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Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques is a research topic within Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Science Explorer counts 106k research works in it since 1956. 25.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advances in the development of photocatalytic materials for solar energy conversion, with a focus on semiconductor-based photocatalysts, visible light-driven water splitting, graphene-based nanocomposites, and plasmonic enhancement. The research also explores the use of these materials for hydrogen production, CO2 reduction, and overall water splitting, aiming to address the challenges of sustainable energy generation.

  • Photocatalyst
  • Semiconductor
  • Visible Light
  • Water Splitting
  • Graphene
  • Hydrogen Production
  • Nanomaterials
  • Plasmonic
  • CO2 Reduction
  • Solar Energy
Research works
106k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
26k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+89%
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Which countries lead Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (21k and 3.4k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 21k works
  2. 2 India 3.4k works
  3. 3 South Korea 1.2k works
  4. 4 United States 1.2k works
  5. 5 Iran 894 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 788 works
  7. 7 Japan 699 works
  8. 8 Taiwan 504 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 496 works
  10. 10 ?? 488 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 68.3%India: 11.3%South Korea: 4.0%United States: 3.8%6 others listed: 12.7%68%largest
China21k · 68.3%India3,438 · 11.3%South Korea1,208 · 4.0%United States1,160 · 3.8%6 others listed3,869 · 12.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques research, followed by Fuzhou University and Jiangsu University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 407 works
  2. 2 Fuzhou University China 261 works
  3. 3 Jiangsu University China 227 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of Technology China 208 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 185 works
  6. 6 Zhengzhou University China 180 works
  7. 7 Tsinghua University China 179 works
  8. 8 Jilin University China 179 works
  9. 9 Nankai University China 178 works
  10. 10 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 173 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques include Michaël Grätzel, Henry J. Snaith and İbrahim Dinçer.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel 13k citations
  2. 2 Henry J. Snaith 6.6k citations
  3. 3 İbrahim Dinçer 5.9k citations
  4. 4 Hua Zhang 5.9k citations
  5. 5 Guangming Zeng 5.6k citations
  6. 6 Wei Huang 5.5k citations
  7. 7 Thomas F. Jaramillo 5.5k citations
  8. 8 Omar M. Yaghi 5.5k citations
  9. 9 Tsutomu Miyasaka 5.3k citations
  10. 10 Seeram Ramakrishna 5.1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Siping, Huaibei and Maoming.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2.5k works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 1.1k works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 1k works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 908 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 796 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 719 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 718 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 612 works
  9. 9 Qingdao China 574 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 566 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SipingCN · 59.9 works29×
  2. HuaibeiCN · 39.6 works18×
  3. MaomingCN · 34.1 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Hunan University, Shoolini University and Fuzhou University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 30.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hunan University: 158, 39.8%Shoolini University: 29, 37.3%Fuzhou University: 261, 29.9%Nanchang Hangkong University: 73, 32.8%Jiangsu University: 227, 23.4%Wuhan Institute of Technology: 86, 23.0%China University of Geosciences: 95, 39.1%Changzhou University: 129, 18.4%Wuhan Textile University: 63, 25.2%Nankai University: 178, 32.7%Hunan UniversityShoolini UniversityNanchang Hangkong Un…Fuzhou University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Hunan University China 68.739.8%6.2×158 +318.7%
2Shoolini University India 68.137.3%14.8×29 +532.2%
3Fuzhou University China 66.929.9%12.7×261 +61.0%
4Nanchang Hangkong University China 65.232.8%16.8×73 +158.4%
5Jiangsu University China 64.323.4%8.2×227 +172.8%
6Wuhan Institute of Technology China 62.923.0%10.6×86 +213.4%
7China University of Geosciences China 62.839.1%5.7×95 +182.1%
8Changzhou University China 62.618.4%13.5×129 +265.8%
9Wuhan Textile University China 62.625.2%11.4×63 +630.4%
10Nankai University China 62.532.7%7.3×178 +115.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.