Roel van de Krol

19.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
193 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Roel van de Krol is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Roel van de Krol has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 125 papers in Materials Chemistry and 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Roel van de Krol's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (105 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (59 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (45 papers). Roel van de Krol is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (105 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (59 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (45 papers). Roel van de Krol collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and China. Roel van de Krol's co-authors include Fatwa F. Abdi, Kevin Sivula, B. Dam, Michaël Grätzel, J. Schoonman, Yongqi Liang, Dennis Friedrich, Miro Zeman, Lihao Han and Arno H. M. Smets and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Roel van de Krol

185 papers receiving 16.0k 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.

Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion

2016 1.4k citations Roel van de Krol et al. profile →
Efficient solar water splitting by enhanced charge separation in a bismuth vanadate-silicon tandem photoelectrode

2013 1.2k citations Fatwa F. Abdi, Roel van de Krol et al. Nature Communications profile →
Unravelling the mechanism of photoinduced charge transfer processes in lead iodide perovskite solar cells

2014 652 citations Dennis Friedrich, Marinus Kunst et al. profile →
Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

2011 628 citations Roel van de Krol et al. profile →
Solar hydrogen production with nanostructured metal oxides

2008 579 citations Roel van de Krol et al. profile →
Nature and Light Dependence of Bulk Recombination in Co-Pi-Catalyzed BiVO₄ Photoanodes

2012 511 citations Fatwa F. Abdi, Roel van de Krol profile →
The Origin of Slow Carrier Transport in BiVO₄ Thin Film Photoanodes: A Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity Study

2013 508 citations Fatwa F. Abdi, Matthias M. May et al. profile →
Protonated Imine‐Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

2021 345 citations Michael Schwarze, Roel van de Krol et al. profile →
Constitutional isomerism of the linkages in donor–acceptor covalent organic frameworks and its impact on photocatalysis

2022 203 citations Reinhard Schomäcker, Roel van de Krol et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roel van de Krol Germany	59	12.1k	11.0k	7.2k	1.5k	1.1k	193	16.1k
Dejun Wang China	63	9.9k 0.8×	7.5k 0.7×	5.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	493 0.4×	185	12.6k
Yingpu Bi China	58	13.8k 1.1×	12.0k 1.1×	5.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	432 0.4×	169	16.0k
Kyoung‐Shin Choi United States	68	12.8k 1.1×	11.0k 1.0×	7.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	162	18.3k
James R. McKone United States	25	13.7k 1.1×	7.4k 0.7×	8.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	463 0.4×	49	16.0k
Frank E. Osterloh United States	51	9.1k 0.8×	9.1k 0.8×	4.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	549 0.5×	154	12.4k
Shaohua Shen China	74	21.3k 1.8×	17.5k 1.6×	9.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	532 0.5×	286	24.8k
Qixi Mi China	27	8.1k 0.7×	6.4k 0.6×	6.3k 0.9×	982 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	52	11.5k
Wei‐Nien Su Taiwan	61	5.0k 0.4×	5.3k 0.5×	10.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	266	15.0k
Yueping Fang China	61	8.4k 0.7×	8.9k 0.8×	5.9k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	741 0.7×	205	13.3k
Davide Barreca Italy	52	4.1k 0.3×	7.4k 0.7×	4.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	338	11.0k

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Repke, Jens‐Uwe, Roel van de Krol, Iver Lauermann, et al.. (2025). Structured Multilayer Thin Films for Catalytic Applications: A Novel Approach on Catalyst Design Utilizing Microfabrication Techniques. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(37). 1 indexed citations

Schwarz, Michael, Ferry Anggoro Ardy Nugroho, Muhammad Roil Bilad, et al.. (2025). Life cycle analysis of sustainable H ₂ production and hydrogenation of chemicals in a large-scale coupled photoelectrochemical system. Green Chemistry. 27(41). 12967–12984. 1 indexed citations

Paszuk, Agnieszka, Christian Höhn, Klaus Schwarzburg, et al.. (2024). Unraveling Electron Dynamics in p-type Indium Phosphide (100): A Time-Resolved Two-Photon Photoemission Study. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(13). 8949–8960. 8 indexed citations

Paszuk, Agnieszka, Christian Höhn, Klaus Schwarzburg, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at the P‐rich Indium Phosphide/TiO₂ Interface. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 4 indexed citations

Krol, Roel van de, et al.. (2024). Tuning the Optical and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Epitaxial BiVO₄ by Lattice Strain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(9). 4 indexed citations

Obata, Keisuke, Michael Schwarze, Ibbi Y. Ahmet, et al.. (2023). Solar-driven upgrading of biomass by coupled hydrogenation using in situ (photo)electrochemically generated H2. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6017–6017. 26 indexed citations

Ralaiarisoa, Maryline, et al.. (2023). In situ investigation of ion exchange membranes reveals that ion transfer in hybrid liquid/gas electrolyzers is mediated by diffusion, not electromigration. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(25). 13570–13587. 4 indexed citations

Prabhakar, Rajiv Ramanujam, Thomas Moehl, Dennis Friedrich, et al.. (2022). Sulfur Treatment Passivates Bulk Defects in Sb ₂ Se ₃ Photocathodes for Water Splitting. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(25). 23 indexed citations

Wang, Wennie, Marco Favaro, Emily Y. Chen, et al.. (2022). Influence of Excess Charge on Water Adsorption on the BiVO₄(010) Surface. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(37). 17173–17185. 31 indexed citations

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Plate, Paul, Christian Höhn, Ulrike Bloeck, et al.. (2021). On the Origin of the OER Activity of Ultrathin Manganese Oxide Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(2). 2428–2436. 43 indexed citations

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Regue, Miriam, Ibbi Y. Ahmet, Prince Saurabh Bassi, et al.. (2020). Zn-Doped Fe₂TiO₅ Pseudobrookite-Based Photoanodes Grown by Aerosol-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(12). 12066–12077. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Siyuan, Ibbi Y. Ahmet, Se‐Ho Kim, et al.. (2020). Different Photostability of BiVO₄ in Near-pH-Neutral Electrolytes. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(10). 9523–9527. 64 indexed citations

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Favaro, Marco, et al.. (2020). In situ investigation of the bismuth vanadate/potassium phosphate interface reveals morphological and composition dependent light-induced surface reactions. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(16). 164001–164001. 5 indexed citations

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Ahmet, Ibbi Y., Sean P. Berglund, A. Chemseddine, et al.. (2020). Planar and Nanostructured n‐Si/Metal‐Oxide/WO₃/BiVO₄ Monolithic Tandem Devices for Unassisted Solar Water Splitting. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research. 1(2). 15 indexed citations

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Gottesman, Ronen, Angang Song, Igal Levine, et al.. (2020). Pure CuBi₂O₄ Photoelectrodes with Increased Stability by Rapid Thermal Processing of Bi₂O₃/CuO Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(21). 76 indexed citations

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Mohamed, Mansour, Matthias M. May, Mario Brützam, et al.. (2019). The electronic structure and the formation of polarons in Mo-doped BiVO₄ measured by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. RSC Advances. 9(27). 15606–15614. 12 indexed citations

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Müller, M., et al.. (2019). Growth of Bi₂O₃ Films by Thermal- and Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition Monitored with Real-Time Spectroscopic Ellipsometry for Photocatalytic Water Splitting. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(10). 6277–6286. 4 indexed citations

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Favaro, Marco, Fatwa F. Abdi, Ethan J. Crumlin, et al.. (2017). Light-Induced Surface Reactions at the Bismuth Vanadate/Potassium Phosphate Interface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(2). 801–809. 38 indexed citations

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Xi, Lifei, et al.. (2017). In situ XAS study of CoB_i modified hematite photoanodes. Dalton Transactions. 46(45). 15719–15726. 28 indexed citations

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Jang, Ji‐Wook, Dennis Friedrich, Hannes Hempel, et al.. (2017). Solar Water Splitting: Enhancing Charge Carrier Lifetime in Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes through Mild Hydrogen Treatment (Adv. Energy Mater. 22/2017). Advanced Energy Materials. 7(22). 1 indexed citations

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