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D-Index
59
Citations
15165
World Ranking
10025
National Ranking
724

Malte Behrens 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 Malte Behrens sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 191 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Malte Behrens 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 Malte Behrens sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Malte Behrens is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and specializes primarily in materials science and engineering. Their research portfolio demonstrates a strong focus on materials chemistry and catalysis, with additional expertise in renewable energy, sustainability, and electrical and electronic engineering. Over their career, they have contributed to multiple areas, including catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, oxidation reactions, catalysts for methane reforming, advanced battery technologies, oxidative organic chemistry reactions, and mesoporous materials and catalysis.

Behrens has authored and co-authored numerous scientific papers, appearing frequently in established venues in the field of chemistry and catalysis. The most common publication outlets include:

  • ChemCatChem
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Chemie Ingenieur Technik
  • ChemElectroChem

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Limitations of the Tauc Plot Method," 2023, published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "A Perspective on Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Selective Oxidation of Alcohols," 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Role of Nanoscale Inhomogeneities in Co2FeO4 Catalysts during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Highly loaded bimetallic iron-cobalt catalysts for hydrogen release from ammonia," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Identification of Active Sites in the Catalytic Oxidation of 2-Propanol over Co1+xFe2-xO4 Spinel Oxides at Solid/Liquid and Solid/Gas Interfaces," 2021, ChemCatChem

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Behrens's research, with frequent co-authorship from several colleagues, including:

  • Martin Muhler
  • Anna Rabe
  • Maik Dreyer
  • Klaus Friedel Ortega
  • Benjamin Mockenhaupt

The research topics addressed in Malte Behrens's work cover a broad range of catalytic and materials science challenges, such as the development and analysis of catalytic processes, improving electrocatalysts for energy conversion applications, and exploring oxidative organic chemistry and methane reforming catalysts. Their contributions include investigations into the nanoscale structure of catalysts as well as the identification of active catalytic sites in complex spinel oxides, reflecting a detailed focus on the microscopic mechanisms influencing catalytic efficiency and material performance.

Best Publications

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

    Malte Behrens;Felix Studt;Igor Kasatkin;Stefanie Kühl

  • The Haber–Bosch Process Revisited: On the Real Structure and Stability of “Ammonia Iron” under Working Conditions

    Timur Kandemir;Manfred Erwin Schuster;Anatoliy Senyshyn;Malte Behrens

  • Formation of a ZnO Overlayer in Industrial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalysts Induced by Strong Metal–Support Interactions

    Thomas Lunkenbein;Julia Schumann;Malte Behrens;Robert Schlögl

  • The Mechanism of CO and CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Cu-Based Catalysts

    Felix Studt;Felix Studt;Malte Behrens;Malte Behrens;Edward L. Kunkes;Nygil Thomas;Nygil Thomas

  • Pd−Ga Intermetallic Compounds as Highly Selective Semihydrogenation Catalysts

    Marc Armbrüster;Kirill Kovnir;Malte Behrens;Detre Teschner

  • Hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol and CO on Cu/ZnO/Al2O3: Is there a common intermediate or not?

    Edward L. Kunkes;Felix Studt;Felix Studt;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Frank Abild-Pedersen;Robert Schlögl

  • Kinetics of deactivation on Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 methanol synthesis catalysts

    Matthias B. Fichtl;David Schlereth;Nikolas Jacobsen;Igor Kasatkin;Igor Kasatkin

  • Meso- and nano-structuring of industrial Cu/ZnO/(Al2O3) catalysts

    Malte Behrens

  • Promoting Strong Metal Support Interaction: Doping ZnO for Enhanced Activity of Cu/ZnO:M (M = Al, Ga, Mg) Catalysts

    Julia Schumann;Maik Eichelbaum;Thomas Lunkenbein;Nygil Thomas;Nygil Thomas

  • How to Control the Selectivity of Palladium‐based Catalysts in Hydrogenation Reactions: The Role of Subsurface Chemistry

    Marc Armbrüster;Malte Behrens;Fabrizio Cinquini;Karin Föttinger

  • Performance Improvement of Nanocatalysts by Promoter-Induced Defects in the Support Material: Methanol Synthesis over Cu/ZnO:Al

    Malte Behrens;Stefan Zander;Patrick Kurr;Nikolas Jacobsen

  • The role of the oxide component in the development of copper composite catalysts for methanol synthesis.

    Stefan Zander;Edward L. Kunkes;Manfred E. Schuster;Julia Schumann

  • Phase-pure Cu,Zn,Al Hydrotalcite-like Materials as Precursors for Copper rich Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 Catalysts

    Malte Behrens;Igor Kasatkin;Stefanie Kühl;Gisela Weinberg

  • Bridging the Time Gap: A Copper/Zinc Oxide/Aluminum Oxide Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis Studied under Industrially Relevant Conditions and Time Scales

    Thomas Lunkenbein;Frank Girgsdies;Timur Kandemir;Nygil Thomas

  • How to Prepare a Good Cu/ZnO Catalyst or the Role of Solid State Chemistry for the Synthesis of Nanostructured Catalysts

    Malte Behrens;Robert Schlögl

  • Comparative study of hydrotalcite-derived supported Pd2Ga and PdZn intermetallic nanoparticles as methanol synthesis and methanol steam reforming catalysts

    Antje Ota;Edward L. Kunkes;Igor Kasatkin;Elena Groppo

  • Nanostructured Manganese Oxide Supported on Carbon Nanotubes for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

    Katharina Mette;Arno Bergmann;Jean-Philippe Tessonnier;Jean-Philippe Tessonnier;Michael Hävecker;Michael Hävecker

  • Reactivity of mesoporous carbon against water – An in-situ XPS study

    Sylvia Reiche;Raoul Blume;Xiao-Chen Zhao;Dang Sheng Su

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis of CO2 Conversion to Methanol on Copper Surfaces

    Malte Behrens

  • Reverse water-gas shift reaction at the Cu/ZnO interface: Influence of the Cu/Zn ratio on structure-activity correlations

    Consuelo Álvarez Galván;Julia Schumann;Malte Behrens;José Luis García Fierro

  • On the Incorporation of Transition Metal Atoms into Thiostannates: Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of [Ni(en)3]2Sn2S6, [Ni(dap)3]2Sn2S6 · 2 H2O, [Co(tren)]2Sn2S6, and [Ni(tren)]2Sn2S6

    Malte Behrens;Sandra Scherb;Christian Näther;Wolfgang Bensch

  • Minerals as model compounds for Cu/ZnO catalyst precursors: Structural and thermal properties and IR spectra of mineral and synthetic (zincian) malachite, rosasite and aurichalcite and a catalyst precursor mixture

    Malte Behrens;Frank Girgsdies;Annette Trunschke;Robert Schlögl

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Girgsdies
Frank Girgsdies Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Martin Muhler
Martin Muhler Ruhr University Bochum
Thomas Lunkenbein
Thomas Lunkenbein Max Planck Society
Marc Armbrüster
Marc Armbrüster Chemnitz University of Technology
Wolfgang Bensch
Wolfgang Bensch Kiel University
Felix Studt
Felix Studt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Detre Teschner
Detre Teschner Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Annette Trunschke
Annette Trunschke Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Frank Abild-Pedersen
Frank Abild-Pedersen SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Paul Heitjans
Paul Heitjans University of Hannover

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