Akhtar Alam

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 792 citations indexed

About

Akhtar Alam is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Akhtar Alam has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 792 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Akhtar Alam's work include Covalent Organic Framework Applications (27 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (10 papers). Akhtar Alam is often cited by papers focused on Covalent Organic Framework Applications (27 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (10 papers). Akhtar Alam collaborates with scholars based in India, Germany and Spain. Akhtar Alam's co-authors include Neeladri Das, Atikur Hassan, Mosim Ansari, Ranajit Bera, Pradip Pachfule, Avanti Chakraborty, Bikash Mishra, Bidhan Kumbhakar, Samrat Ghosh and Arne Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Akhtar Alam

29 papers receiving 782 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalysis

2024 82 citations Bikash Mishra, Akhtar Alam et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation by tuning hydrazone linkage density in covalent organic frameworks

2025 61 citations Avanti Chakraborty, Akhtar Alam et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Akhtar Alam

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Xianghao Han China

Nicolas Chaoui Germany

Wenguang Yu China

Jinquan Suo China

Yunlong Zhu China

Ruth Gomes India

Feng Chu China

Hongryeol Yun South Korea

Lưu Cẩm Lộc Vietnam

Xianghao Han China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akhtar Alam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akhtar Alam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akhtar Alam based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akhtar Alam. Akhtar Alam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Alam, Akhtar, et al.. (2025). Natural polymer-based bioadsorbents for wastewater treatment. RSC Sustainability. 3(11). 5027–5050. 1 indexed citations

Pachfule, Pradip, Avanti Chakraborty, Santosh Kumar Swain, et al.. (2025). Engineering Intermolecular Charge Transfer in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Generation. ChemRxiv. 1 indexed citations

Hassan, Atikur, Subhadip Mondal, Akhtar Alam, et al.. (2025). Influence on Crystallinity of Nanoporous Covalent Organic Frameworks for Efficient Sequestration of Organic Iodides and Iodine. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(25). 12895–12908. 3 indexed citations

Chakraborty, Avanti, Akhtar Alam, Uttam Pal, et al.. (2025). Enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation by tuning hydrazone linkage density in covalent organic frameworks. Nature Communications. 16(1). 503–503. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

Nagar, Amit, et al.. (2025). Design of donor–acceptor covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 9(9). 1421–1430. 7 indexed citations

Alam, Akhtar, Avanti Chakraborty, Sukanta K. Mondal, et al.. (2025). Xantphos–Cu‐Decorated Covalent Organic Frameworks for C─H Arylation through Sensitized Electron Transfer. Advanced Materials. 37(15). e2416100–e2416100. 3 indexed citations

Hassan, Atikur, et al.. (2025). Triptycene-Based and Keto-Functionalized Porous Organic Polymer for Selective CO₂ Capture over N₂/CH₄ and Iodine Sequestration Applications. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7(8). 5127–5137. 5 indexed citations

Nagar, Amit, Akhtar Alam, Pradip Pachfule, & C. M. Nagaraja. (2025). Isomeric cyano-vinylene-linked covalent organic frameworks and their impact on photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(19). 14304–14313. 6 indexed citations

Nagar, Amit, et al.. (2025). Benzothiadiazole-based donor–acceptor covalent organic framework for photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 9(7). 1885–1894. 7 indexed citations

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Alam, Akhtar, et al.. (2025). Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Water Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reactions. ChemCatChem. 17(16). 1 indexed citations

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Alam, Akhtar, Atikur Hassan, & Neeladri Das. (2025). Triptycene-based porous organic network polymers: From synthesis to applications. Progress in Materials Science. 155. 101528–101528. 3 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Avanti, et al.. (2024). Covalent organic frameworks as heterogeneous photocatalysts for cross-coupling reactions. Green Chemistry. 26(18). 9619–9651. 27 indexed citations

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Alam, Akhtar, Bidhan Kumbhakar, Avanti Chakraborty, et al.. (2024). Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Generation. ACS Materials Letters. 6(5). 2007–2049. 71 indexed citations

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Mishra, Bikash, Akhtar Alam, Avanti Chakraborty, et al.. (2024). Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalysis. Advanced Materials. 37(52). e2413118–e2413118. 82 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hassan, Atikur, et al.. (2023). Super-fast iodine capture by an ionic covalent organic network (iCON) from aqueous and vapor media. RSC Sustainability. 1(3). 511–522. 18 indexed citations

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Mishra, Bikash, Akhtar Alam, Bidhan Kumbhakar, David Díaz Díaz, & Pradip Pachfule. (2023). Impact of the Crystallinity of Covalent Organic Frameworks on Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Crystal Growth & Design. 23(6). 4701–4719. 48 indexed citations

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Hassan, Atikur, et al.. (2022). Triptycene-based and imine linked porous uniform microspheres for efficient and reversible scavenging of iodine from various media: a systematic study. Environmental Science Advances. 1(3). 320–330. 21 indexed citations

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Hassan, Atikur, et al.. (2022). Rapid and Efficient Removal of Diverse Anionic Water Contaminants Using a Guanidium-Based Ionic Covalent Organic Network (iCON). ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4(9). 6630–6641. 20 indexed citations

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Hassan, Atikur, et al.. (2020). Triptycene based and nitrogen rich hyper cross linked polymers (TNHCPs) as efficient CO2 and iodine adsorbent. Separation and Purification Technology. 257. 117923–117923. 58 indexed citations

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Bera, Ranajit, Mosim Ansari, Akhtar Alam, & Neeladri Das. (2019). Triptycene, Phenolic-OH, and Azo-Functionalized Porous Organic Polymers: Efficient and Selective CO₂ Capture. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 1(5). 959–968. 79 indexed citations

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