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D-Index
68
Citations
26557
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6398
National Ranking
51

Karen Chan 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 Karen Chan sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 130 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen Chan 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 Karen Chan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karen Chan is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Energy. Their research focuses on several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Catalysis.

The main topics of their work encompass:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Karen Chan has published multiple papers in prominent scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Nature Catalysis
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Is There Anything Better than Pt for HER?" (2021) in ACS Energy Letters
  • "Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide" (2020) in Nature Catalysis
  • "Double layer charging driven carbon dioxide adsorption limits the rate of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction on Gold" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts" (2021) in Nature Catalysis
  • "Synergistic enhancement of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2 oxygenates at nitrogen-doped nanodiamonds/Cu interface" (2020) in Nature Nanotechnology

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, with several co-authors appearing multiple times in their publications, including:

  • Hendrik H. Heenen
  • Sudarshan Vijay
  • Nitish Govindarajan
  • Georg Kastlunger
  • Jens K. Nørskov

Best Publications

  • Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte

    Stephanie A. Nitopi;Erlend Bertheussen;Søren Bertelsen Scott;Xinyan Liu

  • Promoter Effects of Alkali Metal Cations on the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide.

    Joaquin Resasco;Leanne D. Chen;Ezra Clark;Ezra Clark;Charlie Tsai;Charlie Tsai

  • 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

  • Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis-The Selectivity Challenge

    Aayush R. Singh;Brian A. Rohr;Jay A. Schwalbe;Matteo Cargnello

  • Theoretical insights into a CO dimerization mechanism in CO2 electroreduction

    Joseph H. Montoya;Chuan Shi;Karen Chan;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Metal ion cycling of Cu foil for selective C–C coupling in electrochemical CO2 reduction

    Kun Jiang;Robert B. Sandberg;Austin J. Akey;Xinyan Liu

  • Understanding trends in electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction rates.

    Xinyan Liu;Jianping Xiao;Jianping Xiao;Hongjie Peng;Xin Hong;Xin Hong

  • Understanding cation effects in electrochemical CO2 reduction

    Stefan Ringe;Stefan Ringe;Ezra L. Clark;Ezra L. Clark;Joaquin Resasco;Amber Walton

  • Is There Anything Better than Pt for HER

    Johannes Novak Hansen;Hector Prats;Karl Krøjer Toudahl;Niklas Mørch Secher

  • 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

  • Electric Field Effects in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

    Leanne D. Chen;Leanne D. Chen;Makoto Urushihara;Makoto Urushihara;Karen Chan;Karen Chan;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Electrochemical Activation of CO2 through Atomic Ordering Transformations of AuCu Nanoparticles

    Dohyung Kim;Chenlu Xie;Nigel Becknell;Yi Yu

  • pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO (2) towards C 2 products on stepped copper

    Xinyan Liu;Philomena Schlexer;Philomena Schlexer;Jianping Xiao;Jianping Xiao;Yongfei Ji;Yongfei Ji;Yongfei Ji

  • Active edge sites in MoSe2 and WSe2 catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction: a density functional study

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

  • Electrochemical Barriers Made Simple.

    Karen Chan;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Electrochemical Carbon Monoxide Reduction on Polycrystalline Copper: Effects of Potential, Pressure, and pH on Selectivity toward Multicarbon and Oxygenated Products

    Lei Wang;Stephanie A. Nitopi;Erlend Bertheussen;Marat Orazov

  • Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide

    Chuan Xia;Seoin Back;Stefan Ringe;Kun Jiang

  • Theoretical insights into the hydrogen evolution activity of layered transition metal dichalcogenides

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

  • Transition-Metal Single Atoms in a Graphene Shell as Active Centers for Highly Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis

    Kun Jiang;Samira Siahrostami;Austin J. Akey;Yanbin Li

  • Machine-Learning Methods Enable Exhaustive Searches for Active Bimetallic Facets and Reveal Active Site Motifs for CO2 Reduction

    Zachary W. Ulissi;Zachary W. Ulissi;Michael T. Tang;Michael T. Tang;Jianping Xiao;Jianping Xiao;Xinyan Liu;Xinyan Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Christopher Hahn
Christopher Hahn Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Frank Abild-Pedersen
Frank Abild-Pedersen SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Alexis T. Bell
Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley
Jianping Xiao
Jianping Xiao Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Michael Eikerling
Michael Eikerling Forschungszentrum Jülich
Haotian Wang
Haotian Wang Rice University
Drew Higgins
Drew Higgins McMaster University

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