V. Plzak

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

V. Plzak is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Plzak has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Catalysis and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in V. Plzak's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (14 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). V. Plzak is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (14 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (14 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (6 papers). V. Plzak collaborates with scholars based in Germany. V. Plzak's co-authors include R. Jürgen Behm, Markus M. Schubert, A.C. van Veen, Martin Muhler, Birgit Schumacher, M. Kinne, R. Leppelt, Hartmut Wendt, Y. Denkwitz and A. Karpenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Power Sources, Journal of Catalysis and Electrochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

V. Plzak

27 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

CO Oxidation over Supported Gold Catalysts—“Inert” and “Active” Support Materials and Their Role for the Oxygen Supply during Reaction

2001 1.1k citations Markus M. Schubert, V. Plzak et al. Journal of Catalysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. Plzak Germany	18	2.7k	1.8k	928	571	569	27	3.0k
Jilei Liu United States	17	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 2.0×	715 1.3×	510 0.9×	17	3.3k
V. Idakiev Bulgaria	28	2.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	784 0.8×	588 1.0×	823 1.4×	43	2.9k
Albert F. Carley United Kingdom	19	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	637 0.7×	858 1.5×	503 0.9×	24	2.4k
Satoshi Kameoka Japan	33	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	517 0.6×	412 0.7×	735 1.3×	117	2.8k
G.R. Bamwenda Japan	19	1.9k 0.7×	760 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	223 0.4×	371 0.7×	30	2.5k
Kumudu Mudiyanselage United States	22	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	964 1.0×	267 0.5×	289 0.5×	47	2.8k
Chuin‐Tih Yeh Taiwan	23	1.3k 0.5×	888 0.5×	342 0.4×	221 0.4×	470 0.8×	61	1.7k
Viviane Schwartz United States	29	1.9k 0.7×	996 0.5×	470 0.5×	400 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	48	2.6k
Mari Uenishi Japan	18	2.0k 0.8×	988 0.5×	412 0.4×	244 0.4×	289 0.5×	33	2.2k
Z. Schay Hungary	28	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	343 0.4×	416 0.7×	554 1.0×	77	2.4k

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Karpenko, A., Y. Denkwitz, V. Plzak, et al.. (2007). Low-temperature water-gas shift reaction on Au/CeO2 catalysts – the influence of catalyst pre-treatment on the activity and deactivation in idealized reformate. Catalysis Letters. 116(3-4). 105–115. 33 indexed citations

Karpenko, A., R. Leppelt, Jun Cai, et al.. (2007). Deactivation of a Au/CeO2 catalyst during the low-temperature water–gas shift reaction and its reactivation: A combined TEM, XRD, XPS, DRIFTS, and activity study. Journal of Catalysis. 250(1). 139–150. 112 indexed citations

Denkwitz, Y., Jasmin Geserick, U. Hörmann, et al.. (2007). Mesoporous Au/TiO2 Catalysts for Low Temperature CO Oxidation. Catalysis Letters. 119(3-4). 199–208. 22 indexed citations

Denkwitz, Y., Zhuowen Zhao, U. Hörmann, et al.. (2007). Stability and deactivation of unconditioned Au/TiO2 catalysts during CO oxidation in a near-stoichiometric and O2-rich reaction atmosphere. Journal of Catalysis. 251(2). 363–373. 71 indexed citations

Karpenko, A., R. Leppelt, V. Plzak, et al.. (2007). Influence of the catalyst surface area on the activity and stability of Au/CeO2 catalysts for the low-temperature water gas shift reaction. Topics in Catalysis. 44(1-2). 183–198. 51 indexed citations

Leppelt, R., Birgit Schumacher, V. Plzak, M. Kinne, & R. Jürgen Behm. (2006). Kinetics and mechanism of the low-temperature water–gas shift reaction on Au/CeO2 catalysts in an idealized reaction atmosphere. Journal of Catalysis. 244(2). 137–152. 197 indexed citations

Schubert, Markus M., et al.. (2003). Influence of H2O and CO2 on the selective CO oxidation in H2-rich gases over Au/α-Fe2O3. Journal of Catalysis. 222(1). 32–40. 240 indexed citations

Schumacher, Birgit, V. Plzak, M. Kinne, & R. Jürgen Behm. (2003). Highly Active Au/TiO2 Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation: Preparation, Conditioning and Stability. Catalysis Letters. 89(1-2). 109–114. 154 indexed citations

Schubert, Markus M., V. Plzak, Jürgen Garche, & R. Jürgen Behm. (2001). Activity, Selectivity, and Long-Term Stability of Different Metal Oxide Supported Gold Catalysts for the Preferential CO Oxidation in H2-Rich Gas. Catalysis Letters. 76(3-4). 143–150. 228 indexed citations

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Plzak, V. & Hartmut Wendt. (1992). Energetische Nutzung von Biomasse – Verfahren zur Herstellung von Synthesegas, Wasserstoff, Methanol und flüssigen Brennstoffen. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 64(12). 1084–1095. 2 indexed citations

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Wendt, Hartmut & V. Plzak. (1990). Brennstoffzellen. 1 indexed citations

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Wendt, Hartmut, H. Hofmann, & V. Plzak. (1989). Materials research and development of electrocatalysts for alkaline water electrolysis. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 22(1-2). 27–49. 43 indexed citations

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Plzak, V. & Hartmut Wendt. (1986). Präparation und Charakterisierung hochporöser Nickel‐Elektroden. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 58(5). 415–417. 6 indexed citations

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Plzak, V. & Hartmut Wendt. (1984). Addition reactions of anodiacally generated radicals to olefins. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 180(1-2). 185–204. 8 indexed citations

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Wendt, Hartmut, H. Hofmann, & V. Plzak. (1984). Anode and cathode-activation, diaphragm-construction and electrolyzer configuration in advanced alkaline water electrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 9(4). 297–302. 11 indexed citations

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Wendt, Hartmut & V. Plzak. (1983). Addition reactions of anodically generated radicals to olefins. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 154(1-2). 13–28. 9 indexed citations

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Wendt, Hartmut & V. Plzak. (1983). Electrocatalytic and thermal activation of anodic oxygen- and cathodic hydrogen-evolution in alkaline water electrolysis. Electrochimica Acta. 28(1). 27–34. 93 indexed citations

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Plzak, V. & Hartmut Wendt. (1983). Addition reactions of anodically generated radicals to olefins. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 154(1-2). 29–43. 10 indexed citations

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Plzak, V. & Hartmut Wendt. (1979). Charge transfer and consecutive kinetics of azide‐anion oxidation at platinum, glassy carbon and carbon anodes in acetonitrile, an analogy to Kolbe synthesis. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 83(5). 481–486. 20 indexed citations

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Plzak, V., H. Schneider, & Hartmut Wendt. (1974). Process Variables in Electro‐Organic Synthesis, III. Electrosorption and Mass‐Transfer as Dominating Factors in the Anodic Styrene Oxidation. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 78(12). 1373–1379. 16 indexed citations

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