Mega Kar

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Mega Kar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mega Kar has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 31 papers in Catalysis and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mega Kar's work include Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (36 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (29 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (22 papers). Mega Kar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (36 papers), Ionic liquids properties and applications (29 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (22 papers). Mega Kar collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and Switzerland. Mega Kar's co-authors include Douglas R. MacFarlane, Maria Forsyth, Jennifer M. Pringle, Zheng Ma, Karolina Matuszek, Patrick C. Howlett, Luis Miguel Azofra, Fengling Zhou, Xinyi Zhang and Muataz Ali and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Mega Kar

57 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Ionic liquids and their solid-state analogues as materials for energy generation and storage

2016 550 citations Douglas R. MacFarlane, Maria Forsyth et al. profile →
Electro-synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen at ambient temperature and pressure in ionic liquids

2017 539 citations Fengling Zhou, Luis Miguel Azofra et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mega Kar Australia	30	1.7k	1.5k	767	628	446	60	3.3k
Hao Li China	36	1.5k 0.9×	889 0.6×	2.1k 2.7×	1.2k 1.9×	459 1.0×	127	3.4k
Jianyun Zheng China	28	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 2.0×	2.0k 3.3×	297 0.7×	63	3.4k
Morgan L. Thomas Japan	22	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	460 0.6×	147 0.2×	325 0.7×	36	2.8k
Jingdong Lin China	37	892 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 2.6×	1.2k 2.0×	527 1.2×	99	3.3k
Youngmin Kim South Korea	34	1.6k 0.9×	504 0.3×	1.3k 1.8×	1.4k 2.2×	715 1.6×	95	3.2k
Yanan Yu China	29	1.9k 1.1×	443 0.3×	932 1.2×	1.7k 2.7×	455 1.0×	80	3.2k
Xuefeng Ren China	30	1.8k 1.1×	883 0.6×	1.7k 2.2×	2.1k 3.4×	316 0.7×	98	3.6k
Qiangshan Jing China	35	1.6k 0.9×	340 0.2×	1.5k 2.0×	582 0.9×	618 1.4×	108	3.2k
Ning Yan China	36	1.8k 1.1×	436 0.3×	2.0k 2.7×	1.5k 2.3×	579 1.3×	147	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mega Kar

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kar, Mega, et al.. (2025). New tetrabutylphosphonium organic ionic plastic crystals incorporating borate anions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(24). 18842–18850.

Manaf, Nor Azlian Abdul, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Performance of S-rGO Electrodes on Different Aqueous Electrolytes for Supercapacitor Applications. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences. 126(1). 110–118.

Roy, Binayak, Urbi Pal, Cuong K. Nguyen, et al.. (2025). Extreme Fast Charging and Stable Cycling of Lithium Manganese Oxide Batteries by Suppression of Cathode Phase Changes. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(11). 2 indexed citations

MacFarlane, Douglas R., Mega Kar, Cara M. Doherty, et al.. (2024). Composite organic ionic plastic crystal membranes: The effect of ether-functionalized cations on light-gas separation performance. Journal of Membrane Science. 712. 123232–123232.

Kar, Mega, Cuong K. Nguyen, Luke A. O’Dell, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Cycle Life of Rechargeable Zinc Hybrid Batteries in a Low-Cost, Nonfluorinated Dual-Cation Electrolyte. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(35). 46289–46301. 1 indexed citations

Qin, Xueping, et al.. (2024). Fluorine Rich Borate Salt Anion Based Electrolyte for High Voltage Sodium Metal Battery Development. Small. 20(42). e2311157–e2311157. 10 indexed citations

Forsyth, Craig M., et al.. (2024). Investigation of the intermolecular origins of high and low heats of fusion in azolium salt phase change materials for thermal energy storage. Materials Advances. 5(7). 2991–3000. 4 indexed citations

Forsyth, Craig M., Mega Kar, R. Vijayaraghavan, et al.. (2023). Sustainable materials for renewable energy storage in the thermal battery. RSC Sustainability. 1(3). 470–480. 13 indexed citations

Forsyth, Maria, et al.. (2023). Fluoroborate ionic liquids as sodium battery electrolytes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(40). 27718–27730. 4 indexed citations

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Matuszek, Karolina, et al.. (2022). Molecular patterns in the thermophysical properties of pyridinium ionic liquids as phase change materials for energy storage in the intermediate temperature range. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15. 100108–100108. 13 indexed citations

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Roy, Binayak, Cuong K. Nguyen, Patrick C. Howlett, et al.. (2022). High-Ionicity Electrolytes Based on Bulky Fluoroborate Anions for Stable Na-Metal Cycling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(44). 18918–18930. 10 indexed citations

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Matuszek, Karolina, R. Vijayaraghavan, Mega Kar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, & Douglas R. MacFarlane. (2021). Guanidinium Organic Salts as Phase‐Change Materials for Renewable Energy Storage. ChemSusChem. 14(13). 2757–2762. 26 indexed citations

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Vijayaraghavan, R., et al.. (2020). Influence of ion structure on thermal runaway behaviour of aprotic and protic ionic liquids. Chemical Communications. 56(79). 11819–11822. 2 indexed citations

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Matuszek, Karolina, R. Vijayaraghavan, Craig M. Forsyth, et al.. (2019). Pyrazolium Phase‐Change Materials for Solar‐Thermal Energy Storage. ChemSusChem. 13(1). 159–164. 37 indexed citations

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Rüther, Thomas, Adam S. Best, Mega Kar, et al.. (2019). A Hybrid Anion for Ionic Liquid and Battery Electrolyte Applications: Half Triflamide, Half Carbonate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(13). 4390–4394. 18 indexed citations

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Kar, Mega, Oscar Tutusaus, Douglas R. MacFarlane, & Rana Mohtadi. (2018). Novel and versatile room temperature ionic liquids for energy storage. Energy & Environmental Science. 12(2). 566–571. 76 indexed citations

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Kar, Mega, Natalia V. Plechkova, Kenneth R. Seddon, Jennifer M. Pringle, & Douglas R. MacFarlane. (2018). Ionic Liquids – Further Progress on the Fundamental Issues. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 72(2). 3–10. 62 indexed citations

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Pan, Mingguang, R. Vijayaraghavan, Fengling Zhou, et al.. (2017). Enhanced CO₂ uptake by intramolecular proton transfer reactions in amino-functionalized pyridine-based ILs. Chemical Communications. 53(44). 5950–5953. 31 indexed citations

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MacFarlane, Douglas R., Maria Forsyth, Mega Kar, et al.. (2017). New dimensions in salt–solvent mixtures: a 4th evolution of ionic liquids. Faraday Discussions. 206. 9–28. 103 indexed citations

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Zhou, Fengling, Luis Miguel Azofra, Muataz Ali, et al.. (2017). Electro-synthesis of ammonia from nitrogen at ambient temperature and pressure in ionic liquids. Energy & Environmental Science. 10(12). 2516–2520. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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