Most-cited Energy papers of 2020, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Energy research papers published in 2020, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. A review on fundamentals for designing oxygen evolution electrocatalysts
   Jiajia Song, Chao Wei et al. · 2020 · 2,932 citations
2. MOF-derived electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions
   Haofan Wang, Liyu Chen et al. · 2020 · 1,704 citations
3. CO 2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm −2
   Francisco Pelayo García de Arquer, Cao‐Thang Dinh et al. · 2020 · 1,513 citations
4. Unique S-scheme heterojunctions in self-assembled TiO2/CsPbBr3 hybrids for CO2 photoreduction
   Feiyan Xu, Kai Meng et al. · 2020 · 1,477 citations · Free PDF
5. Operando Identification of the Dynamic Behavior of Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Co 3 O 4 for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
   Zhaohui Xiao, Yucheng Huang et al. · 2020 · 1,456 citations
6. Non‐Noble‐Metal‐Based Electrocatalysts toward the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
   Zhi‐Peng Wu, Xue Feng Lu et al. · 2020 · 1,240 citations
7. In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution
   Fabio Dionigi, Zhenhua Zeng et al. · 2020 · 1,218 citations · Free PDF
8. Designing a 0D/2D S‐Scheme Heterojunction over Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Visible‐Light Photocatalytic Inactivation of Bacteria
   Pengfei Xia, Shaowen Cao et al. · 2020 · 1,178 citations
9. A critical review of comparative global historical energy consumption and future demand: The story told so far
   Tanveer Ahmad, Dongdong Zhang · 2020 · 1,142 citations
10. Recent Advances on Water‐Splitting Electrocatalysis Mediated by Noble‐Metal‐Based Nanostructured Materials
    Yingjie Li, Yingjun Sun et al. · 2020 · 1,063 citations
11. Boosting Oxygen Reduction of Single Iron Active Sites via Geometric and Electronic Engineering: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dual Coordination
    Kai Yuan, Dirk Lützenkirchen−Hecht et al. · 2020 · 1,060 citations
12. Heterogeneous Single-Atom Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applications
    Chao Gao, Jingxiang Low et al. · 2020 · 1,057 citations
13. Metallic nanostructures with low dimensionality for electrochemical water splitting
    Leigang Li, Pengtang Wang et al. · 2020 · 1,052 citations
14. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of Metal Oxide Electrodes for Energy Applications
    Alexandria R. C. Bredar, Amanda L. Chown et al. · 2020 · 1,044 citations
15. Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites
    Yuxuan Wang, Hongyang Su et al. · 2020 · 1,009 citations
16. Piezocatalysis and Piezo‐Photocatalysis: Catalysts Classification and Modification Strategy, Reaction Mechanism, and Practical Application
    Shuchen Tu, Yuxi Guo et al. · 2020 · 996 citations
17. Transition metal nitrides for electrochemical energy applications
    Hao Wang, Jianmin Li et al. · 2020 · 994 citations
18. Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxyhydroxide: Cobalt Superoxide Species as a Key Intermediate and Dioxygen Release as a Rate-Determining Step
    Aliki Moysiadou, Seunghwa Lee et al. · 2020 · 989 citations
19. Single-Atom Vacancy Defect to Trigger High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution of MoS 2
    Xin Wang, Yuwei Zhang et al. · 2020 · 974 citations
20. Influence of Bubbles on the Energy Conversion Efficiency of Electrochemical Reactors
    Andrea Angulo, Peter van der Linde et al. · 2020 · 963 citations · Free PDF
21. The role of oxygen vacancies of ABO 3 perovskite oxides in the oxygen reduction reaction
    Qianqian Ji, Lei Bi et al. · 2020 · 955 citations
22. “The Fe Effect”: A review unveiling the critical roles of Fe in enhancing OER activity of Ni and Co based catalysts
    Sengeni Anantharaj, Subrata Kundu et al. · 2020 · 943 citations
23. Challenges of renewable energy penetration on power system flexibility: A survey
    Semich Impram, Seçil Varbak Neşe et al. · 2020 · 941 citations
24. Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S1N3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity
    Huishan Shang, Xiangyi Zhou et al. · 2020 · 936 citations · Free PDF
25. Role of energy storage systems in energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables
    Anam Kalair, Naeem Abas et al. · 2020 · 925 citations

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