Timothy N. Obee

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Timothy N. Obee is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy N. Obee has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Timothy N. Obee's work include TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (10 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (7 papers). Timothy N. Obee is often cited by papers focused on TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (10 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (9 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (7 papers). Timothy N. Obee collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Finland. Timothy N. Obee's co-authors include Robert T. Brown, Steven L. Suib, James D. Freihaut, Lixin Cao, Zi Gao, Sunita Satyapal, Md. Moazzem Hossain, Gregory B. Raupp, Aimin Huang and Gianluca Li Puma and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Timothy N. Obee

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

TiO2 Photocatalysis for Indoor Air Applications: Effects ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400 500
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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. TiO2 Photocatalysis for Indoor Air Applications: Effects of Humidity and Trace Contaminant Levels on the Oxidation Rates of Formaldehyde, Toluene, and 1,3-Butadiene
    1995 520 citations Timothy N. Obee, Robert T. Brown Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Timothy N. Obee United States 12 1.3k 900 328 165 143 16 1.7k
C.H. Ao Hong Kong 15 1.3k 1.0× 944 1.0× 346 1.1× 102 0.6× 326 2.3× 18 1.9k
Benigno Sánchez Spain 26 1.6k 1.2× 981 1.1× 309 0.9× 288 1.7× 100 0.7× 66 2.1k
Qiujian Xu China 11 823 0.6× 658 0.7× 328 1.0× 63 0.4× 268 1.9× 12 1.4k
María de los Milagros Ballari Argentina 19 853 0.7× 509 0.6× 182 0.6× 99 0.6× 90 0.6× 32 1.2k
Yaoguo Du China 14 759 0.6× 693 0.8× 214 0.7× 40 0.2× 88 0.6× 21 1.2k
Darrin S. Muggli United States 20 860 0.7× 760 0.8× 137 0.4× 119 0.7× 69 0.5× 29 1.3k
Chaoping Cen China 20 374 0.3× 1.0k 1.1× 393 1.2× 95 0.6× 103 0.7× 60 1.4k
Walter A. Zeltner United States 18 925 0.7× 660 0.7× 684 2.1× 257 1.6× 28 0.2× 31 1.7k
Ruimei Fang China 18 660 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 444 1.4× 215 1.3× 55 0.4× 40 1.4k

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Obee, Timothy N., Zhu Luo, Ting Jiang, et al.. (2015). The Viability of Photocatalysis for Air Purification. Molecules. 20(1). 1319–1356. 70 indexed citations
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Obee, Timothy N., Martin Piech, J. V. Mantese, & Sameh Dardona. (2012). Effect of water vapor and formaldehyde detection with differential mobility spectrometry. International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry. 15(3). 131–139. 4 indexed citations
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Obee, Timothy N., et al.. (2010). The deactivation of photocatalytic based air purifiers by ambient siloxanes. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 99(3-4). 435–441. 30 indexed citations
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Puma, Gianluca Li, et al.. (2009). Kinetics rate model of the photocatalytic oxidation of trichloroethylene in air over TiO2 thin films. Separation and Purification Technology. 67(2). 226–232. 43 indexed citations
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Cao, Lixin, et al.. (2000). Photocatalytic Oxidation of Toluene on Nanoscale TiO2 Catalysts: Studies of Deactivation and Regeneration. Journal of Catalysis. 196(2). 253–261. 328 indexed citations
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Cao, Lixin, et al.. (1999). Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Oxidation of 1-Butene on SnO2 and TiO2 Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 103(15). 2912–2917. 81 indexed citations
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Huang, Aimin, Lixin Cao, Jie Chen, et al.. (1999). Photocatalytic Degradation of Triethylamine on Titanium Oxide Thin Films. Journal of Catalysis. 188(1). 40–47. 48 indexed citations
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Hossain, Md. Moazzem, et al.. (1999). Three‐dimensional developing flow model for photocatalytic monolith reactors. AIChE Journal. 45(6). 1309–1321. 108 indexed citations
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Hall, Robert J., et al.. (1998). Computational and Experimental Studies of UV/Titania Photocatalytic Oxidation of VOCs in Honeycomb Monoliths. Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies. 3(3). 23 indexed citations
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Obee, Timothy N. & Sunita Satyapal. (1998). Photocatalytic decomposition of DMMP on titania. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 118(1). 45–51. 76 indexed citations
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Obee, Timothy N., et al.. (1997). Effects of Moisture and Temperature on the Photooxidation of Ethylene on Titania. Environmental Science & Technology. 31(7). 2034–2038. 179 indexed citations
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Obee, Timothy N.. (1996). Photooxidation of Sub-Parts-per-Million Toluene and Formaldehyde Levels on Titania Using a Glass-Plate Reactor. Environmental Science & Technology. 30(12). 3578–3584. 136 indexed citations
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Hall, Robert J., et al.. (1996). Photocatalytic Oxidation Technology for Trace Contaminant Control in Aircraft and Spacecraft. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 4 indexed citations
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Obee, Timothy N. & Robert T. Brown. (1995). TiO2 Photocatalysis for Indoor Air Applications: Effects of Humidity and Trace Contaminant Levels on the Oxidation Rates of Formaldehyde, Toluene, and 1,3-Butadiene. Environmental Science & Technology. 29(5). 1223–1231. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Obee, Timothy N. & Kenneth J. De Witt. (1980). Finite element analysis of free jet impingement. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 15(1). 63–85. 6 indexed citations
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Keith, T. G., et al.. (1979). Total Pressure Recovery of Flared Fan Nozzles Used as Inlets. Journal of Aircraft. 16(2). 110–115. 3 indexed citations

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