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 Italy. Peter P. Wells's co-authors include Nikolaos Dimitratos, Graham J. Hutchings, Christopher J. Kiely, Emma K. Gibson, Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Peter J. Miedziak, 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

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.

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Peter P. Wells	3.4k	2.1k	1.9k	1.3k	829	91	5.2k
Mi Peng	4.4k 1.3×	2.6k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	693 0.8×	81	6.2k
Rentao Mu	4.6k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	3.0k 1.6×	619 0.5×	669 0.8×	103	6.1k
Jian Lin	4.9k 1.4×	3.1k 1.5×	2.9k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	764 0.9×	116	6.3k
Ruixuan Qin	4.0k 1.2×	3.3k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	554 0.7×	71	6.2k
Gianvito Vilé	4.1k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.6×	880 1.1×	88	6.0k
Yun Zhao	3.5k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	427 0.5×	74	5.2k
Adam S. Hoffman	4.1k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	856 0.7×	352 0.4×	115	5.1k
Samy Ould‐Chikh	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	425 0.3×	437 0.5×	81	4.8k
C. P. Vinod	3.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	870 0.5×	959 0.8×	431 0.5×	175	4.9k
Dmitry E. Doronkin	3.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	522 0.4×	405 0.5×	115	4.1k

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Yuan, Wangchao, Xiang Li, Qingsheng Gao, et al.. (2024). Tuning the crystallinity of Cu-based electrocatalysts: Synthesis, structure, and activity towards the CO2 reduction reaction. Applied Materials Today. 41. 102466–102466. 3 indexed citations

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Kordatos, Apostolos, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Reza Vakili, et al.. (2024). Bridging the size gap between experiment and theory: large-scale DFT calculations on realistic sized Pd particles for acetylene hydrogenation. RSC Advances. 14(38). 27799–27808. 3 indexed citations

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Bowker, Michael, et al.. (2024). Ensemble Effects on Methanol Oxidation to Formaldehyde on Ferric Molybdate Catalysts. ChemCatChem. 16(6). 3 indexed citations

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Decarolis, Donato, Matthew G. Quesne, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, et al.. (2024). Localized thermal levering events drive spontaneous kinetic oscillations during CO oxidation on Rh/Al2O3. Nature Catalysis. 7(7). 829–837. 5 indexed citations

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Kordatos, Apostolos, Khaled M. H. Mohammed, Reza Vakili, et al.. (2023). Atomistic simulations on the carbidisation processes in Pd nanoparticles. RSC Advances. 13(9). 5619–5626. 3 indexed citations

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Mohammed, Khaled M. H., Marina Carravetta, Donato Decarolis, et al.. (2023). Towards the Operational Window for Nitridic and Carbidic Palladium Nanoparticles for Directed Catalysis. ChemCatChem. 15(21). 1 indexed citations

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Padovan, Daniele, Emma K. Gibson, Peter P. Wells, et al.. (2022). Tracking the solid-state incorporation of Sn into the framework of dealuminated zeolite beta, and consequences for catalyst design. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(41). 22025–22041. 5 indexed citations

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Cherevotan, Arjun, Jithu Raj, Soumyabrata Roy, et al.. (2021). Operando Generated Ordered Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Selective Conversion of CO₂ to Methanol. ACS Energy Letters. 6(2). 509–516. 52 indexed citations

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Malta, Grazia, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, et al.. (2020). In situ K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the ligand environment of single-site Au/C catalysts during acetylene hydrochlorination. Chemical Science. 11(27). 7040–7052. 26 indexed citations

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Bartlett, Stuart A., Emma K. Gibson, Verónica Celorrio, et al.. (2019). Evidence for tetranuclear bis-μ-oxo cubane species in molecular iridium-based water oxidation catalysts from XAS analysis. Chemical Communications. 55(54). 7832–7835. 9 indexed citations

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Gibson, Emma K., C. Richard A. Catlow, Paul Collier, et al.. (2019). Structural selectivity of supported Pd nanoparticles for catalytic NH3 oxidation resolved using combined operando spectroscopy. Nature Catalysis. 2(2). 157–163. 109 indexed citations

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Malta, Grazia, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, et al.. (2018). Deactivation of a Single-Site Gold-on-Carbon Acetylene Hydrochlorination Catalyst: An X-ray Absorption and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study. ACS Catalysis. 8(9). 8493–8505. 70 indexed citations

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Guan, Shaoliang, Philip R. Davies, Emma K. Gibson, et al.. (2018). Structural behaviour of copper chloride catalysts during the chlorination of CO to phosgene. Faraday Discussions. 208(0). 67–85. 6 indexed citations

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Messinis, Antonis M., Peter P. Wells, Diego Gianolio, et al.. (2018). The highly surprising behaviour of diphosphine ligands in iron-catalysed Negishi cross-coupling. Nature Catalysis. 2(2). 123–133. 38 indexed citations

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Malta, Grazia, Simon A. Kondrat, Simon J. Freakley, et al.. (2017). Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination. Science. 355(6332). 1399–1403. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chutia, Arunabhiram, Emma K. Gibson, Matthew R. Farrow, et al.. (2017). The adsorption of Cu on the CeO₂(110) surface. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(40). 27191–27203. 21 indexed citations

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Rogers, Scott M., C. Richard A. Catlow, Carine E. Chan‐Thaw, et al.. (2017). Tandem Site- and Size-Controlled Pd Nanoparticles for the Directed Hydrogenation of Furfural. ACS Catalysis. 7(4). 2266–2274. 128 indexed citations

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Wells, Peter P., et al.. (2015). Utilizing Benign Oxidants for Selective Aerobic Oxidations Using Heterogenized Platinum Nanoparticle Catalysts. ChemPlusChem. 80(8). 1226–1230. 3 indexed citations

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Sardar, Kripasindhu, Enrico Petrucco, Craig I. Hiley, et al.. (2014). Water‐Splitting Electrocatalysis in Acid Conditions Using Ruthenate‐Iridate Pyrochlores. Angewandte Chemie. 126(41). 11140–11144. 61 indexed citations

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Sardar, Kripasindhu, Enrico Petrucco, Craig I. Hiley, et al.. (2014). Water‐Splitting Electrocatalysis in Acid Conditions Using Ruthenate‐Iridate Pyrochlores. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(41). 10960–10964. 232 indexed citations

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