Christian Njel

1.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 991 citations indexed

About

Christian Njel is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Njel has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 991 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 21 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Christian Njel's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (13 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (7 papers). Christian Njel is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (14 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (13 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (7 papers). Christian Njel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Christian Njel's co-authors include Julia Maibach, Maximilian Fichtner, Zhirong Zhao‐Karger, Zhenyou Li, Tejs Vegge, Piotr Jankowski, Junfang Zhang, Felix F. Loeffler, Yuxin Liu and Kai Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Christian Njel

40 papers receiving 975 citations

Hit Papers

High‐Entropy Sulfides as Electrode Materials for Li‐Ion B... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2023 50 100 150
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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. High‐Entropy Sulfides as Electrode Materials for Li‐Ion Batteries
    2022 168 citations Christian Njel et al. Advanced Energy Materials profile →
  2. An all-in-one nanoprinting approach for the synthesis of a nanofilm library for unclonable anti-counterfeiting applications
    2023 87 citations Junfang Zhang, Yuxin Liu et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Njel Germany 16 677 357 147 128 122 42 991
Ankit Kumar Singh India 17 438 0.6× 188 0.5× 60 0.4× 78 0.6× 29 0.2× 64 733
Bingcheng Ge China 17 628 0.9× 396 1.1× 129 0.9× 160 1.3× 140 1.1× 36 1.0k
Mei Er Pam Singapore 25 1.6k 2.4× 512 1.4× 514 3.5× 71 0.6× 208 1.7× 39 1.9k
Kevin Peuvot Sweden 7 358 0.5× 304 0.9× 181 1.2× 64 0.5× 122 1.0× 7 737
Juntian Fan United States 15 668 1.0× 267 0.7× 197 1.3× 186 1.5× 217 1.8× 43 972
Peipei Ding China 14 828 1.2× 299 0.8× 148 1.0× 146 1.1× 345 2.8× 37 1.2k
Yuhang Yuan China 14 542 0.8× 226 0.6× 207 1.4× 57 0.4× 227 1.9× 25 778
Xinxin Zhu China 18 915 1.4× 264 0.7× 254 1.7× 93 0.7× 201 1.6× 63 1.1k
Leilei Du China 18 694 1.0× 230 0.6× 233 1.6× 77 0.6× 247 2.0× 45 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Njel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Njel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christian Njel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christian Njel 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 Christian Njel. Christian Njel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jeschull, Fabian, et al.. (2024). Why Half‐Cell Samples Provide Limited Insight Into the Aging Mechanisms of Potassium Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(6). 4 indexed citations
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Njel, Christian, Hugues A. Girard, Mathieu Frégnaux, Damien Aureau, & Jean‐Charles Arnault. (2024). In situ photoemission spectroscopies to reveal surface transfer doping on hydrogenated milled nanodiamonds. Carbon. 230. 119668–119668.
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Yadav, Sandeep, et al.. (2024). CoFe2O4@N‐CNH as Bifunctional Hybrid Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc‐Air Batteries. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(28). 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junfang, et al.. (2023). An all-in-one nanoprinting approach for the synthesis of a nanofilm library for unclonable anti-counterfeiting applications. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(9). 1027–1035. 87 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Junfang, Yuntao Zhu, Christian Njel, et al.. (2023). Metal-free photoanodes for C–H functionalization. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7104–7104. 13 indexed citations
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Njel, Christian, Mathieu Frégnaux, Damien Aureau, et al.. (2023). Core-shells particles grown in a tubular reactor: Influence of the seeds nature and MPCVD conditions on boron-doped diamond crystalline quality. Diamond and Related Materials. 142. 110770–110770. 3 indexed citations
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Payandeh, SeyedHosein, Christian Njel, Andrey Mazilkin, et al.. (2022). The Effect of Single versus Polycrystalline Cathode Particles on All‐Solid‐State Battery Performance. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(3). 20 indexed citations
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Ji, Yuanchun, Yanlei Xiu, Sylvio Indris, et al.. (2021). Magnesium‐Sulfur Batteries: Polyoxometalate Modified Separator for Performance Enhancement of Magnesium–Sulfur Batteries (Adv. Funct. Mater. 26/2021). Advanced Functional Materials. 31(26). 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junfang, Yajun Zou, Christian Njel, et al.. (2021). Laser-driven growth of structurally defined transition metal oxide nanocrystals on carbon nitride photoelectrodes in milliseconds. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3224–3224. 23 indexed citations
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Njel, Christian, et al.. (2020). Understanding the langmuir and Langmuir-Schaefer film conformation of low-bandgap polymers and their bulk heterojunctions with PCBM. Nanotechnology. 31(31). 315712–315712. 5 indexed citations
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Schröder, A., Halima Kerdjoudj, Christian Njel, et al.. (2020). Effect of the Buffer on the Buildup and Stability of Tannic Acid/Collagen Multilayer Films Applied as Antibacterial Coatings. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(20). 22601–22612. 48 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Rudolf C., Shawn Sanctis, Maciej Oskar Liedke, et al.. (2020). Zinc Oxide Defect Microstructure and Surface Chemistry Derived from Oxidation of Metallic Zinc: Thin‐Film Transistor and Sensor Behavior of ZnO Films and Rods. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(17). 5422–5431. 11 indexed citations
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Lozinšek, Matic, Gregor Kapun, Christian Njel, et al.. (2018). Fluorinated reduced graphene oxide as a protective layer on the metallic lithium for application in the high energy batteries. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5819–5819. 50 indexed citations
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Hribernik, Silvo, Gregor Kapun, Sara Drvarič Talian, et al.. (2018). The Role of Cellulose Based Separator in Lithium Sulfur Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 166(3). A5237–A5243. 31 indexed citations
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Pardo, Fabrice, Christian Njel, José Alvarez, et al.. (2014). InP-based nano solar cells. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8981. 89811G–89811G. 5 indexed citations
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Njel, Christian, et al.. (2012). The effects of weight and inertia of the prosthesis on the Sensitivity of EMG pattern recognition in relax state. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies). 1 indexed citations
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Stellin, Giovanni, Christian Njel, F. Zaccone, et al.. (2008). Design of an anthropomorphic dexterous hand for a 2-years-old humanoid: ongoing work. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 2 indexed citations

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