Yu Morimoto

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Yu Morimoto is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Morimoto has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 71 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 23 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Yu Morimoto's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (71 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (64 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (23 papers). Yu Morimoto is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (71 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (64 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (23 papers). Yu Morimoto collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and United States. Yu Morimoto's co-authors include Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Kensaku Kodama, Kenji Kudo, Tatsuya Hatanaka, T. Nagai, Akira Kuwaki, Takahisa Suzuki, Kazuma Shinozaki, Ernest Yeager and Hajime Murata and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Yu Morimoto

96 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Challenges in applying highly active Pt-based nanostructured catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions to fuel cell vehicles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Morimoto Japan	31	3.4k	3.3k	1.1k	637	178	101	4.0k
Dongxu Yang China	42	2.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	775 0.7×	682 1.1×	336 1.9×	97	3.8k
Abhishek Meena South Korea	16	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	786 0.7×	309 0.5×	267 1.5×	38	2.6k
Yanna Guo Australia	25	3.8k 1.1×	3.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	612 1.0×	550 3.1×	55	4.8k
Changsheng Song China	36	2.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 1.9×	186 0.3×	519 2.9×	115	3.7k
Shaorui Sun China	31	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	145 0.2×	267 1.5×	75	3.3k
Nicolas Guillet France	22	1.8k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	548 0.5×	255 0.4×	102 0.6×	44	2.9k
Yun Cai China	22	4.9k 1.5×	4.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.9×	595 3.3×	55	5.7k
Venkateshkumar Prabhakaran United States	21	1.0k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	611 0.6×	218 0.3×	185 1.0×	69	2.0k
Jianwei Su China	33	3.8k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	2.4k 2.1×	554 0.9×	599 3.4×	79	5.7k
Qing Qin China	32	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	414 0.6×	850 4.8×	98	4.1k

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Morimoto, Yu, Plamen Atanassov, Nobumichi Tamura, et al.. (2025). Durability of Pt‐Alloy Catalyst for Heavy‐Duty Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Applications under Realistic Conditions. ChemElectroChem. 12(8). 3 indexed citations

García‐Salaberri, Pablo A., et al.. (2025). The critical role of the anode porous transport layer/catalyst layer interface of polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzers: A parametric analysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 509. 160722–160722. 7 indexed citations

Lang, Jack Todd, Marc Secanell, Jinzhan Su, et al.. (2024). A design of gas diffusion media for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell: Characterization and water management investigation. Journal of Power Sources. 606. 234507–234507. 6 indexed citations

Baricci, Andrea, et al.. (2024). In-plane redistribution of radical scavenger during PEMFC real-world automotive operation and impact on catalyst-layer local oxygen transport resistance. Journal of Power Sources. 629. 235962–235962. 6 indexed citations

Shibata, Masao, Takahisa Suzuki, & Yu Morimoto. (2020). A Theoretical and Experimental Study on Electrochemical Impedance Spectra of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells for Cation Content Estimation. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(13). 134513–134513. 7 indexed citations

Jinnouchi, Ryosuke, Kensaku Kodama, & Yu Morimoto. (2018). Electronic structure calculations on electrolyte–electrode interfaces: Successes and limitations. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry. 8. 103–109. 17 indexed citations

Kamitaka, Yuji, et al.. (2016). MgO-Templated Mesoporous Carbon As a Catalyst Support for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2016-02(38). 2540–2540.

Jinnouchi, Ryosuke, Kenji Kudo, Naoki Kitano, & Yu Morimoto. (2015). Molecular Dynamics Simulations on O 2 Permeation through Nafion Ionomer on Platinum Surface. Electrochimica Acta. 188. 767–776. 234 indexed citations

Inaba, Masanori, Takahisa Suzuki, Tatsuya Hatanaka, & Yu Morimoto. (2015). Fabrication and Cell Analysis of a Pt/SiO₂Platinum Thin Film Electrode. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 162(7). F634–F638. 26 indexed citations

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Jinnouchi, Ryosuke, Tetsu Ohsuna, Tatsuya Hatanaka, et al.. (2013). Catalytic Activity of Pt/TaB₂(0001) for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(15). 4137–4140. 31 indexed citations

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Suzuki, Takahisa, Kenji Kudo, & Yu Morimoto. (2012). Model for investigation of oxygen transport limitation in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. Journal of Power Sources. 222. 379–389. 144 indexed citations

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Ke, Ke, Kazutaka Hiroshima, Yuji Kamitaka, Tatsuya Hatanaka, & Yu Morimoto. (2012). An accurate evaluation for the activity of nano-sized electrocatalysts by a thin-film rotating disk electrode: Oxygen reduction on Pt/C. Electrochimica Acta. 72. 120–128. 60 indexed citations

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Jinnouchi, Ryosuke, Kensaku Kodama, Tatsuya Hatanaka, & Yu Morimoto. (2011). First principles based mean field model for oxygen reduction reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(47). 21070–21070. 85 indexed citations

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Nagai, T., Hajime Murata, & Yu Morimoto. (2010). Analysis of the Relation between Oxidation State and ORR Activity of Pt by Linear Sweep Voltammetry. ECS Transactions. 33(1). 125–130. 17 indexed citations

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Honda, Masahiro, et al.. (2007). Piezoelectricity of Chiral Polymeric Fibers. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 46(10S). 7122–7122. 16 indexed citations

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Hiroshima, Kazutaka, Takahiko Asaoka, Tatsuo Noritake, Yutaka Ohya, & Yu Morimoto. (2002). PEFC Cathode Alloy Catalysts Prepared by a Novel Process Using a Chelating Agent. Fuel Cells. 2(1). 31–34. 13 indexed citations

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Yatera, Kazuhiro, et al.. (2001). Increased expression of matrix metalloproteinase in Clara cell-ablated mice inhaling crystalline silica.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 109(8). 795–799. 10 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Yu, Tohru Tsuda, Hajime Hori, et al.. (1999). Combined effect of cigarette smoke and mineral fibers on the gene expression of cytokine mRNA.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 107(6). 495–500. 33 indexed citations

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Morimoto, Yu, Tohru Tsuda, Hayato Nakamura, et al.. (1997). Expression of matrix metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases, and extracellular matrix mRNA following exposure to mineral fibers and cigarette smoke in vivo.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 105(suppl 5). 1247–1251. 28 indexed citations

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Tsuda, Tohru, Yu Morimoto, Hiroshi Yamato, et al.. (1997). Effects of mineral fibers on the expression of genes whose product may play a role in fiber pathogenesis.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 105(suppl 5). 1173–1178. 20 indexed citations

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