P.K. Rai

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 941 citations indexed

About

P.K. Rai is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, P.K. Rai has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 941 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Water Science and Technology, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in P.K. Rai's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (6 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (4 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (3 papers). P.K. Rai is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (6 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (4 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (3 papers). P.K. Rai collaborates with scholars based in India and Nigeria. P.K. Rai's co-authors include Ajay Kumar Meena, Chitra Rajagopal, P. N. Nagar, Garima Mishra, Sushmita Banerjee, M. C. Chattopadhyaya, Ravindra Kumar Gautam, Vandani Rawat, Ashok Kumar Malik and Gaurav Gaurav and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Physics Letters and Surface Science.

In The Last Decade

P.K. Rai

11 papers receiving 901 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.

Removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions using carbon aerogel as an adsorbent

2005 711 citations Ajay Kumar Meena, Garima Mishra et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P.K. Rai India	8	615	197	176	167	150	13	941
Jyotsna Goel India	8	851 1.4×	198 1.0×	135 0.8×	139 0.8×	102 0.7×	9	1.1k
Mamoune El Himri Morocco	22	559 0.9×	175 0.9×	242 1.4×	138 0.8×	58 0.4×	40	941
Vera Meshko North Macedonia	10	565 0.9×	215 1.1×	173 1.0×	145 0.9×	72 0.5×	15	909
Nalan Tekin Türkiye	17	420 0.7×	190 1.0×	201 1.1×	179 1.1×	62 0.4×	49	1.1k
Basheswar Prasad India	9	707 1.1×	216 1.1×	173 1.0×	175 1.0×	58 0.4×	11	972
Babak Noroozi Iran	11	377 0.6×	107 0.5×	155 0.9×	191 1.1×	126 0.8×	17	875
S. Altenor Guadeloupe	11	544 0.9×	178 0.9×	112 0.6×	148 0.9×	55 0.4×	11	813
Fatma Tümsek Türkiye	8	489 0.8×	147 0.7×	184 1.0×	148 0.9×	73 0.5×	15	742
Hanen Guedidi Tunisia	7	551 0.9×	247 1.3×	159 0.9×	131 0.8×	49 0.3×	9	894
Ming‐Feng Hsieh United States	14	312 0.5×	389 2.0×	120 0.7×	116 0.7×	87 0.6×	24	925

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13 of 13 papers shown

Rai, P.K., et al.. (2021). Sequestration of cadmium ions from aqueous phase using magnetic chitosan composite. Materials Today Proceedings. 49. 3375–3383. 3 indexed citations

Roy, Somnath C., et al.. (2021). Adsorption and degradation mechanism of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene on TiO2 (110) surface. Surface Science. 713. 121902–121902. 9 indexed citations

Rai, P.K., et al.. (2018). Understanding ammonia adsorption and charge transfer process on ZnO using experimental and DFT approach. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 214. 540–547. 16 indexed citations

Rai, P.K., et al.. (2017). ZnO nanowires: Synthesis and charge transfer mechanism in the detection of ammonia vapour. Chemical Physics Letters. 692. 50–56. 7 indexed citations

Shukla, Prerna, et al.. (2016). Magnetic silica nanoparticles for the removal of Pb+2 from water. Nanosystems Physics Chemistry Mathematics. 488–491.

Banerjee, Sushmita, Ravindra Kumar Gautam, P.K. Rai, & M. C. Chattopadhyaya. (2016). Adsorptive removal of toxic dyes from aqueous phase using notorious weed Lantana camara (Linn.) as biosorbent. Research on Chemical Intermediates. 42(6). 5677–5708. 5 indexed citations

Rawat, Vandani, et al.. (2015). Perovskite of Ba_0.2Sr_0.8Ni_0.8Fe_0.2O_3-δas a cathode material for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC): Electrochemical performance and micro-structural characteristics. Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry. 8(3). 190–190.

Rai, P.K., Ravindra Kumar Gautam, Sushmita Banerjee, Vandani Rawat, & M. C. Chattopadhyaya. (2015). Synthesis and characterization of a novel SnFe 2 O 4 @activated carbon magnetic nanocomposite and its effectiveness in the removal of crystal violet from aqueous solution. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 3(4). 2281–2291. 109 indexed citations

Rawat, Vandani, P.K. Rai, Ravindra Kumar Gautam, & M. C. Chattopadhyaya. (2013). Kinetic and equilibrium isotherm studies for the adsorptive removal of Brilliant Green Dye from aqueous solution by Oplismenus frumentaceus husk. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Saxena, Amit, et al.. (2012). Adsorption of nitrobenzene on zero valent iron loaded metal oxide nanoparticles under static conditions. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 168. 247–256. 20 indexed citations

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Saxena, Amit, et al.. (2010). Adsorption of diethylchlorophosphate on metal oxide nanoparticles under static conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 180(1-3). 566–576. 12 indexed citations

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Gaurav, Gaurav, Ashok Kumar Malik, & P.K. Rai. (2009). Development of a new SPME–HPLC–UV method for the analysis of nitro explosives on reverse phase amide column and application to analysis of aqueous samples. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 172(2-3). 1652–1658. 48 indexed citations

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Meena, Ajay Kumar, Garima Mishra, P.K. Rai, Chitra Rajagopal, & P. N. Nagar. (2005). Removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions using carbon aerogel as an adsorbent. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 122(1-2). 161–170. 711 indexed citations breakdown →

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