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Sanjaya D. Senanayake

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
20270
World Ranking
4047
National Ranking
1282

Sanjaya D. Senanayake 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 Sanjaya D. Senanayake sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 267 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sanjaya D. Senanayake 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 Sanjaya D. Senanayake sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sanjaya D. Senanayake is affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on chemical engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to materials chemistry and catalysis. Their scholarly work often explores renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental applications, alongside process chemistry, technology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their main research topics include catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, catalysts for methane reforming, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, and advanced chemical physics studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sanjaya D. Senanayake include the following:

  • Highly active Ni/CeO2 catalyst for CO2 methanation: Preparation and characterization, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Water-promoted interfacial pathways in methane oxidation to methanol on a CeO2-Cu2O catalyst, 2020, Science
  • Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol on a Auδ+-In2O3-x Catalyst, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Dynamic structure of active sites in ceria-supported Pt catalysts for the water gas shift reaction, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Effects of Zr Doping into Ceria for the Dry Reforming of Methane over Ni/CeZrO2 Catalysts: In Situ Studies with XRD, XAFS, and AP-XPS, 2020, ACS Catalysis

Sanjaya D. Senanayake has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include José A. Rodríguez, Ning Rui, Zongyuan Liu, Ivan Orozco, and Mausumi Mahapatra.

In addition to journal articles, Sanjaya D. Senanayake has contributed to book publications, notably the title In-situ Characterization of Metal/Oxide Catalysts for CO2 Conversion: From Fundamental Aspects to Real Catalysts Design (2021) published by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

Best Publications

  • Highly active copper-ceria and copper-ceria-titania catalysts for methanol synthesis from co2

    Jesús Graciani;Kumudu Mudiyanselage;Fang Xu;Ashleigh E. Baber

  • Structural changes and thermal stability of charged LiNixMnyCozO2 cathode materials studied by combined in situ time-resolved XRD and mass spectroscopy

    Seong Min Bak;Enyuan Hu;Yongning Zhou;Xiqian Yu

  • A new type of strong metal-support interaction and the production of H2 through the transformation of water on Pt/CeO2(111) and Pt/CeO(x)/TiO2(110) catalysts.

    Albert Bruix;José A. Rodriguez;Pedro J. Ramírez;Sanjaya D. Senanayake

  • Ceria-based model catalysts: fundamental studies on the importance of the metal–ceria interface in CO oxidation, the water–gas shift, CO2 hydrogenation, and methane and alcohol reforming

    José A. Rodriguez;José A. Rodriguez;David C. Grinter;Zongyuan Liu;Robert M. Palomino

  • Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol: Importance of Metal–Oxide and Metal–Carbide Interfaces in the Activation of CO2

    José A. Rodriguez;Ping Liu;Dario J. Stacchiola;Sanjaya D. Senanayake

  • Effect of Chloride Anions on the Synthesis and Enhanced Catalytic Activity of Silver Nanocoral Electrodes for CO2 Electroreduction

    Yu Chi Hsieh;Sanjaya D. Senanayake;Yu Zhang;Wenqian Xu

  • Dry Reforming of Methane on a Highly-Active Ni-CeO2 Catalyst: Effects of Metal-Support Interactions on C-H Bond Breaking.

    Zongyuan Liu;David C. Grinter;Pablo G. Lustemberg;Thuy‐Duong Nguyen‐Phan

  • Water-Gas Shift Reaction on a Highly Active Inverse CeOx/Cu(111) Catalyst: Unique Role of Ceria Nanoparticles

    José A. Rodriguez;Jesús Graciani;Jaime Evans;Joon B. Park

  • Highly active Ni/CeO2 catalyst for CO2 methanation: Preparation and characterization

    Ning Rui;Ning Rui;Xiaoshan Zhang;Feng Zhang;Zongyuan Liu

  • Gold, Copper, and Platinum Nanoparticles Dispersed on CeOx/TiO2(110) Surfaces: High Water-Gas Shift Activity and the Nature of the Mixed-Metal Oxide at the Nanometer Level

    Joon B. Park;Jesus Graciani;Jaime Evans;Dario Stacchiola

  • Importance of the Metal–Oxide Interface in Catalysis: In Situ Studies of the Water–Gas Shift Reaction by Ambient‐Pressure X‐ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

    Kumudu Mudiyanselage;Sanjaya D. Senanayake;Leticia Feria;Shankhamala Kundu

  • Water-promoted interfacial pathways in methane oxidation to methanol on a CeO2-Cu2O catalyst

    Zongyuan Liu;Erwei Huang;Ivan Orozco;Wenjie Liao

  • Steam Reforming of Ethanol on Ni/CeO2: Reaction Pathway and Interaction between Ni and the CeO2 Support

    Wenqian Xu;Zongyuan Liu;Aaron C. Johnston-Peck;Sanjaya D. Senanayake

  • In Situ and Theoretical Studies for the Dissociation of Water on an Active Ni/CeO2 Catalyst: Importance of Strong Metal–Support Interactions for the Cleavage of O–H Bonds†

    Javier Carrasco;David López‐Durán;David López‐Durán;Zongyuan Liu;Zongyuan Liu;Tomáš Duchoň

  • Low Pressure CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Gold Nanoparticles Activated on a CeOx/TiO2 Interface

    Xiaofang Yang;Shyam Kattel;Sanjaya D Senanayake;J Anibal Boscoboinik

  • Unique properties of ceria nanoparticles supported on metals: novel inverse ceria/copper catalysts for CO oxidation and the water-gas shift reaction.

    Sanjaya D. Senanayake;Dario Stacchiola;Jose A. Rodriguez

  • Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol on a Auδ+–In2O3-x Catalyst

    Ning Rui;Ning Rui;Feng Zhang;Kaihang Sun;Zongyuan Liu

  • Room-Temperature Activation of Methane and Dry Re-forming with CO2 on Ni-CeO2(111) Surfaces: Effect of Ce3+ Sites and Metal–Support Interactions on C–H Bond Cleavage

    Pablo G. Lustemberg;Pedro J. Ramírez;Zongyuan Liu;Ramón A. Gutiérrez

  • Dynamic structure of active sites in ceria-supported Pt catalysts for the water gas shift reaction

    Yuanyuan Li;Matthew Kottwitz;Joshua L. Vincent;Michael J. Enright

  • Highly Active Ceria-Supported Ru Catalyst for the Dry Reforming of Methane: In Situ Identification of Ruδ+–Ce3+ Interactions for Enhanced Conversion

    Zongyuan Liu;Feng Zhang;Ning Rui;Xing Li

  • A New Class of Metal-Cyclam-Based Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks for CO2 Adsorption and Chemical Fixation

    Jie Zhu;Pavel M. Usov;Wenqian Xu;Paula J. Celis-Salazar

  • In Situ Probes of Capture and Decomposition of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants by Zr-Based Metal Organic Frameworks

    Anna M. Plonka;Qi Wang;Wesley O. Gordon;Alex Balboa

Frequent Co-Authors

Dario Stacchiola
Dario Stacchiola Brookhaven National Laboratory
Zongyuan Liu
Zongyuan Liu Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wenqian Xu
Wenqian Xu Argonne National Laboratory
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez San Sebastián University
Hicham Idriss
Hicham Idriss University College London
Jan Hrbek
Jan Hrbek Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jingguang G. Chen
Jingguang G. Chen Columbia University
Jordi Llorca
Jordi Llorca Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Siyu Yao
Siyu Yao Zhejiang University

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