OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Materials Chemistry A is 93. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A review on the recent advances in hybrid supercapacitors	491
Recent advances in transition-metal-sulfide-based bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting	328
C-, N-Vacancy defect engineered polymeric carbon nitride towards photocatalysis: viewpoints and challenges	320
High-performance lead-free bulk ceramics for electrical energy storage applications: design strategies and challenges	281
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) beyond crystallinity: amorphous MOFs, MOF liquids and MOF glasses	255
Recent progress of high-entropy materials for energy storage and conversion	255
Recent advances in highly active nanostructured NiFe LDH catalyst for electrochemical water splitting	230
A vast exploration of improvising synthetic strategies for enhancing the OER kinetics of LDH structures: a review	213
Advanced research trends in dye-sensitized solar cells	208
High-entropy alloys: emerging materials for advanced functional applications	202
Inverse desert beetle-like ZIF-8/PAN composite nanofibrous membrane for highly efficient separation of oil-in-water emulsions	193
Chemical supercapacitors: a review focusing on metallic compounds and conducting polymers	189
Advances in electromagnetic shielding properties of composite foams	185
Recent progress in ammonia fuel cells and their potential applications	184
Ti₃C₂T_x MXene for electrode materials of supercapacitors	184
Electrostatically self-assembled two-dimensional magnetized MXene/hollow Fe₃O₄ nanoparticle hybrids with high electromagnetic absorption performance and improved impendence match	178
Mo₂B₂ MBene-supported single-atom catalysts as bifunctional HER/OER and OER/ORR electrocatalysts	177
Advances in noble metal (Ru, Rh, and Ir) doping for boosting water splitting electrocatalysis	176
Recent progress in the development of biomass-derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon	169
Recent advances in cellulose-based piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting: a review	167
Deeply reconstructed hierarchical and defective NiOOH/FeOOH nanoboxes with accelerated kinetics for the oxygen evolution reaction	166
Recent advances in layered Ln₂NiO_4+δ nickelates: fundamentals and prospects of their applications in protonic ceramic fuel and electrolysis cells	155
Strategies of modifying spiro-OMeTAD materials for perovskite solar cells: a review	154
Multifunctional organic ammonium salt-modified SnO₂nanoparticles toward efficient and stable planar perovskite solar cells	149
A-site perovskite oxides: an emerging functional material for electrocatalysis and photocatalysis	148

Tin oxide for optoelectronic, photovoltaic and energy storage devices: a review	147
High-performance gas sensor array for indoor air quality monitoring: the role of Au nanoparticles on WO₃, SnO₂, and NiO-based gas sensors	147
Cyclic stability of supercapacitors: materials, energy storage mechanism, test methods, and device	145
Integrated transition metal and compounds with carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical water splitting	144
Advances in pseudocapacitive and battery-like electrode materials for high performance supercapacitors	142
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	142
Recent progress in self-healing polymers and hydrogels based on reversible dynamic B–O bonds: boronic/boronate esters, borax, and benzoxaborole	140
All-solid-state direct Z-scheme NiTiO₃/Cd_0.5Zn_0.5S heterostructures for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with visible light	139
Coordination tunes the activity and selectivity of the nitrogen reduction reaction on single-atom iron catalysts: a computational study	138
Defective/graphitic synergy in a heteroatom-interlinked-triggered metal-free electrocatalyst for high-performance rechargeable zinc–air batteries	138
Interface engineering of transitional metal sulfide–MoS₂ heterostructure composites as effective electrocatalysts for water-splitting	135
Gd-induced electronic structure engineering of a NiFe-layered double hydroxide for efficient oxygen evolution	134
High-efficiency overall alkaline seawater splitting: using a nickel–iron sulfide nanosheet array as a bifunctional electrocatalyst	134
Performance of metal–organic frameworks in the electrochemical sensing of environmental pollutants	133
Synthesis of core–shell Co@S-doped carbon@ mesoporous N-doped carbon nanosheets with a hierarchically porous structure for strong electromagnetic wave absorption	133
Recent progress of MXenes and MXene-based nanomaterials for the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction	129
Electrochemical integration of amorphous NiFe (oxy)hydroxides on surface-activated carbon fibers for high-efficiency oxygen evolution in alkaline anion exchange membrane water electrolysis	129
Recent advances in engineered metal oxide nanostructures for supercapacitor applications: experimental and theoretical aspects	128
Artemisinin-passivated mixed-cation perovskite films for durable flexible perovskite solar cells with over 21% efficiency	127
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%	126
Engineering defects in 2D g-C₃N₄ for wideband, efficient electromagnetic absorption at elevated temperature	126
Photoelectrochemical reduction of N₂ to NH₃ under ambient conditions through hierarchical MoSe₂@g-C₃N₄ heterojunctions	126
Rationally designed hierarchical N-doped carbon nanotubes wrapping waxberry-like Ni@C microspheres for efficient microwave absorption	126
Electrospinning nanofibers and nanomembranes for oil/water separation	124
Recent advances in photocatalytic degradation of plastics and plastic-derived chemicals	123
Uniform and dendrite-free zinc deposition enabled by in situ formed AgZn₃ for the zinc metal anode	122
Liquid metal-created macroporous composite hydrogels with self-healing ability and multiple sensations as artificial flexible sensors	121
Design of hollow carbon-based materials derived from metal–organic frameworks for electrocatalysis and electrochemical energy storage	119
A scalable and thin film approach for solar hydrogen generation: a review on enhanced photocatalytic water splitting	119
In situ nanoarchitecturing of conjugated polyamide network-derived carbon cathodes toward high energy-power Zn-ion capacitors	118
Self-aggregating cationic-chains enable alkaline stable ion-conducting channels for anion-exchange membrane fuel cells	118
Recent advances of hydrogel electrolytes in flexible energy storage devices	114
Commercialisation of high energy density sodium-ion batteries: Faradion's journey and outlook	113
Tuning the intrinsic catalytic activities of oxygen-evolution catalysts by doping: a comprehensive review	112
A novel Bi₂S₃/KTa_0.75Nb_0.25O₃nanocomposite with high efficiency for photocatalytic and piezocatalytic N₂fixation	111
Constructing a hollow microflower-like ZnS/CuS@C heterojunction as an effective ion-transport booster for an ultrastable and high-rate sodium storage anode	111
Seawater electrocatalysis: activity and selectivity	111
Oxygen vacancies in a catalyst for VOCs oxidation: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic effects	111
Current research situation and future prospect of superwetting smart oil/water separation materials	109
Recent progress in organic solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors: materials to devices	108
Innovative salt-blocking technologies of photothermal materials in solar-driven interfacial desalination	107
Amorphization engineered VSe_2−x nanosheets with abundant Se-vacancies for enhanced N₂ electroreduction	107
Semitransparent organic solar cells exhibiting 13.02% efficiency and 20.2% average visible transmittance	106
Vanadium-based cathodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries: from crystal structures, diffusion channels to storage mechanisms	106
Recent progress on the synthesis and oxygen reduction applications of Fe-based single-atom and double-atom catalysts	106
Recent progress in aqueous zinc-ion batteries: a deep insight into zinc metal anodes	105
Pt-on-Pd bimetallic nanodendrites stereoassembled on MXene nanosheets for use as high-efficiency electrocatalysts toward the methanol oxidation reaction	105
Well-defined Cu₂O photocatalysts for solar fuels and chemicals	104
Electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production in acidic media enabled by NiS₂ nanosheets	103
Progress and perspective of metal phosphide/carbon heterostructure anodes for rechargeable ion batteries	103

Nanoboxes endow non-noble-metal-based electrocatalysts with high efficiency for overall water splitting	102
Revisiting the MIL-101 metal–organic framework: design, synthesis, modifications, advances, and recent applications	102
Efficient single-atom Ni for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol	102
Recent advancement of biomass-derived porous carbon based materials for energy and environmental remediation applications	100
A cation selective separator induced cathode protective layer and regulated zinc deposition for zinc ion batteries	100
The role of electrode wettability in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide	100
Two-dimensional MXene-based flexible nanostructures for functional nanodevices: a review	99
Hybrid layered double hydroxides as multifunctional nanomaterials for overall water splitting and supercapacitor applications	99
Chemical etching induced microporous nickel backbones decorated with metallic Fe@hydroxide nanocatalysts: an efficient and sustainable OER anode toward industrial alkaline water-splitting	97
Highly tough, freezing-tolerant, healable and thermoplastic starch/poly(vinyl alcohol) organohydrogels for flexible electronic devices	96
Constructing an electron-rich interface over an Sb/Nb₂CT_x–MXene heterojunction for enhanced electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction	96
Unravelling the origin of bifunctional OER/ORR activity for single-atom catalysts supported on C₂N by DFT and machine learning	96
A branch-like Mo-doped Ni₃S₂ nanoforest as a high-efficiency and durable catalyst for overall urea electrolysis	95
The electronic structure of transition metal oxides for oxygen evolution reaction	95
Ti₃C₂MXene–polymer nanocomposites and their applications	94
Catalysts for CO₂ reforming of CH₄: a review	94
Steering the behavior of photogenerated carriers in semiconductor photocatalysts: a new insight and perspective	94
A highly stretchable strain sensor with both an ultralow detection limit and an ultrawide sensing range	94
NiCo₂O₄ nanosheets as a novel oxygen-evolution-reaction cocatalyst in situ bonded on the g-C₃N₄ photocatalyst for excellent overall water splitting	93
Novel two-dimensional crystalline carbon nitrides beyond g-C₃N₄: structure and applications	93
Janus biocomposite aerogels constituted of cellulose nanofibrils and MXenes for application as single-module solar-driven interfacial evaporators	93