Kazunari Domen

127.5k total citations · 38 hit papers
1.0k papers, 108.6k citations indexed

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Kazunari Domen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kazunari Domen has authored 1.0k papers receiving a total of 108.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 714 papers in Materials Chemistry, 657 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 255 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kazunari Domen's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (629 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (211 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (154 papers). Kazunari Domen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (629 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (211 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (154 papers). Kazunari Domen collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Kazunari Domen's co-authors include Kazuhiko Maeda, Tsuyoshi Takata, Takashi Hisatomi, Junko N. Kondo, Jun Kubota, Kazuhiro Takanabe, Masahiko Hara, Markus Antonietti, Xinchen Wang and Qian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kazunari Domen

990 papers receiving 107.2k citations

Hit Papers

A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for ... 1989 2026 2001 2013 2008 2014 2006 2010 2019 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k 10.0k
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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. A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light
    2008 11.2k citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Kazuhiro Takanabe et al. profile →
  2. Recent advances in semiconductors for photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting
    2014 3.9k citations Takashi Hisatomi, Jun Kubota et al. profile →
  3. Photocatalyst releasing hydrogen from water
    2006 2.6k citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Tsuyoshi Takata et al. profile →
  4. Photocatalytic Water Splitting: Recent Progress and Future Challenges
    2010 2.3k citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Kazunari Domen profile →
  5. Particulate Photocatalysts for Light-Driven Water Splitting: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Design Strategies
    2019 2.2k citations Qian Wang, Kazunari Domen profile →
  6. Recent developments in heterogeneous photocatalysts for solar-driven overall water splitting
    2018 1.9k citations Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  7. Particulate photocatalysts for overall water splitting
    2017 1.8k citations Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  8. Photocatalytic water splitting with a quantum efficiency of almost unity
    2020 1.8k citations Tsuyoshi Takata, Mamiko Nakabayashi et al. profile →
  9. Polymer Semiconductors for Artificial Photosynthesis: Hydrogen Evolution by Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Nitride with Visible Light
    2009 1.7k citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Kazuhiro Takanabe et al. profile →
  10. Synthesis of a Carbon Nitride Structure for Visible‐Light Catalysis by Copolymerization
    2009 1.3k citations Kazuhiro Takanabe, Kazuhiko Maeda et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  11. New Non-Oxide Photocatalysts Designed for Overall Water Splitting under Visible Light
    2007 1.3k citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Kazunari Domen profile →
  12. Reaction systems for solar hydrogen production via water splitting with particulate semiconductor photocatalysts
    2019 1.3k citations Takashi Hisatomi, Kazunari Domen profile →
  13. Photocatalytic solar hydrogen production from water on a 100-m2 scale
    2021 1.3k citations Hiroshi Nishiyama, Taro Yamada et al. profile →
  14. GaN:ZnO Solid Solution as a Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Overall Water Splitting
    2005 1.2k citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Tsuyoshi Takata et al. profile →
  15. Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols
    2009 1.0k citations Kazuhiro Takanabe, Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  16. Oxysulfide Sm2Ti2S2O5 as a Stable Photocatalyst for Water Oxidation and Reduction under Visible Light Irradiation (λ ≤ 650 nm)
    2002 915 citations Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  17. Conduction and Valence Band Positions of Ta2O5, TaON, and Ta3N5 by UPS and Electrochemical Methods
    2003 908 citations Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  18. Self-Templated Synthesis of Nanoporous CdS Nanostructures for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production under Visible Light
    2007 907 citations Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  19. Cu2O as a photocatalyst for overall water splitting under visible light irradiation
    1998 770 citations Kazunari Domen et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  20. Photocatalytic Activities of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Powder for Water Reduction and Oxidation under Visible Light
    2009 738 citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  21. Sulfur-mediated synthesis of carbon nitride: Band-gap engineering and improved functions for photocatalysis
    2010 719 citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Kazunari Domen et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →
  22. Biodiesel made with sugar catalyst
    2005 700 citations Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  23. Efficient Nonsacrificial Water Splitting through Two-Step Photoexcitation by Visible Light using a Modified Oxynitride as a Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalyst
    2010 631 citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Ryu Abe et al. profile →
  24. Single-crystalline, wormlike hematite photoanodes for efficient solar water splitting
    2013 590 citations Ji‐Wook Jang, Jun Kubota et al. profile →
  25. Surface Modification of CoOx Loaded BiVO4 Photoanodes with Ultrathin p-Type NiO Layers for Improved Solar Water Oxidation
    2015 586 citations Takashi Hisatomi, Hiroshi Nishiyama et al. profile →
  26. A Particulate Photocatalyst Water-Splitting Panel for Large-Scale Solar Hydrogen Generation
    2018 574 citations Takashi Hisatomi, Qian Wang et al. profile →
  27. Noble‐Metal/Cr2O3 Core/Shell Nanoparticles as a Cocatalyst for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting
    2006 554 citations Kazuhiko Maeda, Yasunobu Inoue et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  28. An oxynitride, TaON, as an efficient water oxidation photocatalyst under visible light irradiation (λ ≤ 500 nm)
    2002 544 citations Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen et al. Chemical Communications profile →
  29. Oxysulfide photocatalyst for visible-light-driven overall water splitting
    2019 527 citations Qian Wang, Mamiko Nakabayashi et al. profile →
  30. A Carbon Material as a Strong Protonic Acid
    2004 511 citations Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  31. Acid-Catalyzed Reactions on Flexible Polycyclic Aromatic Carbon in Amorphous Carbon
    2006 503 citations Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  32. Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide adsorption on cerium oxide studied by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Part 1.—Formation of carbonate species on dehydroxylated CeO2, at room temperature
    1989 487 citations Kazunari Domen et al. profile →
  33. Overall water splitting by Ta3N5 nanorod single crystals grown on the edges of KTaO3 particles
    2018 470 citations Yasunobu Inoue, Takashi Hisatomi et al. profile →
  34. Unraveling of cocatalysts photodeposited selectively on facets of BiVO4 to boost solar water splitting
    2022 358 citations Kazunari Domen, Fuxiang Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  35. Overall photosynthesis of H2O2 by an inorganic semiconductor
    2022 259 citations Tian Liu, Zhenhua Pan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  36. Efficient and stable visible-light-driven Z-scheme overall water splitting using an oxysulfide H2 evolution photocatalyst
    2024 120 citations Lihua Lin, Yiwen Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →
  37. Efficient overall water splitting of a suspended photocatalyst boosted by metal-support interaction
    2024 105 citations Kazunari Domen, Fuxiang Zhang et al. profile →
  38. A scalable solar-driven photocatalytic system for separated H2 and O2 production from water
    2025 35 citations Qian Wang, Kazunari Domen et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kazunari Domen Japan 151 85.5k 82.4k 34.8k 10.0k 9.1k 1.0k 108.6k
Yi Xie China 166 60.5k 0.7× 55.9k 0.7× 50.6k 1.5× 17.2k 1.7× 4.8k 0.5× 997 101.4k
Jinhua Ye Japan 143 60.6k 0.7× 54.5k 0.7× 25.4k 0.7× 7.4k 0.7× 5.7k 0.6× 831 74.6k
Dingsheng Wang China 152 53.8k 0.6× 41.0k 0.5× 29.6k 0.9× 6.3k 0.6× 6.3k 0.7× 807 79.3k
Jiaguo Yu China 215 145.2k 1.7× 131.5k 1.6× 61.9k 1.8× 15.1k 1.5× 8.8k 1.0× 925 177.6k
Xinchen Wang China 151 85.4k 1.0× 78.8k 1.0× 38.7k 1.1× 8.9k 0.9× 9.4k 1.0× 532 101.2k
Thomas F. Jaramillo United States 103 81.8k 1.0× 35.8k 0.4× 49.3k 1.4× 5.3k 0.5× 2.2k 0.2× 337 95.0k
Yujie Xiong China 118 32.3k 0.4× 34.9k 0.4× 17.5k 0.5× 10.5k 1.0× 3.7k 0.4× 517 55.4k
Robert Schlögl Germany 128 26.3k 0.3× 49.3k 0.6× 18.6k 0.5× 6.8k 0.7× 7.1k 0.8× 1.1k 74.8k
Zhigang Zou China 125 50.1k 0.6× 45.2k 0.5× 25.7k 0.7× 6.5k 0.7× 3.5k 0.4× 1.1k 64.5k
Qiang Xü Japan 147 25.0k 0.3× 45.0k 0.5× 24.1k 0.7× 14.1k 1.4× 29.8k 3.3× 649 79.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kazunari Domen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Zhe, Haifeng Lv, Junie Jhon M. Vequizo, et al.. (2025). Efficient and stable n-type sulfide overall water splitting with separated hydrogen production. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8786–8786. 1 indexed citations
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Kageshima, Yosuke, Hiromu Kumagai, Katsuya Teshima, Kazunari Domen, & Hiromasa Nishikiori. (2025). Neutral buffered electrolytes guarantee ideal band-edge pinning for semiconductor photoanodes. Chemical Science. 16(31). 14088–14097. 1 indexed citations
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Hisatomi, Takashi, Qian Wang, Fuxiang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Photocatalytic water splitting for large-scale solar-to-chemical energy conversion and storage. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 29 indexed citations
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Takata, Tsuyoshi, Lihua Lin, Takashi Hisatomi, & Kazunari Domen. (2024). Best Practices for Assessing Performance of Photocatalytic Water Splitting Systems. Advanced Materials. 36(44). e2406848–e2406848. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuecheng, Wenpeng Li, Kaihong Chen, et al.. (2024). Enhancing the Photocatalytic Activity of CaTaO2N for Overall Water Splitting through Surface Nitride Ion Enrichment. ACS Catalysis. 14(14). 10561–10567. 12 indexed citations
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Abe, Ryu, Yun Hau Ng, Osamu Ishitani, & Kazunari Domen. (2024). Introduction to solar fuels and chemicals: photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction themed collection. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 8(19). 4398–4398.
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Vequizo, Junie Jhon M., Yasunobu Inoue, Akira Yamakata, et al.. (2023). Active BaTaO2N photocatalysts prepared from an amorphous Ta2O5 precursor for overall water splitting under visible light. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(12). 6299–6310. 23 indexed citations
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Ma, Yiwen, Lihua Lin, Tsuyoshi Takata, Takashi Hisatomi, & Kazunari Domen. (2023). A perspective on two pathways of photocatalytic water splitting and their practical application systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(9). 6586–6601. 51 indexed citations
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Li, Ronghua, Tsuyoshi Takata, Beibei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Criteria for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting Revealed by Studying Carrier Dynamics in a Model Al‐doped SrTiO3 Photocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(49). e202313537–e202313537. 79 indexed citations
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Nandy, Swarnava, Takashi Hisatomi, Tsuyoshi Takata, Tohru Setoyama, & Kazunari Domen. (2023). Recent advances in photocatalyst sheet development and challenges for cost-effective solar hydrogen production. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(38). 20470–20479. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Ronghua, Tsuyoshi Takata, Beibei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Criteria for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting Revealed by Studying Carrier Dynamics in a Model Al‐doped SrTiO3 Photocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie. 135(49). 13 indexed citations
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Lin, Lihua, Junie Jhon M. Vequizo, Xiaoping Tao, et al.. (2022). Surface Modification of Y2Ti2O5S2 with Co3O4 Co‐catalyst for Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. ChemPhotoChem. 6(12). 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Tian, Zhenhua Pan, Junie Jhon M. Vequizo, et al.. (2022). Overall photosynthesis of H2O2 by an inorganic semiconductor. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1034–1034. 259 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kageshima, Yosuke, Hajime Suzuki, Ryu Abe, et al.. (2021). Z-Scheme Overall Water Splitting Using ZnxCd1–xSe Particles Coated with Metal Cyanoferrates as Hydrogen Evolution Photocatalysts. ACS Catalysis. 11(13). 8004–8014. 35 indexed citations
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Su, Jin, Takashi Hisatomi, Tsutomu Minegishi, & Kazunari Domen. (2020). Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation from CdTe Photoanodes Annealed with CdCl2. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(33). 13800–13806. 31 indexed citations
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Garcia‐Esparza, Angel T., Tatsuya Shinagawa, Samy Ould‐Chikh, et al.. (2017). An Oxygen‐Insensitive Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Coated by a Molybdenum‐Based Layer for Overall Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie. 129(21). 5874–5878. 13 indexed citations
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Jang, Youn Jeong, Ji‐Wook Jang, Jaehyuk Lee, et al.. (2015). Correction: Selective CO production by Au coupled ZnTe/ZnO in the photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction system. Energy & Environmental Science. 9(3). 1114–1114. 6 indexed citations
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Pan, Chengsi, et al.. (2015). Photocatalytic overall water splitting on the perovskite-type transition metal oxynitride CaTaO2N under visible light irradiation. Chemical Communications. 51(33). 7191–7194. 135 indexed citations
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Jang, Youn Jeong, Ji-Wook Jang, Jaehyuk Lee, et al.. (2015). Selective CO production by Au coupled ZnTe/ZnO in the photoelectrochemical CO2reduction system. Energy & Environmental Science. 8(12). 3597–3604. 150 indexed citations
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Maeda, Kazuhiko & Kazunari Domen. (2011). Oxynitride materials for solar water splitting. MRS Bulletin. 36(1). 25–31. 94 indexed citations

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