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Frank Abild-Pedersen is affiliated with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Energy, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on topics including Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Machine Learning in Materials Science, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications, and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies.

Some of the most frequent publication venues where Frank Abild-Pedersen has contributed include:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ChemPhysChem

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frank Abild-Pedersen are:

  • Joakim Halldin Stenlid
  • Michal Bajdich
  • Michael T. Tang
  • Verena Streibel
  • Tej S. Choksi

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Frank Abild-Pedersen include:

  • "Trends in oxygenate/hydrocarbon selectivity for electrochemical CO(2) reduction to C2 products" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "From electricity to fuels: Descriptors for C1 selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction" (2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)
  • "The role of atomic carbon in directing electrochemical CO (2) reduction to multicarbon products" (2020, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • "Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis" (2022, Nature Catalysis)
  • "Electrochemical formation of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide-derived solid-electrolyte interphase at Li-metal potential" (2024, Nature Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • How copper catalyzes the electroreduction of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels

    Andrew Peterson;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Felix Studt;Jan Rossmeisl

  • The Active Site of Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Industrial Catalysts

    Malte Behrens;Felix Studt;Igor Kasatkin;Stefanie Kühl

  • Activating and optimizing MoS2 basal planes for hydrogen evolution through the formation of strained sulphur vacancies

    Hong Li;Charlie Tsai;Ai Leen Koh;Lili Cai

  • Density functional theory in surface chemistry and catalysis.

    Jens Kehlet Nørskov;Jens Kehlet Nørskov;Jens Kehlet Nørskov;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Felix Studt;Felix Studt;Thomas Bligaard

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

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

  • Atomic-scale imaging of carbon nanofibre growth

    Stig Helveg;Carlos López-Cartes;Carlos López-Cartes;Jens Sehested;Poul L. Hansen

  • Scaling properties of adsorption energies for hydrogen-containing molecules on transition-metal surfaces.

    F. Abild-Pedersen;J. Greeley;F. Studt;J. Rossmeisl

  • A theoretical evaluation of possible transition metal electro-catalysts for N2 reduction

    Egill Skulason;Egill Skulason;Thomas Bligaard;Thomas Bligaard;Thomas Bligaard;Sigrıdur Gudmundsdottir;Felix Studt

  • Identification of non-precious metal alloy catalysts for selective hydrogenation of acetylene

    Felix Studt;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Thomas Bligaard;Rasmus Zink Sørensen

  • Discovery of a Ni-Ga catalyst for carbon dioxide reduction to methanol

    Felix Studt;Irek Sharafutdinov;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Christian Fink Elkjær

  • Designing an improved transition metal phosphide catalyst for hydrogen evolution using experimental and theoretical trends

    Jakob Kibsgaard;Jakob Kibsgaard;Charlie Tsai;Charlie Tsai;Karen Chan;Jesse D. Benck

  • The nature of the active site in heterogeneous metal catalysis.

    Jens K. Nørskov;Thomas Bligaard;Britt Hvolbæk;Frank Abild-Pedersen

  • Electrochemical Generation of Sulfur Vacancies in the Basal Plane of MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution

    Charlie Tsai;Hong Li;Sangwook Park;Joonsuk Park

  • Tuning the MoS2 Edge-Site Activity for Hydrogen Evolution via Support Interactions

    Charlie Tsai;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • First principles calculations and experimental insight into methane steam reforming over transition metal catalysts

    Glenn Jones;Jon Geest Jakobsen;Signe Sarah Shim;Jesper Kleis

  • Enhancing Electrocatalytic Water Splitting by Strain Engineering

    Bo You;Michael T. Tang;Charlie Tsai;Frank Abild-Pedersen

  • Direct and continuous strain control of catalysts with tunable battery electrode materials

    Haotian Wang;Shicheng Xu;Charlie Tsai;Charlie Tsai;Yuzhang Li

  • Transition-metal Doped Edge Sites in Vertically Aligned MoS2 Catalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution

    Haotian Wang;Charlie Tsai;Charlie Tsai;Desheng Kong;Karen Chan;Karen Chan

  • Effects of d-band shape on the surface reactivity of transition-metal alloys

    Hongliang Xin;Hongliang Xin;Aleksandra Vojvodic;Johannes Voss;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Structure effects on the energetics of the electrochemical reduction of CO2 by copper surfaces

    William J. Durand;Andrew A. Peterson;Andrew A. Peterson;Felix Studt;Frank Abild-Pedersen

  • 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

Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Felix Studt
Felix Studt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Thomas Bligaard
Thomas Bligaard Technical University of Denmark
Aleksandra Vojvodic
Aleksandra Vojvodic University of Pennsylvania
Anders Nilsson
Anders Nilsson Stockholm University
Jan Rossmeisl
Jan Rossmeisl University of Copenhagen
Karen Chan
Karen Chan Technical University of Denmark
Hirohito Ogasawara
Hirohito Ogasawara SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Lars G. M. Pettersson
Lars G. M. Pettersson Stockholm University

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