S. Balachandran

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

S. Balachandran is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Balachandran has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 39 papers in Materials Chemistry and 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. Balachandran's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (17 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (13 papers). S. Balachandran is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (29 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (17 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (13 papers). S. Balachandran collaborates with scholars based in India, Taiwan and China. S. Balachandran's co-authors include M. Swaminathan, K. Thirumalai, Natarajan Prakash, R. Dhilip Kumar, Mika Sillanpää, Manickavachagam Muruganandham, R. Velmurugan, S. Nagarani, K. Selvam and Mohamedazeem M. Mohideen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

S. Balachandran

78 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. Techno-economic analysis of different shades of renewable and non-renewable energy-based hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles
    2023 146 citations Mohamedazeem M. Mohideen, S. Balachandran 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
S. Balachandran India 24 1.0k 1.0k 784 299 167 81 1.8k
Rozita Monsef Iran 26 922 0.9× 634 0.6× 558 0.7× 243 0.8× 181 1.1× 39 1.5k
Zhou Yang China 23 643 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 944 1.2× 269 0.9× 174 1.0× 90 1.9k
Arun Prasad Murthy India 22 731 0.7× 1.6k 1.6× 1.2k 1.6× 257 0.9× 151 0.9× 36 2.2k
Subhasis Roy India 24 1.0k 1.0× 896 0.9× 745 1.0× 226 0.8× 144 0.9× 88 1.8k
Xiaopeng Wang China 26 821 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 311 1.0× 350 2.1× 68 2.3k
Gopala Ram Bhadu India 29 929 0.9× 567 0.6× 657 0.8× 553 1.8× 180 1.1× 65 1.7k
Ju‐Lan Zeng China 29 950 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 675 0.9× 235 0.8× 257 1.5× 96 2.7k
Zhuang Cai China 32 750 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 1.7k 2.2× 335 1.1× 237 1.4× 65 2.5k
Yiseul Yu South Korea 25 1.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 332 1.1× 450 2.7× 43 2.4k
Qing Lv China 18 812 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 324 1.1× 172 1.0× 35 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by S. Balachandran

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. Balachandran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Balachandran

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All Works

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Balachandran, S., et al.. (2025). Enhanced soil microbial degradation of pyridine by immobilized Bacillus subtilis. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society. 102(10). 102037–102037. 1 indexed citations
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Balachandran, S., Muthamizh Selvamani, R. Dhilip Kumar, et al.. (2025). Facile fabrication of BiVO4 Microspheres: Investigating their twin application on potential in electrochemical capacitors and protein detection. Journal of Power Sources. 650. 237481–237481. 1 indexed citations
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Balachandran, S., et al.. (2025). Boosting Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance of Ag@Ag3PO4 Microcrystals: For Antibacterial Application and Effective Degradation of Toxic Rhodamine B Dye. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 180. 114935–114935. 4 indexed citations
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Mohideen, Mohamedazeem M., A.V. Radhamani, Ce Wang, et al.. (2025). Negative impact of sulfur doping on ORR/OER performance in dual–active–site Co–MOF/MXene electrocatalysts. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 703(Pt 2). 139165–139165.
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Balachandran, S., et al.. (2025). Hydrothermal synthesis of InVO4/Bi2S3 heterojunctions for enhanced efficiency in visible-light photocatalysis and hydrogen evolution reactions. Journal of Power Sources. 647. 237346–237346. 4 indexed citations
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Selvamani, Muthamizh, Padmanaban Annamalai, Kholood A. Dahlous, et al.. (2024). Poly(aniline-co-pyrrole) incorporated Ag@Ag2MoO4 nanocomposites: In situ synthesis and nanomolar detection of environmental pollutant 4-nitrophenol. Electrochimica Acta. 497. 144531–144531. 12 indexed citations
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Mohideen, Mohamedazeem M., et al.. (2024). Nitrogen and sulfur incorporated chitosan-derived carbon sphere hybrid MXene as highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. Materials Today Physics. 46. 101528–101528. 8 indexed citations
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Selvamani, Muthamizh, S. Balachandran, & Elangovan Dilipan. (2024). Opinion on “Tumor habitat-based MRI features assessing early response in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma”. Oral Oncology. 159. 107095–107095. 4 indexed citations
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Balachandran, S., Emad Makki, Muthamizh Selvamani, et al.. (2024). Hierarchically, Low Band Gap Nanohybrid InVO4-CdS Heterojunction for Visible Light-Driven Toxic Organic Dye Degradations. ACS Omega. 9(20). 21864–21878. 13 indexed citations
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Balachandran, S., et al.. (2024). Emerging Two-Dimensional Ti3C2-BiOCl Nanoparticles for Excellent Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Properties. Cureus. 16(7). e65080–e65080. 1 indexed citations
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Balachandran, S., et al.. (2024). Bioremediation of heavy metals by an unexplored bacterium, Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana strain GTZY isolated from aerobic-biofilm wastewater system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(37). 22036–22050. 5 indexed citations
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Kumar, Mohanraj, et al.. (2024). Utilizing samarium doped BiVO4 microspheres for solar-Powered photocatalysis and Microbial Defense. Materials Today Sustainability. 27. 100944–100944. 10 indexed citations
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Mohideen, Mohamedazeem M., S. Balachandran, Jingyi Sun, et al.. (2023). Techno-economic analysis of different shades of renewable and non-renewable energy-based hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 174. 113153–113153. 146 indexed citations breakdown →
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Selvamani, Muthamizh, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of hybrid polyaniline – Polyoxometalate decorated with ZrO2 ternary nanocomposites with excellent visible light driven photocatalytic performance. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 443. 114844–114844. 8 indexed citations
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Marimuthu, Murugavelu, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and characterization of Ag-Au loaded SiO2 nanocomposites and study of its catalytic applicability in Mannich reaction. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 153. 110808–110808. 2 indexed citations
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Balachandran, S., et al.. (2022). Fabrications of hybrid Polyurethane-Pd doped ZrO2 smart carriers for self-healing high corrosion protective coatings. Environmental Research. 211. 113095–113095. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Zheming, Feng Wang, S. Balachandran, et al.. (2018). Morphology control of rutile TiO2 with tunable bandgap by preformed β-FeOOH nanoparticles. Nanotechnology. 29(12). 125602–125602. 8 indexed citations
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