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D-Index
77
Citations
19243
World Ranking
4076
National Ranking
1290

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

R. Morris Bullock is affiliated with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States and has a focus on materials science and chemistry, particularly in the subfields of materials chemistry, organic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, inorganic chemistry, and catalysis.

The scientist's research addresses a broad range of topics, including:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis
  • CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts
  • Ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction
  • Catalytic cross-coupling reactions
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions

R. Morris Bullock has published extensively in notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Inorganic Chemistry

The scientist has been involved in influential research papers such as:

  • "Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals," 2020, Science
  • "Oxidation of Ammonia with Molecular Complexes," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Molecular Catalysts with Diphosphine Ligands Containing Pendant Amines," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Diversion of Catalytic C-N Bond Formation to Catalytic Oxidation of NH3 through Modification of the Hydrogen Atom Abstractor," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy," 2024, Nature Reviews Chemistry

Frequent collaborators working with R. Morris Bullock include:

  • Ba L. Tran
  • Amy L. Speelman
  • Jeremy D. Erickson
  • Samantha I. Johnson
  • Monica Vasiliu

Recognition in the scientific community includes:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2012

Best Publications

  • Beyond fossil fuel-driven nitrogen transformations.

    Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Richard M. Crooks;Lance C. Seefeldt;Kara L. Bren

  • A Synthetic Nickel Electrocatalyst with a Turnover Frequency Above 100,000 s−1 for H2 Production

    Monte L. Helm;Monte L. Helm;Michael P. Stewart;R. Morris Bullock;M. Rakowski DuBois

  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals

    R. Morris Bullock;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Laura Gagliardi;Paul J. Chirik

  • Thermodynamic Hydricity of Transition Metal Hydrides

    Eric S. Wiedner;Matthew B. Chambers;Catherine L. Pitman;R. Morris Bullock

  • Catalysis without precious metals

    R. Morris Bullock

  • [Ni(PPh2NC6H4X2)2]2+ Complexes as Electrocatalysts for H2 Production: Effect of Substituents, Acids, and Water on Catalytic Rates

    Uriah J. Kilgore;John A. S. Roberts;Douglas H. Pool;Aaron M. Appel

  • Catalytic Ionic Hydrogenations

    R. Morris Bullock

  • Abundant Metals Give Precious Hydrogenation Performance

    R. Morris Bullock

  • Production of hydrogen by electrocatalysis: making the H–H bond by combining protons and hydrides

    R. Morris Bullock;Aaron M. Appel;Monte L. Helm

  • Toward Benchmarking in Catalysis Science: Best Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities

    Thomas Bligaard;R. Morris Bullock;Charles T. Campbell;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen

  • Heterobimetallic compounds linked by heterodifunctional ligands

    R. Morris Bullock;Charles P. Casey

  • An iron complex with pendent amines as a molecular electrocatalyst for oxidation of hydrogen

    Tianbiao L. Liu;Daniel L. DuBois;R. Morris Bullock

  • Surface Immobilization of Molecular Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

    R. Morris Bullock;Atanu K. Das;Aaron M. Appel

  • Direct determination of equilibrium potentials for hydrogen oxidation/production by open circuit potential measurements in acetonitrile.

    John A. S. Roberts;R. Morris Bullock

  • Molecular Electrocatalysts for the Oxidation of Hydrogen and the Production of Hydrogen – The Role of Pendant Amines as Proton Relays

    Daniel L. DuBois;R. Morris Bullock

  • A recyclable catalyst that precipitates at the end of the reaction

    Vladimir K. Dioumaev;R. Morris Bullock

  • Molecular Electrocatalysts for Oxidation of Hydrogen Using Earth-Abundant Metals: Shoving Protons Around with Proton Relays

    R. Morris Bullock;Monte L. Helm

  • Hydrogen production using cobalt-based molecular catalysts containing a proton relay in the second coordination sphere

    George M. Jacobsen;Jenny Y. Yang;Brendan Twamley;Aaron D. Wilson

  • Mechanistic Insights into Catalytic H2 Oxidation by Ni Complexes Containing a Diphosphine Ligand with a Positioned Amine Base

    Jenny Y. Yang;R. Morris Bullock;Wendy J. Shaw;Brendan Twamley

  • High Catalytic Rates for Hydrogen Production Using Nickel Electrocatalysts with Seven-Membered Cyclic Diphosphine Ligands Containing One Pendant Amine

    Michael P. Stewart;Ming Hsun Ho;Stefan Wiese;Mary Lou Lindstrom

  • Metal-Acetylide Bonding in (η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2C≡CR Compounds. Measures of Metal-dπ-Acetylide-π Interactions from Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    Dennis L. Lichtenberger;Sharon K. Renshaw;R. Morris Bullock

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel L. DuBois
Daniel L. DuBois Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Simone Raugei
Simone Raugei Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Aaron M. Appel
Aaron M. Appel Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Roger Rousseau
Roger Rousseau Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
John Roberts
John Roberts Rice University
Michel Dupuis
Michel Dupuis University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Wendy J. Shaw
Wendy J. Shaw Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Paul J. Fagan
Paul J. Fagan DuPont (United States)
Jack R. Norton
Jack R. Norton Columbia University
Lee Brammer
Lee Brammer University of Sheffield

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