Most-cited Engineering papers of 2025, with free PDFs

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

1. Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 66)
   Martin Andrew Green, Ewan D. Dunlop et al. · 2025 · 763 citations
2. Electronic structure formed by Y2O3-doping in lithium position assists improvement of charging-voltage for high-nickel cathodes
   Shijie Wang, Kang Liang et al. · 2025 · 512 citations · Free PDF
3. Homogenized chlorine distribution for >27% power conversion efficiency in perovskite solar cells
   Zhuang Xiong, Qian Zhang et al. · 2025 · 460 citations
4. Critically assessing sodium-ion technology roadmaps and scenarios for techno-economic competitiveness against lithium-ion batteries
   Adrian Yao, Sally M. Benson et al. · 2025 · 452 citations · Free PDF
5. Advancing energy storage: The future trajectory of lithium-ion battery technologies
   Mohammad Mujtaba Hasan, Rezwanul Haque et al. · 2025 · 448 citations
6. Phototherapy in cancer treatment: strategies and challenges
   Yeyu Cai, Tian Chai et al. · 2025 · 418 citations
7. Selectivity in Chemiresistive Gas Sensors: Strategies and Challenges
   Peresi Majura Bulemo, Dong‐Ha Kim et al. · 2025 · 411 citations
8. Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Water Electrolysis: Cell-Level Considerations for Gigawatt-Scale Deployment
   Cliffton Ray Wang, John M. Stansberry et al. · 2025 · 404 citations · Free PDF
9. Lithium-ion batteries and the future of sustainable energy: A comprehensive review
   Kitalu Ricin Ngoy, Valantine Takwa Lukong et al. · 2025 · 394 citations
10. Comprehensive Review on the Structural Diversity and Versatility of Multi-Resonance Fluorescence Emitters: Advance, Challenges, and Prospects toward OLEDs
    Xiugang Wu, Songqian Ni et al. · 2025 · 325 citations
11. Triboelectric tactile sensor for pressure and temperature sensing in high-temperature applications
    Yanhua Liu, Jinlong Wang et al. · 2025 · 291 citations · Free PDF
12. Advances in lignocellulosic feedstocks for bioenergy and bioproducts
    Daniel Barletta Sulis, Nathalie Lavoine et al. · 2025 · 265 citations · Free PDF
13. Self-assembled bilayer for perovskite solar cells with improved tolerance against thermal stresses
    Bitao Dong, Mingyang Wei et al. · 2025 · 263 citations · Free PDF
14. Face-on oriented self-assembled molecules with enhanced π–π stacking for highly efficient inverted perovskite solar cells on rough FTO substrates
    Jiajun Du, Jinling Chen et al. · 2025 · 252 citations
15. Nanomedicine: How nanomaterials are transforming drug delivery, bio-imaging, and diagnosis
    Fatma Kurul, Hasret Turkmen et al. · 2025 · 248 citations
16. Integrating artificial intelligence in energy transition: A comprehensive review
    Qiang Wang, Yuanfan Li et al. · 2025 · 244 citations
17. Novel approaches to aqueous zinc-ion batteries: Challenges, strategies, and prospects
    Wei Lv, Junlin Liu et al. · 2025 · 240 citations
18. Machine learning in point-of-care testing: innovations, challenges, and opportunities
    Gyeo‐Re Han, Artem Goncharov et al. · 2025 · 238 citations · Free PDF
19. Characterizing Electrode Materials and Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
    Elif Pınar Alsaç, Douglas Lars Nelson et al. · 2025 · 233 citations
20. Diluted Ternary Heterojunctions to Suppress Charge Recombination for Organic Solar Cells with 21% Efficiency
    Liang Frank Wang, Chen Chen et al. · 2025 · 232 citations
21. A manufacturable platform for photonic quantum computing
    PsiQuantum team, Koen Alexander et al. · 2025 · 230 citations · Free PDF
22. Mechanically robust and stretchable organic solar cells plasticized by small-molecule acceptors
    Zhenye Wang, Zhenye Wang et al. · 2025 · 229 citations
23. The evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling
    Xiaotu Ma, Zifei Meng et al. · 2025 · 227 citations · Free PDF
24. Flexible-Antenna Systems: A Pinching-Antenna Perspective
    Zhiguo Ding, Robert Schober et al. · 2025 · 223 citations
25. Fiber-reinforced composites for aerospace, energy, and marine applications: an insight into failure mechanisms under chemical, thermal, oxidative, and mechanical load conditions
    Abdulhammed K. Hamzat, Md Shafinur Murad et al. · 2025 · 222 citations · Free PDF

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