# Most-cited Energy papers of 2017, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Energy research papers published in 2017, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Combining theory and experiment in electrocatalysis: Insights into materials design](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2573377826) · 12,111 citations
2. [Electrocatalysis for the oxygen evolution reaction: recent development and future perspectives](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2575823937) · 6,315 citations
3. [Heterojunction Photocatalysts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4211152862) · 5,043 citations
4. [Generation and Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species in Photocatalysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2744078894) · 4,814 citations
5. [g‐C 3 N 4 ‐Based Heterostructured Photocatalysts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2759147296) · 2,565 citations
6. [Alkali‐Assisted Synthesis of Nitrogen Deficient Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Tunable Band Structures for Efficient Visible‐Light‐Driven Hydrogen Evolution](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2587681799) · 2,282 citations
7. [Future cost and performance of water electrolysis: An expert elicitation study](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2769215390) · 2,087 citations
8. [Ti3C2 MXene co-catalyst on metal sulfide photo-absorbers for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2566202566) · 2,034 citations · Free PDF
9. [Isolated Single Iron Atoms Anchored on N‐Doped Porous Carbon as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2607231338) · 1,999 citations
10. [Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2606549030) · 1,828 citations
11. [Perovskites in catalysis and electrocatalysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2767331214) · 1,817 citations
12. [Non‐Noble Metal‐based Carbon Composites in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Fundamentals to Applications](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2589587002) · 1,784 citations
13. [Spinels: Controlled Preparation, Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reaction Application, and Beyond](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2736510480) · 1,727 citations
14. [Direct atomic-level insight into the active sites of a high-performance PGM-free ORR catalyst](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2742328466) · 1,693 citations
15. [Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Electrolytes: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Prospective Solutions](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2767670999) · 1,676 citations
16. [Photoelectrochemical devices for solar water splitting – materials and challenges](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2668221079) · 1,672 citations
17. [Defect Chemistry of Nonprecious‐Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reactions](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2616187014) · 1,609 citations
18. [Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2768340505) · 1,606 citations
19. [Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2755768317) · 1,544 citations
20. [The Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Solution: From Theory, Single Crystal Models, to Practical Electrocatalysts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2804261572) · 1,487 citations
21. [Ultrathin Iron‐Cobalt Oxide Nanosheets with Abundant Oxygen Vacancies for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2591816155) · 1,474 citations
22. [A Review of Direct Z‐Scheme Photocatalysts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2607279181) · 1,388 citations
23. [Ionic Exchange of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Access Single Nickel Sites for Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2624508105) · 1,367 citations
24. [Weyl Semimetals as Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2596954985) · 1,357 citations
25. [Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2617194355) · 1,351 citations

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