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Researcher · Mintek · South Africa

Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu

Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

ORCID 0000-0003-4659-5276 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,582,112
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#6,583
of 29,826
Works
35
Citations
701
Citations per work
20.0
h-index
14
i10-index 15Top 33% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu

What does Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu research?

Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu's work is mostly in Engineering (36%), Energy (24%), Materials Science (17%).

Physical Sciences: 30 works · 85.7% of their workEngineering: 12 works · 35.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 works · 25.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 7.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 1 works · 3.1% of their workEnergy: 8 works · 23.5% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 works · 23.5% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 17.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 6 works · 17.3% of their workChemical Engineering: 3 works · 9.2% of their workCatalysis: 3 works · 9.2% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 14.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMpfunzeni C.Raphulu35works
Physical Sciences86%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1235.7%
    2. Energy823.5%
    3. Materials Science617.3%
    4. Chemical Engineering39.2%
  2. Everything else514.3%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment24% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry17% of their works
  4. 4Catalysis9% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanomaterials, Water Splitting, Catalysis, Visible Light, Cathode Materials, Nanoparticles, Oxidation and Photocatalysis.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanomaterials233 topics
  2. Water Splitting233 topics
  3. Catalysis182 topics
  4. Visible Light182 topics
  5. Cathode Materials112 topics
  6. Nanoparticles101 topic
  7. Oxidation101 topic
  8. Photocatalysis101 topic
  9. Solar Cells101 topic
  10. Dehydrogenation81 topic
  11. Oxidative81 topic
  12. Photocatalyst81 topic
  13. Semiconductor81 topic
  14. Battery Materials61 topic
  15. Lithium-ion Batteries61 topic
  16. Desulfurization51 topic
  17. Electrocatalysis51 topic
  18. Energy Conversion51 topic
  19. Hydrodeoxygenation51 topic
  20. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries51 topic
  21. Solid-State Electrolytes51 topic

Where does Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu work?

Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu's main affiliation in the publication record is Mintek, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu have?

OpenAlex counts 35 works and 701 citations for Mpfunzeni C. Raphulu, an h-index of 14, ranking #1,582,112 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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