Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1951. 14.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the materials, technologies, and components related to solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), including electrolytes, cathodes, anodes, proton-conducting oxides, high temperature electrolysis, oxygen ion conductors, and ionic transport membranes. The papers cover a wide range of research areas such as performance enhancement, durability, and application prospects for SOFCs.
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- Materials
- Electrolytes
- Cathodes
- Anodes
- Proton-Conducting Oxides
- High Temperature Electrolysis
- Oxygen Ion Conductors
- Ionic Transport Membranes
- Fuel Cell Technology
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 4.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 509 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.9k works
- 2 United States 509 works
- 3 South Korea 261 works
- 4 Japan 255 works
- 5 Germany 251 works
- 6 India 227 works
- 7 Russia 225 works
- 8 France 152 works
- 9 United Kingdom 135 works
- 10 Italy 102 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells research, followed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and China University of Mining and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 60 works
- 2 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 53 works
- 3 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 50 works
- 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 48 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 46 works
- 6 Forschungszentrum JülichGermany 45 works
- 7 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 45 works
- 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 45 works
- 9 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 44 works
- 10 Institute of High Temperature ElectrochemistryRussia 40 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells include John B. Goodenough, İbrahim Dinçer and Hua Zhang.
- 1 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations
- 2 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
- 3 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 4 Arumugam Manthiram United States 3.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells research done?
The largest centres of Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in South Park Township, Jülich and Idaho Falls.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- South Park TownshipUS · 23.2 works108×
- JülichDE · 52.7 works45×
- Idaho FallsUS · 21.1 works34×
- YekaterinburgRU · 98.3 works21×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells?
Among universities, judged by research, Curtin University, Ural Federal University and Xi'an Jiaotong 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtin UniversityAustralia | 70.1 | 52.1% | 9.2× | 14 | +29.1% |
| 2 | Ural Federal UniversityRussia | 64.5 | 8.8% | 30.6× | 44 | +360.2% |
| 3 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 62.3 | 25.3% | 7.6× | 60 | +76.4% |
| 4 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 59.8 | 18.4% | 13.0× | 50 | +28.2% |
| 5 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 59.3 | 25.9% | 6.8× | 52 | +87.0% |
| 6 | Nanjing Tech UniversityChina | 58.9 | 32.8% | 12.1× | 30 | -39.9% |
| 7 | Technical University of DenmarkDenmark | 58.3 | 12.8% | 18.0× | 45 | -7.9% |
| 8 | University of South ChinaChina | 58.3 | 24.6% | 23.2× | 29 | — |
| 9 | Hubei UniversityChina | 58.0 | 16.7% | 15.6× | 15 | +411.7% |
| 10 | Korea University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 57.0 | 16.9% | 20.8× | 13 | +162.3% |
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 Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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