Cafer Saka

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
153 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Cafer Saka is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cafer Saka has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Materials Chemistry, 44 papers in Catalysis and 42 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Cafer Saka's work include Hydrogen Storage and Materials (76 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (42 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (39 papers). Cafer Saka is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogen Storage and Materials (76 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (42 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (39 papers). Cafer Saka collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, South Sudan and Montenegro. Cafer Saka's co-authors include Ömer Şahi̇n, Asım Balbay, Mustafa Kaya, Orhan Baytar, Mehmet Sait İzgi̇, Dilek Kılınç, Mesut Bekiroğullari, İbrahim Teğin, Mehmet Maşuk Küçük and Yavuz Yardım and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Power Sources and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Cafer Saka

145 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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BET, TG–DTG, FT-IR, SEM, iodine number analysis and preparation of activated carbon from acorn shell by chemical activation with ZnCl2

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cafer Saka Türkiye	47	3.1k	1.5k	1.1k	993	950	153	5.5k
Dongyan Xu China	35	2.5k 0.8×	430 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	479 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	104	4.0k
M.A. Lillo-Ródenas Spain	37	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	399 0.4×	381 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	96	6.6k
Fabián Suárez‐García Spain	38	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	292 0.3×	378 0.4×	538 0.6×	84	5.3k
Alex C.K. Yip New Zealand	41	2.1k 0.7×	827 0.5×	510 0.5×	642 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	125	5.1k
Xinqing Chen China	33	1.6k 0.5×	610 0.4×	783 0.7×	374 0.4×	555 0.6×	102	3.2k
Yafei Zhao China	38	1.9k 0.6×	697 0.5×	337 0.3×	497 0.5×	2.2k 2.4×	92	4.8k
Özgür Özay Türkiye	32	1.5k 0.5×	616 0.4×	259 0.2×	1.4k 1.4×	322 0.3×	87	3.3k
S. Triwahyono Malaysia	50	4.6k 1.5×	993 0.7×	2.8k 2.6×	807 0.8×	1.9k 2.0×	144	7.7k
Muhammad Humayun China	52	5.1k 1.6×	429 0.3×	639 0.6×	508 0.5×	6.3k 6.6×	225	8.9k
Ammar Houas Tunisia	34	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	191 0.2×	770 0.8×	4.8k 5.0×	92	7.0k

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Yardım, Yavuz & Cafer Saka. (2026). Valorization of pistachio shell biomass into potassium- and fluorine-doped porous carbon through pyrolysis for supercapacitor applications. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 195. 107634–107634.

Levent, Abdulkadır & Cafer Saka. (2025). Tunable energy storage in acidic and alkaline electrolytes using a NiO-embedded N,P-Doped biomass-derived electrode. Biomass and Bioenergy. 202. 108225–108225. 1 indexed citations

Yardım, Yavuz, et al.. (2025). Green synthesis of hierarchical nitrogen-doped porous activated carbon material based on biomass waste for high-performance energy storage as supercapacitor. Biomass and Bioenergy. 197. 107818–107818. 13 indexed citations

Yardım, Yavuz, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen production and electrochemical energy storage with a dual-function application of boron and oxygen-doped biomass-based porous activated carbon-based composite material. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 132. 75–86. 3 indexed citations

Saka, Cafer. (2025). Hydrogen generation from sodium borohydride using a lanthanum/nitrogen Co-doped chitosan catalyst in alcohol-based media. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 197. 152526–152526.

Teğin, İbrahim, et al.. (2024). Facile phosphorus and oxygen heteroatom functionalization of biochar based on biomass prepared by microwave pyrolysis for adsorption process of cadmium in aqueous solution. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(6). 8681–8690. 5 indexed citations

Saka, Cafer. (2024). Robust and efficient hydrogen production performance using nitrogen- and phosphorus-doped microalgal carbon-based metal-free carbon composite. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 68. 663–672. 9 indexed citations

Saka, Cafer & Abdulkadır Levent. (2024). Fabrication of nitrogen and ZnO doped on carbon particles obtained from waste biomass and their use as supercapacitor electrodes for energy storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 90. 1070–1083. 27 indexed citations

Yardım, Yavuz, et al.. (2024). Enhanced supercapacitor performance of hierarchical mesoporous sulfur-doped carbon particles from biomass waste for energy storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 99. 383–393. 18 indexed citations

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Saka, Cafer. (2023). Metal-free hybrid composite particles with phosphorus and oxygen-doped graphitic carbon nitride dispersed on kaolin for catalytic activity toward efficient hydrogen release. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(37). 13864–13876. 25 indexed citations

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Levent, Abdulkadır & Cafer Saka. (2023). Enhanced electrochemical performance of ZnO@sulphur-doped carbon particles for use in supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage. 78. 110120–110120. 42 indexed citations

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Teğin, İbrahim, et al.. (2023). Facile modification strategies on hydrochar-based carbon particles with hydrothermal carbonization from green pistachio hulls for the removal of cadmium ions from aqueous solutions. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(3). 4527–4538. 9 indexed citations

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Saka, Cafer. (2023). Facile fabrication of N-doped heterostructured hybrid particles based on montmorillonite incorporated with g-C3N4 for enhanced hydrogen production by NaBH4 in methanol. Diamond and Related Materials. 142. 110740–110740. 5 indexed citations

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Saka, Cafer. (2023). Facile oxygen doped heterojunction structured hybrid particles with γ-aluminium oxide dispersed over graphitic carbon nitride for dehydrogenation of sodium borohydride in methanol: Catalytic properties and mechanism. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 51. 1089–1098. 10 indexed citations

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Saka, Cafer, Yavuz Yardım, Ömer Şahi̇n, & Orhan Baytar. (2022). Iodine adsorption and electrochemical double-layer capacitor characteristics of activated carbon prepared from low-cost biomass. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 25(1). 74–81. 18 indexed citations

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Balbay, Asım, Ömer Şahi̇n, & Cafer Saka. (2017). Effect of acid addition on hydrogen production from potassium borohydride hydrolysis. Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects. 39(13). 1383–1389. 20 indexed citations

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Kaya, Mustafa, Ömer Şahi̇n, & Cafer Saka. (2017). Preparation and TG/DTG, FT-IR, SEM, BET Surface Area, Iodine Number and Methylene Blue Number Analysis of Activated Carbon from Pistachio Shells by Chemical Activation. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 16(2). 49 indexed citations

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Şahi̇n, Ömer, Cafer Saka, Arzu Ekinci, & Asım Balbay. (2016). Hydrogen Production by Hydrolysis of NaBH ₄ with Cr-Ni-W-B Catalyst: Effects of Cold Plasma and Chromium Content. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 14(1). 351–359. 10 indexed citations

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Şentürk, Zühre, Cafer Saka, & İbrahim Teğin. (2011). Analytical methods for determination of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 30(2). 87–122. 19 indexed citations

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Saka, Cafer. (2009). Review of Analytical Methods for Identification and Determination of Triptans. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry. 39(1). 32–42. 23 indexed citations

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