Peter Sponholz

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Sponholz is a scholar working on Process Chemistry and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Sponholz has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology, 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 7 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Peter Sponholz's work include Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (13 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (12 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (7 papers). Peter Sponholz is often cited by papers focused on Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (13 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (12 papers) and Hydrogen Storage and Materials (7 papers). Peter Sponholz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Peter Sponholz's co-authors include Matthias Beller, Henrik Junge, Dörthe Mellmann, Ralf Jackstell, Albert Boddien, Christopher Federsel, Martin Nielsen, Christoph Cordes, Elisabetta Alberico and Duo Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Peter Sponholz

17 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Formic acid as a hydrogen storage material – development ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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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. Formic acid as a hydrogen storage material – development of homogeneous catalysts for selective hydrogen release
    2016 734 citations Dörthe Mellmann, Peter Sponholz et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Sponholz Germany 16 1.5k 1.1k 973 773 603 17 2.3k
Dörthe Mellmann Germany 11 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 870 1.1× 550 0.9× 11 2.3k
Naoya Onishi Japan 24 1.1k 0.7× 790 0.7× 741 0.8× 534 0.7× 431 0.7× 42 1.8k
Jotheeswari Kothandaraman United States 19 1.3k 0.9× 681 0.6× 952 1.0× 426 0.6× 769 1.3× 29 2.1k
Katerina Sordakis Switzerland 9 930 0.6× 629 0.6× 659 0.7× 382 0.5× 360 0.6× 11 1.3k
Miriam Navlani‐García Spain 27 627 0.4× 356 0.3× 817 0.8× 1.4k 1.8× 553 0.9× 58 1.9k
Sebastian Wesselbaum Germany 9 1.7k 1.1× 945 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 337 0.4× 715 1.2× 9 2.0k
Kassem Beydoun France 21 1.4k 0.9× 911 0.8× 779 0.8× 340 0.4× 456 0.8× 32 2.1k
Binglian Liang China 14 978 0.7× 241 0.2× 872 0.9× 1.9k 2.5× 2.1k 3.5× 22 2.7k
Andrea Álvarez Moreno Spain 14 827 0.6× 294 0.3× 834 0.9× 1.3k 1.7× 1.4k 2.4× 20 2.2k
Yaşar Karataş Türkiye 21 346 0.2× 249 0.2× 352 0.4× 859 1.1× 293 0.5× 42 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Sponholz

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Sang, Rui, Thomas Schareina, Yuya Hu, et al.. (2024). Development of a practical formate/bicarbonate energy system. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7268–7268. 19 indexed citations
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Zaitsau, Dzmitry H., et al.. (2024). Density and speed of sound measurements of aqueous solutions of potassium formate, potassium bicarbonate and their mixtures. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 409. 125437–125437. 2 indexed citations
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Sang, Rui, Zhihong Wei, Yuya Hu, et al.. (2023). Methyl formate as a hydrogen energy carrier. Nature Catalysis. 6(6). 543–550. 75 indexed citations
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Wei, Duo, Xinzhe Shi, Peter Sponholz, Henrik Junge, & Matthias Beller. (2022). Manganese Promoted (Bi)carbonate Hydrogenation and Formate Dehydrogenation: Toward a Circular Carbon and Hydrogen Economy. ACS Central Science. 8(10). 1457–1463. 25 indexed citations
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Wei, Duo, Rui Sang, Peter Sponholz, Henrik Junge, & Matthias Beller. (2022). Reversible hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formic acid using a Mn-pincer complex in the presence of lysine. Nature Energy. 7(5). 438–447. 185 indexed citations
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Mellmann, Dörthe, Peter Sponholz, Henrik Junge, & Matthias Beller. (2016). Formic acid as a hydrogen storage material – development of homogeneous catalysts for selective hydrogen release. Chemical Society Reviews. 45(14). 3954–3988. 734 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yang, Peter Sponholz, Martin Nielsen, Henrik Junge, & Matthias Beller. (2015). Iridium‐Catalyzed Hydrogen Production from Monosaccharides, Disaccharide, Cellulose, and Lignocellulose. ChemSusChem. 8(5). 804–808. 22 indexed citations
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Sponholz, Peter, Dörthe Mellmann, Christoph Cordes, et al.. (2014). Efficient and Selective Hydrogen Generation from Bioethanol using Ruthenium Pincer‐type Complexes. ChemSusChem. 7(9). 2419–2422. 67 indexed citations
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Mellmann, Dörthe, Enrico Barsch, Matthias Bauer, et al.. (2014). Base‐Free Non‐Noble‐Metal‐Catalyzed Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid: Scope and Mechanistic Insights. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(42). 13589–13602. 51 indexed citations
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Sponholz, Peter, Dörthe Mellmann, Henrik Junge, & Matthias Beller. (2013). Towards a Practical Setup for Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid. ChemSusChem. 6(7). 1172–1176. 122 indexed citations
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Monney, Angèle, Enrico Barsch, Peter Sponholz, et al.. (2013). Base-free hydrogen generation from methanol using a bi-catalytic system. Chemical Communications. 50(6). 707–709. 116 indexed citations
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Alberico, Elisabetta, Peter Sponholz, Christoph Cordes, et al.. (2013). Selective Hydrogen Production from Methanol with a Defined Iron Pincer Catalyst under Mild Conditions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(52). 14162–14166. 298 indexed citations
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Alberico, Elisabetta, Peter Sponholz, Christoph Cordes, et al.. (2013). Selective Hydrogen Production from Methanol with a Defined Iron Pincer Catalyst under Mild Conditions. Angewandte Chemie. 125(52). 14412–14416. 80 indexed citations
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Boddien, Albert, Christopher Federsel, Peter Sponholz, et al.. (2012). Towards the development of a hydrogen battery. Energy & Environmental Science. 5(10). 8907–8907. 146 indexed citations
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Boddien, Albert, Felix Gärtner, Christopher Federsel, et al.. (2011). CO2‐“Neutral” Hydrogen Storage Based on Bicarbonates and Formates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(28). 6411–6414. 276 indexed citations
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Boddien, Albert, Felix Gärtner, Christopher Federsel, et al.. (2011). Kohlenstoffdioxid‐neutrale Wasserstoffspeicherung basierend auf Bicarbonaten und Formiaten. Angewandte Chemie. 123(28). 6535–6538. 70 indexed citations
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Boddien, Albert, Felix Gärtner, Dörthe Mellmann, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen Storage in Formic Acid – Amine Adducts. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 65(4). 214–214. 29 indexed citations

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