Peter P. Wells

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Peter P. Wells is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter P. Wells has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Materials Chemistry, 47 papers in Catalysis and 30 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Peter P. Wells's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (63 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (39 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers). Peter P. Wells is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (63 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (39 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers). Peter P. Wells collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. Peter P. Wells's co-authors include Nikolaos Dimitratos, Graham J. Hutchings, Christopher J. Kiely, Emma K. Gibson, Peter J. Miedziak, Meenakshisundaram Sankar, C. Richard A. Catlow, David Morgan, Wilm Jones and Michael Bowker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Peter P. Wells

91 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

Designing bimetallic catalysts for a green and sustainable future

2012 1.0k citations Nikolaos Dimitratos, Peter P. Wells et al. profile →
Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination

2017 429 citations Grazia Malta, Simon A. Kondrat et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tuning the crystallinity of Cu-based electrocatalysts: Synthesis, structure, and activity towards the CO2 reduction reaction 2024 ·Applied Materials Today ·(unknown), Wangchao Yuan, Xiang Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Qingsheng Gao, Martin C. Wilding, Peter P. Wells, Devis Di Tommaso, Cristina Giordano	3
2	Bridging the size gap between experiment and theory: large-scale DFT calculations on realistic sized Pd particles for acetylene hydrogenation 2024 ·RSC Advances ·Apostolos Kordatos, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Reza Vakili, Haresh Manyar, Alexandre Goguet, Emma K. Gibson, Marina Carravetta, Peter P. Wells, Chris‐Kriton Skylaris	3
3	Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3 2024 ·Nature Catalysis ·Donato Decarolis, (unknown), Matthew G. Quesne, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Shaojun Xu, Mark A. Isaacs, Adam H. Clark, Luke L. Keenan, (unknown), Kohei Kusada, Hiroshi Kitagawa, C. Richard A. Catlow, Emma K. Gibson, Alexandre Goguet, Peter P. Wells	5
4	Atomistic simulations on the carbidisation processes in Pd nanoparticles 2023 ·RSC Advances ·Apostolos Kordatos, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Reza Vakili, Alexandre Goguet, Haresh Manyar, Emma K. Gibson, Marina Carravetta, Peter P. Wells, Chris‐Kriton Skylaris	3
5	Towards the Operational Window for Nitridic and Carbidic Palladium Nanoparticles for Directed Catalysis 2023 ·ChemCatChem ·(unknown), Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Marina Carravetta, Donato Decarolis, Alexandre Goguet, Apostolos Kordatos, Reza Vakili, Haresh Manyar, (unknown), Chris‐Kriton Skylaris, Paul Thompson, Emma K. Gibson, Peter P. Wells	1
6	Tracking the solid-state incorporation of Sn into the framework of dealuminated zeolite beta, and consequences for catalyst design 2022 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniele Padovan, (unknown), Emma K. Gibson, Peter P. Wells, (unknown), Simon A. Kondrat, Andrew J. Logsdail, Ceri Hammond	5
7	Operando Generated Ordered Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Selective Conversion of CO₂ to Methanol 2021 ·ACS Energy Letters ·Arjun Cherevotan, Jithu Raj, (unknown), Soumyabrata Roy, Shreya Sarkar, Risov Das, C. P. Vinod, Shaojun Xu, Peter P. Wells, Umesh V. Waghmare, Sebastian C. Peter	52
8	In situ K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the ligand environment of single-site Au/C catalysts during acetylene hydrochlorination 2020 ·Chemical Science ·Grazia Malta, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, David Morgan, Emma K. Gibson, Peter P. Wells, Matteo Aramini, Diego Gianolio, Paul Thompson, Peter Johnston, Graham J. Hutchings	26
9	Evidence for tetranuclear bis-μ-oxo cubane species in molecular iridium-based water oxidation catalysts from XAS analysis 2019 ·Chemical Communications ·Stuart A. Bartlett, (unknown), Emma K. Gibson, Verónica Celorrio, Peter P. Wells, Maarten Nachtegaal, Stafford W. Sheehan, Ulrich Hintermair	9
10	Structural selectivity of supported Pd nanoparticles for catalytic NH3 oxidation resolved using combined operando spectroscopy 2019 ·Nature Catalysis ·(unknown), Emma K. Gibson, (unknown), C. Richard A. Catlow, Paul Collier, Arunabhiram Chutia, (unknown), Christopher Hardacre, Anna Kroner, Maarten Nachtegaal, Agnes Raj, Scott M. Rogers, S. F. Rebecca Taylor, Paul Thompson, (unknown), Constantinos D. Zeinalipour‐Yazdi, Alexandre Goguet, Peter P. Wells	109
11	Structural behaviour of copper chloride catalysts during the chlorination of CO to phosgene 2018 ·Faraday Discussions ·Shaoliang Guan, Philip R. Davies, Emma K. Gibson, David Lennon, (unknown), John M. Winfield, June Callison, Peter P. Wells, David J. Willock	6
12	Deactivation of a Single-Site Gold-on-Carbon Acetylene Hydrochlorination Catalyst: An X-ray Absorption and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study 2018 ·ACS Catalysis ·Grazia Malta, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, (unknown), Stephanie Dawson, Xi Liu, L. W. Lu, (unknown), Félix Fernández-Alonso, Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay, Emma K. Gibson, Peter P. Wells, Stewart F. Parker, Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings	70
13	Operando spectroscopy study of the carbon dioxide electro-reduction by iron species on nitrogen-doped carbon 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Chiara Genovese, M. Schuster, Emma K. Gibson, Diego Gianolio, Víctor Posligua, Ricardo Grau‐Crespo, Giannantonio Cibin, Peter P. Wells, (unknown), (unknown), Sandra Krick Calderón, Juan‐Jesús Velasco‐Vélez, Claudio Ampelli, Siglinda Perathoner, Georg Held, Gabriele Centi, Rosa Arrigo	218
14	Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination breakdown → 2017 ·Science ·Grazia Malta, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, Catherine Davies, Li Lu, Simon R. Dawson, Adam Thetford, Emma K. Gibson, David Morgan, Wilm Jones, Peter P. Wells, Peter Johnston, C. Richard A. Catlow, Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings	429
15	Tandem Site- and Size-Controlled Pd Nanoparticles for the Directed Hydrogenation of Furfural 2017 ·ACS Catalysis ·Scott M. Rogers, C. Richard A. Catlow, Carine E. Chan‐Thaw, Arunabhiram Chutia, Nan Jian, Richard E. Palmer, Michal Perdjon, Adam Thetford, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Alberto Villa, Peter P. Wells	128
16	The adsorption of Cu on the CeO₂(110) surface 2017 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Arunabhiram Chutia, Emma K. Gibson, Matthew R. Farrow, Peter P. Wells, David O. Scanlon, Nikolaos Dimitratos, David J. Willock, C. Richard A. Catlow	21
17	Stable amorphous georgeite as a precursor to a high-activity catalyst 2016 ·Nature ·Simon A. Kondrat, Paul J. Smith, Peter P. Wells, Philip A. Chater, James Carter, David Morgan, Elisabetta Maria Fiordaliso, Jakob Birkedal Wagner, Thomas E. Davies, Li Lu, Jonathan K. Bartley, Stuart H. Taylor, Michael S. Spencer, Christopher J. Kiely, Gordon Kelly, (unknown), Matthew J. Rosseinsky, Graham J. Hutchings	132
18	Evolution of active catalysts for the selective oxidative dehydrogenation of methanol on Fe2O3 surface doped with Mo oxide 2013 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Michael Bowker, Catherine Brookes, Albert F. Carley, Matthew P. House, (unknown), Gopinathan Sankar, (unknown), Peter P. Wells, Polina Yaseneva	32
19	Effects of composition on structure and activity of PtRu/C catalysts 2009 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Abigail Rose, Peter P. Wells, (unknown), (unknown), David Thompsett, Brian Theobald, J. Frederick W. Mosselmans, Mark A. Roberts, Andrea E. Russell	27
20	To alloy or not to alloy? : Cr modified Pt/C cathode catalysts for PEMfuel cells 2007 ·Faraday Discussions ·Peter P. Wells, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eleanor M. Crabb, Lesley E. Smart, David Thompsett, Andrea E. Russell	10

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