Akira Fujishima

122.9k total citations · 24 hit papers
1.0k papers, 104.9k citations indexed

About

Akira Fujishima is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Fujishima has authored 1.0k papers receiving a total of 104.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 411 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 406 papers in Materials Chemistry and 356 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Akira Fujishima's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (284 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (257 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (168 papers). Akira Fujishima is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (284 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (257 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (168 papers). Akira Fujishima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Akira Fujishima's co-authors include Kenichi Honda, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Donald A. Tryk, Tata N. Rao, Kazuya Nakata, Toshiya Watanabe, Osamu Sato, Xintong Zhang, Chiaki Terashima and Tomokazu Iyoda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Akira Fujishima

988 papers receiving 102.3k citations

Hit Papers

Electrochemical Photolysi... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 2000 2012 1997 2005 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k 25.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode
    1972 28.6k citations Akira Fujishima, Kenichi Honda Nature profile →
  2. Titanium dioxide photocatalysis
    2000 6.7k citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  3. TiO2 photocatalysis: Design and applications
    2012 3.0k citations Kazuya Nakata, Akira Fujishima profile →
  4. Light-induced amphiphilic surfaces
    1997 2.9k citations Akira Fujishima et al. Nature profile →
  5. TiO2 Photocatalysis: A Historical Overview and Future Prospects
    2005 2.7k citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  6. Photoelectrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide in aqueous suspensions of semiconductor powders
    1979 2.4k citations Akira Fujishima, Kenichi Honda et al. Nature profile →
  7. Photoinduced Magnetization of a Cobalt-Iron Cyanide
    1996 1.6k citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  8. Effects of the Surface Roughness on Sliding Angles of Water Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces
    2000 1.1k citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  9. Detection of active oxidative species in TiO2 photocatalysis using the fluorescence technique
    2000 1.1k citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  10. Titanium dioxide photocatalysis: present situation and future approaches
    2005 1.1k citations Akira Fujishima, Xintong Zhang profile →
  11. Photogeneration of Highly Amphiphilic TiO2 Surfaces
    1998 714 citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  12. Photoinduced Surface Wettability Conversion of ZnO and TiO2 Thin Films
    2001 699 citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  13. Quantum yields of active oxidative species formed on TiO2 photocatalyst
    2000 693 citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  14. Bactericidal and Detoxification Effects of TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts
    1998 675 citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  15. Preparation of Transparent Superhydrophobic Boehmite and Silica Films by Sublimation of Aluminum Acetylacetonate
    1999 674 citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  16. Transparent Superhydrophobic Thin Films with Self-Cleaning Properties
    2000 644 citations Akira Nakajima, Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  17. Studies of Surface Wettability Conversion on TiO2 Single-Crystal Surfaces
    1999 589 citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  18. Electrochemically Tunable Magnetic Phase Transition in a High- T c Chromium Cyanide Thin Film
    1996 552 citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  19. Photocatalytic bactericidal effect of TiO2 thin films: dynamic view of the active oxygen species responsible for the effect
    1997 536 citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  20. Photoelectrochemical properties of TiO2 photocatalyst and its applications for environmental purification
    2012 514 citations Tsuyoshi Ochiai, Akira Fujishima profile →
  21. Photoelectrochemical information storage using an azobenzene derivative
    1990 506 citations Akira Fujishima et al. Nature profile →
  22. Bio-Inspired Titanium Dioxide Materials with Special Wettability and Their Applications
    2014 499 citations Akira Fujishima et al. profile →
  23. Photochromism induced in an electrolytically pretreated Mo03 thin film by visible light
    1992 428 citations Akira Fujishima et al. Nature profile →
  24. Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf
    2014 337 citations Sanjay S. Latthe, Chiaki Terashima et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akira Fujishima Japan 120 63.3k 59.7k 27.8k 11.3k 9.7k 1.0k 104.9k
Kazuhito Hashimoto Japan 128 28.7k 0.5× 32.7k 0.5× 20.4k 0.7× 13.3k 1.2× 6.8k 0.7× 752 67.9k
Markus Antonietti Germany 198 72.6k 1.1× 92.9k 1.6× 49.5k 1.8× 23.2k 2.0× 19.1k 2.0× 1.1k 159.2k
Shu‐Hong Yu China 175 35.7k 0.6× 45.3k 0.8× 44.9k 1.6× 23.2k 2.0× 23.0k 2.4× 990 106.5k
Liming Dai United States 164 52.8k 0.8× 42.1k 0.7× 64.3k 2.3× 26.4k 2.3× 15.8k 1.6× 797 109.5k
Peidong Yang United States 179 35.7k 0.6× 88.6k 1.5× 57.5k 2.1× 23.1k 2.0× 32.4k 3.3× 499 133.0k
Hua Zhang China 190 38.7k 0.6× 86.2k 1.4× 69.7k 2.5× 33.5k 3.0× 30.5k 3.2× 1.9k 159.1k
Yusuke Yamauchi Japan 158 33.8k 0.5× 43.2k 0.7× 43.3k 1.6× 24.9k 2.2× 15.6k 1.6× 1.4k 97.6k
Gábor A. Somorjai United States 131 17.5k 0.3× 44.2k 0.7× 16.2k 0.6× 7.3k 0.6× 10.8k 1.1× 890 73.3k
Yadong Yin United States 129 20.0k 0.3× 41.9k 0.7× 21.5k 0.8× 16.6k 1.5× 16.1k 1.7× 501 69.7k
Robert Schlögl Germany 128 26.3k 0.4× 49.3k 0.8× 18.6k 0.7× 6.8k 0.6× 6.9k 0.7× 1.1k 74.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Fujishima

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bhattacharjee, Kaustav, Bharat B. Kale, Milind V. Kulkarni, et al.. (2024). Self-Standing vanadium oxide pillared carbon microfiber film as an excellent anode for lithium & sodium ion batteries. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 170. 113431–113431. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Dan, et al.. (2024). Nanocone-substrated BiVO4-Mo/MOFs photoanodes for highly efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 68. 596–606. 8 indexed citations
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Ayappan, Chinnadurai, Ruimin Xing, Xintong Zhang, et al.. (2024). TiO2-based photocatalysts for emerging gaseous pollutants removal: From photocatalysts to reactors design. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 515. 215960–215960. 34 indexed citations
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Cheng, Sijie, Sanjay S. Latthe, Kazuya Nakata, et al.. (2023). Recent advancements in design, development and demands of photothermal superhydrophobic materials. Materials Today Chemistry. 35. 101868–101868. 34 indexed citations
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Yu, Fei, Changhua Wang, Rui Wang, et al.. (2023). Solution Plasma Engineering the Surface of Nitrogen Doped Tio2 for Thermal-Assisted Photocatalysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Fumihiro, et al.. (2022). In-hospital blood collection increases the rate of indeterminate results in interferon-gamma release assays. Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease. 16. 2673657145–2673657145. 4 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐González, Vicente, Naoya Ishida, Norihiro Suzuki, et al.. (2022). Interactions between pH, reactive species, and cells in plasma-activated water can remove algae. RSC Advances. 12(13). 7626–7634. 20 indexed citations
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Jadhav, Sarika, Ramchandra S. Kalubarme, Norihiro Suzuki, et al.. (2021). Cobalt-Doped Manganese Dioxide Hierarchical Nanostructures for Enhancing Pseudocapacitive Properties. ACS Omega. 6(8). 5717–5729. 61 indexed citations
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Yu, Fei, Changhua Wang, Yingying Li, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Solar Photothermal Catalysis over Solution Plasma Activated TiO2. Advanced Science. 7(16). 2000204–2000204. 115 indexed citations
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Yu, Fei, Changhua Wang, Yingying Li, et al.. (2020). Photothermal Catalysis: Enhanced Solar Photothermal Catalysis over Solution Plasma Activated TiO2 (Adv. Sci. 16/2020). Advanced Science. 7(16). 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Shanhu, Debabrata Chanda, Lei Tan, et al.. (2019). Ultrathin WS2 nanosheets vertically aligned on TiO2 nanobelts as efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(3). 1697–1705. 42 indexed citations
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Raja, Krishna Chandar Nagamuthu, et al.. (2018). Green and chemical synthesized CeO2 nanoparticles for photocatalytic indoor air pollutant degradation. Materials Letters. 239. 40–44. 78 indexed citations
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Kalubarme, Ramchandra S., Sarika Jadhav, Bharat B. Kale, et al.. (2018). Porous Mn-doped cobalt oxide@C nanocomposite: a stable anode material for Li-ion rechargeable batteries. Nanotechnology. 29(28). 285705–285705. 22 indexed citations
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Kadam, Sunil R., Rajendra P. Panmand, Chiaki Terashima, et al.. (2018). Hierarchical CdMoO4 nanowire–graphene composite for photocatalytic hydrogen generation under natural sunlight. RSC Advances. 8(25). 13764–13771. 16 indexed citations
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Devadoss, Anitha, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, C. Ravidhas, et al.. (2014). Simultaneous glucose sensing and biohydrogen evolution from direct photoelectrocatalytic glucose oxidation on robust Cu2O–TiO2 electrodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 16(39). 21237–21242. 58 indexed citations
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Wagata, Hajime, Ken‐ichi Katsumata, Naoki Ohashi, et al.. (2011). Photocatalytic Activity and Related Surface Properties of Transparent ZnO Films Prepared by a Low‐temperature Aqueous Route. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 87(5). 1009–1015. 7 indexed citations
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Kubo, Shoichi, et al.. (2005). Control of the optical properties of liquid crystal-infiltrated inverse opal structures using photo irradiation and/or an electric field.
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Fujishima, Akira & Kenichi Honda. (1972). Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode. Nature. 238(5358). 37–38. 28575 indexed citations breakdown →

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