Most-cited Energy papers of 2018, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Energy research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

  1. How To Correctly Determine the Band Gap Energy of Modified Semiconductor Photocatalysts Based on UV–Vis Spectra
    Patrycja Makuła, Michał Pacia et al. · 2018 · 5,221 citations
  2. The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system
    Iain Staffell, Daniel Scamman et al. · 2018 · 4,154 citations
  3. Understanding Catalytic Activity Trends in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    Ambarish R. Kulkarni, Samira Siahrostami et al. · 2018 · 2,768 citations
  4. Review of electrical energy storage technologies, materials and systems: challenges and prospects for large-scale grid storage
    Turgut M. Gür · 2018 · 2,590 citations
  5. CO 2 electroreduction to ethylene via hydroxide-mediated copper catalysis at an abrupt interface
    Cao‐Thang Dinh, Thomas Burdyny et al. · 2018 · 2,511 citations
  6. Recent developments in heterogeneous photocatalysts for solar-driven overall water splitting
    Zheng Wang, Can Li et al. · 2018 · 2,312 citations
  7. The promising future of microalgae: current status, challenges, and optimization of a sustainable and renewable industry for biofuels, feed, and other products
    Muhammad Imran Khan, Jin Hyuk Shin et al. · 2018 · 2,075 citations
  8. Emerging Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Electrocatalysis
    Huanyu Jin, Chunxian Guo et al. · 2018 · 2,035 citations
  9. Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production
    Minmin Gao, Liangliang Zhu et al. · 2018 · 2,008 citations
  10. Innovative Strategies for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
    Bo You, Yujie Sun · 2018 · 1,980 citations
  11. Core–Shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67-Derived CoP Nanoparticle-Embedded N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Hollow Polyhedron for Efficient Overall Water Splitting
    Yuan Pan, Kaian Sun et al. · 2018 · 1,953 citations
  12. CdS-Based photocatalysts
    Lei Cheng, Quanjun Xiang et al. · 2018 · 1,750 citations
  13. Transition Metal Oxides as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Solutions: An Application-Inspired Renaissance
    Fang Song, Lichen Bai et al. · 2018 · 1,725 citations
  14. Precision and correctness in the evaluation of electrocatalytic water splitting: revisiting activity parameters with a critical assessment
    Sengeni Anantharaj, Sivasankara Rao Ede et al. · 2018 · 1,636 citations
  15. General Techno-Economic Analysis of CO 2 Electrolysis Systems
    Matthew Jouny, Wesley Luc et al. · 2018 · 1,624 citations
  16. 2D/2D Heterojunction of Ultrathin MXene/Bi 2 WO 6 Nanosheets for Improved Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction
    Shaowen Cao, Baojia Shen et al. · 2018 · 1,543 citations
  17. Cocatalysts in Semiconductor‐based Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities
    Jingrun Ran, Mietek Jaroniec et al. · 2018 · 1,530 citations
  18. Heterostructures for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A Review
    Guoqiang Zhao, Kun Rui et al. · 2018 · 1,430 citations
  19. Defect-rich and ultrathin N doped carbon nanosheets as advanced trifunctional metal-free electrocatalysts for the ORR, OER and HER
    Hao Jiang, Jinxing Gu et al. · 2018 · 1,408 citations
  20. Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability
    Yuan Pan, Rui Lin et al. · 2018 · 1,245 citations
  21. Construction of ZnIn 2 S 4 –In 2 O 3 Hierarchical Tubular Heterostructures for Efficient CO 2 Photoreduction
    Sibo Wang, Bu Yuan Guan et al. · 2018 · 1,229 citations
  22. Toward the Decentralized Electrochemical Production of H 2 O 2 : A Focus on the Catalysis
    Sungeun Yang, Arnau Verdaguer‐Casadevall et al. · 2018 · 1,222 citations
  23. High-performance bifunctional porous non-noble metal phosphide catalyst for overall water splitting
    Yu Fang, Haiqing Zhou et al. · 2018 · 1,173 citations · Free PDF
  24. Homogeneously Catalyzed Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide—Methods, Mechanisms, and Catalysts
    Robert Francke, Benjamin Schille et al. · 2018 · 1,169 citations
  25. Quantifying hot carrier and thermal contributions in plasmonic photocatalysis
    Linan Zhou, Dayne F. Swearer et al. · 2018 · 1,147 citations

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