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Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse

Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse

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Chemistry
New Zealand
2026
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Materials Science
New Zealand
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
108
Citations
46095
World Ranking
748
National Ranking
1

Chemistry

D-Index
108
Citations
46833
World Ranking
867
National Ranking
2

Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 361 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with strong emphasis on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers various topics related to energy conversion and catalysis. Key research topics include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors

Waterhouse's recent influential papers include:

  • Atomic Cation-Vacancy Engineering of NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides for Improved Activity and Stability towards the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • MIL-101-Derived Mesoporous Carbon Supporting Highly Exposed Fe Single-Atom Sites as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Efficient Wettability-Controlled Electroreduction of CO2 to CO at Au/C Interfaces, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mesopore-Rich Fe-N-C Catalyst with FeN4-O-NC Single-Atom Sites Delivers Remarkable Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance in Alkaline Media, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO over Ni Single Atoms Supported on Defect-Rich Zirconia, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse
  • Tierui Zhang
  • Siyu Lu
  • Run Shi
  • Liang Yu

Waterhouse has published extensively in prominent venues, with multiple papers appearing in journals such as:

  • Food Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Best Publications

  • Alkali-Assisted Synthesis of Nitrogen Deficient Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Tunable Band Structures for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution.

    Huijun Yu;Run Shi;Yunxuan Zhao;Tong Bian

  • The effect of gold loading and particle size on photocatalytic hydrogen production from ethanol over Au/TiO2 nanoparticles

    M Murdoch;Geoffrey Waterhouse;MA Nadeem;MA Nadeem;MA Nadeem;James Metson

  • Tuning Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin TiO2 Nanosheets to Boost Photocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation up to 700 nm

    Yunxuan Zhao;Yufei Zhao;Run Shi;Bin Wang

  • Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets Templated from g-C3 N4 as Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

    Huijun Yu;Lu Shang;Tong Bian;Run Shi

  • Ni3FeN Nanoparticles Derived from Ultrathin NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets: An Efficient Overall Water Splitting Electrocatalyst

    Xiaodan Jia;Xiaodan Jia;Yufei Zhao;Guangbo Chen;Guangbo Chen;Lu Shang

  • Smart Utilization of Carbon Dots in Semiconductor Photocatalysis.

    Huijun Yu;Run Shi;Yufei Zhao;Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse

  • Well-Dispersed ZIF-Derived Co,N-Co-doped Carbon Nanoframes through Mesoporous-Silica-Protected Calcination as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts

    Lu Shang;Huijun Yu;Xing Huang;Tong Bian

  • Defect‐Rich Ultrathin ZnAl‐Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for Efficient Photoreduction of CO2 to CO with Water

    Yufei Zhao;Guangbo Chen;Guangbo Chen;Tong Bian;Chao Zhou

  • Ultrafine NiO Nanosheets Stabilized by TiO2 from Monolayer NiTi-LDH Precursors: An Active Water Oxidation Electrocatalyst

    Yufei Zhao;Xiaodan Jia;Xiaodan Jia;Guangbo Chen;Guangbo Chen;Lu Shang

  • Precursor-reforming protocol to 3D mesoporous g-C3N4 established by ultrathin self-doped nanosheets for superior hydrogen evolution

    Na Tian;Yihe Zhang;Xiaowei Li;Ke Xiao

  • Defect‐Engineered Ultrathin δ‐MnO2 Nanosheet Arrays as Bifunctional Electrodes for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

    Yunxuan Zhao;Yunxuan Zhao;Chao Chang;Fei Teng;Yufei Zhao

  • Layered‐Double‐Hydroxide Nanosheets as Efficient Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocatalysts for Dinitrogen Fixation

    Yufei Zhao;Yunxuan Zhao;Yunxuan Zhao;Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse;Lirong Zheng

  • Atomic Cation-Vacancy Engineering of NiFe-Layered Double Hydroxides for Improved Activity and Stability towards the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Lishan Peng;Na Yang;Yuqi Yang;Qing Wang

  • A universal ligand mediated method for large scale synthesis of transition metal single atom catalysts

    Hongzhou Yang;Lu Shang;Qinghua Zhang;Run Shi

  • Ammonia Detection Methods in Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Experiments: How to Improve the Reliability of NH 3 Production Rates?

    Yunxuan Zhao;Run Shi;Xuanang Bian;Chao Zhou

  • Mesopore‐Rich Fe–N–C Catalyst with FeN4–O–NC Single‐Atom Sites Delivers Remarkable Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance in Alkaline Media

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  • The thermal decomposition of silver (I, III) oxide: A combined XRD, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic study

    Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse;Graham A. Bowmaker;James B. Metson

  • NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Nanoparticles on Co,N‐Codoped Carbon Nanoframes as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries

    Qing Wang;Lu Shang;Run Shi;Xin Zhang

  • MIL-101-Derived Mesoporous Carbon Supporting Highly Exposed Fe Single-Atom Sites as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts.

    Xiaoying Xie;Lishan Peng;Hongzhou Yang;Hongzhou Yang;Geoffrey I N Waterhouse

  • Efficient wettability-controlled electroreduction of CO2 to CO at Au/C interfaces.

    Run Shi;Jiahao Guo;Xuerui Zhang;Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse

  • The roles of metal co-catalysts and reaction media in photocatalytic hydrogen production: Performance evaluation of M/TiO2 photocatalysts (M = Pd, Pt, Au) in different alcohol–water mixtures

    Zakiya H.N. Al-Azri;Zakiya H.N. Al-Azri;Wan-Ting Chen;Andrew Chan;Vedran Jovic

  • Layered Double Hydroxide Nanostructured Photocatalysts for Renewable Energy Production

    Yufei Zhao;Xiaodan Jia;Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse;Li-Zhu Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tierui Zhang
Tierui Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Run Shi
Run Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse
Dongxiao Sun-Waterhouse University of Auckland
Li-Zhu Wu
Li-Zhu Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chen-Ho Tung
Chen-Ho Tung Shandong University
Yufei Zhao
Yufei Zhao Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Lu Shang
Lu Shang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hicham Idriss
Hicham Idriss University College London
Shiyun Ai
Shiyun Ai Shandong Agricultural University
Zhenhua Li
Zhenhua Li University of Science and Technology Beijing

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