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Anders Nilsson

Anders Nilsson

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Chemistry
Sweden
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
112
Citations
48021
World Ranking
734
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Anders Nilsson is a researcher affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their primary field of study is Materials Science, including significant work in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, and Biomedical Engineering.

Nilsson's body of research spans several overlapping scientific topics, including:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

Their frequent publication venues reflect their interdisciplinary work, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Nature Communications
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Faraday Discussions
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Nilsson include:

  • Experimental observation of the liquid-liquid transition in bulk supercooled water under pressure, Science, 2020
  • Key activity descriptors of nickel-iron oxygen evolution electrocatalysts in the presence of alkali metal cations, Nature Communications, 2020
  • The state of zinc in methanol synthesis over a Zn/ZnO/Cu(211) model catalyst, Science, 2022
  • Direct observation of ultrafast hydrogen bond strengthening in liquid water, Nature, 2021
  • Operando probing of the surface chemistry during the Haber-Bosch process, Nature, 2024

Nilsson collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors including Patrick Lömker, Peter Amann, David Degerman, Markus Soldemo, and Christopher M. Goodwin. These collaborations appear consistently across multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Lattice-strain control of the activity in dealloyed core–shell fuel cell catalysts

    Peter Strasser;Peter Strasser;Shirlaine Koh;Toyli Anniyev;Jeff Greeley

  • 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

  • From the Sabatier principle to a predictive theory of transition-metal heterogeneous catalysis

    Andrew J. Medford;Aleksandra Vojvodic;Jens S. Hummelshøj;Johannes Voss

  • The Structure of the First Coordination Shell in Liquid Water

    Ph. Wernet;D. Nordlund;U. Bergmann;M. Cavalleri

  • The inhomogeneous structure of water at ambient conditions

    C Huang;K T Wikfeldt;T Tokushima;D Nordlund

  • Role of water in electron-initiated processes and radical chemistry: issues and scientific advances.

    Bruce C Garrett;David A Dixon;Donald M Camaioni;Daniel M Chipman

  • Photosynthetic control of chloroplast gene expression

    Thomas Pfannschmidt;Thomas Pfannschmidt;Anders Nilsson;John F. Allen

  • Structure and bonding of water on Pt(111).

    H. Ogasawara;B. Brena;D. Nordlund;D. Nordlund;M. Nyberg

  • High Selectivity for Ethylene from Carbon Dioxide Reduction over Copper Nanocube Electrocatalysts

    F. Sloan Roberts;Kendra P. Kuhl;Anders Nilsson

  • The structural origin of anomalous properties of liquid water

    Anders Nilsson;Lars G. M. Pettersson

  • In Situ Observation of Surface Species on Iridium Oxide Nanoparticles during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Hernan G. Sanchez Casalongue;May Ling Ng;Sarp Kaya;Daniel Friebel

  • Ultrafast X-ray probing of water structure below the homogeneous ice nucleation temperature.

    Jonas A. Sellberg;C. Huang;T. A. McQueen;N. D. Loh

  • Benchmark oxygen-oxygen pair-distribution function of ambient water from x-ray diffraction measurements with a wide Q-range

    Lawrie B. Skinner;Congcong Huang;Daniel Schlesinger;Lars G. M. Pettersson

  • The Electronic Structure Effect in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    A. Nilsson;A. Nilsson;L. G. M. Pettersson;B. Hammer;T. Bligaard

  • High resolution X-ray emission spectroscopy of liquid water : The observation of two structural motifs

    Takashi Tokushima;Yoshihisa Harada;Osamu Takahashi;Yasunori Senba

  • The Nature of Water Nucleation Sites on TiO2(110) Surfaces Revealed by Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    Guido Ketteler;Susumu Yamamoto;Hendrik Bluhm;Klas Andersson

  • Subsurface Oxygen in Oxide-Derived Copper Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction

    André Eilert;André Eilert;André Eilert;Filippo Cavalca;Filippo Cavalca;Filippo Cavalca;F. Sloan Roberts;F. Sloan Roberts;F. Sloan Roberts;Jürg Osterwalder

  • Direct observation of the oxygenated species during oxygen reduction on a platinum fuel cell cathode

    Hernan Sanchez Casalongue;Sarp Kaya;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Daniel J. Miller

  • Ambient-Pressure XPS Study of a Ni-Fe Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Harri Ali-Löytty;Harri Ali-Löytty;Mary W. Louie;Mary W. Louie;Meenesh R. Singh;Meenesh R. Singh;Lin Li

  • Perspective on the structure of liquid water

    Anders Nilsson;Anders Nilsson;Lars G.M. Pettersson

  • Spectroscopic probing of local hydrogen-bonding structures in liquid water

    S Myneni;Y Luo;Y Luo;L Å Näslund;M Cavalleri

  • From the Sabatier Principle to a Predictive Theory of Transition-Metal Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Andrew J. Medford;Aleksandra Vojvodic;Jens S. Hummelshoej;Johannes Voss

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars G. M. Pettersson
Lars G. M. Pettersson Stockholm University
Hirohito Ogasawara
Hirohito Ogasawara SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Nils Mårtensson
Nils Mårtensson Uppsala University
Dennis Nordlund
Dennis Nordlund SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Uwe Bergmann
Uwe Bergmann SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Miquel Salmeron
Miquel Salmeron Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joachim Stöhr
Joachim Stöhr SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Hendrik Bluhm
Hendrik Bluhm Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Michael Odelius
Michael Odelius Stockholm University

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