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D-Index
159
Citations
104460
World Ranking
97
National Ranking
51

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For landmark contributions to the understanding of catalysis under actual processing conditions in reactions of technological importance.

Overview

Alexis T. Bell is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Energy, Materials Science, and Engineering, with a strong focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications

Alexis T. Bell has contributed extensively to various prominent publication venues. Notable among these are:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Catalysis
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include Adam Z. Weber, Justin C. Bui, Martin Head-Gordon, Alex J. King, and Liang Qi.

Their recent papers provide insight into their focus on catalysis and electrochemical processes. Selected works include:

  • "Tailored catalyst microenvironments for CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products on copper using bilayer ionomer coatings," 2021, Nature Energy
  • "Catalytic deconstruction of waste polyethylene with ethylene to form propylene," 2022, Science
  • "Effects of Surface Roughness on the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 over Cu," 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "Highly selective and productive reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via in situ CO management using segmented tandem electrodes," 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • "Propane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Isolated Pt Atoms in ≡SiOZn-OH Nests in Dealuminated Zeolite Beta," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Throughout their career, Alexis T. Bell has received several recognitions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1988
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 1987, for landmark contributions to the understanding of catalysis under actual processing conditions in reactions of technological importance

Best Publications

  • Advances in molecular quantum chemistry contained in the Q-Chem 4 program package

    Yihan Shao;Zhengting Gan;Evgeny Epifanovsky;Andrew T. B. Gilbert

  • Advances in methods and algorithms in a modern quantum chemistry program package

    Yihan Shao;Laszlo Fusti Molnar;Yousung Jung;Jörg Kussmann

  • The impact of nanoscience on heterogeneous catalysis

    Alexis T. Bell

  • An Investigation of Thin-Film Ni–Fe Oxide Catalysts for the Electrochemical Evolution of Oxygen

    Mary W. Louie;Alexis T. Bell;Alexis T. Bell

  • Identification of Highly Active Fe Sites in (Ni,Fe)OOH for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

    Daniel Friebel;Mary W. Louie;Mary W. Louie;Michal Bajdich;Kai E. Sanwald;Kai E. Sanwald

  • Catalysis Research of Relevance to Carbon Management: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Hironori Arakawa;Michele Aresta;John N. Armor;Mark A. Barteau

  • Enhanced activity of gold-supported cobalt oxide for the electrochemical evolution of oxygen.

    Boon Siang Yeo;Alexis T. Bell;Alexis T. Bell

  • Theoretical Investigation of the Activity of Cobalt Oxides for the Electrochemical Oxidation of Water

    Michal Bajdich;Mónica García-Mota;Aleksandra Vojvodic;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Software for the frontiers of quantum chemistry: An overview of developments in the Q-Chem 5 package

    Evgeny Epifanovsky;Andrew T.B. Gilbert;Andrew T.B. Gilbert;Xintian Feng;Xintian Feng;Joonho Lee

  • Effects of Fe Electrolyte Impurities on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH Structure and Oxygen Evolution Activity

    Shannon Klaus;Shannon Klaus;Yun Cai;Yun Cai;Mary W. Louie;Mary W. Louie;Lena Trotochaud;Lena Trotochaud

  • Promoter Effects of Alkali Metal Cations on the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide.

    Joaquin Resasco;Leanne D. Chen;Ezra Clark;Ezra Clark;Charlie Tsai;Charlie Tsai

  • Efficient methods for finding transition states in chemical reactions: comparison of improved dimer method and partitioned rational function optimization method.

    Andreas Heyden;Alexis T. Bell;Frerich J. Keil

  • Hydrolysis of Electrolyte Cations Enhances the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 over Ag and Cu

    Meenesh R. Singh;Meenesh R. Singh;Youngkook Kwon;Yanwei Lum;Joel W. Ager

  • Techniques and Applications of Plasma Chemistry

    John R. Hollahan;Alexis T. Bell

  • Mechanism of CO2 Reduction at Copper Surfaces: Pathways to C2 Products

    Alejandro J. Garza;Alexis T. Bell;Martin Head-Gordon

  • In Situ Raman Study of Nickel Oxide and Gold-Supported Nickel Oxide Catalysts for the Electrochemical Evolution of Oxygen

    Boon Siang Yeo;Alexis T. Bell

  • Identification of Possible Pathways for C-C Bond Formation during Electrochemical Reduction of CO2: New Theoretical Insights from an Improved Electrochemical Model.

    Jason D. Goodpaster;Alexis T. Bell;Martin Head-Gordon

  • Understanding cation effects in electrochemical CO2 reduction

    Stefan Ringe;Stefan Ringe;Ezra L. Clark;Ezra L. Clark;Joaquin Resasco;Amber Walton

  • Structure and Catalytic Properties of Supported Vanadium Oxides: Support Effects on Oxidative Dehydrogenation Reactions

    Andrei Khodakov;Bryan Olthof;Alexis T. Bell;Enrique Iglesia

  • Investigation of CO and CO2 Adsorption on Tetragonal and Monoclinic Zirconia

    Konstantin Pokrovski;Kyeong Taek Jung;Alexis T. Bell

  • Unravelling the origin of intermolecular interactions using absolutely localized molecular orbitals.

    Rustam Z Khaliullin;Erika A Cobar;Rohini C Lochan;Alexis T Bell

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Head-Gordon
Martin Head-Gordon University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey A. Reimer
Jeffrey A. Reimer University of California, Berkeley
Clayton J. Radke
Clayton J. Radke University of California, Berkeley
T. Don Tilley
T. Don Tilley University of California, Berkeley
Enrique Iglesia
Enrique Iglesia University of California, Berkeley
Doros N. Theodorou
Doros N. Theodorou National Technical University of Athens
Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley
Miquel Salmeron
Miquel Salmeron Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
F. Dean Toste
F. Dean Toste University of California, Berkeley

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