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D-Index
99
Citations
37003
World Ranking
1328
National Ranking
73

Christopher Hardacre 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 Christopher Hardacre sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 599 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher Hardacre 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 Christopher Hardacre sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Christopher Hardacre is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, with extensive work in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Hardacre include:

  • "Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids," 2020, published in Molecules
  • "Shielding Protection by Mesoporous Catalysts for Improving Plasma-Catalytic Ambient Ammonia Synthesis," 2022, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Mechanistic study of non-thermal plasma assisted CO2 hydrogenation over Ru supported on MgAl layered double hydroxide," 2020, published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Atomically Dispersed Copper Sites in a Metal-Organic Framework for Reduction of Nitrogen Dioxide," 2021, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "CO Poisoning of Ru Catalysts in CO2 Hydrogenation under Thermal and Plasma Conditions: A Combined Kinetic and Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy-Mass Spectrometry Study," 2020, published in ACS Catalysis

Hardacre has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Sarayute Chansai, Xiaolei Fan, Shaojun Xu, Helen Daly, and Sarah J. Haigh. These collaborations reflect active engagement within the scientific community focused on catalysis and related fields.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in prominent venues, with multiple publications appearing in journals such as:

  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis

Christopher Hardacre has also contributed to academic books, including the publication titled "Modern Developments in Catalysis" published by WORLD SCIENTIFIC (EUROPE) eBooks in 2021.

A notable recognition includes being named a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Catalysis in ionic liquids

    Vasile I. Pârvulescu;Christopher Hardacre

  • Effect of Water on the Electrochemical Window and Potential Limits of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

    Aoife M. O’Mahony;Debbie S. Silvester;Leigh Aldous;Christopher Hardacre

  • Structure of molten 1,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride using neutron diffraction

    Christopher Hardacre;John D. Holbrey;S. E. Jane McMath;Daniel T. Bowron

  • Use of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids in Gas Sensor Design

    Marisa C. Buzzeo;Christopher Hardacre;Richard G. Compton

  • Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids.

    Adam J Greer;Johan Jacquemin;Christopher Hardacre

  • Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Liquid Crystalline 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Salts

    A. E. Bradley;C. Hardacre;J. D. Holbrey;S. Johnston

  • Small angle neutron scattering from 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids ([C(n)mim][PF(6)], n=4, 6, and 8).

    Christopher Hardacre;John D. Holbrey;Claire L. Mullan;Tristan G. A. Youngs

  • Liquid clathrate formation in ionic liquid–aromatic mixtures

    John D. Holbrey;W. Matthew Reichert;Mark Nieuwenhuyzen;Oonagh Sheppard

  • Structure and solvation in ionic liquids.

    Christopher Hardacre;John D Holbrey;Mark Nieuwenhuyzen;Tristan G A Youngs

  • Voltammetry of oxygen in the room-temperature ionic liquids 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)imide and hexyltriethylammonium bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)imide: One-electron reduction to form superoxide. Steady-state and transient behavior in the same cyclic voltammogram resulting from widely different diffusion coefficients of oxygen and superoxide

    Marisa C. Buzzeo;Oleksiy V. Klymenko;Jay D. Wadhawan;Christopher Hardacre

  • Quantification of halide in ionic liquids using ion chromatography

    Constanza Villagrán;Maggel Deetlefs;William R. Pitner;Christopher Hardacre

  • Glucose solvation by the ionic liquid 1,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride: a simulation study.

    Tristan Youngs;Christopher Hardacre;John Holbrey

  • Influence of surface structures, subsurface carbon and hydrogen, and surface alloying on the activity and selectivity of acetylene hydrogenation on Pd surfaces: A density functional theory study

    Bo Yang;Robbie Burch;Christopher Hardacre;Gareth Headdock

  • Prediction of ionic liquid properties. I. Volumetric properties as a function of temperature at 0.1 MPa

    Johan Jacquemin;Rile Ge;Paul Nancarrow;David W. Rooney

  • Voltammetric Characterization of the Ferrocene|Ferrocenium and Cobaltocenium|Cobaltocene Redox Couples in RTILs

    Emma I. Rogers;Debbie S. Silvester;Darren L. Poole;Leigh Aldous

  • Application of static charge transfer within an ionic-liquid force field and its effect on structure and dynamics.

    Tristan G. A. Youngs;Christopher Hardacre

  • Thermal Properties of Ionic Liquids and IoNanofluids of Imidazolium and Pyrrolidinium Liquids

    C. A. Nieto de Castro;M. J. V. Lourenço;A. P. C. Ribeiro;E. Langa

  • Application of heterogeneous catalysts prepared by mechanochemical synthesis.

    Kathryn Ralphs;Christopher Hardacre;Stuart L. James

  • Electroreduction of oxygen in a series of room temperature ionic liquids composed of group 15-centered cations and anions

    Russell G. Evans;Oleksiy V. Klymenko;Sahar A. Saddoughi;Christopher Hardacre

  • Structural and catalytic properties of novel Au/Pd bimetallic colloid particles. EXAFS, XRD, and acetylene coupling

    Adam F. Lee;Christopher J. Baddeley;Christopher Hardacre;R. Mark Ormerod

  • Microwave irradiation for the facile synthesis of transition-metal nanoparticles (NPs) in ionic liquids (ILs) from metal-carbonyl precursors and Ru-, Rh-, and Ir-NP/IL dispersions as biphasic liquid-liquid hydrogenation nanocatalysts for cyclohexene.

    Christian Vollmer;Engelbert Redel;Khalid Abu-Shandi;Khalid Abu-Shandi;Ralf Thomann

Frequent Co-Authors

Robbie Burch
Robbie Burch Queen's University Belfast
Johan Jacquemin
Johan Jacquemin François Rabelais University
Richard G. Compton
Richard G. Compton University of Oxford
David Rooney
David Rooney Queen's University Belfast
Mark Nieuwenhuyzen
Mark Nieuwenhuyzen Queen's University Belfast
Leigh Aldous
Leigh Aldous King's College London
Peijun Hu
Peijun Hu ShanghaiTech University
John D. Holbrey
John D. Holbrey Queen's University Belfast
Kenneth R. Seddon
Kenneth R. Seddon Queen's University Belfast
Kevin Morgan
Kevin Morgan University of Nottingham

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