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Researcher · University of South Africa · South Africa

Potlako John Mafa

Potlako John Mafa publishes mostly in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors.

ORCID 0000-0003-0282-4647 OpenAlex
World rank
#257,452
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#924
of 29,826
Works
43
Citations
2.4k
Citations per work
55.3
h-index
27
i10-index 33Top 15% in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Potlako John Mafa

What does Potlako John Mafa research?

Potlako John Mafa's work is mostly in Energy (29%), Materials Science (25%), Engineering (17%).

Physical Sciences: 38 works · 87.3% of their workEnergy: 12 works · 28.6% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 works · 28.6% of their workMaterials Science: 11 works · 25.4% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 11 works · 25.4% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 16.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 works · 16.7% of their workChemistry: 3 works · 7.9% of their workElectrochemistry: 3 works · 7.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 3 works · 6.3% of their workWater Science and Technology: 3 works · 6.3% of their workChemical Engineering: 1 works · 2.4% of their workBioengineering: 1 works · 2.4% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 12.7% of their workTHEIR WORKPotlako John Mafa43works
Physical Sciences87%

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. Energy1228.6%
    2. Materials Science1125.4%
    3. Engineering716.7%
    4. Chemistry37.9%
    5. Environmental Science36.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering12.4%
  2. Everything else512.7%
  1. 1Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment29% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry25% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering17% of their works
  4. 4Electrochemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Water Science and Technology6% of their works
  6. 6Bioengineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Potlako John Mafa's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanomaterials, Graphene, Visible Light, Water Splitting, Photocatalyst, Semiconductor, Nanostructures and Detection.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanomaterials524 topics
  2. Graphene362 topics
  3. Visible Light352 topics
  4. Water Splitting352 topics
  5. Photocatalyst281 topic
  6. Semiconductor281 topic
  7. Nanostructures223 topics
  8. Detection101 topic
  9. Electrochemical101 topic
  10. Gas Sensors91 topic
  11. Metal Oxide91 topic
  12. Electrochemical Biosensors81 topic
  13. Glucose Sensors81 topic
  14. Nanozymes71 topic
  15. Peroxidase-Like Activity71 topic
  16. Photocatalysis71 topic
  17. Solar Cells71 topic
  18. Advanced Oxidation Processes61 topic
  19. CuO61 topic
  20. Nanocrystals61 topic
  21. Water Treatment61 topic

Where does Potlako John Mafa work?

Potlako John Mafa's main affiliation in the publication record is University of South Africa, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Potlako John Mafa have?

OpenAlex counts 43 works and 2,377 citations for Potlako John Mafa, an h-index of 27, ranking #257,452 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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