Most-cited Energy papers of 2025, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Energy research papers published in 2025, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Hydrogen as an alternative fuel: A comprehensive review of challenges and opportunities in production, storage, and transportation
   Md Monjur Hossain Bhuiyan, Zahed Siddique · 2025 · 718 citations
2. Tantalum-stabilized ruthenium oxide electrocatalysts for industrial water electrolysis
   Jiahao Zhang, Xianbiao Fu et al. · 2025 · 497 citations
3. The green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap
   Adrian Odenweller, Falko Ueckerdt · 2025 · 476 citations · Free PDF
4. Ultrastable supported oxygen evolution electrocatalyst formed by ripening-induced embedding
   Wenjuan Shi, Tonghao Shen et al. · 2025 · 382 citations
5. Perovskite Type ABO 3 Oxides in Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis, and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: State of the Art and Future Prospects
   Muhammad Humayun, Zhishan Li et al. · 2025 · 354 citations
6. Advances in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts via Direct Oxygen–Oxygen Radical Coupling Pathway
   Chengli Rong, Xinyi Huang et al. · 2025 · 335 citations
7. Polyoxometalated metal-organic framework superstructure for stable water oxidation
   Kaihang Yue, Ruihu Lu et al. · 2025 · 319 citations
8. MOF-Based Electrocatalysts: An Overview from the Perspective of Structural Design
   Nana Sun, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah et al. · 2025 · 309 citations
9. Cu-based S-scheme photocatalysts
   Mahmoud Sayed, Kezhen Qi et al. · 2025 · 301 citations
10. Synergistic Atomic Environment Optimization of Nickel–Iron Dual Sites by Co Doping and Cr Vacancy for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution
    Hua‐Jie Niu, Nian Ran et al. · 2025 · 279 citations
11. High-entropy alloy enables multi-path electron synergism and lattice oxygen activation for enhanced oxygen evolution activity
    Tao Zhang, Hui-Feng Zhao et al. · 2025 · 249 citations · Free PDF
12. Advancing Efficiency in Solar-Driven Interfacial Evaporation: Strategies and Applications
    Lanlan Hou, Shuai Li et al. · 2025 · 247 citations
13. Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy Reveals Spatially Resolved Charge‐Transfer Mechanism in CdS/BiOBr S‐scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst
    Zheng Meng, Jianjun Zhang et al. · 2025 · 228 citations
14. Best practices for in-situ and operando techniques within electrocatalytic systems
    Aditya Prajapati, Christopher Hahn et al. · 2025 · 220 citations · Free PDF
15. Interfacial Charge Transfer in ZnO/COF S‐Scheme Photocatalyst via Zn ─ N Bond
    Kai Meng, Jianjun Zhang et al. · 2025 · 200 citations
16. Cobalt-Doped Ru@RuO 2 Core–Shell Heterostructure for Efficient Acidic Water Oxidation in Low-Ru-Loading Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers
    Jinghao Chen, Yirui Ma et al. · 2025 · 196 citations
17. A Review of Visible-Light-Active Zinc Oxide Photocatalysts for Environmental Application
    Alishay Baig, Mohsin Siddique et al. · 2025 · 194 citations · Free PDF
18. MXene-Assisted NiFe sulfides for high-performance anion exchange membrane seawater electrolysis
    Jiaqi Wang, Yue Liu et al. · 2025 · 193 citations · Free PDF
19. Transfer dynamics of photo-generated carriers in catalysis
    Jun Wang, Wanru Liao et al. · 2025 · 193 citations
20. Engineering the Lewis Acidity of Fe Single-Atom Sites via Atomic-Level Tuning of Spatial Coordination Configuration for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction
    Qingyun Qu, Yu Mao et al. · 2025 · 191 citations
21. Yttrium-doped NiMo-MoO2 heterostructure electrocatalysts for hydrogen production from alkaline seawater
    Shujie Liu, Zhiguo Zhang et al. · 2025 · 185 citations · Free PDF
22. Interfacially engineered metal oxide nanocomposites for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of pollutants and energy applications
    Mahmoud A. Ahmed, Safwat A. Mahmoud et al. · 2025 · 185 citations
23. Influence of π–π interactions on organic photocatalytic materials and their performance
    Liquan Jing, Pandeng Li et al. · 2025 · 184 citations
24. Acid-humidified CO 2 gas input for stable electrochemical CO 2 reduction reaction
    Shaoyun Hao, Ahmad Elgazzar et al. · 2025 · 183 citations
25. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation technologies for food, energy and water
    Yan Song, Shiqi Fang et al. · 2025 · 182 citations · Free PDF

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