Manish Chhowalla

87.9k total citations · 43 hit papers
277 papers, 69.6k citations indexed

About

Manish Chhowalla is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Manish Chhowalla has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 69.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Materials Chemistry, 112 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Manish Chhowalla's work include Graphene research and applications (97 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (69 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (62 papers). Manish Chhowalla is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (97 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (69 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (62 papers). Manish Chhowalla collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Manish Chhowalla's co-authors include Goki Eda, Damien Voiry, Hua Zhang, Hyeon Suk Shin, Kian Ping Loh, Cecilia Mattevi, Hisato Yamaguchi, Lain‐Jong Li, Takeshi Fujita and Mingwei Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Manish Chhowalla

267 papers receiving 68.5k citations

Hit Papers

The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transit... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2013 2011 2013 2015 2013 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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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. The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets
    2013 8.3k citations Manish Chhowalla, Goki Eda et al. profile →
  2. Photoluminescence from Chemically Exfoliated MoS2
    2011 3.5k citations Goki Eda, Damien Voiry et al. profile →
  3. Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials
    2013 3.2k citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  4. High-efficiency solution-processed perovskite solar cells with millimeter-scale grains
    2015 3.0k citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  5. Enhanced catalytic activity in strained chemically exfoliated WS2 nanosheets for hydrogen evolution
    2013 2.4k citations Damien Voiry, Goki Eda et al. Nature Materials profile →
  6. Conducting MoS2 Nanosheets as Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
    2013 2.0k citations Damien Voiry, Goki Eda et al. profile →
  7. Chemically Derived Graphene Oxide: Towards Large‐Area Thin‐Film Electronics and Optoelectronics
    2010 1.9k citations Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla profile →
  8. Blue Photoluminescence from Chemically Derived Graphene Oxide
    2009 1.7k citations Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  9. Structural evolution during the reduction of chemically derived graphene oxide
    2010 1.6k citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  10. Evolution of Electrical, Chemical, and Structural Properties of Transparent and Conducting Chemically Derived Graphene Thin Films
    2009 1.5k citations Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  11. Phase-engineered low-resistance contacts for ultrathin MoS2 transistors
    2014 1.5k citations Damien Voiry, Manish Chhowalla et al. Nature Materials profile →
  12. Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube Forests
    2003 1.3k citations Manish Chhowalla, G.A.J. Amaratunga et al. profile →
  13. Two-dimensional semiconductors for transistors
    2016 1.3k citations Manish Chhowalla, Hua Zhang et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →
  14. A review of chemical vapour deposition of graphene on copper
    2010 1.2k citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  15. Atomic and Electronic Structure of Graphene-Oxide
    2009 1.0k citations Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  16. Phase engineering of transition metal dichalcogenides
    2015 1.0k citations Damien Voiry, Manish Chhowalla et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  17. The Role of Oxygen during Thermal Reduction of Graphene Oxide Studied by Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
    2011 842 citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  18. Recent Strategies for Improving the Catalytic Activity of 2D TMD Nanosheets Toward the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
    2016 833 citations Damien Voiry, Jieun Yang et al. profile →
  19. Coherent Atomic and Electronic Heterostructures of Single-Layer MoS2
    2012 814 citations Goki Eda, Damien Voiry et al. ACS Nano profile →
  20. Boron Carbide: Structure, Properties, and Stability under Stress
    2011 803 citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  21. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanosheets
    2015 774 citations Manish Chhowalla, Hua Zhang et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  22. Unusual infrared-absorption mechanism in thermally reduced graphene oxide
    2010 754 citations Manish Chhowalla et al. Nature Materials profile →
  23. Low-dimensional catalysts for hydrogen evolution and CO2 reduction
    2018 732 citations Damien Voiry, Kian Ping Loh et al. profile →
  24. High-quality graphene via microwave reduction of solution-exfoliated graphene oxide
    2016 727 citations Damien Voiry, Jieun Yang et al. profile →
  25. Van der Waals contacts between three-dimensional metals and two-dimensional semiconductors
    2019 697 citations Yan Wang, Xiuju Song et al. profile →
  26. Solution-Processable Graphene Oxide as an Efficient Hole Transport Layer in Polymer Solar Cells
    2010 670 citations Manish Chhowalla et al. ACS Nano profile →
  27. Recent Advances in Design of Electrocatalysts for High‐Current‐Density Water Splitting
    2021 659 citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  28. Covalent functionalization of monolayered transition metal dichalcogenides by phase engineering
    2014 656 citations Damien Voiry, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  29. Efficient Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction: Polyaniline-Derived N- and O-Doped Mesoporous Carbons
    2013 644 citations Damien Voiry, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  30. Light-activated photocurrent degradation and self-healing in perovskite solar cells
    2016 631 citations Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  31. Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Graphene–Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials for Bioapplications
    2015 600 citations Manish Chhowalla, Ki‐Bum Lee et al. profile →
  32. Tunable Photoluminescence from Graphene Oxide
    2012 600 citations Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  33. Graphene-based Composite Thin Films for Electronics
    2009 569 citations Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla profile →
  34. Insulator to Semimetal Transition in Graphene Oxide
    2009 565 citations Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  35. Evolution of the Electronic Band Structure and Efficient Photo-Detection in Atomic Layers of InSe
    2014 550 citations Manish Chhowalla et al. ACS Nano profile →
  36. Role of Sulfur Vacancies and Undercoordinated Mo Regions in MoS2 Nanosheets toward the Evolution of Hydrogen
    2019 534 citations Jieun Yang, Manish Chhowalla et al. ACS Nano profile →
  37. Chemical vapour deposition
    2021 468 citations Jieun Yang, Manish Chhowalla et al. profile →
  38. Lithiated metallic molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
    2023 429 citations Zhuangnan Li, Jieun Yang et al. Nature Energy profile →
  39. Molecularly thin two-dimensional hybrid perovskites with tunable optoelectronic properties due to reversible surface relaxation
    2018 354 citations Kai Leng, Ibrahim Abdelwahab et al. Nature Materials profile →
  40. Recent developments in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: phase transition and applications of the (quasi-)metallic phases
    2021 237 citations Xinmao Yin, Chi Sin Tang et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  41. P-type electrical contacts for 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides
    2022 235 citations Yan Wang, Yang Li et al. profile →
  42. Ferroelectricity in untwisted heterobilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides
    2022 227 citations Manish Chhowalla, Shu Ping Lau et al. profile →
  43. Epitaxial single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride multilayers on Ni (111)
    2022 191 citations Yan Wang, Jieun Yang et al. profile →

Peers

Manish Chhowalla
Yoshio Bando Japan
Wei Chen China
Dmitri Golberg Japan
Yu Huang United States
Kian Ping Loh Singapore
Jonathan N. Coleman Ireland
Mauricio Terrones United States
Jun Lou United States
Eric A. Stach United States
Zhongfan Liu China
Yoshio Bando Japan
Manish Chhowalla
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manish Chhowalla

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All Works

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Xu, Wenshuo, Yao Wu, Shibo Xi, et al.. (2025). Ultrathin transition metal oxychalcogenide catalysts for oxygen evolution in acidic media. Nature Synthesis. 4(3). 327–335. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Zhuangnan, et al.. (2025). Mapping Polysulfides in Sodium–Sulfur Batteries. ACS Nano. 19(9). 8939–8947. 8 indexed citations
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Ahn, Sang Jung, et al.. (2025). Reversible Capacity and Cycling Stability of MoS 2 /FeS/FeS 2 Heterostructure Anodes for Lithium/Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(23). 17311–17321.
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Li, Yang, Yan Wang, Andrew F. May, et al.. (2024). Spin-dependent electron transfer in electrochemically transparent van der Waals heterostructures for oxygen evolution reaction. Materials Science and Engineering R Reports. 161. 100856–100856. 1 indexed citations
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Ramı́rez, M. O., Pablo Molina, David Hernández‐Pinilla, et al.. (2023). Integrating 2D Materials and Plasmonics on Lithium Niobate Platforms for Pulsed Laser Operation at the Nanoscale. Laser & Photonics Review. 18(1). 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zhuangnan, et al.. (2023). Lithiated metallic molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries. Nature Energy. 8(1). 84–93. 429 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sarkar, Soumya, Yan Wang, Evgeny M. Alexeev, et al.. (2023). Nanoscale Cathodoluminescence and Conductive Mode Scanning Electron Microscopy of van der Waals Heterostructures. ACS Nano. 17(12). 11882–11891. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiewei, Ting Zhang, Jingli Wang, et al.. (2022). Topological phase change transistors based on tellurium Weyl semiconductor. Science Advances. 8(23). eabn3837–eabn3837. 37 indexed citations
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Liu, Shengwen, Jieun Yang, Xiuju Song, et al.. (2022). Microwave-Reduced Graphene Oxide for Aluminum Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(10). 14347–14355. 9 indexed citations
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Tomov, Rumen I., et al.. (2022). On the performance of a hierarchically porous Ag2S–CuxS electrode in Li-ion batteries. Dalton Transactions. 51(47). 18045–18053. 2 indexed citations
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Andritsos, Eleftherios I., et al.. (2022). DFT Simulation-Based Design of 1T-MoS2 Cathode Hosts for Li-S Batteries and Experimental Evaluation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(24). 15608–15608. 16 indexed citations
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Yin, Xinmao, Chi Sin Tang, Yupeng Zheng, et al.. (2021). Recent developments in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: phase transition and applications of the (quasi-)metallic phases. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(18). 10087–10115. 237 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leng, Kai, Wei Fu, Yanpeng Liu, Manish Chhowalla, & Kian Ping Loh. (2020). From bulk to molecularly thin hybrid perovskites. Nature Reviews Materials. 5(7). 482–500. 215 indexed citations
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Song, Xiuju, Yan Wang, Fang Zhao, et al.. (2019). Plasmon-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Using Metallic 2D Materials. ACS Nano. 13(7). 8312–8319. 128 indexed citations
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Yang, Jieun, Yan Wang, Maureen J. Lagos, et al.. (2019). Single Atomic Vacancy Catalysis. ACS Nano. 13(9). 9958–9964. 140 indexed citations
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Lazić, S., André Espinha, Sergio Pinilla, et al.. (2019). Dynamically tuned non-classical light emission from atomic defects in hexagonal boron nitride. Communications Physics. 2(1). 37 indexed citations
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Leng, Kai, Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Ivan Verzhbitskiy, et al.. (2018). Molecularly thin two-dimensional hybrid perovskites with tunable optoelectronic properties due to reversible surface relaxation. Nature Materials. 17(10). 908–914. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dong, Lei, Jieun Yang, Manish Chhowalla, & Kian Ping Loh. (2017). Synthesis and reduction of large sized graphene oxide sheets. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(23). 7306–7316. 249 indexed citations
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Amaratunga, G.A.J., Mark Baxendale, N.L. Rupesinghe, et al.. (1999). Field emission from a new form of thin film amorphous carbon having nanoparticle inclusions and carbon nanotubes. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 4 indexed citations

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