2026 Kenneth C. Neyerlin: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	47	11073	10699	2607	2423	167	9086

Overview

Kenneth C. Neyerlin is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of engineering and energy, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Additional subfields of interest include electrochemistry, materials chemistry, and catalysis.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
Fuel cells and related materials
Advanced battery technologies research
CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts
Electrochemical analysis and applications
Ionic liquids properties and applications
Conducting polymers and applications

Some of the recent papers from Kenneth C. Neyerlin include the following:

"New roads and challenges for fuel cells in heavy-duty transportation," published in 2021 in Nature Energy
"Recent developments in catalyst-related PEM fuel cell durability," published in 2020 in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
"A Robust, Scalable Platform for the Electrochemical Conversion of CO₂ to Formate: Identifying Pathways to Higher Energy Efficiencies," published in 2020 in ACS Energy Letters
"Status and challenges for the application of platinum group metal-free catalysts in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells," published in 2020 in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
"Standardized protocols for evaluating platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells," published in 2022 in Nature Catalysis

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated most with Kenneth C. Neyerlin include:

Deborah J. Myers
Leiming Hu
David A. Cullen
Scott A Mauger
Tim Van Cleve

The scientist's work has been published in a range of venues, with repeated contributions to:

ECS Meeting Abstracts
Journal of Power Sources
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
ACS Energy Letters
Nano Energy

Best Publications

New roads and challenges for fuel cells in heavy-duty transportation

David A. Cullen;K. C. Neyerlin;Rajesh K. Ahluwalia;Rangachary Mukundan

1073
Citations
Enhancement of Pt and Pt-alloy fuel cell catalyst activity and durability via nitrogen-modified carbon supports

Yingke Zhou;Yingke Zhou;Kenneth Neyerlin;Tim S. Olson;Svitlana Pylypenko;Svitlana Pylypenko

702
Citations
Measurement of Oxygen Transport Resistance in PEM Fuel Cells by Limiting Current Methods

Daniel R. Baker;David A. Caulk;Kenneth C. Neyerlin;Michael W. Murphy

564
Citations
Study of the Exchange Current Density for the Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Reactions

K. C. Neyerlin;K. C. Neyerlin;Wenbin Gu;Jacob Jorne;Hubert A. Gasteiger

536
Citations
Determination of Catalyst Unique Parameters for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in a PEMFC

K. C. Neyerlin;K. C. Neyerlin;Wenbin Gu;Jacob Jorne;Hubert A. Gasteiger

526
Citations
Recent developments in catalyst-related PEM fuel cell durability

Rodney L. Borup;Ahmet Kusoglu;Kenneth C. Neyerlin;Rangachary Mukundan

387
Citations
Cathode Catalyst Utilization for the ORR in a PEMFC Analytical Model and Experimental Validation

K. C. Neyerlin;K. C. Neyerlin;Wenbin Gu;Jacob Jorne;Alfred Clark

293
Citations
Electrochemical activity and stability of dealloyed Pt–Cu and Pt–Cu–Co electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)

K.C. Neyerlin;Ratndeep Srivastava;Chengfei Yu;Peter Strasser;Peter Strasser

291
Citations
Effect of Relative Humidity on Oxygen Reduction Kinetics in a PEMFC

K. C. Neyerlin;K. C. Neyerlin;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Cortney K. Mittelsteadt;Jacob Jorne

224
Citations
Activity and Durability of Iridium Nanoparticles in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Shaun M. Alia;Brian Rasimick;Chilan Ngo;K. C. Neyerlin

220
Citations
Bimetallic Ru Electrocatalysts for the OER and Electrolytic Water Splitting in Acidic Media

Rhys Forgie;Greg Bugosh;K. C. Neyerlin;Zengcai Liu

185
Citations
Impact of Catalyst Ink Dispersing Methodology on Fuel Cell Performance Using in-Situ X-ray Scattering

Min Wang;Jae Hyung Park;Sadia Kabir;K. C. Neyerlin

179
Citations
A Robust, Scalable Platform for the Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Formate: Identifying Pathways to Higher Energy Efficiencies

Yingying Chen;Ashlee Vise;W. Ellis Klein;Firat C. Cetinbas

162
Citations
ElectroCat: DOE's approach to PGM-free catalyst and electrode R&D

Simon T. Thompson;Adria R. Wilson;Piotr Zelenay;Deborah J. Myers

160
Citations
The Use of Limiting Current to Determine Transport Resistance in PEM Fuel Cells

Daniel R. Baker;Christian Wieser;Kenneth C. Neyerlin;Michael W. Murphy

151
Citations
Rheological Investigation on the Microstructure of Fuel Cell Catalyst Inks

Sunilkumar Khandavalli;Jae Hyung Park;Nancy N. Kariuki;Deborah J. Myers

150
Citations
Elucidating the Dynamic Nature of Fuel Cell Electrodes as a Function of Conditioning: An ex Situ Material Characterization and in Situ Electrochemical Diagnostic Study.

Sadia Kabir;Deborah J. Myers;Nancy N. Kariuki;Jae Park

140
Citations
Standardized protocols for evaluating platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

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140
Citations
Dictating Pt-Based Electrocatalyst Performance in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, from Formulation to Application.

Tim Van Cleve;Sunilkumar Khandavalli;Anamika Chowdhury;Anamika Chowdhury;Samantha Medina

129
Citations
Combinatorial Study of High Surface-Area Binary and Ternary Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

K. C. Neyerlin;Greg Bugosh;Rhys Forgie;Zengcai Liu

121
Citations
Platinum Coated Nickel Nanowires As Oxygen Reducing Electrocatalysts

Shaun M Alia;Brian A Larsen;Svitlana Pylypenko;David A Cullen

112
Citations
Tuning Carbon-Based Fuel Cell Catalyst Support Structures via Nitrogen Functionalization. I. Investigation of Structural and Compositional Modification of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite Model Catalyst Supports as a Function of Nitrogen Implantation Dose

Svitlana Pylypenko;Svitlana Pylypenko;Aimee Queen;Tim S. Olson;Arrelaine Dameron

105
Citations