Materials Chemistry Frontiers

Papers
(The median citation count of Materials Chemistry Frontiers is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Violet light excitable organic halides with short ∼ns emissions for multiple optoelectronic applications234
C 4 N quantum dots/g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets organic158
In situ construction of vertically aligned AlN skeletons for enhancing the thermal conductivity of stearic acid-based phase-change composites154
Isolation strategy for a novel luminescent Eu 3+ -pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid complex with high compatibility and stability for light-conversion a139
Direct styrene hydrogenation on a metal-free boron–nitrogen doped carbon catalyst138
The role of single copper atoms in enhancing the photocatalytic activity of carbon nitride for selective oxidation136
Advances and challenges in symmetrical solid oxide electrolysis cells: materials development and resource utilization135
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Colloidal fluorine-doped ZnO quantum dots: the synergistic action of atomic doping and growth conditions directs fluorescence and photoactivity131
Solvent-free isomerization of trialkoxy-heptazine derivatives featuring efficient intermolecular rearrangements114
An assembled ternary photocatalyst CoPh/CdSe@TiO2 for simultaneous photocatalytic CO 2 and proton reduction112
Tuning the exchange-coupling effect in raspberry-like γ-Fe 2 O 3 @CoO nanoparticles engineered thr110
Coordinated water molecule-induced solid-state superprotonic conduction by a highly scalable and pH-stable coordination polymer (CP)110
An in situ -fabricated p-Co 3 O 4 @n-ZnO surface he107
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Deep-red/NIR AIEgens based on electron-withdrawing dithiafulvalene-fused benzothiadiazole for solution-processed non-doped OLEDs96
Dimension-dependent intrinsic point defect characteristics of binary photovoltaic materials93
Influence of the pendant substituent at the C1 position of a spirobifluorene scaffold on the electronic properties89
Molecular structure effects on the mechanisms of corrosion protection of model epoxy coatings on metals86
Advances and strategies of electrolyte regulation in Zn-ion batteries85
Recent advances in trifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn–air batteries and water splitting83
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Bandgap engineering via halide mixing in aziridinium lead perovskites: towards tunable quantum dots77
Non-precious metal-based catalysts for water electrolysis to produce H 2 under industrial conditions76
An in situ synthesized manganese ferrite@4-hydroxy mandelic acid composite for removal of lead ions and Congo red75
Benchmarking HOMO–LUMO gaps in stacked PAHs75
Temperature-induced helix inversion in naphthyl-based cholesteric liquid crystals72
Recent advances in MXenes: a promising 2D material for photocatalysis70
Multicolor 3D afterglow structures with high precision and ultralong lifetimes based on carbazole-doped photocurable resins69
Decoupled rigid–flexible synergistic assembly in robust hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks for directional proton transport68
Boosting the catalytic performance of metalloporphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks via coordination engineering for CO 267
One arrow two eagles: design and synthesis of “all-in-one” nanoscale Cu-IR825 nanoparticles for photothermally augmented chemodynamic therapy67
Advances in polymer electrolytes for solid-state zinc–air batteries67
Iridium-based electrocatalysts for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction: engineering strategies to enhance the activity and stability65
Emergence of Ruddlesden–Popper phases and other pitfalls for moderate temperature solution deposited chalcogenide perovskites63
Interfacing chemistry and materials for heavy metal ion sensing: mechanistic foundations and adaptive design strategies63
Multifunctional nanomicelles constructed via an aggregation and de-aggregation strategy for magnetic resonance/NIR II fluorescence imaging-guided type I 61
B-site cation sequencing in SrMnO 3 using iron for zinc–air battery electrocatalysis: a structural evaluation61
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Rare earth-based MOFs for photo/electrocatalysis61
FeNi 3 nanoparticles for electrocatalytic synthesis of urea from carbon dioxide and nitrate61
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Energetic bi-diazole ‘transformers’ toward high-energy thermostable energetic compounds57
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A post-synthetically modified porous organic polymer for photocatalytic water purification56
Pd@CN-COF: a pool for palladium(0)-catalyzed reactions54
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Fabrication strategies for high quality halide perovskite films in solar cells53
Oxygen vacancy regulation in an Ag-decorated CeO 2 hollow multishelled structure for bacterial elimination and oxidative stress alleviation53
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Nano-based theranostic approaches for infection control: current status and perspectives52
Programmable folding kinetics in single-composition hydrogel actuators via UV-induced microphase separation52
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Tunable exchange bias in Hofmann MOF-derived α-Fe 2 O 3 /Pt magnetic composites52
Correction: Interfacial engineering between SnO 2 /MAPbI 3 by maleate pheniramine halides toward c50
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Laser-induced fluorine-containing coating on zinc anode surface for regulated Zn(002) deposition48
Conjugated D–π–A photovoltaic polymers containing thieno[3,2- b ]thiophene π-bridge48
Template-assisted synthesis of amorphous NiFeCuO x arrays for efficient anion-exchange membrane wa48
Raising the operating temperature of layered perovskite phase-change materials beyond 100 °C via alkylammonium extension47
Recent progress in heteroatom doping to modulate the coordination environment of M–N–C catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction47
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Engineered MOF-5-based nanocomposites for advanced tumor combinational therapy by ultrasound/laser actuation: a comparison of anti-tumor elucidations47
Electrochemical kinetics and energy storage performance of 3D hierarchical CuFeS 2 @rGO micro-flower electrodes47
Fragment to framework: automatic fragmentation of covalent organic frameworks into building blocks for band gap analysis46
Influence of CeO 2 support morphology on the structural and NO 2 46
Functional conductive hydrogels: from performance to flexible sensor applications46
Isomeric effect of naphthyl spacers on structures and properties of isostructural porous crystalline frameworks46
Self-assembled molecules as selective contacts for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells46
Rational design and application of electrocatalysts based on transition metal selenides for water splitting46
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MXene composite with Ni/Co sulfide for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction45
Steering the luminescence of donor–acceptor materials by regioisomerism of triazole linkers44
Large-pore mesoporous silica: template design, thin film preparation and biomolecule infiltration44
Single atom embedded ZnO monolayers as bifunctional electrocatalysts for the ORR/OER: a machine learning-assisted DFT study44
New heater@luminescent thermometer nano-objects: Prussian blue core@silica shell loaded with a β-diketonate Tb 3+ /Eu 3+44
Optimizing strong metal–support interaction on cobalt phosphide-supported Ru single atom catalyst for highly-efficient hydrogen evolution reaction43
Performance enhancement by additional donors in D–A–D′ type thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials43
Cobalt–platinum intermetallic composite loaded on pyridinic N-enriched carbon for acidic hydrogen evolution catalysis with ultralow overpotential43
Ion pair organic frameworks based on multitopic ultracycles for efficient iodine absorption43
Dual-mode regulation of microbial cell membrane permeability for an enhanced microbial cuproptosis-like death pathway42
Self-supporting Fe 7 S 8 microsphere/N-doped carbonized silk textile for high-performance sodium-i41
Anti-freezing multifunctional conductive hydrogels: from structure design to flexible electronic devices41
Humidity-tolerant selective sensing of hydrogen and n -butanol using ZIF-8 coated CuO:Al film41
Transition metal ion-doped cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals: doping strategies and luminescence design41
Intercluster charge ordering in monoclinic and triclinic Ba–Mo-based hollandite phases40
Restricting intramolecular motion converts non-fluorescent semicroconaine dyes into turn-on aggregation-induced emission probes40
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Recent advances in regulating the excited states of conjugated thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers for high-efficiency OLEDs40
Rise of wood-based catalytic electrodes for large-scale hydrogen production39
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Structural design and functional characterization of dicationic pyrazolium salts as organic ionic plastic crystals39
Gold( i ) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with tunable electronic properties for sensitive colorimetric detection of glutathione39
Accelerating the development of electrocatalysts for electrochemical nitrogen fixation through theoretical and computational approaches39
Acetylene bridged alkoxyphenanthrene and triarylamine-based triads for low threshold voltage with high mobility OFETs38
Releasing trapped excitons in 2D perovskites via pressure annealing: a cooperative interplay between lattice strain and the electronic structure38
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of ShanghaiTech University38
Bridging the inter-grain charge transport via organic semiconductors for high-performance thickness-insensitive perovskite solar cells38
Conductive hydrogels as an “innovative healer” for the treatment of diabetic wounds38
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Competitive coordination and Lewis-base interactions of amines in supertetrahedral cluster-based materials by a controllable naked T3-InS precursor method: from isolated clusters with various substitu37
Coordination environment engineering of single-atom catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction37
Synthesis of small-sized intermetallic PtCo fuel cell catalysts by promoting inner surface utilization of carbon supports36
Blue emitters with various electron-donors attached to the 9-phenyl-9-phosphafluorene oxide (PhFIOP) moiety and their thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) behavior36
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Highly effective DPA-SCP sonosensitizers for biofilm removal in infected root canals via sonodynamic therapy36
Recent advances in two-dimensional MXenes for zinc-ion batteries36
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The progress of in situ technology for lithium metal batteries36
High quantum yield NIR emission via charge transfer states in buckybowl-TPA based D–A systems36
Rational design and progress of molybdenum-oxo clusters36
“Delocalized π-bond” guided pyramidal nanocrystal superstructures for excellent light trapping in SERS35
Emerging metal–organic framework-based materials for photocatalytic nitrogen reduction reactions35
Efficient separation of xylene isomers by nonporous adaptive crystals of hybrid[3]arene in both vapor and liquid phases35
Mechanistic insights into PFOS and PFOA adsorption on acid-resistant MgTiO 334
Multifaceted luminescence in lanthanide-activated microrods for advanced multicolor anti-counterfeiting34
Reviving and upgrading storage-degraded nickel-rich cathodes via solid-state electrolyte coating34
Polymer-based electrolytes for solid-state lithium batteries with a wide operating temperature range34
Red-light controlled supramolecular assemblies of N , N ′-diarylindigo amphiphiles for soft robotic actuat34
Application of MOF-derived materials as electrocatalysts for CO 2 conversion34
Development of polymeric aptamer probes for in vivo continuous precision cancer targeting34
Tuning the charge stabilization and transport in naphthalimide-based semiconductors via a fused-ring and core-engineering strategy34
Revisiting the anti-heavy-atom effect: absence of halogen-based bonding and lack of enhanced aggregation-induced emission in bromine-substituted tetraphenylethylene derivatives33
Tetrazine-derived chromones as conditionally activated solvatochromic fluorescent probes for dual imaging of lipid droplets and mitochondria33
Advances on multi-stimuli-responsive liquid crystal elastomers33
Preparation of organic compound/g-C 3 N 4 composites and their applications in photocatalysis33
Developing piezochromic luminescent materials via regioselective cyanation of naphthalimide–cyanostilbene derivatives33
Phosphate-based polyanionic insertion materials for oxygen electrocatalysis33
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Recent advances in aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-based chemosensors for the detection of organic small molecules33
Recent advances in functional electronic devices enabled by two-dimensional covalent organic framework films32
Pore-wall functionalization of covalent organic framework palladium catalysts boosts the multicomponent reaction of CO 232
On-surface gold-catalyzed hydroamination/cyclization reaction of alkynes31
Machine learning-driven breakthroughs in water electrolysis and supercapacitors31
A novel photoswitchable AIE-active supramolecular photosensitizer with synergistic enhancement of ROS-generation ability constructed by a two-step sequential FRET process31
Lessons learned: how to report XPS data incorrectly about lead-halide perovskites31
A stable pyridone-based hydrogen-bonded organic framework for electrochemical detection of dopamine31
Manufacturing strategies for metal organic framework-based membrane electrode assemblies in electrolyzers31
Harnessing solar energy with NH 4 Cl-doped hole transport layers in inverted perovskite solar cells31
Disentangling molecular and macroscopic motion in a salient solvate31
Two hydrated ionic cocrystals of phenylphosphonate exhibiting second-harmonic generation and proton conductivity30
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NIR-II light-response porphyrin-heptazine-based conjugated organic polymers for highly efficient photooxidation30
Frame-guided assembly: a bioinspired strategy for precise control of amphiphilic morphology30
Construction of a NiFe-LDH catalyst with a three-dimensional unified gas diffusion layer structure via a facile acid etching route for the oxygen evoluti30
Sub-nanometric materials for hydrogen evolution reaction30
Customization of cloud temperature in amphiphilic π-systems by photoisomerization and supramolecular co-assembly for smart window applications29
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A structurally engineered flower shaped magnetic hierarchical sorbent for rapid and selective uptake of Pb 2+ ions from water samples29
Atomically dispersed Fe/Co–N–C and their composites for proton exchange membrane fuel cells29
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Perovskite-inspired low-dimensional hybrid azetidinium bismuth halides: [(CH 2 ) 3 NH 29
Color-tunable, high-dissymmetry circularly polarized phosphorescence in chiral nematic phases: self-assembly, energy transfer, and handedness inversion29
Highly stable electrofluorochromic switching of aggregation-induced emission-active conjugated polymers28
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Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 202428
Sustainable bio-based active packaging films: enhancing chitosan with gallic acid-loaded nanoparticles28
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Fullerene-derived nanocomposite as an efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting and Zn–air battery28
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Constructing vertically aligned ZIF-67 microrod arrays on carbon cloth with commercial-level mass-loading for high-performance supercapacitors27
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Oxygen vacancy-mediated Bi–CuO x heterostructure for enhanced electrochemical nitrate-to-ammonia p27
Naphthalenediimide-carbonylpyridiniums: stable six electron acceptors for organic cathodes27
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Contributors to the Materials Chemistry Frontiers Emerging Investigator Series 202426
Laser irradiation-induced two-photon photolysis of sulfates for photoluminescent sulfur quantum dots26
Exciplex-induced TADF, persistent RTP and ML in a host–guest doping system26
Recent developments in transition metal-based MOFs for electrocatalytic water splitting emphasizing fundamental and structural aspects26
Current material design strategies on the copper chalcogenide cathodes for rechargeable magnesium batteries: a review26
Metal porphyrins and metal phthalocyanines as designable molecular model electrocatalysts26
Flexible TADF-based organic X-ray scintillating films for high-resolution imaging26
Novel self-assembling cyclic peptides with reversible supramolecular nanostructures26
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Dual-functionalized graphitic carbon nitride for high-performance broadband light-emitting diodes25
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Molecular regioisomerism: an advantageous strategy for optimizing two-photon absorption performance of organic chromophores25
Salt-inclusion sulfides [K 4 Cl][M II 11 In 25
Integrated theoretical and experimental study of boron antimonide: structural, optical, and thermoelectric properties25
Theoretical insights into the rational design of small organic phototheranostic agents for promoting image-guided cancer surgery25
Recent advances in polymer-modified poly(lactic acid) for tissue engineering applications25
Metal–organic framework-based SERS sensing platforms for life and health detection24
Surface engineering in CsPbX 3 quantum dots: from materials to solar cells24
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Zero-dimensional indium hybrids and modulated photoluminescence by Sb doping24
Conformation-determined emission enhancement of phenothiazine derivatives under high pressure24
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Narrowband emission: organic thermally-activated delayed fluorescence materials and underlying mechanisms24
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Conjugation-interrupted polyimides with amplified local electric fields for SF 6 /N 2 separation24
Porous yet densely packed metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward ultrastable oxygen evolution at practical current densities23
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Accelerating corrosion of iron foam enables a bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting23
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Polyoxometalate-derived bimetallic catalysts for the nitrogen reduction reaction23
A scalable kinetic Monte Carlo platform for charge transport dynamics in polymer-based memristive systems23
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Photoinduced electron transfer endows fluorogenicity in tetrazine-based near-infrared labels22
Basics of the scanning electrochemical microscope and its application in the characterization of lithium-ion batteries: a brief review22
Nonpolar graphene oxide (GO-NP): a heterogeneous liquid crystalline alignment medium for anisotropic NMR in nonpolar organic solvents22
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Recent progress in borate-based short-wavelength nonlinear optical crystals with boron–oxygen skeleton modification22
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Correlation between the horizontal transition dipole moment and luminescence properties of dopants in organic light-emitting diodes22
A synergetic model for implementing single-component white-light emission: a case study of zero-dimensional cadmium halides22
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Scope and significance of transition metal oxide nanomaterials for next-generation Li-ion batteries22
Rational design of amphiphilic BODIPY-based photosensitizers for multimodal imaging-guided phototherapy22
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What determines the iodine oxidation reaction kinetics in halide perovskite solar cells?22
Gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassay for the rapid detection of flutriafol residues in food22
Fast-charging batteries based on dual-halogen solid-state electrolytes22
Oxygen vacancy in Li-rich Mn-based cathode materials: origination, influence, regulation and characterization22
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Recent progress in bimetallic carbide-based electrocatalysts for water splitting21
A new layered kagome strip structure Na 2 Co 3 (AsO 4 21
Encapsulating nickel sulfide nanoparticles within porous carbon nanocages for sodium-ion batteries21
Self-powered sucrose detection using a superhydrophobic liquid–solid triboelectric nanogenerator21
Self-supporting Fe,Co co-doped Ni 3 S 2 nanosheet arrays as advanced bifunctional electrocatalysts21
Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 202521
Design and synthesis of anisotropic crystals with π -conjugated rings toward giant birefringence21
Acceptor–donor–acceptor based thermally activated delayed fluorescent materials: structure–property insights and electroluminescence performances20
Progress of polyethersulfone composites and their applications in biomedical engineering20
Recent advances in key components of proton exchange membrane water electrolysers20
Cation doping engineering of metal halide perovskites for high-energy X-ray exploration20
Diblock copolymer micelles with patches in polyhedral configurations mimicking atomic valence structures20
Boosting charge transfer in Au-decorated B/K co-doped CN nanosheets towards enhanced photocatalytic CO 2 reduction20
Hybridization of MXene and covalent organic frameworks as electroactive materials for Li–S batteries and oxygen electrocatalysis20
Bimetallic Ni–Co selenide heterostructure aerogel for highly efficient overall water splitting20
Recent advances in the synthesis and catalytic applications of metal–organic framework/covalent organic framework composites20
Fabrication of Cu nanoparticles@MOF composites via partial pyrolysis of hybrid dual-MOFs for high-efficiency electrocatalytic nitrate reduction20
High-entropy catalysts: new opportunities toward excellent catalytic activities20
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Dynamic display of cell targeting motifs via natural glycopeptide recognition for cancer cell isolation19
Self-healing hybrids via dual noncovalent networks using urethane/imidazole–zinc functionalized silsesquioxane nanoparticles19
First-principles modelling of circularly polarized luminescence in one-handed helical ladder polymers19
Dopant-mediated carrier tunneling in short-channel two-dimensional transistors19
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