Rhys Jacob

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rhys Jacob is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rhys Jacob has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Rhys Jacob's work include Phase Change Materials Research (30 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (22 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (20 papers). Rhys Jacob is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (30 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (22 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (20 papers). Rhys Jacob collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United States. Rhys Jacob's co-authors include Frank Bruno, Martin Belusko, Ming Liu, Wasim Saman, Geoffrey Will, Stuart Bell, N.H.S. Tay, Soheila Riahi, Yanping Sun and Sean Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Rhys Jacob

37 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Review on concentrating solar power plants and new developments in high temperature thermal energy storage technologies

2015 778 citations Ming Liu, N.H.S. Tay et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rhys Jacob Australia	15	1.4k	918	208	194	169	38	1.7k
Nicolas Calvet United Arab Emirates	24	1.3k 0.9×	884 1.0×	164 0.8×	150 0.8×	175 1.0×	57	1.7k
K. Mahkamov United Kingdom	15	1.4k 1.0×	871 0.9×	148 0.7×	162 0.8×	278 1.6×	26	1.7k
Nolwenn Le Pierrès France	22	2.0k 1.5×	669 0.7×	270 1.3×	169 0.9×	175 1.0×	64	2.3k
Pablo Dolado Spain	12	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	192 0.9×	244 1.3×	109 0.6×	13	2.0k
Adio Miliozzi Italy	16	1.1k 0.8×	850 0.9×	121 0.6×	288 1.5×	114 0.7×	32	1.4k
Lingkun Liu China	15	2.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	287 1.4×	225 1.2×	333 2.0×	18	2.5k
Doerte Laing Germany	22	2.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.7×	193 0.9×	145 0.7×	158 0.9×	59	2.4k
N.H.S. Tay Australia	23	2.2k 1.6×	1.7k 1.8×	158 0.8×	233 1.2×	125 0.7×	30	2.4k
Nasiru I. Ibrahim Saudi Arabia	19	1.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	150 0.7×	295 1.5×	236 1.4×	30	2.4k
S. Harikrishnan India	23	1.3k 1.0×	895 1.0×	222 1.1×	384 2.0×	241 1.4×	46	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rhys Jacob

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Yazhenskikh, Elena, et al.. (2025). Experimental study and thermodynamic assessment of the MgSO4-CaSO4 system. Calphad. 90. 102855–102855. 1 indexed citations

Jacob, Rhys, et al.. (2024). Compositional effects in potassium metakaolin geopolymers containing alumina and glass frit. Ceramics International. 50(21). 43907–43917.

Jacob, Rhys, Dmitry Sergeev, Elena Yazhenskikh, & Michael Müller. (2023). Evaluation of the calcium chloride-calcium fluoride system for high temperature thermal energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage. 72. 108521–108521. 3 indexed citations

Jacob, Rhys, et al.. (2023). The future role of thermal energy storage in 100% renewable electricity systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100059–100059. 9 indexed citations

Jacob, Rhys, et al.. (2023). Self-Healing Glass/Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer Composite Exposed to Molten Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride. Applied Sciences. 13(4). 2615–2615. 6 indexed citations

Jacob, Rhys & Michael Müller. (2022). Reducing stranded asset risk in off-grid renewable mine sites by including hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 47(64). 27326–27337. 4 indexed citations

Jacob, Rhys & Ming Liu. (2022). Design and Evaluation of a High Temperature Phase Change Material Carnot Battery. Energies. 16(1). 189–189. 5 indexed citations

Jacob, Rhys, Dmitry Sergeev, & Michael Müller. (2021). Valorisation of waste materials for high temperature thermal storage: a review. Journal of Energy Storage. 47. 103645–103645. 17 indexed citations

Jacob, Rhys, et al.. (2021). A novel, low-cost and robust method for determining molten salt density at high temperatures. Journal of Energy Storage. 41. 102935–102935. 3 indexed citations

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Yin, Yanting, Benjamin A. Chambers, Ming Liu, et al.. (2021). Chemical degradation in Thermally Cycled Stainless Steel 316 with High-Temperature Phase Change Material. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 230. 111216–111216. 7 indexed citations

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Jacob, Rhys, Michael D. Short, Martin Belusko, & Frank Bruno. (2020). Maximising renewable gas export opportunities at wastewater treatment plants through the integration of alternate energy generation and storage options. The Science of The Total Environment. 742. 140580–140580. 12 indexed citations

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Riahi, Soheila, Ming Liu, Rhys Jacob, et al.. (2020). Thermal insulation for a high temperature molten salt storage tank in a CSP plant. AIP conference proceedings. 2303. 190027–190027. 2 indexed citations

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Riahi, Soheila, Ming Liu, Rhys Jacob, Martin Belusko, & Frank Bruno. (2020). Assessment of exergy delivery of thermal energy storage systems for CSP plants: Cascade PCMs, graphite-PCMs and two-tank sensible heat storage systems. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 42. 100823–100823. 32 indexed citations

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Jacob, Rhys, Soheila Riahi, Ming Liu, Martin Belusko, & Frank Bruno. (2020). Technoeconomic Impacts of Storage System Design on the Viability of Concentrated Solar Power Plants. Journal of Energy Storage. 34. 101987–101987. 14 indexed citations

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Jacob, Rhys, Ming Liu, Yanping Sun, Martin Belusko, & Frank Bruno. (2019). Characterisation of promising phase change materials for high temperature thermal energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage. 24. 100801–100801. 49 indexed citations

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Jacob, Rhys, Wasim Saman, & Frank Bruno. (2017). Capital cost expenditure of high temperature latent and sensible thermal energy storage systems. AIP conference proceedings. 1850. 80012–80012. 12 indexed citations

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Jacob, Rhys, Wasim Saman, & Frank Bruno. (2016). A numerical model for thermal energy storage systems utilising encapsulated phase change materials. AIP conference proceedings. 1734. 50020–50020. 2 indexed citations

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Jacob, Rhys, et al.. (2016). A critical review of eutectic salt property prediction for latent heat energy storage systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 70. 936–944. 70 indexed citations

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Liu, Ming, N.H.S. Tay, Stuart Bell, et al.. (2015). Review on concentrating solar power plants and new developments in high temperature thermal energy storage technologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 53. 1411–1432. 778 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jacob, Rhys & Frank Bruno. (2015). Review on shell materials used in the encapsulation of phase change materials for high temperature thermal energy storage. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 48. 79–87. 247 indexed citations

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