-doped carbon electrocatalysts for the cogeneration of hydroxylamine and electricity in a H2–NO fuel cell. Green Chemistry. 18(6). 1547–1559. 36 indexed citations

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