Akihide Iwase

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
117 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Akihide Iwase is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Akihide Iwase has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 83 papers in Materials Chemistry and 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Akihide Iwase's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (112 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (54 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (26 papers). Akihide Iwase is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (112 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (54 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (26 papers). Akihide Iwase collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Australia and Germany. Akihide Iwase's co-authors include Akihiko Kudo, Rose Amal, Yun Hau Ng, Hideki Kato, Tomoaki Takayama, Qingxin Jia, Shunya Yoshino, Katsuya Iwashina, Ryo Niishiro and Wey Yang Teoh and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Akihide Iwase

114 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Solid-State Electron Mediator... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2010 2015 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Solid-State Electron Mediator in Z-Scheme Photocatalytic Water Splitting under Visible Light
    2011 927 citations Akihide Iwase, Yun Hau Ng et al. profile →
  2. Reducing Graphene Oxide on a Visible-Light BiVO4 Photocatalyst for an Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
    2010 749 citations Yun Hau Ng, Akihide Iwase et al. profile →
  3. Surface Modification of CoOx Loaded BiVO4 Photoanodes with Ultrathin p-Type NiO Layers for Improved Solar Water Oxidation
    2015 586 citations Akihide Iwase, Akihiko Kudo et al. profile →

Peers

Akihide Iwase
Xu Zong China
Elizabeth A. Santori United States
Fatwa F. Abdi Germany
Tae Woo Kim South Korea
Donge Wang China
Tsutomu Minegishi Japan
Zaizhu Lou China
Yun Zheng China
Li‐Yong Gan China
Yugo Miseki Japan
Xu Zong China
Akihide Iwase
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Takayama, Tomoaki, Akihide Iwase, & Akihiko Kudo. (2025). Improvement of performance to form syngas utilizing water and CO 2 over a particulate-Cu 0.8 Ag 0.2 GaS 2 -based photocathode by surface co-modification with ZnS and Ag. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 9(7). 1709–1716. 1 indexed citations
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Sato, Taichi, Makoto Kobayashi, & Akihide Iwase. (2025). Enhanced overall water splitting under visible light irradiation over Ir- and La-codoped NaTaO 3 by post KCl flux treatment. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 14(6). 3584–3590.
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Tamura, Yoshitaka, Megumi Okazaki, Tomoki Kanazawa, et al.. (2024). Modification of Visible‐Light‐Responsive Pb2Ti2O5.4F1.2 with Metal Oxide Cocatalysts to Improve Photocatalytic O2 Evolution toward Z‐Scheme Overall Water Splitting. ChemSusChem. 17(12). e202400408–e202400408. 4 indexed citations
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Takayama, Tomoaki, Akihide Iwase, & Akihiko Kudo. (2023). Water splitting and CO2 reduction over an AgSr2Ta5O15 photocatalyst developed by a valence band control strategy. Chemical Communications. 59(51). 7911–7914. 4 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Yuichi, et al.. (2022). Powder-Based Cu 3 VS 4 Photocathode Prepared by Particle-Transfer Method for Water Splitting Using the Whole Range of Visible Light. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 11(6). 63002–63002. 7 indexed citations
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Yoshino, Shunya, Tomoaki Takayama, Yuichi Yamaguchi, Akihide Iwase, & Akihiko Kudo. (2022). CO2 Reduction Using Water as an Electron Donor over Heterogeneous Photocatalysts Aiming at Artificial Photosynthesis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 55(7). 966–977. 184 indexed citations
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Watanabe, K., Katsuya Iwashina, Akihide Iwase, et al.. (2020). New Visible-Light-Driven H2- and O2-Evolving Photocatalysts Developed by Ag(I) and Cu(I) Ion Exchange of Various Layered and Tunneling Metal Oxides Using Molten Salts Treatments. Chemistry of Materials. 32(24). 10524–10537. 10 indexed citations
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Xie, Zhirun, Hui Ling Tan, Xiaoming Wen, et al.. (2019). The Importance of the Interfacial Contact: Is Reduced Graphene Oxide Always an Enhancer in Photo(Electro)Catalytic Water Oxidation?. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(26). 23125–23134. 36 indexed citations
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Iwase, Akihide, et al.. (2015). 太陽光水素発生に対する光触媒および光電気化学特性へのCuGaS 2 のCuサイトにおけるAg(I)置換の効果. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(43). 21815–21823. 1 indexed citations
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Iwase, Akihide, et al.. (2015). Photocatalytic Properties of Layered Metal Oxides Substituted with Silver by a Molten AgNO3 Treatment. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 7(27). 14638–14643. 19 indexed citations
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Asaoka, Ryo, Akihide Iwase, Kazunori Hirasawa, Hiroshi Murata, & Makoto Araie. (2014). Identifying "Preperimetric" Glaucoma in Standard Automated Perimetry Visual Fields. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(12). 7814–7820. 21 indexed citations
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Ng, Charlene, Akihide Iwase, Yun Hau Ng, & Rose Amal. (2013). Understanding Self‐Photorechargeability of WO3 for H2 Generation without Light Illumination. ChemSusChem. 6(2). 291–298. 37 indexed citations
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Ng, Charlene, Yun Hau Ng, Akihide Iwase, & Rose Amal. (2011). Charge storage properties of self-photorechargeable flower-shaped WO3. 628. 1 indexed citations
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Iwase, Akihide, Wey Yang Teoh, & Rose Amal. (2011). Photocatalytic water splitting over ALi2Ti6O14 (A:2Na, Sr, Ba and Pb) and the effect of transition metal doping on their photocatalytic properties. 2809. 1 indexed citations
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Ng, Charlene, Yun Hau Ng, Akihide Iwase, & Rose Amal. (2011). Visible light-induced charge storage, on-demand release and self-photorechargeability of WO3 film. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(29). 13421–13421. 49 indexed citations
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Iwase, Akihide, Hideki Kato, & Akihiko Kudo. (2009). The Effect of Alkaline Earth Metal Ion Dopants on Photocatalytic Water Splitting by NaTaO3 Powder. ChemSusChem. 2(9). 873–877. 95 indexed citations
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Kohtani, Shigeru, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Akihide Iwase, et al.. (2008). Loading effects of silver oxides upon generation of reactive oxygen species in semiconductor photocatalysis. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 10(20). 2986–2986. 68 indexed citations

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