OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Materials Chemistry A is 96. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A review on the recent advances in hybrid supercapacitors	505
Recent advances in transition-metal-sulfide-based bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting	337
C-, N-Vacancy defect engineered polymeric carbon nitride towards photocatalysis: viewpoints and challenges	326
High-performance lead-free bulk ceramics for electrical energy storage applications: design strategies and challenges	298
Recent progress of high-entropy materials for energy storage and conversion	272
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) beyond crystallinity: amorphous MOFs, MOF liquids and MOF glasses	263
Recent advances in highly active nanostructured NiFe LDH catalyst for electrochemical water splitting	237
A vast exploration of improvising synthetic strategies for enhancing the OER kinetics of LDH structures: a review	218
Advanced research trends in dye-sensitized solar cells	211
High-entropy alloys: emerging materials for advanced functional applications	210
Inverse desert beetle-like ZIF-8/PAN composite nanofibrous membrane for highly efficient separation of oil-in-water emulsions	196
Chemical supercapacitors: a review focusing on metallic compounds and conducting polymers	194
Advances in electromagnetic shielding properties of composite foams	191
Ti₃C₂T_x MXene for electrode materials of supercapacitors	189
Recent progress in ammonia fuel cells and their potential applications	189
Advances in noble metal (Ru, Rh, and Ir) doping for boosting water splitting electrocatalysis	186
Mo₂B₂ MBene-supported single-atom catalysts as bifunctional HER/OER and OER/ORR electrocatalysts	185
Electrostatically self-assembled two-dimensional magnetized MXene/hollow Fe₃O₄ nanoparticle hybrids with high electromagnetic absorption performance and improved impendence match	182
Recent progress in the development of biomass-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon	181
Recent advances in cellulose-based piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting: a review	176
Deeply reconstructed hierarchical and defective NiOOH/FeOOH nanoboxes with accelerated kinetics for the oxygen evolution reaction	170
Recent advances in layered Ln₂NiO_4+δ nickelates: fundamentals and prospects of their applications in protonic ceramic fuel and electrolysis cells	161
Tin oxide for optoelectronic, photovoltaic and energy storage devices: a review	157
Strategies of modifying spiro-OMeTAD materials for perovskite solar cells: a review	157
High-performance gas sensor array for indoor air quality monitoring: the role of Au nanoparticles on WO₃, SnO₂, and NiO-based gas sensors	156

Multifunctional organic ammonium salt-modified SnO₂nanoparticles toward efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells	155
Cyclic stability of supercapacitors: materials, energy storage mechanism, test methods, and device	154
A-site perovskite oxides: an emerging functional material for electrocatalysis and photocatalysis	152
Integrated transition metal and compounds with carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical water splitting	151
A time and resource efficient machine learning assisted design of non-fullerene small molecule acceptors for P3HT-based organic solar cells and green solvent selection	148
Advances in pseudocapacitive and battery-like electrode materials for high performance supercapacitors	147
Recent progress in self-healing polymers and hydrogels based on reversible dynamic B–O bonds: boronic/boronate esters, borax, and benzoxaborole	146
Coordination tunes the activity and selectivity of the nitrogen reduction reaction on single-atom iron catalysts: a computational study	141
All-solid-state direct Z-scheme NiTiO₃/Cd_0.5Zn_0.5S heterostructures for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with visible light	140
Gd-induced electronic structure engineering of a NiFe-layered double hydroxide for efficient oxygen evolution	139
Defective/graphitic synergy in a heteroatom-interlinked-triggered metal-free electrocatalyst for high-performance rechargeable zinc–air batteries	139
Synthesis of core–shell Co@S-doped carbon@ mesoporous N-doped carbon nanosheets with a hierarchically porous structure for strong electromagnetic wave absorption	139
Performance of metal–organic frameworks in the electrochemical sensing of environmental pollutants	137
High-efficiency overall alkaline seawater splitting: using a nickel–iron sulfide nanosheet array as a bifunctional electrocatalyst	137
Interface engineering of transitional metal sulfide–MoS₂ heterostructure composites as effective electrocatalysts for water-splitting	136
Recent progress of MXenes and MXene-based nanomaterials for the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction	132
Electrochemical integration of amorphous NiFe (oxy)hydroxides on surface-activated carbon fibers for high-efficiency oxygen evolution in alkaline anion exchange membrane water electrolysis	131
Recent advances in engineered metal oxide nanostructures for supercapacitor applications: experimental and theoretical aspects	130
Electrospinning nanofibers and nanomembranes for oil/water separation	130
Artemisinin-passivated mixed-cation perovskite films for durable flexible perovskite solar cells with over 21% efficiency	129
Engineering defects in 2D g-C₃N₄ for wideband, efficient electromagnetic absorption at elevated temperature	129
Machine learning and molecular dynamics simulation-assisted evolutionary design and discovery pipeline to screen efficient small molecule acceptors for PTB7-Th-based organic solar cells with over 15%	129
Recent advances in photocatalytic degradation of plastics and plastic-derived chemicals	127
Rationally designed hierarchical N-doped carbon nanotubes wrapping waxberry-like Ni@C microspheres for efficient microwave absorption	126
Photoelectrochemical reduction of N₂ to NH₃ under ambient conditions through hierarchical MoSe₂@g-C₃N₄ heterojunctions	126
Liquid metal-created macroporous composite hydrogels with self-healing ability and multiple sensations as artificial flexible sensors	126
Uniform and dendrite-free zinc deposition enabled by in situ formed AgZn₃ for the zinc metal anode	124
Self-aggregating cationic-chains enable alkaline stable ion-conducting channels for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells	122
A scalable and thin film approach for solar hydrogen generation: a review on enhanced photocatalytic water splitting	122
Design of hollow carbon-based materials derived from metal–organic frameworks for electrocatalysis and electrochemical energy storage	121
Commercialisation of high energy density sodium-ion batteries: Faradion's journey and outlook	120
Oxygen vacancies in a catalyst for VOCs oxidation: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic effects	119
In situ nanoarchitecturing of conjugated polyamide network-derived carbon cathodes toward high energy-power Zn-ion capacitors	119
Recent advances of hydrogel electrolytes in flexible energy storage devices	117
Seawater electrocatalysis: activity and selectivity	117
Tuning the intrinsic catalytic activities of oxygen-evolution catalysts by doping: a comprehensive review	115
A novel Bi₂S₃/KTa_0.75Nb_0.25O₃nanocomposite with high efficiency for photocatalytic and piezocatalytic N₂fixation	114
Current research situation and future prospect of superwetting smart oil/water separation materials	114
Constructing a hollow microflower-like ZnS/CuS@C heterojunction as an effective ion-transport booster for an ultrastable and high-rate sodium storage anode	114
Recent progress in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors: materials to devices	111
Recent progress on the synthesis and oxygen reduction applications of Fe-based single-atom and double-atom catalysts	108
Pt-on-Pd bimetallic nanodendrites stereoassembled on MXene nanosheets for use as high-efficiency electrocatalysts toward the methanol oxidation reaction	108
Revisiting the MIL-101 metal–organic framework: design, synthesis, modifications, advances, and recent applications	107
Amorphization engineered VSe_2−x nanosheets with abundant Se-vacancies for enhanced N₂ electroreduction	107
Innovative salt-blocking technologies of photothermal materials in solar-driven interfacial desalination	107
Recent advancement of biomass-derived porous carbon based materials for energy and environmental remediation applications	107
Semitransparent organic solar cells exhibiting 13.02% efficiency and 20.2% average visible transmittance	107
Nanoboxes endow non-noble-metal-based electrocatalysts with high efficiency for overall water splitting	106
Progress and perspective of metal phosphide/carbon heterostructure anodes for rechargeable ion batteries	106
The role of electrode wettability in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide	106

Vanadium-based cathodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries: from crystal structures, diffusion channels to storage mechanisms	106
Well-defined Cu₂O photocatalysts for solar fuels and chemicals	106
Recent progress in aqueous zinc-ion batteries: a deep insight into zinc metal anodes	105
Electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production in acidic media enabled by NiS₂ nanosheets	104
Hybrid layered double hydroxides as multifunctional nanomaterials for overall water splitting and supercapacitor applications	103
Efficient single-atom Ni for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol	103
Chemical etching induced microporous nickel backbones decorated with metallic Fe@hydroxide nanocatalysts: an efficient and sustainable OER anode toward industrial alkaline water-splitting	102
Cu clusters/TiO_2−x with abundant oxygen vacancies for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia	100
A cation selective separator induced cathode protective layer and regulated zinc deposition for zinc ion batteries	100
Two-dimensional MXene-based flexible nanostructures for functional nanodevices: a review	100
A highly stretchable strain sensor with both an ultralow detection limit and an ultrawide sensing range	100
Unravelling the origin of bifunctional OER/ORR activity for single-atom catalysts supported on C₂N by DFT and machine learning	99
Constructing an electron-rich interface over an Sb/Nb₂CT_x–MXene heterojunction for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction	99
Fluoride ion batteries – past, present, and future	99
Highly tough, freezing-tolerant, healable and thermoplastic starch/poly(vinyl alcohol) organohydrogels for flexible electronic devices	98
A branch-like Mo-doped Ni₃S₂ nanoforest as a high-efficiency and durable catalyst for overall urea electrolysis	98
The electronic structure of transition metal oxides for oxygen evolution reaction	98
Steering the behavior of photogenerated carriers in semiconductor photocatalysts: a new insight and perspective	97
Two-dimensional transition metal phosphorous trichalcogenides (MPX₃): a review on emerging trends, current state and future perspectives	97
Boosting the Zn-ion transfer kinetics to stabilize the Zn metal interface for high-performance rechargeable Zn-ion batteries	97
Recent advances in 2D MXenes: preparation, intercalation and applications in flexible devices	96
Catalysts for CO₂ reforming of CH₄: a review	96