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Wolfgang Schuhmann

Wolfgang Schuhmann

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Chemistry
Germany
2026
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Materials Science
Germany
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
112
Citations
51062
World Ranking
651
National Ranking
36

Chemistry

D-Index
113
Citations
52203
World Ranking
701
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Wolfgang Schuhmann is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research spans the fields of engineering and energy, with significant contributions focused on renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, and catalysis.

Their main areas of work include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, electrochemical analysis and applications, advanced battery technologies research, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, fuel cells and related materials, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Several publication venues have frequently featured Schuhmann's work, including:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ChemElectroChem
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Bioelectrochemistry

Wolfgang Schuhmann has collaborated extensively with various researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Thomas Quast
  • Alfred Ludwig
  • Stefan Dieckhöfer
  • João R. C. Junqueira
  • Corina Andronescu

Recent publications highlight a focus on catalysis and energy conversion topics, including:

  • Splicing the active phases of copper/cobalt-based catalysts achieves high-rate tandem electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia (2022, Nature Communications)
  • What Makes High-Entropy Alloys Exceptional Electrocatalysts? (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation (2022, Nature Catalysis)
  • Graphene-Based Metal-Organic Framework Hybrids for Applications in Catalysis, Environmental, and Energy Technologies (2022, Chemical Reviews)
  • Electrocatalysis as the Nexus for Sustainable Renewable Energy: The Gordian Knot of Activity, Stability, and Selectivity (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Best Publications

  • Co@Co3O4 Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotube-Grafted Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Polyhedra as an Advanced Bifunctional Oxygen Electrode.

    Arshad Aijaz;Justus Masa;Christoph Rösler;Wei Xia

  • Finding optimal surface sites on heterogeneous catalysts by counting nearest neighbors

    Federico Calle-Vallejo;Federico Calle-Vallejo;Jakub Tymoczko;Viktor Colic;Viktor Colic;Quang Huy Vu

  • Amorphous Cobalt Boride (Co2B) as a Highly Efficient Nonprecious Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Splitting: Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution

    Justus Masa;Philipp Weide;Daniel Peeters;Ilya Sinev

  • On the Role of Metals in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction.

    Justus Masa;Wei Xia;Martin Muhler;Wolfgang Schuhmann

  • Electrocatalytic Activity and Stability of Nitrogen-Containing Carbon Nanotubes in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Shankhamala Kundu;Tharamani Chikka Nagaiah;Wei Xia;Yuemin Wang

  • High current density "wired" quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase electrode

    Ling. Ye;Martin. Haemmerle;Arjen J. J. Olsthoorn;Wolfgang. Schuhmann

  • Mn(x)O(y)/NC and Co(x)O(y)/NC nanoparticles embedded in a nitrogen-doped carbon matrix for high-performance bifunctional oxygen electrodes.

    Justus Masa;Wei Xia;Ilya Sinev;Anqi Zhao

  • Enzymatic fuel cells: Recent progress

    Dónal Leech;Paul Kavanagh;Wolfgang Schuhmann

  • Electron Transfer between Glucose Oxidase and Electrodes via Redox Mediators Bound with Flexible Chains to the Enzyme Surface

    Wolfgang Schuhmann;Timothy J. Ohara;Hans Ludwig Schmidt;Adam Heller

  • Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural Using High-Surface-Area Nickel Boride.

    Stefan Barwe;Jonas Weidner;Steffen Cychy;Dulce M. Morales

  • Electron-transfer mechanisms in amperometric biosensors.

    K. Habermüller;M. Mosbach;W. Schuhmann

  • Ultrathin High Surface Area Nickel Boride (NixB) Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution

    Justus Masa;Ilya Sinev;Hemma Mistry;Hemma Mistry;Edgar Ventosa

  • A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation

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  • Graphene-Based Metal–Organic Framework Hybrids for Applications in Catalysis, Environmental, and Energy Technologies

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  • What makes high-entropy alloys exceptional electrocatalysts?

    Tobias Löffler;Alfred Ludwig;Jan Rossmeisl;Wolfgang Schuhmann

  • Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as a cathode catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline medium

    Tharamani C. Nagaiah;Shankhamala Kundu;Michael Bron;Martin Muhler

  • Discovery of a Multinary Noble Metal–Free Oxygen Reduction Catalyst

    Tobias Löffler;Hajo Meyer;Alan Savan;Patrick Wilde

  • Spinel Mn–Co Oxide in N-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst Synthesized by Oxidative Cutting

    Anqi Zhao;Justus Masa;Wei Xia;Artjom Maljusch

  • Trimetallic Mn-Fe-Ni Oxide Nanoparticles Supported on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as High-Performance Bifunctional ORR/OER Electrocatalyst in Alkaline Media

    Dulce M. Morales;Mariya A. Kazakova;Stefan Dieckhöfer;Alexander G. Selyutin

  • PtRu nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-doped multiwalled carbon nanotubes as catalyst for methanol electrooxidation

    Raghuram Chetty;Shankhamala Kundu;Wei Xia;Michael Bron

  • Nucleic acid hybridization on an electrically reconfigurable network of gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles enables microRNA detection in blood

    Roya Tavallaie;Joshua McCarroll;Marion Le Grand;Nicholas Ariotti

  • Fabrication and Characterization of Needle‐Type

    Bernardo Ballesteros Katemann;Wolfgang Schuhmann

  • Electrochemical Nanoprobes for Single-Cell Analysis

    Paolo Actis;Sergiy Tokar;Jan Clausmeyer;Babak Babakinejad

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Muhler
Martin Muhler Ruhr University Bochum
Justus Masa
Justus Masa Max Planck Society
Alfred Ludwig
Alfred Ludwig Ruhr University Bochum
Aliaksandr S. Bandarenka
Aliaksandr S. Bandarenka Technical University of Munich
Fabio La Mantia
Fabio La Mantia University of Bremen
Christine Kranz
Christine Kranz University of Ulm
Matthias Rögner
Matthias Rögner Ruhr University Bochum
Zhenyu Sun
Zhenyu Sun Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Sergey Shleev
Sergey Shleev Malmö University
Elisabeth Csöregi
Elisabeth Csöregi Lund University

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