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Lars G. M. Pettersson

Lars G. M. Pettersson

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Chemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
31615
World Ranking
1556
National Ranking
21

Overview

Lars G. M. Pettersson is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden. Their research spans key areas within materials science and physics, with a focus on catalytic processes and energy-related applications. The main fields of study covered by their publications include Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy. Within these areas, their work addresses several subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiation.

Their research topics emphasize catalytic processes in materials science, including electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced chemical physics studies, and CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts. Other notable topics include X-ray spectroscopy and fluorescence analysis, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, and catalysis for biomass conversion.

Frequent collaborators in their research activities have included Egon Campos dos Santos, Gabriel L. S. Rodrigues, Ann Cornell, Mats Johnsson, and Mikael Valter.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in several journals, demonstrating an ongoing contribution to the scientific literature. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Human Immunology
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Lars G. M. Pettersson include:

  • Electrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation with Concurrent Hydrogen Evolution Utilizing an Efficient MoOx/Pt Catalyst, 2021, Small
  • Hydrogen Evolution Linked to Selective Oxidation of Glycerol over CoMoO4-A Theoretically Predicted Catalyst, 2022, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Adsorption energies on transition metal surfaces: towards an accurate and balanced description, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Elucidating the role of Ni to enhance the methanol oxidation reaction on Pd electrocatalysts, 2020, Electrochimica Acta
  • Selectivity of the First Two Glycerol Dehydrogenation Steps Determined Using Scaling Relationships, 2021, ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • The Structure of the First Coordination Shell in Liquid Water

    Ph. Wernet;D. Nordlund;U. Bergmann;M. Cavalleri

  • Water: A Tale of Two Liquids

    Paola Gallo;Katrin Amann-Winkel;Charles Austen Angell;Mikhail Alexeevich Anisimov

  • The inhomogeneous structure of water at ambient conditions

    C Huang;K T Wikfeldt;T Tokushima;D Nordlund

  • Structure and bonding of water on Pt(111).

    H. Ogasawara;B. Brena;D. Nordlund;D. Nordlund;M. Nyberg

  • Calculations of near-edge x-ray-absorption spectra of gas-phase and chemisorbed molecules by means of density-functional and transition-potential theory

    L. Triguero;L. G. M. Pettersson;H. Ågren

  • Connecting dopant bond type with electronic structure in N-doped graphene.

    Theanne Schiros;Dennis Nordlund;Lucia Pálová;Deborah Prezzi

  • The structural origin of anomalous properties of liquid water

    Anders Nilsson;Lars G. M. Pettersson

  • Ultrafast X-ray probing of water structure below the homogeneous ice nucleation temperature.

    Jonas A. Sellberg;C. Huang;T. A. McQueen;N. D. Loh

  • Benchmark oxygen-oxygen pair-distribution function of ambient water from x-ray diffraction measurements with a wide Q-range

    Lawrie B. Skinner;Congcong Huang;Daniel Schlesinger;Lars G. M. Pettersson

  • The Electronic Structure Effect in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    A. Nilsson;A. Nilsson;L. G. M. Pettersson;B. Hammer;T. Bligaard

  • High resolution X-ray emission spectroscopy of liquid water : The observation of two structural motifs

    Takashi Tokushima;Yoshihisa Harada;Osamu Takahashi;Yasunori Senba

  • Subsurface Oxygen in Oxide-Derived Copper Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction

    André Eilert;André Eilert;André Eilert;Filippo Cavalca;Filippo Cavalca;Filippo Cavalca;F. Sloan Roberts;F. Sloan Roberts;F. Sloan Roberts;Jürg Osterwalder

  • Perspective on the structure of liquid water

    Anders Nilsson;Anders Nilsson;Lars G.M. Pettersson

  • Spectroscopic probing of local hydrogen-bonding structures in liquid water

    S Myneni;Y Luo;Y Luo;L Å Näslund;M Cavalleri

  • Chemical bonding at surfaces and interfaces

    Anders Nilsson;Lars G.M. Pettersson;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Chemical bonding on surfaces probed by X-ray emission spectroscopy and density functional theory

    Anders Nilsson;Anders Nilsson;Lars Gunnar Moody Pettersson

  • Detailed study of pyridine at the C 1s and N 1s ionization thresholds: The influence of the vibrational fine structure

    C. Kolczewski;R. Puttner;O. Plashkevych;Hans Ågren

  • Separate state vs. transition state Kohn-Sham calculations of X-ray photoelectron binding energies and chemical shifts

    L. Triguero;O. Plashkevych;L.G.M. Pettersson;H. Ågren

  • Probing the transition state region in catalytic CO oxidation on Ru

    H. Öström;H. Öberg;H. Xin;Jerry L. LaRue;Jerry L. LaRue

  • Direct, atomic orbital, static exchange calculations of photoabsorption spectra of large molecules and clusters

    Hans Ågren;Vincenzo Carravetta;Olav Vahtras;Lars G.M. Pettersson

  • Water Dissociation on Ru(001): An Activated Process

    Klas Andersson;Klas Andersson;A Nikitin;L.G.M. Pettersson;A Nilsson;A Nilsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Nilsson
Anders Nilsson Stockholm University
Hirohito Ogasawara
Hirohito Ogasawara SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Dennis Nordlund
Dennis Nordlund SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Per E. M. Siegbahn
Per E. M. Siegbahn Stockholm University
Uwe Bergmann
Uwe Bergmann SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Michael Odelius
Michael Odelius Stockholm University
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Ulf Wahlgren
Ulf Wahlgren Stockholm University
Hans Ågren
Hans Ågren Uppsala University
Frank Abild-Pedersen
Frank Abild-Pedersen SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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