Kenneth J. Balkus

15.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
233 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

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Kenneth J. Balkus is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth J. Balkus has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Materials Chemistry, 77 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 57 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kenneth J. Balkus's work include Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (65 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (43 papers) and Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (33 papers). Kenneth J. Balkus is often cited by papers focused on Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (65 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (43 papers) and Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (33 papers). Kenneth J. Balkus collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Poland. Kenneth J. Balkus's co-authors include John P. Ferraris, Inga H. Musselman, Sanjaya D. Perera, Nour Nijem, Yves J. Chabal, Daniel Tran, Chunrong Xiong, Oliver Seitz, Chalita Ratanatawanate and Ruperto G. Mariano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth J. Balkus

231 papers receiving 12.4k citations

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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.

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Graphene-TiO₂ Nanotube Composites with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

2012 876 citations Nour Nijem, Kenneth J. Balkus et al. profile →
Molecular sieving realized with ZIF-8/Matrimid® mixed-matrix membranes

2010 793 citations Kenneth J. Balkus, John P. Ferraris et al. profile →
Enzyme immobilization in MCM-41 molecular sieve

1996 510 citations Kenneth J. Balkus et al. profile →
Mixed-matrix membranes containing MOF-5 for gas separations

2008 487 citations Edson V. Perez, Kenneth J. Balkus et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kenneth J. Balkus	6.7k	3.7k	3.2k	2.8k	2.0k	233	12.6k
Bao‐Hang Han	10.0k 1.5×	4.2k 1.1×	4.2k 1.3×	2.2k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	243	16.1k
Robert Mokaya	8.7k 1.3×	4.4k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	199	14.6k
Freddy Kleitz	8.9k 1.3×	2.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.3×	198	13.9k
Ying Wan	9.0k 1.3×	2.1k 0.6×	4.9k 1.5×	1.0k 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	157	15.1k
Bo Tu	9.7k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	144	13.6k
Ruowen Fu	5.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	5.5k 1.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 1.0×	201	12.6k
Junwen Zhou	5.0k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	4.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	2.6k 1.3×	108	10.5k
Chong Rae Park	6.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	4.4k 1.4×	1.3k 0.5×	997 0.5×	202	11.8k
Cara M. Doherty	5.3k 0.8×	4.1k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	3.8k 1.4×	603 0.3×	162	10.7k
Zifeng Yan	11.8k 1.8×	3.6k 1.0×	6.2k 1.9×	5.0k 1.8×	4.5k 2.2×	580	22.1k

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Abbas, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Hollow Carbon Nanorod-Encapsulated Eu2O3 for High-Energy Hybrid Supercapacitors. Batteries. 11(10). 355–355.

Tian, Yafen, et al.. (2024). Vanadium nitride-vanadium oxide-carbon nanofiber hybrids for high performance supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta. 488. 143992–143992. 8 indexed citations

Tian, Yafen, et al.. (2024). Carbon fiber composite electrodes derived from metal organic polyhedra-18 and matrimid for hybrid supercapacitors. Energy Advances. 3(4). 883–893. 4 indexed citations

Balkus, Kenneth J., et al.. (2024). MOP−18−Derived CuO Fiber for Hybrid Supercapacitor Electrodes. Materials. 17(6). 1444–1444. 1 indexed citations

Perez, Edson V., et al.. (2024). Carbon–Carbon Composite Membranes Derived from Small-Molecule-Compatibilized Immiscible PBI/6FDA-DAM-DABA Polymer Blends. Separations. 11(4). 108–108. 3 indexed citations

Abbas, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Fluorinated Hydrophobic Rare–Earth Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs). Materials. 17(17). 4213–4213. 2 indexed citations

Abbas, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and characterization of holmium based metal–organic frameworks. CrystEngComm. 26(39). 5567–5573. 2 indexed citations

Abbas, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Encapsulation of cobaltocenium ions in a zeolite-like metal–organic framework. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(46). 21159–21167. 5 indexed citations

Perez, Edson V., et al.. (2023). Pillared Carbon Membranes Derived from Cardo Polymers. Nanomaterials. 13(16). 2291–2291. 2 indexed citations

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Tian, Siyu, Taesoon Hwang, Yafen Tian, et al.. (2023). A Low‐Cost Quasi‐Solid‐State “Water‐in‐Swelling‐Clay” Electrolyte Enabling Ultrastable Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(30). 36 indexed citations

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Wijesundara, Yalini H., Fabian C. Herbert, Olivia R. Brohlin, et al.. (2022). Carrier gas triggered controlled biolistic delivery of DNA and protein therapeutics from metal–organic frameworks. Chemical Science. 13(46). 13803–13814. 24 indexed citations

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Balkus, Kenneth J., et al.. (2021). Hybrid supercapacitors using electrodes from fibers comprising polymer blend–metal oxide composites with polymethacrylic acid as chelating agent. Nanotechnology. 32(32). 325401–325401. 8 indexed citations

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Brown, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Graphene-like Carbon from Calcium Hydroxide. ACS Omega. 6(46). 31066–31076. 12 indexed citations

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Balkus, Kenneth J., et al.. (2019). Binder free carbon nanofiber electrodes derived from polyacrylonitrile-lignin blends for high performance supercapacitors. Nanotechnology. 30(35). 355402–355402. 65 indexed citations

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Perez, Edson V., et al.. (2016). Origins and Evolution of Inorganic-Based and MOF-Based Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Gas Separations. Processes. 4(3). 32–32. 50 indexed citations

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Huang, Yu, et al.. (2016). Compatibilized Immiscible Polymer Blends for Gas Separations. Materials. 9(8). 643–643. 29 indexed citations

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Marti, Anne M., Nour Nijem, Yves J. Chabal, & Kenneth J. Balkus. (2013). Selective detection of olefins using a luminescent silver-functionalized metal organic framework, RPM3. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 174. 100–107. 31 indexed citations

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Ratanatawanate, Chalita, et al.. (2012). Synthesis of TiO₂nanotube films via pulsed laser deposition followed by a hydrothermal treatment. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 9(2). 126–137. 3 indexed citations

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Mikoryak, Carole, et al.. (2007). Electrospun linear polyethyleneimine scaffolds for cell growth. Acta Biomaterialia. 3(6). 1050–1059. 68 indexed citations

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Balkus, Kenneth J., Alexei G. Gabrielov, & Stacey I. Zones. (1995). Synthesis and characterization of UTD-1, a novel zeolite molecular sieve. Preprints - American Chemical Society. Division of Petroleum Chemistry. 40(2). 296–297.

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