Sonja A. Francis

1.2k total citations
11 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sonja A. Francis is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja A. Francis has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sonja A. Francis's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (6 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers). Sonja A. Francis is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers), CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts (6 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (4 papers). Sonja A. Francis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Denmark. Sonja A. Francis's co-authors include Nathan S. Lewis, Adam C. Nielander, Daniel A. Torelli, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Matthew T. McDowell, J. Chance Crompton, Manuel P. Soriaga, Jonathan R. Thompson and Matthew R. Shaner and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy & Environmental Science, Chemistry of Materials and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Sonja A. Francis

11 papers receiving 993 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja A. Francis United States 9 876 400 366 251 99 11 1.0k
Weiying Pan China 6 647 0.7× 293 0.7× 314 0.9× 244 1.0× 73 0.7× 8 807
Shuyu Liang China 13 928 1.1× 362 0.9× 286 0.8× 496 2.0× 131 1.3× 21 1.0k
Debabrata Bagchi India 15 851 1.0× 429 1.1× 374 1.0× 234 0.9× 102 1.0× 33 991
Beomil Kim South Korea 12 668 0.8× 278 0.7× 178 0.5× 411 1.6× 111 1.1× 14 780
Youngdon Ko Switzerland 13 493 0.6× 259 0.6× 247 0.7× 296 1.2× 72 0.7× 23 668
Shiyu Xu South Korea 14 388 0.4× 412 1.0× 247 0.7× 255 1.0× 124 1.3× 24 693
Rafaël E. Vos Netherlands 9 796 0.9× 270 0.7× 410 1.1× 265 1.1× 80 0.8× 14 948
Yan‐Xin Duan China 9 851 1.0× 494 1.2× 274 0.7× 424 1.7× 97 1.0× 16 978
Daixing Wei China 11 718 0.8× 452 1.1× 224 0.6× 209 0.8× 31 0.3× 17 783
Mingshi Xie Singapore 6 454 0.5× 208 0.5× 190 0.5× 213 0.8× 93 0.9× 7 591

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja A. Francis

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All Works

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Landers, Alan, Meredith Fields, Daniel A. Torelli, et al.. (2018). The Predominance of Hydrogen Evolution on Transition Metal Sulfides and Phosphides under CO2 Reduction Conditions: An Experimental and Theoretical Study. ACS Energy Letters. 3(6). 1450–1457. 72 indexed citations
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Francis, Sonja A., Jesús M. Velázquez, Ivonne M. Ferrer, et al.. (2018). Reduction of Aqueous CO2 to 1-Propanol at MoS2 Electrodes. Chemistry of Materials. 30(15). 4902–4908. 86 indexed citations
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Paris, Aubrey R., et al.. (2018). Tuning the Products of CO2Electroreduction on a Ni3Ga Catalyst Using Carbon Solid Supports. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 165(7). H385–H392. 12 indexed citations
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Torelli, Daniel A., Sonja A. Francis, J. Chance Crompton, et al.. (2016). Nickel–Gallium-Catalyzed Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Highly Reduced Products at Low Overpotentials. ACS Catalysis. 6(3). 2100–2104. 265 indexed citations
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Coridan, Robert H., Adam C. Nielander, Sonja A. Francis, et al.. (2015). Methods for comparing the performance of energy-conversion systems for use in solar fuels and solar electricity generation. Energy & Environmental Science. 8(10). 2886–2901. 195 indexed citations
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Xu, Shuai, Chao Wang, Sonja A. Francis, et al.. (2014). Glancing angle deposited Ni nanopillars coated with conformal, thin layers of Pt by a novel electrodeposition: Application to the oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochimica Acta. 151. 537–543. 4 indexed citations
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Nielander, Adam C., Matthew R. Shaner, Kimberly M. Papadantonakis, Sonja A. Francis, & Nathan S. Lewis. (2014). A taxonomy for solar fuels generators. Energy & Environmental Science. 8(1). 16–25. 164 indexed citations
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Francis, Sonja A., Ryan T. Tucker, Michael J. Brett, & Steven H. Bergens. (2012). Structural and activity comparison of self-limiting versus traditional Pt electro-depositions on nanopillar Ni films. Journal of Power Sources. 222. 533–541. 10 indexed citations
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Francis, Sonja A. & Steven H. Bergens. (2011). Low Pt-loading Ni–Pt and Pt deposits on Ni: Preparation, activity and investigation of electronic properties. Journal of Power Sources. 196(18). 7470–7480. 13 indexed citations

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