Mahendra K. Sunkara

12.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
183 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Mahendra K. Sunkara is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Mahendra K. Sunkara has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Materials Chemistry, 85 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 36 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Mahendra K. Sunkara's work include ZnO doping and properties (34 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (26 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (25 papers). Mahendra K. Sunkara is often cited by papers focused on ZnO doping and properties (34 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (26 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (25 papers). Mahendra K. Sunkara collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Slovenia. Mahendra K. Sunkara's co-authors include Thomas F. Jaramillo, Zhebo Chen, Ezra L. Clark, Gamini Sumanasekera, Jacek B. Jasiński, Shashank Sharma, Dustin Cummins, Vivekanand Kumar, Kostya Ostrikov and Benjamin N. Reinecke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Mahendra K. Sunkara

177 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Core–shell MoO₃–MoS₂ Nanowires for Hydrogen Evolution: A Functional Design for Electrocatalytic Materials

2011 1.1k citations Dustin Cummins, Mahendra K. Sunkara et al. profile →
Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols

2009 1.0k citations Mahendra K. Sunkara et al. profile →
Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale

2015 615 citations Erik C. Neyts, Kostya Ostrikov et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mahendra K. Sunkara United States	49	6.2k	5.1k	3.9k	1.5k	1.4k	183	10.3k
Ming Lin Singapore	53	4.7k 0.8×	4.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	220	9.4k
Keun Hwa Chae South Korea	47	5.6k 0.9×	4.4k 0.9×	3.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	803 0.6×	469	9.9k
Jun Xu China	63	8.0k 1.3×	6.1k 1.2×	2.9k 0.7×	2.5k 1.6×	2.3k 1.6×	270	12.2k
Shih‐Yuan Lu Taiwan	55	4.2k 0.7×	5.9k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.9×	1.5k 1.1×	223	10.5k
Raúl Arenal Spain	50	7.3k 1.2×	2.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	285	9.7k
Zhen Yin China	48	4.6k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	265	8.7k
Rong Yu China	51	6.8k 1.1×	3.6k 0.7×	4.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	878 0.6×	278	11.7k
Hao Wang China	52	5.3k 0.9×	5.3k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	949 0.7×	276	9.8k
Zhenguo Ji China	62	10.2k 1.6×	7.1k 1.4×	3.6k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	329	12.8k
Hua Yang China	53	6.8k 1.1×	4.4k 0.9×	4.3k 1.1×	3.5k 2.3×	1.5k 1.0×	395	11.5k

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Ge, Yubin, Salvatore Romeo, Jason Cai, et al.. (2025). TReMu: Towards Neuro-Symbolic Temporal Reasoning for LLM-Agents with Memory in Multi-Session Dialogues. 18974–18988.

Cai, Jason, et al.. (2025). MemInsight: Autonomous Memory Augmentation for LLM Agents. 33124–33140.

Sunkara, Mahendra K., et al.. (2025). A review on the advancements in chemocatalytic approach for efficient cellulosic ethanol production. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(11). 16343–16365.

Jasiński, Jacek B., et al.. (2024). Functionalized carbons and Pt/C catalysts from biomass using a plasma process. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155600–155600. 3 indexed citations

Sunkara, Mahendra K.. (2023). Methods for synthesizing metal oxide nanowires. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Sunkara, Mahendra K., et al.. (2023). Model construction and optimization for raising the concentration of industrial bioethanol production by using a data-driven ANN model. Renewable Energy. 216. 119031–119031. 11 indexed citations

Thapa, Arjun, Ram Krishna Hona, Babajide Patrick Ajayi, et al.. (2022). Mn-Rich NMC Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries at High-Voltage Operation. Energies. 15(22). 8357–8357. 2 indexed citations

Ajayi, Babajide Patrick, et al.. (2020). One-dimensional nanomaterials in lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(8). 83001–83001. 19 indexed citations

Martinez‐Garcia, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). Lithium Molybdate (Li₂MoO₃)−Sulfur Battery. Batteries & Supercaps. 3(3). 275–283. 4 indexed citations

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Neyts, Erik C., Kostya Ostrikov, Mahendra K. Sunkara, & Annemie Bogaerts. (2016). Erratum: Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale (Chem. Rev. (2015) 115 (13408-13446) DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00362). Chemical Reviews. 1 indexed citations

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Cummins, Dustin, Ulises Martinez, Andriy Sherehiy, et al.. (2016). Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11857–11857. 191 indexed citations

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Deshpande, Pradeep B., Mahendra K. Sunkara, & Bhaskar D. Kulkarni. (2014). Power of Meditation: Materialization of Energy/Intentions. 5(5).

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Pendyala, Chandrashekhar, Jacek B. Jasiński, Jeong Hun Kim, et al.. (2012). Nanowires as semi-rigid substrates for growth of thick, InxGa1−xN (x > 0.4) epi-layers without phase segregation for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nanoscale. 4(20). 6269–6269. 17 indexed citations

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Du, Ya, et al.. (2012). Kentucky Smart Grid roadmap initiative. 1–6. 4 indexed citations

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Thapa, Arjun, Tae Ho Shin, Shintaro Ida, et al.. (2012). Gold–Palladium nanoparticles supported by mesoporous β-MnO2 air electrode for rechargeable Li-Air battery. Journal of Power Sources. 220. 211–216. 57 indexed citations

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Harnett, C. K., et al.. (2008). Carbon Nanotube Growth Studies Using an Atmospheric, Microplasma Reactor. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 8(3). 286–290. 6 indexed citations

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Cowley, J. M., et al.. (2005). Carbon microtubes: tuning internal diameters and conical angles. Nanotechnology. 16(7). S362–S369. 7 indexed citations

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Sunkara, Mahendra K., et al.. (2003). The process window for diamond deposition from the vapor phase with sulfur in the C–H–O feed gas mixtures. Thin Solid Films. 440(1-2). 78–86. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Hongwei & Mahendra K. Sunkara. (2002). Growth of Oriented Gallium Nitride Films on Amorphous Substrates by Self Assembly. MRS Proceedings. 743. 1 indexed citations

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Angus, John C., Alberto Argoitia, R. Gat, et al.. (1993). Chemical vapour deposition of diamond. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 342(1664). 195–208. 75 indexed citations

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