Lin Gan

11.4k citations

211 papers · 9.7k · 4 hit papers · h-index 49

Impact in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.1%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Electrochemistry top 0.2%
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Papers in

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 88
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion 81
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 85
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials 38
- Advanced battery technologies research 21
- Advancements in Battery Materials 14

Co-authors: Peter Strasser (21 shared papers)Marc Heggen (12 shared papers)Chunhua Cui (13 shared papers)Stefan Rudi (11 shared papers)Feiyu Kang (52 shared papers)Jia Li (36 shared papers)Hongda Du (34 shared papers)Dongsheng Xia (15 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Applied Polymer Science (9 papers)ACS Catalysis (8 papers)Carbon (7 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (7 papers)Small (6 papers)
Partner nations: China Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Lin Gan

202 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Lin Gan's Hit Papers

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Molecular understanding of the critical role of alkali metal cations in initiating CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) surface 2024 · 107 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Communications
2022 ACS Catalysis
2013 Nature Materials
2012 Nano Letters

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1	Compositional segregation in shaped Pt alloy nanoparticles and their structural behaviour during electrocatalysis Nature Materials ·Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser Hit paper breakdown →	2013	1151
2	Octahedral PtNi Nanoparticle Catalysts: Exceptional Oxygen Reduction Activity by Tuning the Alloy Particle Surface Composition Nano Letters ·Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Hui‐Hui Li, Shu‐Hong Yu, Marc Heggen, Peter Strasser Hit paper breakdown →	2012	496
3	Record activity and stability of dealloyed bimetallic catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells Energy & Environmental Science ·Binghong Han, Christopher E. Carlton, Anusorn Kongkanand, Ratandeep S. Kukreja, Brian Theobald, Lin Gan, Rachel O’Malley, Peter Strasser, Frederick T. Wagner, Yang Shao‐Horn	2014	369
4	Core–Shell Compositional Fine Structures of Dealloyed Pt_xNi_1–x Nanoparticles and Their Impact on Oxygen Reduction Catalysis Nano Letters ·Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser	2012	330
5	IrOx core-shell nanocatalysts for cost- and energy-efficient electrochemical water splitting Chemical Science ·Hong Nhan Nong, Lin Gan, Elena Willinger, Detre Teschner, Peter Strasser	2014	293
6	Element-specific anisotropic growth of shaped platinum alloy nanocrystals Science ·Lin Gan, Chunhua Cui, Marc Heggen, Fabio Dionigi, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser	2014	285
7	Understanding and Controlling Nanoporosity Formation for Improving the Stability of Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalysts Nano Letters ·Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Rachel O’Malley, Brian Theobald, Peter Strasser	2013	266
8	Probing the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Intermediates and Dynamic Active Site Structures of Molecular and Pyrolyzed Fe–N–C Electrocatalysts by In Situ Raman Spectroscopy ACS Catalysis ·Jie Wei, Dongsheng Xia, Yinping Wei, Xuya Zhu, Jia Li, Lin Gan Hit paper breakdown →	2022	241
9	Comparative Study of the Electrocatalytically Active Surface Areas (ECSAs) of Pt Alloy Nanoparticles Evaluated by Hupd and CO-stripping voltammetry Electrocatalysis ·Stefan Rudi, Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Peter Strasser	2014	221
10	Direct Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Doped with Single Atomic Fe–N₄ Active Sites and Neighboring Graphitic Nitrogen for Efficient and Stable Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis Advanced Functional Materials ·Dongsheng Xia, Xin Yang, Lin Xie, Yinping Wei, Wulyu Jiang, Miao Dou, Xuning Li, Jia Li, Lin Gan, Feiyu Kang	2019	211
11	Structurally Ordered Low‐Pt Intermetallic Electrocatalysts toward Durably High Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity Advanced Functional Materials ·Zhongxiang Wang, Xiaozhang Yao, Yongqiang Kang, Linqing Miao, Dongsheng Xia, Lin Gan	2019	186
12	A robust strategy for crafting monodisperse Li4Ti5O12 nanospheres as superior rate anode for lithium ion batteries Nano Energy ·Chao Wang, Shuanjin Wang, (unknown), Yan‐Bing He, Lin Gan, Jia Li, Hongda Du, Baohua Li, Zhiqun Lin, Feiyu Kang	2016	167
13	Unveiling the Axial Hydroxyl Ligand on FeN₄C Electrocatalysts and Its Impact on the pH‐Dependent Oxygen Reduction Activities and Poisoning Kinetics Advanced Science ·Xin Yang, Dongsheng Xia, Yongqiang Kang, Hongda Du, Feiyu Kang, Lin Gan, Jia Li	2020	166
14	Individual and simultaneous electrochemical detection toward heavy metal ions based on L-cysteine modified mesoporous MnFe2O4 nanocrystal clusters Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Shaofeng Zhou, Junjie Wang, Lin Gan, Xiaojuan Han, Honglei Fan, Linyu Mei, Jin Huang, Yaqing Liu	2017	132
15	Lattice Strain Distributions in Individual Dealloyed Pt–Fe Catalyst Nanoparticles The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Lin Gan, Rong Yu, Jun Luo, Zhiying Cheng, Jing Zhu	2012	130
16	Highly Sensitive Amperometric Cholesterol Biosensor Based on Pt-Incorporated Fullerene-like ZnO Nanospheres The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Mashkoor Ahmad, Caofeng Pan, Lin Gan, Zeeshan Nawaz, Jing Zhu	2009	129
17	Stability of Dealloyed Porous Pt/Ni Nanoparticles ACS Catalysis ·Claudio Baldizzone, Lin Gan, Nejc Hodnik, Gareth P. Keeley, Aleksander Kostka, Marc Heggen, Peter Strasser, Karl J. J. Mayrhofer	2015	123
18	Size‐Controlled Synthesis of Sub‐10 nm PtNi₃ Alloy Nanoparticles and their Unusual Volcano‐Shaped Size Effect on ORR Electrocatalysis Small ·Lin Gan, Stefan Rudi, Chunhua Cui, Marc Heggen, Peter Strasser	2016	112
19	Core–Shell and Nanoporous Particle Architectures and Their Effect on the Activity and Stability of Pt ORR Electrocatalysts Topics in Catalysis ·Lin Gan, Chunhua Cui, Stefan Rudi, Peter Strasser	2013	110
20	Molecular understanding of the critical role of alkali metal cations in initiating CO2 electroreduction on Cu(100) surface Nature Communications ·Zhichao Zhang, Hengyu Li, Yangfan Shao, Lin Gan, Feiyu Kang, Wenhui Duan, Heine Anton Hansen, Jia Li Hit paper breakdown →	2024	107

About Lin Gan

Lin Gan is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials and Polymers and Plastics, having authored 211 papers that have together received 9.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (81 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (38 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (23 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (21 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (19 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (17 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (16 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (6.1k citations), Electrochemistry (1.3k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (5.5k citations), Materials Chemistry (3.4k citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.1k citations). Lin Gan has collaborated with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter Strasser, Marc Heggen, Chunhua Cui, Stefan Rudi, Feiyu Kang, Jia Li, Hongda Du, Dongsheng Xia, Jin Huang and Yinping Wei. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Applied Polymer Science, ACS Catalysis, Carbon, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C and Small.

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