Materials Chemistry Frontiers

Papers
(The TQCC of Materials Chemistry Frontiers is 14. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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Molecular structure effects on the mechanisms of corrosion protection of model epoxy coatings on metals213
Design and preparation of glassy molecular precursors by adjusting molecular structures for facile processing of high-performance polymers179
Solvent-free isomerization of trialkoxy-heptazine derivatives featuring efficient intermolecular rearrangements137
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Tuning the exchange-coupling effect in raspberry-like γ-Fe2O3@CoO nanoparticles engineered through the single variation of the surfactant concentration in the synthesis process119
C4N quantum dots/g-C3N4 nanosheets organic homogeneous structure self-assembly for efficient charge separation and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution110
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Multicolor 3D afterglow structures with high precision and ultralong lifetimes based on carbazole-doped photocurable resins86
A tris-tetrazole based nanostructured soft material: studies on self-healing, AIEE, and rheological and fluorometric detection of 3-aminopyridine86
An assembled ternary photocatalyst CoPh/CdSe@TiO2 for simultaneous photocatalytic CO2and proton reduction83
Design of planar-zigzag semiconducting polymers to control chain orientation and electronic structure for organic photovoltaics83
Colloidal fluorine-doped ZnO quantum dots: the synergistic action of atomic doping and growth conditions directs fluorescence and photoactivity82
Boosting the catalytic performance of metalloporphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks via coordination engineering for CO2 and O2 reduction78
In situ construction of vertically aligned AlN skeletons for enhancing the thermal conductivity of stearic acid-based phase-change composites77
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An in situ synthesized manganese ferrite@4-hydroxy mandelic acid composite for removal of lead ions and Congo red72
B-site cation sequencing in SrMnO 3 using iron for zinc–air battery electrocatalysis: a structural evaluation70
Violet light excitable organic halides with short ∼ns emissions for multiple optoelectronic applications70
Dimension-dependent intrinsic point defect characteristics of binary photovoltaic materials68
Advances in polymer electrolytes for solid-state zinc–air batteries68
Influence of the pendant substituent at the C1 position of a spirobifluorene scaffold on the electronic properties68
Recent advances in trifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn–air batteries and water splitting67
Temperature-induced helix inversion in naphthyl-based cholesteric liquid crystals67
Deep-red/NIR AIEgens based on electron-withdrawing dithiafulvalene-fused benzothiadiazole for solution-processed non-doped OLEDs66
Non-precious metal-based catalysts for water electrolysis to produce H2 under industrial conditions62
Iridium-based electrocatalysts for the acidic oxygen evolution reaction: engineering strategies to enhance the activity and stability61
Advances and strategies of electrolyte regulation in Zn-ion batteries60
Isolation strategy for a novel luminescent Eu3+-pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid complex with high compatibility and stability for light-conversion agricultural films58
Recent advances in MXenes: a promising 2D material for photocatalysis57
Anin situ-fabricated p-Co3O4@n-ZnO surface heterojunction photocatalyst for solar-to-fuel conversion of CO257
Emergence of Ruddlesden–Popper phases and other pitfalls for moderate temperature solution deposited chalcogenide perovskites57
Coordinated water molecule-induced solid-state superprotonic conduction by a highly scalable and pH-stable coordination polymer (CP)56
Direct styrene hydrogenation on a metal-free boron–nitrogen doped carbon catalyst56
The role of single copper atoms in enhancing the photocatalytic activity of carbon nitride for selective oxidation55
Rare earth-based MOFs for photo/electrocatalysis53
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FeNi3 nanoparticles for electrocatalytic synthesis of urea from carbon dioxide and nitrate53
Advances and challenges in symmetrical solid oxide electrolysis cells: materials development and resource utilization53
Bifunctional NiFe LDH as a piezoelectric nanogenerator and asymmetric pseudo-supercapacitor53
Performance enhancement by additional donors in D–A–D′ type thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials52
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New heater@luminescent thermometer nano-objects: Prussian blue core@silica shell loaded with a β-diketonate Tb3+/Eu3+ complex52
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A post-synthetically modified porous organic polymer for photocatalytic water purification51
Control of near-infrared dye fluorescence lifetime in all-polymer microcavities51
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Correction: Interfacial engineering between SnO2/MAPbI3 by maleate pheniramine halides toward carbon counter electrode-based perovskite solar cells with 16.21% efficiency49
Isomeric effect of naphthyl spacers on structures and properties of isostructural porous crystalline frameworks48
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Single atom embedded ZnO monolayers as bifunctional electrocatalysts for the ORR/OER: a machine learning-assisted DFT study43
Molecular engineering of organic small-molecule photothermal agents by changing the donor group for photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging of tumors43
Optimizing strong metal–support interaction on cobalt phosphide-supported Ru single atom catalyst for highly-efficient hydrogen evolution reaction43
Self-supporting Fe7S8 microsphere/N-doped carbonized silk textile for high-performance sodium-ion batteries43
Dual-mode regulation of microbial cell membrane permeability for an enhanced microbial cuproptosis-like death pathway43
Multifunctional nanomicelles constructed via an aggregation and de-aggregation strategy for magnetic resonance/NIR II fluorescence imaging-guided type I 42
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Cobalt–platinum intermetallic composite loaded on pyridinic N-enriched carbon for acidic hydrogen evolution catalysis with ultralow overpotential42
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A modifiable double donor based on bis(N-ethyl-N-hydroxyethyl)aniline for organic optical nonlinear chromophores41
New aggregation-induced delayed fluorescent materials for efficient OLEDs with high stabilities of emission color and efficiency41
Laser-induced fluorine-containing coating on zinc anode surface for regulated Zn(002) deposition41
Steering the luminescence of donor–acceptor materials by regioisomerism of triazole linkers40
Large-pore mesoporous silica: template design, thin film preparation and biomolecule infiltration40
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Thermally crosslinkable second-order nonlinear optical polymer networks: high stability, good transparency, and large second-order nonlinear optical effects40
Fragment to framework: automatic fragmentation of covalent organic frameworks into building blocks for band gap analysis40
Transition metal ion-doped cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals: doping strategies and luminescence design40
MXene composite with Ni/Co sulfide for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction39
Liquid-crystalline perylene bisimide derivatives bearing an azacrown ether ring complexing with alkaline metal ions39
Functional conductive hydrogels: from performance to flexible sensor applications39
Raising the operating temperature of layered perovskite phase-change materials beyond 100 °C via alkylammonium extension39
Structure-performance interplay of rhodium-based catalysts for syngas conversion to ethanol39
All-weather-available electrothermal and solar–thermal wood-derived porous carbon-based steam generators for highly efficient water purification39
Humidity-tolerant selective sensing of hydrogen and n -butanol using ZIF-8 coated CuO:Al film39
Energetic bi-diazole ‘transformers’ toward high-energy thermostable energetic compounds38
Nano-based theranostic approaches for infection control: current status and perspectives38
A flexible, rapid response, hybrid inorganic–organic SnSe2–PEDOT:PSS bulk heterojunction based high-performance broadband photodetector38
Structure–property relationship on insertion of fluorine- versus nitrogen substituents in wide bandgap polymer donors for non-fullerene solar cells: an interesting case study38
Fabrication strategies for high quality halide perovskite films in solar cells38
Recent progress in heteroatom doping to modulate the coordination environment of M–N–C catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction37
Conjugated D–π–A photovoltaic polymers containing thieno[3,2-b]thiophene π-bridge37
Rational design and application of electrocatalysts based on transition metal selenides for water splitting37
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of ShanghaiTech University37
Self-assembled molecules as selective contacts for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells37
Influence of CeO2 support morphology on the structural and NO2RR performance of CeO2@Au catalyst37
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
Intercluster charge ordering in monoclinic and triclinic Ba–Mo-based hollandite phases36
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Conductive hydrogels as an “innovative healer” for the treatment of diabetic wounds36
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Fully π-conjugated, diyne-linked covalent organic frameworks formed via alkyne–alkyne cross-coupling reaction35
Recent advances in regulating the excited states of conjugated thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers for high-efficiency OLEDs35
Polymer-based electrolytes for solid-state lithium batteries with a wide operating temperature range35
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Rise of wood-based catalytic electrodes for large-scale hydrogen production35
Accelerating the development of electrocatalysts for electrochemical nitrogen fixation through theoretical and computational approaches35
Spiro-configured dibenzosuberene compounds as deep-blue emitters for organic light-emitting diodes with a CIEy of 0.0434
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Blue emitters with various electron-donors attached to the 9-phenyl-9-phosphafluorene oxide (PhFIOP) moiety and their thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) behavior33
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Rational design and progress of molybdenum-oxo clusters32
Red-light controlled supramolecular assemblies of N , N ′-diarylindigo amphiphiles for soft robotic actuat32
Anti-freezing multifunctional conductive hydrogels: from structure design to flexible electronic devices32
The progress of in situ technology for lithium metal batteries32
Acetylene bridged alkoxyphenanthrene and triarylamine-based triads for low threshold voltage with high mobility OFETs32
Experimental and theoretical investigation on the ORR activity of AgVO332
Tuning the charge stabilization and transport in naphthalimide-based semiconductors via a fused-ring and core-engineering strategy32
Highly effective DPA-SCP sonosensitizers for biofilm removal in infected root canals via sonodynamic therapy32
The novel dual-category active sites of NiCoP/CoP as high-performance electrocatalyst for urea electrolysis and synergistic hydrogen production32
Synthesis of small-sized intermetallic PtCo fuel cell catalysts by promoting inner surface utilization of carbon supports31
Binder-free 3D SnO2-based nanocomposite anode with high areal capacity for advanced sodium-ion batteries31
Gold(i) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with tunable electronic properties for sensitive colorimetric detection of glutathione31
Restricting intramolecular motion converts non-fluorescent semicroconaine dyes into turn-on aggregation-induced emission probes31
Bridging the inter-grain charge transportviaorganic semiconductors for high-performance thickness-insensitive perovskite solar cells31
Developing piezochromic luminescent materials via regioselective cyanation of naphthalimide–cyanostilbene derivatives31
Achieving the highest density and energy within diazo-oxide compounds31
Development of polymeric aptamer probes for in vivo continuous precision cancer targeting31
Structural design and functional characterization of dicationic pyrazolium salts as organic ionic plastic crystals31
Releasing trapped excitons in 2D perovskites via pressure annealing: a cooperative interplay between lattice strain and the electronic structure30
Multifaceted luminescence in lanthanide-activated microrods for advanced multicolor anti-counterfeiting30
Facile fabrication of carbon microtube arrays from waste wood for use as self-supporting supercapacitor electrodes30
Recent advances in two-dimensional MXenes for zinc-ion batteries30
A perylene diimide-based fluorescent probe for the selective detection of hypochlorite in living cells30
Recent advances in aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-based chemosensors for the detection of organic small molecules30
Application of MOF-derived materials as electrocatalysts for CO2 conversion30
Efficient separation of xylene isomers by nonporous adaptive crystals of hybrid[3]arene in both vapor and liquid phases30
3D printed cellulose based product applications30
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Constructing strategies for hierarchically porous MOFs with different pore sizes and applications in adsorption and catalysis29
Tetrazine-derived chromones as conditionally activated solvatochromic fluorescent probes for dual imaging of lipid droplets and mitochondria29
A structurally engineered flower shaped magnetic hierarchical sorbent for rapid and selective uptake of Pb2+ ions from water samples29
Coordination environment engineering of single-atom catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction29
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“Delocalized π-bond” guided pyramidal nanocrystal superstructures for excellent light trapping in SERS29
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Recent advances in functional electronic devices enabled by two-dimensional covalent organic framework films29
Removal of nitrogenous heterocycles by a CoMoS3/NH2-MIL-53(Fe)-catalyzed photo-Fenton-like process: effect, mechanism and toxicity evaluation28
Harnessing solar energy with NH4Cl-doped hole transport layers in inverted perovskite solar cells28
A novel photoswitchable AIE-active supramolecular photosensitizer with synergistic enhancement of ROS-generation ability constructed by a two-step sequential FRET process28
On-surface gold-catalyzed hydroamination/cyclization reaction of alkynes28
NIR-II light-response porphyrin-heptazine-based conjugated organic polymers for highly efficient photooxidation28
A stable pyridone-based hydrogen-bonded organic framework for electrochemical detection of dopamine28
Revisiting the anti-heavy-atom effect: absence of halogen-based bonding and lack of enhanced aggregation-induced emission in bromine-substituted tetraphenylethylene derivatives28
Atomically dispersed Fe/Co–N–C and their composites for proton exchange membrane fuel cells28
Stable two-dimensional lead iodide hybrid materials for light detection and broadband photoluminescence27
D–A-Type fluorophores with efficient dual-state emission for imaging at ultralow concentration27
Sub-nanometric materials for hydrogen evolution reaction27
Color-tunable, high-dissymmetry circularly polarized phosphorescence in chiral nematic phases: self-assembly, energy transfer, and handedness inversion27
Phosphate-based polyanionic insertion materials for oxygen electrocatalysis27
Perovskite-inspired low-dimensional hybrid azetidinium bismuth halides: [(CH 2 ) 3 NH 27
In situ etching strategy to construct yolk–shell CoSe2@NiCoSe4-NC heterostructures for high-performance sodium ion battery27
Boosting the overall stability of organic solar cells by crosslinking vinyl-functionalized polymer derived from PM627
Pore-wall functionalization of covalent organic framework palladium catalysts boosts the multicomponent reaction of CO 227
Preparation of organic compound/g-C 3 N 4 composites and their applications in photocatalysis26
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Machine learning-driven breakthroughs in water electrolysis and supercapacitors26
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Salt-inclusion sulfides [K4Cl][MII11In9S26] (MII = Zn, Cd) displaying robust nonlinear optical activity26
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Manufacturing strategies for metal organic framework-based membrane electrode assemblies in electrolyzers26
Synthesis of a new chlorin photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy against colon cancer26
Recent advances in the design, synthesis and catalytic applications of triazine-based covalent organic polymers26
Flexible TADF-based organic X-ray scintillating films for high-resolution imaging26
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Construction of a NiFe-LDH catalyst with a three-dimensional unified gas diffusion layer structure via a facile acid etching route for the oxygen evolution reaction26
Lessons learned: how to report XPS data incorrectly about lead-halide perovskites26
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Oxygen vacancy-mediated Bi–CuOx heterostructure for enhanced electrochemical nitrate-to-ammonia production and Zn–nitrate battery behavior25
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Naphthalenediimide-carbonylpyridiniums: stable six electron acceptors for organic cathodes25
The mechanism of ligand-induced chiral transmission through a top-down selective domain etching process25
Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 202425
Highly stable electrofluorochromic switching of aggregation-induced emission-active conjugated polymers25
Contributors to the Materials Chemistry Frontiers Emerging Investigator Series 202425
Molecular regioisomerism: an advantageous strategy for optimizing two-photon absorption performance of organic chromophores25
Theoretical insights into the rational design of small organic phototheranostic agents for promoting image-guided cancer surgery25
Sustainable bio-based active packaging films: enhancing chitosan with gallic acid-loaded nanoparticles25
Exciplex-induced TADF, persistent RTP and ML in a host–guest doping system24
Recent developments in transition metal-based MOFs for electrocatalytic water splitting emphasizing fundamental and structural aspects24
Conformation-determined emission enhancement of phenothiazine derivatives under high pressure24
Defects and stability of perovskite solar cells: a critical analysis24
Fullerene-derived nanocomposite as an efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting and Zn–air battery24
Metal–organic framework-based SERS sensing platforms for life and health detection24
A N-Rich porous carbon nanocube anchored with Co/Fe dual atoms: an efficient bifunctional catalytic host for Li–S batteries24
Upconversion and multiexciton generation in organic Mn(ii) complex boost the quantum yield to > 100%24
Trends and perspectives in bio- and eco-friendly sustainable nanomaterial delivery systems through biological barriers24
Surface engineering in CsPbX3 quantum dots: from materials to solar cells24
Narrowband emission: organic thermally-activated delayed fluorescence materials and underlying mechanisms24
ADA′DA small molecule acceptors with non-fully-fused core units24
Laser irradiation-induced two-photon photolysis of sulfates for photoluminescent sulfur quantum dots24
Novel self-assembling cyclic peptides with reversible supramolecular nanostructures24
Constructing vertically aligned ZIF-67 microrod arrays on carbon cloth with commercial-level mass-loading for high-performance supercapacitors23
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Current material design strategies on the copper chalcogenide cathodes for rechargeable magnesium batteries: a review23
Zero-dimensional indium hybrids and modulated photoluminescence by Sb doping23
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Porous yet densely packed metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) toward ultrastable oxygen evolution at practical current densities23
Metal porphyrins and metal phthalocyanines as designable molecular model electrocatalysts23
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Toward efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution with a low concentration baking soda activated IrOxsurface in a hydrothermal medium22
Scope and significance of transition metal oxide nanomaterials for next-generation Li-ion batteries22
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Accelerating corrosion of iron foam enables a bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting22
Polyelectrolyte photopolymer complexes for flame retardant wood22
Highly emissive and color-tunable copper-based halide composites for bright white light-emitting diodes22
Novel class of organic crystal scintillators based on aggregation-induced emission22
Gold nanoparticle-based lateral flow immunoassay for the rapid detection of flutriafol residues in food22
Encapsulating nickel sulfide nanoparticles within porous carbon nanocages for sodium-ion batteries22
Diblock copolymer micelles with patches in polyhedral configurations mimicking atomic valence structures22
Design and synthesis of anisotropic crystals with π-conjugated rings toward giant birefringence22
Progress of polyethersulfone composites and their applications in biomedical engineering22
What determines the iodine oxidation reaction kinetics in halide perovskite solar cells?22
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Low humidity dependence of proton conductivity in modified zirconium( iv )-hydroxy ethylidene diphosphonates21
Single atom Fe-based catalyst derived from hierarchical (Fe,N)-ZIF-8/CNFs for high-efficient ORR activity21
Electrospun dual-aeolotropic conductive exceptive Janus membrane and Janus tubule functionalized by up-/down-converting fluorescence and magnetism21
Fast-charging batteries based on dual-halogen solid-state electrolytes21
Recent progress in borate-based short-wavelength nonlinear optical crystals with boron–oxygen skeleton modification21
Photo induced force microscopy: chemical spectroscopy beyond the diffraction limit21
Rational design of amphiphilic BODIPY-based photosensitizers for multimodal imaging-guided phototherapy21
Boosting charge transfer in Au-decorated B/K co-doped CN nanosheets towards enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction21
Photoinduced electron transfer endows fluorogenicity in tetrazine-based near-infrared labels21
Two multifunctional stimuli-responsive materials with room-temperature phosphorescence and their application in multiple dynamic encryption21
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