Fuel Cells and Related Materials
Fuel Cells and Related Materials is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 71k research works in it since 1950. 20.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advances and challenges in fuel cell membrane technology, including polymer electrolyte membranes, proton exchange membranes, and anion exchange membranes. It covers topics such as fuel cell durability, high-temperature operation, membrane degradation, and applications in hydrogen and direct methanol fuel cells.
- Polymer Electrolyte Membranes
- Proton Exchange Membranes
- Fuel Cell Durability
- High-Temperature Operation
- Anion Exchange Membranes
- Membrane Degradation
- PEM Fuel Cells
- Hydrogen Fuel Cells
- Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
- Alkaline Fuel Cells
- Research works
- 71k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 14k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fuel Cells and Related Materials research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (7k and 1.6k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 7k works
- 2 United States 1.6k works
- 3 India 845 works
- 4 South Korea 828 works
- 5 Germany 689 works
- 6 Japan 604 works
- 7 France 371 works
- 8 United Kingdom 302 works
- 9 Russia 271 works
- 10 Italy 263 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Fuel Cells and Related Materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Fuel Cells and Related Materials research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tongji UniversityChina 173 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 152 works
- 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 130 works
- 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 128 works
- 5 Tianjin UniversityChina 109 works
- 6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 104 works
- 7 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 103 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 98 works
- 9 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 98 works
- 10 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 88 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fuel Cells and Related Materials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fuel Cells and Related Materials include Frede Blaabjerg, Jens K. Nørskov and Ben Zhong Tang.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
- 2 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 9.8k citations
- 3 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
- 4 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations
- 5 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
- 6 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 7 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 8 Thomas F. Jaramillo United States 5.5k citations
- 9 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
- 10 J. R. Dahn Canada 4.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fuel Cells and Related Materials research done?
The largest centres of Fuel Cells and Related Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Tianjin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jülich.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- JülichDE · 79.1 works21×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fuel Cells and Related Materials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fuel Cells and Related Materials?
Among universities, judged by research, Changchun University of Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Qingdao University of Science and Technology 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 | Changchun University of Technology?? | 70.3 | 41.4% | 19.9× | 36 | +117.8% |
| 2 | Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina | 69.9 | 26.2% | 12.7× | 86 | +153.7% |
| 3 | Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina | 68.2 | 22.9% | 10.7× | 62 | +250.4% |
| 4 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 64.8 | 27.4% | 7.8× | 57 | +626.4% |
| 5 | Université du Québec à Trois-RivièresCanada | 62.6 | 43.4% | 11.7× | 16 | +10.1% |
| 6 | Tiangong UniversityChina | 61.3 | 33.7% | 12.5× | 47 | +3.4% |
| 7 | Korea University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 60.7 | 22.9% | 10.6× | 21 | +150.6% |
| 8 | Tongji UniversityChina | 60.1 | 23.5% | 8.6× | 173 | -7.2% |
| 9 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 59.8 | 37.5% | 5.5× | 103 | +39.5% |
| 10 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 59.6 | 29.3% | 4.0× | 98 | +228.8% |
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 Fuel Cells and Related Materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Fuel Cells and Related Materials.
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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.