Viola Birss

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
245 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Viola Birss is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Viola Birss has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 124 papers in Materials Chemistry and 89 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Viola Birss's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (85 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (61 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers). Viola Birss is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (85 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (61 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (57 papers). Viola Birss collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Egypt. Viola Birss's co-authors include B. E. Conway, J. Wojtowicz, Scott Paulson, Peter G. Pickup, Anne C. Co, Shen Xia, Hany Elsayed, Dustin Banham, Ehab N. El Sawy and M. Golędzinowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Viola Birss

242 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

The role and utilization of pseudocapacitance for energy ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 400 800 1.2k
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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. The role and utilization of pseudocapacitance for energy storage by supercapacitors
    1997 1.4k citations Viola Birss et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Viola Birss Canada 43 4.2k 3.4k 2.6k 2.2k 1.4k 245 8.0k
Da Chen China 42 4.4k 1.1× 5.8k 1.7× 3.2k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 857 0.6× 151 9.8k
Guang Feng China 49 4.5k 1.1× 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 2.9k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 172 8.3k
Zhengfei Dai China 52 5.7k 1.4× 2.5k 0.7× 3.8k 1.5× 1.3k 0.6× 746 0.6× 123 7.9k
Anthony Kucernak United Kingdom 54 8.6k 2.1× 3.0k 0.9× 7.3k 2.8× 2.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.5× 208 12.3k
Pagona Papakonstantinou United Kingdom 43 4.5k 1.1× 5.3k 1.6× 2.4k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 980 0.7× 141 9.6k
Xintang Huang China 54 8.8k 2.1× 4.9k 1.4× 2.5k 1.0× 5.3k 2.4× 740 0.5× 166 11.9k
William H. Smyrl United States 49 3.4k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 859 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 946 0.7× 176 6.7k
Andrzej Lasia Canada 49 5.3k 1.3× 3.6k 1.0× 4.1k 1.6× 625 0.3× 2.5k 1.8× 137 8.3k
Andreas Bund Germany 44 4.3k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 791 0.3× 879 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 256 6.9k
Chiaki Iwakura Japan 42 2.8k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 865 0.4× 877 0.6× 206 5.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Viola Birss

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Xiaoan, et al.. (2024). Investigation of the impact of the flow mode in all-vanadium-redox-flow battery using macroporous and mesoporous carbon electrodes. Materials Today Communications. 40. 109773–109773. 4 indexed citations
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Valappil, Manila Ozhukil, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Monolayer and Multilayer Diazonium Functionalities on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Nanoporous Carbons. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(3). 31512–31512. 6 indexed citations
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Pan, Bin, Christopher R. Clarkson, Chris Debuhr, et al.. (2021). Low-permeability reservoir sample wettability characterization at multiple scales: Pore-, micro- and macro-contact angles. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 95. 104229–104229. 27 indexed citations
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Pan, Bin, et al.. (2020). Wetting dynamics of nanoliter water droplets in nanoporous media. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 589. 411–423. 40 indexed citations
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Birss, Viola, et al.. (2017). Fabrication of a Self-Supported Nanoparticle-Decorated Amphipathic Film at a Liquid/Liquid Interphase. Langmuir. 33(39). 10125–10133. 6 indexed citations
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Addo, Paul Kwesi, et al.. (2016). Towards a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell/Electrolysis Cell Fabricated Entirely By Microwave Methods. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2016-01(41). 2079–2079. 1 indexed citations
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Deleebeeck, Lisa, Maxim Shishkin, Paul Kwesi Addo, et al.. (2014). Activation of H2 oxidation at sulphur-exposed Ni surfaces under low temperature SOFC conditions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(20). 9383–9383. 10 indexed citations
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Sawy, Ehab N. El & Viola Birss. (2013). A Comparative Study of the Electrodeposition of Nanoporous Ir and Pt Thin Films. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 160(9). D386–D393. 10 indexed citations
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Birss, Viola. (2013). Materials Synthesis and Characterization. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoan, Fangxia Feng, Ke Zhang, et al.. (2012). Wettability of Nafion and Nafion/Vulcan Carbon Composite Films. Langmuir. 28(16). 6698–6705. 35 indexed citations
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Elżanowska, Hanna, et al.. (2012). Towards a reliable and high sensitivity O2-independent glucose sensor based on Ir oxidenanoparticles. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 42. 563–569. 7 indexed citations
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Deleebeeck, Lisa & Viola Birss. (2011). Catalysis of the hydrogen oxidation reactions by Sr-doped LaMn1−yCryO3±δ oxides. Solid State Ionics. 203(1). 69–79. 3 indexed citations
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Vedharathinam, Vedasri, et al.. (2011). Reverse Cell Bias for the Prevention of Ni Oxidation during Air Exposure. ECS Transactions. 35(1). 1697–1706. 2 indexed citations
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Elsayed, Hany & Viola Birss. (2010). Controlled growth and monitoring of tantalum oxide nanostructures. Nanoscale. 2(5). 793–793. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingbo Louise, Viola Birss, & Josephine M. Hill. (2009). Electrochemical performance and microstructure characterization of nickel yttrium‐stabilized zirconia anode. AIChE Journal. 56(6). 1651–1658. 9 indexed citations
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Xia, Shen, et al.. (2007). Understanding Nickel Oxidation and Reduction Processes in SOFC Systems. ECS Transactions. 7(1). 1511–1519. 16 indexed citations
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Tilak, B. V., et al.. (2001). Deactivation of Thermally Formed Ru/Ti Oxide Electrodes: An AC Impedance Characterization Study [Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 148, D112 (2001)]. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 148(11). L10–L10. 7 indexed citations
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Thomas, S. C. & Viola Birss. (1997). Oxide Film Formation at a Microcrystalline Al Alloy in Room Temperature Neutral Borate Solution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 144(2). 558–566. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, S. C., et al.. (1995). Electrochemical and microstructural study of oxide films formed electrochemically at microcrystalline al‐fe‐v‐si alloys. Microscopy Research and Technique. 31(4). 285–292. 5 indexed citations
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Birss, Viola & A. Damjanović. (1987). Oxygen Evolution at Platinum Electrodes in Alkaline Solutions: I . Dependence on Solution pH and Oxide Film Thickness. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 134(1). 113–117. 72 indexed citations

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