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D-Index
54
Citations
15488
World Ranking
12450
National Ranking
77

Boon Siang Yeo publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boon Siang Yeo sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 101 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Boon Siang Yeo D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Boon Siang Yeo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Boon Siang Yeo is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Energy and Chemical Engineering with a focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electrochemistry.

The main topics in their research include CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Ionic liquids properties and applications, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Notable recent papers by Boon Siang Yeo include:

  • Long-chain hydrocarbons by CO2 electroreduction using polarized nickel catalysts, 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • Enhancing CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol on Copper-Silver Composites by Opening an Alternative Catalytic Pathway, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Surface charge as activity descriptors for electrochemical CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products on organic-functionalised Cu, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to 1-Butanol on Oxide-Derived Copper, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Role of Undercoordinated Sites on Zinc Electrodes for CO2 Reduction to CO, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials

Boon Siang Yeo has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

The scientist collaborates regularly with a range of coauthors, including:

  • Federico Calle-Vallejo
  • Núria López
  • Ramesha Ganganahalli
  • Antonio J. Martín
  • Javier Pérez-Ramírez

Best Publications

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

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

  • Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene and Ethanol on Copper(I) Oxide Catalysts

    Dan Ren;Yilin Deng;Albertus Denny Handoko;Chung Shou Chen

  • In Situ Raman Spectroscopy of Copper and Copper Oxide Surfaces during Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Identification of CuIII Oxides as Catalytically Active Species

    Yilin Deng;Albertus D. Handoko;Yonghua Du;Shibo Xi

  • 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

  • Understanding heterogeneous electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction through operando techniques

    Albertus D. Handoko;Fengxia Wei;Jenndy;Jenndy;Boon Siang Yeo

  • Tuning the Selectivity of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction toward Ethanol on Oxide-Derived CuxZn Catalysts

    Dan Ren;Bridget Su-Hui Ang;Boon Siang Yeo

  • Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 Using Copper Single-Crystal Surfaces: Effects of CO* Coverage on the Selective Formation of Ethylene

    Yun Huang;Albertus D. Handoko;Pussana Hirunsit;Boon Siang Yeo

  • Efficient hydrogen evolution reaction catalyzed by molybdenum carbide and molybdenum nitride nanocatalysts synthesized via the urea glass route

    Liang Ma;Louisa Rui Lin Ting;Valerio Molinari;Cristina Giordano

  • Single Molecule Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Silver Tips

    Weihua Zhang;Boon Siang Yeo;and Thomas Schmid;Renato Zenobi

  • Catalytic Activities of Sulfur Atoms in Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide for the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Louisa Rui Lin Ting;Yilin Deng;Liang Ma;Yin-Jia Zhang

  • Stable and selective electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene on copper mesocrystals

    Chung Shou Chen;Albertus D. Handoko;Jane Hui Wan;Liang Ma

  • Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy - Its status, challenges and future directions

    Boon-Siang Yeo;Johannes Stadler;Thomas Schmid;Renato Zenobi

  • Operando Raman Spectroscopy of Amorphous Molybdenum Sulfide (MoSx) during the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Identification of Sulfur Atoms as Catalytically Active Sites for H+ Reduction

    Yilin Deng;Louisa Rui Lin Ting;Perlin Hui Lin Neo;Yin-Jia Zhang

  • The effects of currents and potentials on the selectivities of copper toward carbon dioxide electroreduction

    Dan Ren;Jinhuan Fong;Boon Siang Yeo

  • Mechanistic Insights into the Enhanced Activity and Stability of Agglomerated Cu Nanocrystals for the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to n-Propanol

    Dan Ren;Nian Tee Wong;Albertus Denny Handoko;Yun Huang

  • Investigating the Role of Copper Oxide in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in Real Time.

    Lily Mandal;Ke R. Yang;Mallikarjuna Rao Motapothula;Dan Ren

  • Characterization of Electrocatalytic Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction Reactions Using In Situ/Operando Raman Spectroscopy

    Yilin Deng;Boon Siang Yeo

  • Enhancing CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol on Copper–Silver Composites by Opening an Alternative Catalytic Pathway

    Louisa Rui Lin Ting;Oriol Piqué;Si Ying Lim;Mohammad Tanhaei

  • Mechanistic Insights into the Selective Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene on Cu2O-Derived Copper Catalysts

    Albertus D. Handoko;Cheng Wai Ong;Yun Huang;Zheng Guang Lee

  • Interface confined hydrogen evolution reaction in zero valent metal nanoparticles-intercalated molybdenum disulfide

    Zhongxin Chen;Kai Leng;Xiaoxu Zhao;Souradip Malkhandi

  • Performing tip‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy in liquids

    Thomas Schmid;Boon-Siang Yeo;Grace Leong;Johannes Stadler

Frequent Co-Authors

Renato Zenobi
Renato Zenobi ETH Zurich
Alexis T. Bell
Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley
Federico Calle-Vallejo
Federico Calle-Vallejo University of Barcelona
Andrew A. Peterson
Andrew A. Peterson Brown University
Richard A. Mathies
Richard A. Mathies University of California, Berkeley
Shibo Xi
Shibo Xi Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Núria López
Núria López University of Barcelona
Zhi Wei Seh
Zhi Wei Seh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
John A. Kilner
John A. Kilner Imperial College London

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