# Most-cited Energy papers of 2024, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Energy research papers published in 2024, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall and Hybrid Water Splitting](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4393071097) · 862 citations
2. [Tafel Slope Plot as a Tool to Analyze Electrocatalytic Reactions](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4393375459) · 777 citations
3. [Photocatalytic Dye Degradation from Textile Wastewater: A Review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4396799358) · 689 citations
4. [Comprehensive review of energy storage systems technologies, objectives, challenges, and future trends](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4400195334) · 590 citations
5. [Interfacial Solar Evaporation: From Fundamental Research to Applications](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4392042978) · 574 citations
6. [Hydrogen energy systems: Technologies, trends, and future prospects](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399143104) · 528 citations
7. [Stability of electrocatalytic OER: from principle to application](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4402605769) · 523 citations
8. [Precious Metal Free Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Design and Application](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4395465040) · 504 citations
9. [Water-hydroxide trapping in cobalt tungstate for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399848834) · 489 citations · Free PDF
10. [Unusual Sabatier principle on high entropy alloy catalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4390670670) · 473 citations · Free PDF
11. [Ultrafast electron transfer at the In2O3/Nb2O5 S-scheme interface for CO2 photoreduction](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399369355) · 473 citations
12. [Atomically dispersed hexavalent iridium oxide from MnO 2 reduction for oxygen evolution catalysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4396759836) · 456 citations
13. [Facilitating alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction on the hetero-interfaced Ru/RuO2 through Pt single atoms doping](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4391877561) · 443 citations · Free PDF
14. [COF/In2S3 S‐Scheme Photocatalyst with Enhanced Light Absorption and H2O2‐Production Activity and fs‐TA Investigation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4392199058) · 433 citations
15. [A Review of Synthesis Methods, Modifications, and Mechanisms of ZnO/TiO 2 -Based Photocatalysts for Photodegradation of Contaminants](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399389587) · 414 citations
16. [Oxygen Radical Coupling on Short-Range Ordered Ru Atom Arrays Enables Exceptional Activity and Stability for Acidic Water Oxidation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4396592376) · 413 citations
17. [Integration of renewable energy sources in tandem with electrolysis: A technology review for green hydrogen production](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4400280645) · 399 citations
18. [Introduction to Green Hydrogen](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4405287784) · 394 citations · Free PDF
19. [The route for commercial photoelectrochemical water splitting: a review of large-area devices and key upscaling challenges](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4391364704) · 383 citations
20. [Tailoring Oxygen Reduction Reaction Kinetics of Fe−N−C Catalyst via Spin Manipulation for Efficient Zinc–Air Batteries](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4394684974) · 379 citations
21. [Local reaction environment in electrocatalysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4390744198) · 378 citations
22. [Locking the lattice oxygen in RuO2 to stabilize highly active Ru sites in acidic water oxidation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4392984079) · 368 citations · Free PDF
23. [Lanthanide-regulating Ru-O covalency optimizes acidic oxygen evolution electrocatalysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4399539823) · 364 citations
24. [A review of photocatalysis, basic principles, processes, and materials](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4402297628) · 357 citations
25. [CO2 Electrolyzers](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4393064519) · 355 citations

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