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Thomas Frauenheim

Thomas Frauenheim

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Materials Science

D-Index
98
Citations
45526
World Ranking
1138
National Ranking
63

Overview

Thomas Frauenheim is affiliated with the University of Bremen in Germany and has a significant body of research focused primarily on materials science.

Their work spans several subfields, including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Research topics frequently addressed include 2D materials and applications, graphene research and applications, advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced chemical physics studies, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, machine learning in materials science, and perovskite materials and applications.

Thomas Frauenheim has coauthored extensively with a number of researchers, including:

  • Fulu Zheng (33 coauthored works)
  • Bálint Aradi (29 coauthored works)
  • Christof Köhler (26 coauthored works)
  • Zhen Tong (24 coauthored works)
  • Junjie He (23 coauthored works)

The scientist's research has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University), 27 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 26 publications
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 23 publications
  • Nano Letters, 11 publications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, 8 publications

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas Frauenheim include:

  • "DFTB+, a software package for efficient approximate density functional theory based atomistic simulations" (2020) published in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Heterogeneous-Interface-Enhanced Adsorption of Organic and Hydroxyl for Biomass Electrooxidation" (2022) published in Advanced Materials
  • "High-Throughput Screening of Synergistic Transition Metal Dual-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Nitrogen Fixation" (2021) published in Nano Letters
  • "DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science" (2022) published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Ni/Mo Bimetallic-Oxide-Derived Heterointerface-Rich Sulfide Nanosheets with Co-Doping for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution by Boosting Volmer Reaction" (2021) published in Small

Best Publications

  • Self-consistent-charge density-functional tight-binding method for simulations of complex materials properties

    M. Elstner;M. Elstner;D. Porezag;G. Jungnickel;J. Elsner

  • Construction of tight-binding-like potentials on the basis of density-functional theory: Application to carbon.

    D. Porezag;Th. Frauenheim;Th. Köhler;G. Seifert

  • Hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions of nucleic acid base pairs: A density-functional-theory based treatment

    Marcus Elstner;Pavel Hobza;Thomas Frauenheim;Sándor Suhai

  • Phosphorene as a Superior Gas Sensor: Selective Adsorption and Distinct I-V Response.

    Liangzhi Kou;Thomas Frauenheim;Changfeng Chen

  • DFTB+, a software package for efficient approximate density functional theory based atomistic simulations

    B. Hourahine;B. Aradi;V. Blum;F. Bonafé

  • Calculations of molecules, clusters, and solids with a simplified LCAO-DFT-LDA scheme

    G. Seifert;D. Porezag;Th. Frauenheim

  • A Self‐Consistent Charge Density‐Functional Based Tight‐Binding Method for Predictive Materials Simulations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology

    Th. Frauenheim;G. Seifert;M. Elsterner;Z. Hajnal

  • Structure and electronic properties of MoS2 nanotubes

    Gotthard Seifert;Humberto Terrones;Humberto Terrones;Mauricio Terrones;Gerd Jungnickel

  • Atomistic simulations of complex materials: ground-state and excited-state properties

    Thomas Frauenheim;Gotthard Seifert;Marcus Elstner;Thomas Niehaus

  • Oscillatory crossover from two-dimensional to three-dimensional topological insulators

    Chao Xing Liu;Chao Xing Liu;Haijun Zhang;Binghai Yan;Xiao Liang Qi

  • Heterogeneous‐Interface‐Enhanced Adsorption of Organic and Hydroxyl for Biomass Electrooxidation

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  • Accurate defect levels obtained from the HSE06 range-separated hybrid functional

    Peter Deák;Bálint Aradi;Thomas Frauenheim;Erik Janzén

  • Two-dimensional Cu2Si monolayer with planar hexacoordinate copper and silicon bonding.

    Li Ming Yang;Vladimir Bačić;Ivan A. Popov;Alexander I. Boldyrev

  • Theory of Threading Edge and Screw Dislocations in GaN

    J. Elsner;R. Jones;P. K. Sitch;V. D. Porezag

  • Boron-nitrogen analogues of the fullerenes: electronic and structural properties

    G. Seifert;P.W. Fowler;D. Mitchell;D. Porezag

  • DEEP ACCEPTORS TRAPPED AT THREADING-EDGE DISLOCATIONS IN GAN

    J Elsner;J Elsner;R Jones;M I Heggie;P K Sitch

  • Non-Markovian quantum processes: Complete framework and efficient characterization

    Felix A. Pollock;César Rodríguez-Rosario;Thomas Frauenheim;Mauro Paternostro

  • Hydrogen adsorption and storage in carbon nanotubes

    Seung Mi Lee;Ki Soo Park;Young Chul Choi;Young Soo Park

  • High-Throughput Screening of Synergistic Transition Metal Dual-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Nitrogen Fixation.

    Xingshuai Lv;Wei Wei;Baibiao Huang;Ying Dai

  • Tight-binding molecular-dynamics simulation of impurities in ultrananocrystalline diamond grain boundaries

    Peter Zapol;Michael Sternberg;Larry A. Curtiss;Thomas Frauenheim

  • A hydrogen storage mechanism in single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Seung Mi Lee;Kay Hyeok An;Young Hee Lee;Gotthard Seifert

  • Stability and electronic structure of GaN nanotubes from density-functional calculations

    Seung Mi Lee;Young Hee Lee;Yong Gyoo Hwang;J. Elsner

  • Calculating absorption shifts for retinal proteins: Computational challenges

    Wanko M;Hoffmann M;Strodel P;Koslowski A

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Gali
Adam Gali Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Marcus Elstner
Marcus Elstner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jianping Xiao
Jianping Xiao Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Patrick R. Briddon
Patrick R. Briddon Newcastle University
Liangzhi Kou
Liangzhi Kou Queensland University of Technology
Sven Öberg
Sven Öberg Luleå University of Technology
Liujiang Zhou
Liujiang Zhou University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Thomas Heine
Thomas Heine TU Dresden
Aldo Di Carlo
Aldo Di Carlo University of Rome Tor Vergata

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