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Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion is a research topic within Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Science Explorer counts 89k research works in it since 1950. 23.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advances in electrocatalysis for energy conversion, with a particular emphasis on oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions. The research covers various catalysts, nanomaterials, and methodologies for improving the efficiency and sustainability of energy conversion processes, such as water splitting and fuel cells.

  • Electrocatalysis
  • Energy Conversion
  • Oxygen Reduction
  • Hydrogen Evolution
  • Catalysts
  • Water Splitting
  • Nanomaterials
  • Fuel Cells
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Sustainable Energy
Research works
89k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
21k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+70%
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Which countries lead Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (15k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 15k works
  2. 2 United States 1.8k works
  3. 3 India 1.6k works
  4. 4 South Korea 1.4k works
  5. 5 Germany 841 works
  6. 6 Japan 681 works
  7. 7 France 456 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 390 works
  9. 9 Australia 375 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 329 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: 65.7%United States: 7.9%India: 7.0%South Korea: 6.0%6 others listed: 13.4%66%largest
China15k · 65.7%United States1,821 · 7.9%India1,605 · 7.0%South Korea1,384 · 6.0%6 others listed3,070 · 13.4%

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

Which institutions lead Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion research, followed by Tianjin University and Beijing University of Chemical Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 370 works
  2. 2 Tianjin UniversityChina 214 works
  3. 3 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 198 works
  4. 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 197 works
  5. 5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 196 works
  6. 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 192 works
  7. 7 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 184 works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 169 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 162 works
  10. 10 Jiangsu UniversityChina 156 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion include Michaël Grätzel, Jens K. Nørskov and John B. Goodenough.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  2. 2 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 9.8k citations
  3. 3 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations
  4. 4 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
  5. 5 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
  6. 6 Hongjie Dai United States 5.8k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  8. 8 Thomas F. Jaramillo United States 5.5k citations
  9. 9 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
  10. 10 Yury Gogotsi United States 5.1k citations

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

Where is Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion research done?

The largest centres of Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Tianjin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mohali, Mülheim and Siping.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2.1k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 918 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 654 works
  4. 4 Tianjin China 641 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 625 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 570 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 557 works
  8. 8 Qingdao China 530 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 492 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 459 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Mohali20.8 works27×
  2. MülheimDE · 30.3 works22×
  3. SipingCN · 28.2 works19×
  4. TaiyuanCN · 24.3 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology and Nankai 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%60%mean 30.14%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Beijing University of Chemical Technology: 198, 25.5%Qingdao University of Science and Technology: 184, 21.5%Nankai University: 135, 34.4%City University of Hong Kong: 90, 38.2%China University of Petroleum, East China: 132, 20.1%Yeungnam University: 71, 18.2%Tianjin University: 214, 26.5%University of Science and Technology of China: 196, 31.6%Hunan University: 104, 35.2%The University of Adelaide: 40, 50.2%City University of H…Nankai UniversityBeijing University o…Qingdao University o…
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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
1 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 71.325.5%17.1×198 +260.1%
2 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 68.021.5%18.6×184 +422.1%
3 Nankai UniversityChina 66.934.4%7.6×135 +168.7%
4 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 66.338.2%5.8×90 +145.7%
5 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 65.320.1%10.5×132 +1000.1%
6 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 63.918.2%12.4×71 +262.5%
7 Tianjin UniversityChina 63.826.5%6.8×214 +189.0%
8 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 62.631.6%6.2×196 +150.1%
9 Hunan UniversityChina 62.635.2%5.6×104 +222.6%
10 The University of AdelaideAustralia 62.650.2%3.5×40 +220.1%

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 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

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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.