Ryan M. Richards

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
166 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Ryan M. Richards is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan M. Richards has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 35 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ryan M. Richards's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (43 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (22 papers). Ryan M. Richards is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (43 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (23 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (22 papers). Ryan M. Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Ryan M. Richards's co-authors include Helmut Bönnemann, Juncheng Hu, Lifang Chen, Kake Zhu, Feng Lin, Vasile I. Pârvulescu, Dennis Nordlund, April Corpuz, Christian Kuebel and Bryan S. Pivovar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ryan M. Richards

163 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Nanoscopic Metal Particles − Synthetic Methods and Potential Applications

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Nanoscopic Metal Particles − Synthetic Methods and Potential Applications

2001 572 citations Ryan M. Richards et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan M. Richards United States	52	4.6k	2.3k	1.9k	1.7k	1.7k	166	8.5k
Zhenkun Sun China	42	4.8k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	117	8.5k
Bin Wang United States	53	6.3k 1.4×	4.2k 1.9×	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	298	11.1k
Fatemeh Davar Iran	62	7.2k 1.6×	3.5k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	174	10.3k
Zhangxiong Wu China	48	5.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	3.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	136	10.2k
Philippe Serp France	51	7.4k 1.6×	2.7k 1.2×	3.7k 1.9×	2.9k 1.7×	2.3k 1.3×	216	12.1k
Gang Qian China	53	6.2k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	302	9.2k
Lars Borchardt Germany	50	3.6k 0.8×	3.9k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	170	9.2k
Ilkeun Lee United States	40	3.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	973 0.6×	101	6.2k
Kun Zhang China	46	3.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	291	7.4k
Freddy Kleitz Canada	63	8.9k 1.9×	1.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	2.1k 1.2×	198	13.9k

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Taffa, Dereje H., Omeshwari Yadorao Bisen, Marcel Risch, et al.. (2025). Molten salt synthesis of increased (100)-facet and polycrystalline nickel oxide nanoparticles for the oxygen evolution reaction: impact of facet and crystallinity on electrocatalysis. RSC Applied Interfaces. 2(5). 1448–1460. 1 indexed citations

Taffa, Dereje H., Omeshwari Yadorao Bisen, Shaun M Alia, et al.. (2025). Faceted NiO(111) nanosheets: morphological and catalytic evolution for the oxygen evolution reaction. Chemical Communications. 62(3). 763–774. 1 indexed citations

Taffa, Dereje H., Omeshwari Yadorao Bisen, Marcel Risch, et al.. (2024). Influence of Annealing Temperature on the OER Activity of NiO(111) Nanosheets Prepared via Microwave and Solvothermal Synthesis Approaches. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(45). 62142–62154. 9 indexed citations

Settle, Amy E., Davis R. Conklin, Hien N. Pham, et al.. (2022). MgO(111) Nanocatalyst for Biomass Conversion: A Study of Carbon Coating Effects on Catalyst Faceting and Performance. Catalysis Letters. 152(11). 3354–3364. 2 indexed citations

Ciobanu, Cristian V., et al.. (2022). (111) Faceted Metal Oxides: A Review of Synthetic Methods. Crystal Growth & Design. 22(10). 6296–6322. 10 indexed citations

Huo, Xiangchen, Davis R. Conklin, Mingxia Zhou, et al.. (2021). Catalytic activity and water stability of the MgO(111) surface for 2-pentanone condensation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 294. 120234–120234. 14 indexed citations

Kuai, Chunguang, Cong Xi, Anyang Hu, et al.. (2021). Revealing the Dynamics and Roles of Iron Incorporation in Nickel Hydroxide Water Oxidation Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(44). 18519–18526. 164 indexed citations

Biswas, Rima, et al.. (2020). Direct synthesis of silver nanoparticles modified spherical mesoporous silica as efficient antibacterial materials. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 313. 110824–110824. 29 indexed citations

Sun, Tong, Dengchao Wang, Michael V. Mirkin, et al.. (2019). Direct high-resolution mapping of electrocatalytic activity of semi-two-dimensional catalysts with single-edge sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(24). 11618–11623. 85 indexed citations

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Samanta, Partha, Trisha Das, Samuel H. Gage, et al.. (2019). Palladium oxide nanoparticles intercalated mesoporous silica for solvent free acceptorless dehydrogenation reactions of alcohols. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 284. 186–197. 20 indexed citations

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Samanta, Partha, et al.. (2018). Mesoporous silica supported ytterbium as catalyst for synthesis of 1,2‐disubstituted benzimidazoles and 2‐substituted benzimidazoles. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 32(10). 18 indexed citations

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Settle, Amy E., Laura Berstis, Shuting Zhang, et al.. (2018). Iodine‐Catalyzed Isomerization of Dimethyl Muconate. ChemSusChem. 11(11). 1768–1780. 17 indexed citations

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Settle, Amy E., Laura Berstis, Shuting Zhang, et al.. (2018). Cover Feature: Iodine‐Catalyzed Isomerization of Dimethyl Muconate (ChemSusChem 11/2018). ChemSusChem. 11(11). 1737–1737. 1 indexed citations

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Mutch, Greg A., Sarah Shulda, Alan J. McCue, et al.. (2018). Carbon Capture by Metal Oxides: Unleashing the Potential of the (111) Facet. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(13). 4736–4742. 111 indexed citations

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Gage, Samuel H., Jan Engelhardt, Martin J. Menart, et al.. (2018). Palladium Intercalated into the Walls of Mesoporous Silica as Robust and Regenerable Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenolic Compounds. ACS Omega. 3(7). 7681–7691. 21 indexed citations

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Dzara, Michael J., J. Prabhuram, Chilan Ngo, et al.. (2017). La and Al co-doped CaMnO3 perovskite oxides: From interplay of surface properties to anion exchange membrane fuel cell performance. Journal of Power Sources. 375. 265–276. 26 indexed citations

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Xu, Mengze, Calvin Mukarakate, Kristiina Iisa, et al.. (2017). Deactivation of Multilayered MFI Nanosheet Zeolite during Upgrading of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5(6). 5477–5484. 46 indexed citations

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Settle, Amy E., Laura Berstis, Nicholas A. Rorrer, et al.. (2017). Heterogeneous Diels–Alder catalysis for biomass-derived aromatic compounds. Green Chemistry. 19(15). 3468–3492. 216 indexed citations

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Gage, Samuel H., Chilan Ngo, Valerio Molinari, et al.. (2017). Strong Metal–Support Interactions of TiN– and TiO₂–Nickel Nanocomposite Catalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 122(1). 339–348. 25 indexed citations

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Pârvulescu, Vasile I., Bogdan Cojocaru, Viorica Pârvulescu, et al.. (2010). Sol–gel-entrapped nano silver catalysts-correlation between active silver species and catalytic behavior. Journal of Catalysis. 272(1). 92–100. 64 indexed citations

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