Plamen Atanassov

33.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
477 papers, 28.6k citations indexed

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Plamen Atanassov is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Plamen Atanassov has authored 477 papers receiving a total of 28.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 368 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 287 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 130 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Plamen Atanassov's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (272 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (203 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (130 papers). Plamen Atanassov is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (272 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (203 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (130 papers). Plamen Atanassov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Plamen Atanassov's co-authors include Kateryna Artyushkova, Alexey Serov, Scott Calabrese Barton, Carlo Santoro, Boris Kiefer, Tristan Asset, Ivana Matanović, Svitlana Pylypenko, Tim S. Olson and Shyam Kattel and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Plamen Atanassov

466 papers receiving 28.2k 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.

Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems

2014 1.8k citations Plamen Atanassov et al. profile →
Enzymatic Biofuel Cells for Implantable and Microscale Devices

2004 1.2k citations Scott Calabrese Barton, Plamen Atanassov et al. profile →
Cross-Laboratory Experimental Study of Non-Noble-Metal Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

2009 654 citations Frédéric Jaouen, Svitlana Pylypenko et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →
Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

2020 593 citations Jingkun Li, Moulay Tahar Sougrati et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
Substrate channelling as an approach to cascade reactions

2016 560 citations Scott Calabrese Barton, Plamen Atanassov et al. profile →
Chemistry of Multitudinous Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Transition Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon Electrocatalysts

2015 486 citations Kateryna Artyushkova, Alexey Serov et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C profile →
Elucidating Oxygen Reduction Active Sites in Pyrolyzed Metal–Nitrogen Coordinated Non-Precious-Metal Electrocatalyst Systems

2014 486 citations Alexey Serov, Plamen Atanassov et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C profile →
Elucidating electrochemical nitrate and nitrite reduction over atomically-dispersed transition metal sites

2023 175 citations Eamonn Murphy, Yuanchao Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Plamen Atanassov United States	85	21.1k	17.4k	6.1k	5.1k	3.9k	477	28.6k
Zhenhai Wen China	97	21.3k 1.0×	16.7k 1.0×	11.0k 1.8×	2.1k 0.4×	865 0.2×	441	31.7k
Chunxian Guo China	65	10.1k 0.5×	9.9k 0.6×	10.4k 1.7×	1.8k 0.4×	479 0.1×	300	21.8k
Yan Jiao Australia	81	23.2k 1.1×	32.3k 1.9×	15.2k 2.5×	3.4k 0.7×	597 0.2×	215	41.3k
Jun Chen Australia	80	13.0k 0.6×	14.4k 0.8×	11.2k 1.8×	1.5k 0.3×	406 0.1×	344	26.9k
Shaojun Guo China	96	18.9k 0.9×	17.4k 1.0×	16.2k 2.6×	5.0k 1.0×	201 0.1×	250	35.0k
Wei Xing China	81	20.0k 0.9×	24.0k 1.4×	9.7k 1.6×	3.6k 0.7×	174 0.0×	506	30.6k
Zidong Wei China	73	17.2k 0.8×	18.3k 1.1×	6.9k 1.1×	2.3k 0.4×	251 0.1×	422	23.9k
Shaoqin Liu China	57	5.6k 0.3×	4.8k 0.3×	5.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.2×	811 0.2×	207	13.5k
Feng Jiao United States	73	7.0k 0.3×	15.1k 0.9×	7.5k 1.2×	1.4k 0.3×	462 0.1×	187	21.1k
Shun Mao China	76	10.6k 0.5×	6.5k 0.4×	8.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.3×	416 0.1×	236	19.1k

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Atanassov, Plamen, et al.. (2025). Iridium Oxide Network on Non‐conductive TiO₂ Support as a Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemElectroChem. 12(8). 4 indexed citations

Kort-Kamp, Wilton J. M., Carmelo Lo Vecchio, David Sebastián, et al.. (2024). Machine learning-guided design of direct methanol fuel cells with a platinum group metal-free cathode. Journal of Power Sources. 626. 235758–235758. 3 indexed citations

Muhyuddin, Mohsin, Nicolò Pianta, Enrico Berretti, et al.. (2024). Ni-Phthalocyanine Derived Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Active Sites Formation and Electrocatalytic Activity. ACS Catalysis. 14(19). 14524–14538. 16 indexed citations

Murphy, Eamonn, Yuanchao Liu, Ivana Matanović, et al.. (2023). Elucidating electrochemical nitrate and nitrite reduction over atomically-dispersed transition metal sites. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4554–4554. 175 indexed citations breakdown →

Huang, Ying, Yechuan Chen, Mingjie Xu, et al.. (2023). Catalysts by pyrolysis: Transforming metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) precursors into metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) materials. Materials Today. 69. 66–78. 101 indexed citations

Murphy, Eamonn, et al.. (2023). Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon Catalysts by Dynamic Template Removal for Highly Efficient and Selective Electroreduction of CO₂. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(2). 678–691. 9 indexed citations

Murphy, Eamonn, Shengyuan Guo, Yuanchao Liu, et al.. (2022). Synergistic Electrocatalytic Syngas Production from Carbon Dioxide by Bi‐Metallic Atomically Dispersed Catalysts. ChemElectroChem. 9(17). 5 indexed citations

Murphy, Eamonn, Yuanchao Liu, Ivana Matanović, et al.. (2022). Highly Durable and Selective Fe- and Mo-Based Atomically Dispersed Electrocatalysts for Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia via Distinct and Synergized NO₂^– Pathways. ACS Catalysis. 12(11). 6651–6662. 134 indexed citations

Ly, Alvin, et al.. (2022). Novel acid-free process intensification for the synthesis of non-precious metal-nitrogen-carbon electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Power Sources. 556. 232382–232382. 13 indexed citations

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Ferri, Michele, Shengyuan Guo, Tristan Asset, et al.. (2022). Steering Cu-Based CO₂RR Electrocatalysts’ Selectivity: Effect of Hydroxyapatite Acid/Base Moieties in Promoting Formate Production. ACS Energy Letters. 7(7). 2304–2310. 31 indexed citations

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Berretti, Enrico, Mariangela Longhi, Plamen Atanassov, et al.. (2021). Platinum group metal-free Fe-based (Fe N C) oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for direct alcohol fuel cells. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 29. 100756–100756. 24 indexed citations

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Dumont, Joseph H., Ulises Martinez, Javier Macossay, et al.. (2020). Graphite Intercalation Compounds Derived by Green Chemistry as Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(38). 42678–42685. 18 indexed citations

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Bevilacqua, Nico, Tristan Asset, Michael A. Schmid, et al.. (2020). Impact of catalyst layer morphology on the operation of high temperature PEM fuel cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 100042–100042. 41 indexed citations

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Li, Jingkun, Moulay Tahar Sougrati, Andrea Zitolo, et al.. (2020). Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Nature Catalysis. 4(1). 10–19. 593 indexed citations breakdown →

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Santoro, Carlo, Mounika Kodali, Alexey Serov, et al.. (2018). Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using Fe N C cathode catalyst. Journal of Power Sources. 412. 416–424. 37 indexed citations

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Kishi, Hirofumi, T. Sakamoto, Koichiro Asazawa, et al.. (2018). Structure of Active Sites of Fe-N-C Nano-Catalysts for Alkaline Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Nanomaterials. 8(12). 965–965. 13 indexed citations

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Rojas‐Carbonell, Santiago, Sofia Babanova, Alexey Serov, et al.. (2017). Integration of Platinum Group Metal‐Free Catalysts and Bilirubin Oxidase into a Hybrid Material for Oxygen Reduction: Interplay of Chemistry and Morphology. ChemSusChem. 10(7). 1534–1542. 8 indexed citations

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Workman, Michael J, Alexey Serov, Lok‐kun Tsui, Plamen Atanassov, & Kateryna Artyushkova. (2017). Fe–N–C Catalyst Graphitic Layer Structure and Fuel Cell Performance. ACS Energy Letters. 2(7). 1489–1493. 106 indexed citations

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Matanović, Ivana, et al.. (2016). Core Level Shifts of Hydrogenated Pyridinic and Pyrrolic Nitrogen in the Nitrogen-Containing Graphene-Based Electrocatalysts: In-Plane vs Edge Defects. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120(51). 29225–29232. 157 indexed citations

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Luckarift, Heather R., Plamen Atanassov, & Glenn R. Johnson. (2014). Enzymatic fuel cells : from fundamentals to applications. Wiley eBooks. 35 indexed citations

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