R.E. Mapasha

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

R.E. Mapasha is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, R.E. Mapasha has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in R.E. Mapasha's work include Graphene research and applications (20 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (14 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers). R.E. Mapasha is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (20 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (14 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers). R.E. Mapasha collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Zambia and Kenya. R.E. Mapasha's co-authors include N. Chetty, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong, R. C. Andrew, E. Igumbor, W.E. Meyer, Mmantsae Diale, Artur Braun, O. Olaniyan, A. I. Kochaev and Kingsley Onyebuchi Obodo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

R.E. Mapasha

42 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Mechanical properties of graphene and boronitrene

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.E. Mapasha South Africa	12	1.1k	451	169	148	117	44	1.3k
Yipeng An China	24	1.2k 1.1×	813 1.8×	298 1.8×	135 0.9×	126 1.1×	84	1.4k
Leandro Seixas Brazil	18	943 0.8×	403 0.9×	235 1.4×	166 1.1×	126 1.1×	29	1.1k
Magdalena Birowska Poland	17	832 0.7×	293 0.6×	122 0.7×	163 1.1×	138 1.2×	34	947
Hongyu Tian China	16	1.3k 1.2×	384 0.9×	293 1.7×	168 1.1×	260 2.2×	47	1.4k
Sanjib Bhattacharya India	19	693 0.6×	581 1.3×	85 0.5×	133 0.9×	58 0.5×	75	1.0k
Bei Deng China	14	712 0.6×	397 0.9×	99 0.6×	144 1.0×	44 0.4×	39	848
Valérie Bouquet France	15	602 0.5×	471 1.0×	110 0.7×	193 1.3×	108 0.9×	80	821
R. Ponce‐Pérez Mexico	17	779 0.7×	261 0.6×	100 0.6×	190 1.3×	80 0.7×	100	869
Yongping Du China	15	739 0.6×	331 0.7×	235 1.4×	233 1.6×	217 1.9×	35	974
Xinlei Zhang China	15	584 0.5×	586 1.3×	149 0.9×	134 0.9×	361 3.1×	38	998

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Mapasha, R.E., et al.. (2025). The effects of in-plane strains on the electrochemical properties of Li adatoms on the ZrS2 monolayer: a first-principles study. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. 29(12). 5173–5186.

Musembi, Robinson, et al.. (2025). Insights into the optoelectronic and thermoelectric properties of lead-free Rb2NaIrF6 double perovskite compound: A first-principles study. Results in Physics. 75. 108349–108349.

Martins, Nicolas F., et al.. (2025). Investigating the catalytic performance of Nb 2 S 2 C TMCC monolayer for lithium–sulfur batteries. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 728. 138740–138740. 1 indexed citations

Maphanga, Rapela R., et al.. (2024). Structural, Mechanical, and Optoelectronic Properties of CH3NH3PbI3 as a Photoactive Layer in Perovskite Solar Cell. Photonics. 11(4). 372–372. 2 indexed citations

Maphanga, Rapela R., et al.. (2024). A Density Functional Theory Insight into Structural, Mechanical, and Optical Properties of Rb₂LiTlF₆ Double Perovskite. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(5). 9 indexed citations

Mapasha, R.E., et al.. (2024). First principle study of ATiO$$_3$$ (A=Ti,Sr) materials for photovoltaic applications. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 30(2). 32–32. 3 indexed citations

Mwabora, Julius M., et al.. (2023). An ab-initio study of P-type ZrCoY (Y Sb and Bi) half – Heusler semiconductors. Heliyon. 9(8). e18531–e18531. 5 indexed citations

Igumbor, E., et al.. (2019). Electronic properties and defect levels induced by group III substitution–interstitial complexes in Ge. Journal of Materials Science. 54(15). 10798–10808. 8 indexed citations

Mapasha, R.E., et al.. (2018). Structural and electronic properties of SnS 2 stacked nanosheets: An ab-initio study. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 120. 211–217. 17 indexed citations

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Mapasha, R.E., et al.. (2018). First-principles studies of SnS2, MoS2 and WS2 stacked van der Waals hetero-multilayers. Computational Condensed Matter. 16. e00303–e00303. 5 indexed citations

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Mapasha, R.E., et al.. (2018). Band gap engineering of a MoS₂ monolayer through oxygen alloying: an ab initio study. Nanotechnology. 29(50). 505701–505701. 8 indexed citations

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Igumbor, E., et al.. (2018). Electrically active induced energy levels and metastability of B and N vacancy-complexes in 4H–SiC. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 30(18). 185702–185702. 6 indexed citations

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Igumbor, E., et al.. (2018). Induced defect levels of P and Al vacancy-complexes in 4H-SiC: A hybrid functional study. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 89. 77–84. 8 indexed citations

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Mapasha, R.E., et al.. (2017). First-principles studies of chromium line-ordered alloys in a molybdenum disulfide monolayer. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(32). 325504–325504. 10 indexed citations

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Mapasha, R.E., et al.. (2016). Defect charge states in Si doped hexagonal boron-nitride monolayer. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 28(5). 55501–55501. 17 indexed citations

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Mapasha, R.E., E. Igumbor, & N. Chetty. (2016). A hybrid density functional study of silicon and phosphorus doped hexagonal boron nitride monolayer. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 759. 12042–12042. 6 indexed citations

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Igumbor, E., R.E. Mapasha, & W.E. Meyer. (2016). Ab␣Initio Study of Aluminium Impurity and Interstitial-Substitutional Complexes in Ge Using a Hybrid Functional (HSE). Journal of Electronic Materials. 46(7). 3880–3887. 11 indexed citations

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Igumbor, E., R.E. Mapasha, R. C. Andrew, & W.E. Meyer. (2016). A first principle hybrid functional calculation ofTmGe3+-VGedefect complexes in germanium. Computational Condensed Matter. 8. 31–35. 11 indexed citations

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Mapasha, R.E., R. C. Andrew, & N. Chetty. (2013). Van der Waals density-functional study of 100% hydrogen coverage on bilayer graphene. Computational Materials Science. 78. 1–8. 3 indexed citations

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Andrew, R. C., R.E. Mapasha, & N. Chetty. (2013). Mechanical properties of hydrogenated bilayer graphene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 138(24). 244709–244709. 5 indexed citations

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