TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells is a research topic within Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1958. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in photocatalysis and solar energy conversion, with a specific emphasis on titanium dioxide nanomaterials, visible light photocatalysis, dye-sensitized solar cells, and water splitting. The research covers topics such as enhancing solar absorption, surface science studies, molecular engineering of sensitizers, and the development of efficient panchromatic sensitizers for solar cells.
- Photocatalysis
- Solar Cells
- Titanium Dioxide
- Nanomaterials
- Visible Light
- Dye-Sensitized
- Water Splitting
- Nanostructures
- Efficiency
- Semiconductor Nanocrystals
- Research works
- 48k fractional, since 1958
- In the world top 10%
- 8.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -8% the tick is no change
Which countries lead TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.5k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.5k works
- 2 India 1.3k works
- 3 Iran 337 works
- 4 United States 300 works
- 5 Saudi Arabia 270 works
- 6 South Korea 260 works
- 7 Indonesia 253 works
- 8 Japan 227 works
- 9 Türkiye 191 works
- 10 Brazil 191 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 TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells research?
By volume in 2022–2025, King Saud University publishes the most TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Saveetha University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 56 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 40 works
- 3 Saveetha University India 38 works
- 4 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India 29 works
- 5 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 29 works
- 6 Yeungnam University South Korea 26 works
- 7 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 26 works
- 8 King Khalid University Saudi Arabia 25 works
- 9 Universiti Sains Malaysia Malaysia 25 works
- 10 Harbin Institute of Technology China 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells?
The most-cited researchers publishing on TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells include Michaël Grätzel, Henry J. Snaith and İbrahim Dinçer.
- 1 Michaël Grätzel 13k citations
- 2 Henry J. Snaith 6.6k citations
- 3 İbrahim Dinçer 5.9k citations
- 4 Tsutomu Miyasaka 5.3k citations
- 5 Brian C. O’Regan 5.3k citations
- 6 Seeram Ramakrishna 5.1k citations
- 7 Anders Hagfeldt 4.6k citations
- 8 Zhanhu Guo 4.4k citations
- 9 Liming Dai 4.2k citations
- 10 Jiaguo Yu 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells research done?
The largest centres of TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), 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 Silchar.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SilcharIN · 20.3 works9.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells than the world average.
Where is the best place to study TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells?
Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Yeungnam University and National Institute Of Technology Silchar 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 | King Saud University Saudi Arabia | 62.8 | 13.6% | 7.0× | 56 | +56.0% |
| 2 | Yeungnam University South Korea | 59.3 | 14.8% | 13.9× | 26 | +1.1% |
| 3 | National Institute Of Technology Silchar India | 58.7 | 21.4% | 12.0× | 18 | — |
| 4 | King Khalid University Saudi Arabia | 57.7 | 9.1% | 7.8× | 25 | +99.3% |
| 5 | University of Babylon Iraq | 56.9 | 25.6% | 5.5× | 13 | +249.1% |
| 6 | Manonmaniam Sundaranar University India | 51.2 | 12.7% | 20.4× | 15 | +74.5% |
| 7 | National Institute of Technology Karnataka India | 51.2 | 22.5% | 5.8× | 9 | +686.3% |
| 8 | University of Technology Malaysia Malaysia | 51.0 | 16.2% | 4.1× | 17 | +218.8% |
| 9 | University of Kashan Iran | 50.1 | 16.8% | 13.6× | 8 | +87.4% |
| 10 | Bharathidasan University India | 47.9 | 8.6% | 12.5× | 19 | +32.3% |
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 TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells.
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.