Thomas J. Schmidt

30.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
376 papers, 25.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Schmidt is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Schmidt has authored 376 papers receiving a total of 25.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 284 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 267 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 130 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Schmidt's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (243 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (201 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (100 papers). Thomas J. Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (243 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (201 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (100 papers). Thomas J. Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas J. Schmidt's co-authors include Emiliana Fabbri, Nenad M. Marković, R. Jürgen Behm, Hubert A. Gasteiger, Vojislav R. Stamenković, Félix N. Büchi, U. A. Paulus, R. Kötz, P.N. Ross and Lorenz Gubler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Schmidt

366 papers receiving 25.3k 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.

Oxygen reduction on a high-surface area Pt/Vulcan carbon catalyst: a thin-film rotating ring-disk electrode study

2001 1.3k citations Thomas J. Schmidt et al. profile →
Developments and perspectives of oxide-based catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

2014 1.1k citations Emiliana Fabbri, Thomas J. Schmidt et al. profile →
Characterization of High‐Surface‐Area Electrocatalysts Using a Rotating Disk Electrode Configuration

1998 1.0k citations Thomas J. Schmidt et al. Journal of The Electrochemical Society profile →
Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt and Pt Bimetallic Surfaces: A Selective Review

2001 957 citations Nenad M. Marković, Thomas J. Schmidt et al. profile →
Dynamic surface self-reconstruction is the key of highly active perovskite nano-electrocatalysts for water splitting

2017 887 citations Emiliana Fabbri, Maarten Nachtegaal et al. profile →
Oxygen Reduction on Carbon-Supported Pt−Ni and Pt−Co Alloy Catalysts

2002 805 citations Thomas J. Schmidt, Vojislav R. Stamenković et al. profile →
Surface Composition Effects in Electrocatalysis: Kinetics of Oxygen Reduction on Well-Defined Pt₃Ni and Pt₃Co Alloy Surfaces

2002 724 citations Vojislav R. Stamenković, Thomas J. Schmidt et al. profile →
Electrocatalysis for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: Recent Achievements and Future Challenges

2012 703 citations Thomas J. Schmidt et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
Oxygen Evolution Reaction—The Enigma in Water Electrolysis

2018 532 citations Emiliana Fabbri, Thomas J. Schmidt ACS Catalysis profile →
Critical Review—Identifying Critical Gaps for Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolysis Development

2017 452 citations Michel Suermann, Félix N. Büchi et al. Journal of The Electrochemical Society profile →
Oxidation of interfacial cobalt controls the pH dependence of the oxygen evolution reaction

2025 40 citations Jinzhen Huang, Adam H. Clark et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synergistic Effects of Solid Electrolyte Mild Sintering and Lithium Surface Passivation for Enhanced Lithium Metal Cycling in All‐Solid‐State Batteries 2026 ·Advanced Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas J. Schmidt, (unknown)	1
2	Uncovering the catalyst/electrolyte interfacial process by frequency dispersion of capacitance 2025 ·Journal of Energy Chemistry ·Jinzhen Huang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas J. Schmidt, Emiliana Fabbri	2
3	In Situ and Operando Spectroscopic Techniques for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Applications 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Emiliana Fabbri, Juan Herranz, Thomas J. Schmidt	8
4	Exploring chances and limitations of high resolution 3D-printing for guided water percolation in gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Félix N. Büchi, Thomas J. Schmidt, Jens Eller	3
5	Best practices for operando hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy 2024 ·Nature Sustainability ·Adam H. Clark, Thomas J. Schmidt, Emiliana Fabbri	7
6	The Role of Phosphate Functionalization on the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity of Cobalt‐Based Oxides at Different pH Values 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Wataru Yoshimune, (unknown), Adam H. Clark, Nur Sena Yüzbasi, Thomas Graule, Dominika Baster, Mario El Kazzi, Thomas J. Schmidt, Emiliana Fabbri	6
7	Potential Pitfalls in the Operando XAS Study of Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts 2022 ·ACS Energy Letters ·(unknown), Adam H. Clark, Juan Herranz, Justus S. Diercks, (unknown), Maarten Nachtegaal, (unknown), Thomas J. Schmidt	51
8	Electrochemical Surface Area Quantification, CO₂ Reduction Performance, and Stability Studies of Unsupported Three-Dimensional Au Aerogels versus Carbon-Supported Au Nanoparticles 2022 ·ACS Materials Au ·(unknown), (unknown), Justus S. Diercks, Juan Herranz, Viktoriia A. Saveleva, Pavel Khavlyuk, Alexander Eychmüller, Thomas J. Schmidt	31
9	CO₂ Electroreduction on Unsupported PdPt Aerogels: Effects of Alloying and Surface Composition on Product Selectivity 2022 ·ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Justus S. Diercks, (unknown), Juan Herranz, (unknown), (unknown), Adam H. Clark, René Hübner, (unknown), (unknown), Maarten Nachtegaal, Alexander Eychmüller, Thomas J. Schmidt	22
10	Noninvasive Measurement of Humidity Distribution in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFCs). Part II: Operando Analysis of a Fuel Cell Stack 2022 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·(unknown), Thomas J. Schmidt, Jens Eller	2
11	Protagonists and spectators during photocatalytic solar water splitting with SrTaO _x N _y oxynitride 2021 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·(unknown), (unknown), Adam H. Clark, Оlga V. Safonova, M. Döbeli, Vladimir N. Strocov, Thomas J. Schmidt, Thomas Lippert, Maarten Nachtegaal, Daniele Pergolesi	14
12	Perovskite Oxide Based Electrodes for the Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions: The Underlying Mechanism 2021 ·ACS Catalysis ·(unknown), Emiliana Fabbri, Thomas J. Schmidt	197
13	Functional Role of Fe-Doping in Co-Based Perovskite Oxide Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction 2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Bae‐Jung Kim, Emiliana Fabbri, Daniel F. Abbott, Xi Cheng, Adam H. Clark, Maarten Nachtegaal, Mario Borlaf, Ivano E. Castelli, Thomas Graule, Thomas J. Schmidt	315
14	Improved Water Management for PEFC with Interdigitated Flow Fields using Modified Gas Diffusion Layers 2019 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Victoria Manzi-Orezzoli, Muriel Siegwart, Magali Cochet, Thomas J. Schmidt, Pierre Boillat	14
15	Accelerated Stress Test Method for the Assessment of Membrane Lifetime in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries 2019 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), (unknown), Thomas J. Schmidt, Lorenz Gubler	9
16	Distinction between super-cooled water and ice with high duty cycle time-of-flight neutron imaging 2019 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·Muriel Siegwart, Robin Woracek, José Ignacio Márquez Damián, Anton S. Tremsin, Victoria Manzi-Orezzoli, Markus Ströbl, Thomas J. Schmidt, Pierre Boillat	22
17	Electrochemical Hydrogen Compression: Efficient Pressurization Concept Derived from an Energetic Evaluation 2017 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Michel Suermann, (unknown), Thomas J. Schmidt, Félix N. Büchi	63
18	Communication—Neutron Radiography of the Water/Gas Distribution in the Porous Layers of an Operating Electrolyser 2016 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·(unknown), Johannes Biesdorf, Thomas J. Schmidt, Pierre Boillat	87
19	When Size Matters: Active Area Dependence of PEFC Cold Start Capability 2015 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Johannes Biesdorf, (unknown), Muriel Siegwart, Thomas J. Schmidt, Pierre Boillat	23
20	Surface segregation effects in electrocatalysis: Kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction on \npolycrystalline Pt3Ni alloy surfaces 2002 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Vojislav R. Stamenković, Thomas J. Schmidt, P.N. Ross, Nenad M. Marković	266

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