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Samira Siahrostami

Samira Siahrostami

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
20983
World Ranking
12435
National Ranking
336

Overview

Samira Siahrostami is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada and focuses on research in energy and materials science. Their work spans multiple interrelated subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and inorganic chemistry.

Their research prominently addresses topics such as electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced battery technologies research, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, fuel cells and related materials, machine learning applications in materials science, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Recent publications by Samira Siahrostami include:

  • Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Building and identifying highly active oxygenated groups in carbon materials for oxygen reduction to H2O2 (2020, Nature Communications)
  • A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide (2020, Nature Catalysis)
  • Promoting H2O2 production via 2-electron oxygen reduction by coordinating partially oxidized Pd with defect carbon (2020, Nature Communications)

Samira Siahrostami frequently publishes in scientific venues including:

  • Nature Communications
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Their frequent collaborators include Seoin Back, Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi, Mohammadreza Karamad, Tiago J. Goncalves, and Ian D. Gates, reflecting a diverse network of coauthors across their research areas.

The combination of their work on energy conversion, materials chemistry, and electrochemical catalysis provides a perspective on advancing technologies related to renewable energy and environmental sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Understanding Catalytic Activity Trends in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

    Ambarish Kulkarni;Samira Siahrostami;Anjli Patel;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • High-efficiency oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide catalysed by oxidized carbon materials

    Zhiyi Lu;Guangxu Chen;Samira Siahrostami;Zhihua Chen

  • Enabling direct H2O2 production through rational electrocatalyst design

    Samira Siahrostami;Arnau Verdaguer-Casadevall;Mohammadreza Karamad;Davide Deiana

  • Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction on Fe single atom catalyst.

    Zhen-Yu Wu;Mohammadreza Karamad;Xue Yong;Qizheng Huang

  • Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO2 reduction

    Kun Jiang;Samira Siahrostami;Tingting Zheng;Tingting Zheng;Yongfeng Hu

  • Trends in the Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2: Enhancing Activity and Selectivity by Electrocatalytic Site Engineering

    Arnau Verdaguer-Casadevall;Davide Deiana;Mohammadreza Karamad;Samira Siahrostami

  • Highly selective oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide on transition metal single atom coordination.

    Kun Jiang;Seoin Back;Austin J. Akey;Chuan Xia

  • The oxygen reduction reaction mechanism on Pt(111) from density functional theory calculations

    Vladimir Tripkovic;Egill Skulason;Samira Siahrostami;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Building and identifying highly active oxygenated groups in carbon materials for oxygen reduction to H2O2.

    Gao-Feng Han;Feng Li;Wei Zou;Mohammadreza Karamad

  • Understanding activity trends in electrochemical water oxidation to form hydrogen peroxide

    Xinjian Shi;Samira Siahrostami;Guo Ling Li;Yirui Zhang

  • A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Samira Siahrostami;Santiago Jimenez Villegas;Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi;Seoin Back

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

    Chuan Xia;Seoin Back;Stefan Ringe;Kun Jiang

  • Designing Boron Nitride Islands in Carbon Materials for Efficient Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Shucheng Chen;Zhihua Chen;Samira Siahrostami;Drew Higgins

  • 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

  • Introducing Fe 2+ into Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide: Local Structure Modulated Water Oxidation Activity

    Zhao Cai;Zhao Cai;Daojin Zhou;Maoyu Wang;Seong-Min Bak

  • Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2 by Two-Electron Water Oxidation Reaction

    Xinjian Shi;Seoin Back;Thomas Mark Gill;Samira Siahrostami

  • Promoting H2O2 production via 2-electron oxygen reduction by coordinating partially oxidized Pd with defect carbon.

    Qiaowan Chang;Pu Zhang;Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi;Xueru Zhao

  • One- or Two-Electron Water Oxidation, Hydroxyl Radical, or H2O2 Evolution

    Samira Siahrostami;Guo Ling Li;Guo Ling Li;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Beyond the top of the volcano? - A unified approach to electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution

    Michael Busch;Niels Bendtsen Halck;Ulrike I. Kramm;Samira Siahrostami

  • Defective Carbon-Based Materials for the Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Shucheng Chen;Zhihua Chen;Samira Siahrostami;Taeho Roy Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Seoin Back
Seoin Back Sogang University
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Felix Studt
Felix Studt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Haotian Wang
Haotian Wang Rice University
Xiaolin Zheng
Xiaolin Zheng Stanford University
Jan Rossmeisl
Jan Rossmeisl University of Copenhagen
Zhi-Jian Zhao
Zhi-Jian Zhao Tianjin University
Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University
Drew Higgins
Drew Higgins McMaster University

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