Somnath C. Roy

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Somnath C. Roy is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Somnath C. Roy has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Materials Chemistry, 54 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Somnath C. Roy's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (46 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (22 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (20 papers). Somnath C. Roy is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (46 papers), TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (22 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (20 papers). Somnath C. Roy collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Denmark. Somnath C. Roy's co-authors include Craig A. Grimes, Maggie Paulose, Oomman K. Varghese, Sanju Rani, M. C. Bhatnagar, Y. Rambabu, Manu Jaiswal, Nasima Khatun, Qingyun Cai and B. Manmadha Rao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Somnath C. Roy

103 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Toward Solar Fuels: Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon D... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Toward Solar Fuels: Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Hydrocarbons
    2010 1.3k citations Somnath C. Roy, Maggie Paulose et al. profile →

Peers

Somnath C. Roy
Julia Kunze‐Liebhäuser Germany
Radenka Marić United States
Ivan Khalakhan Czechia
Juan Xiong China
Haoran Geng China
Diana Dragoé France
Jae Jeong Kim South Korea
Rajib Paul United States
Hongyu Guan China
P. Stefanov Bulgaria
Julia Kunze‐Liebhäuser Germany
Somnath C. Roy
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Fields of papers citing papers by Somnath C. Roy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Somnath C. Roy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Natarajan, S., et al.. (2025). Spectroscopic investigation of SnS quantum dots and the design of SnS QD- TiO2 heterojunction. Physica Scripta. 100(6). 65979–65979. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2025). Growth of ZnSe/TiSe2 layered pyramidal heterostructures for photoelectrochemical water-splitting. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 36(25). 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, M. Senthil, et al.. (2025). Blade-like Structures of a ZnSe/NiSe Heterojunction on Flexible Ni Foil for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 7(24). 10964–10974.
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Kumar, Rahul, Sudhanshu Gautam, M. Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of Bi2Se3/ZnSe and MoS2/ZnSe heterojunction photoanodes on Ti foils for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting. Materials Science and Engineering B. 313. 117893–117893. 5 indexed citations
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Bauri, Ranjit, et al.. (2024). Heterojunction characteristics and photoelectrochemical performance of TiO2 nanorods sensitized by zeolitic imidazolate framework. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 166. 112589–112589. 1 indexed citations
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Gautam, Sudhanshu, et al.. (2024). Bi2Se3/ZnSe heterojunction on flexible Mo metal foil for photo electrolysis water splitting application. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 239(5). 697–710. 6 indexed citations
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Gautam, Sudhanshu, Rahul Kumar, J.S. Tawale, et al.. (2024). Nanostructured Bi2Se3-Decorated TiSe2 Pyramids on Ti Foil for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(12). 14029–14039. 7 indexed citations
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Thomas, Tiju, et al.. (2024). A Study of the Reaction Kinetics and Solar Concentrator‐Based Reactor Design for Photocatalytic Conversion of CO 2 Into Fuel. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 9(2). 1 indexed citations
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Nanda, B. R. K., et al.. (2024). Fe 2 O 3 Nanoflakes ‐ WS 2 Nanosheets Heterojunctions for Multi‐Fold Enhancement in Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion. Small. 21(8). e2406715–e2406715. 7 indexed citations
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Roy, Somnath C., et al.. (2024). TiO2 multi-leg nanotubes for surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 57(32). 325106–325106. 3 indexed citations
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Gautam, Sudhanshu, Rahul Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, et al.. (2023). Bi2Se3/SnSe heterojunction on flexible Ti foil for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting. Materials Letters. 355. 135503–135503. 11 indexed citations
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Rani, Sanju, et al.. (2023). Stanene: State of the Art and Future Prospects. Journal of Electronic Materials. 52(6). 3563–3575. 5 indexed citations
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Gupta, Garima, Umesh Kumar, Nasima Khatun, Tiju Thomas, & Somnath C. Roy. (2023). Comparative Study of Morphological Variation in Bi-functional ZnCo2O4 Nanostructures for Supercapacitor and OER Applications. Journal of Electronic Materials. 52(5). 3188–3204. 13 indexed citations
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Khatun, Nasima & Somnath C. Roy. (2022). TiO2-g-C3N4 composite to boost photoelectrochemical performance under visible light irradiation and a charge carrier dynamic study. Materials Today Proceedings. 62. 4515–4518. 6 indexed citations
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Ray, Debdutta, et al.. (2021). Anomalous diameter dependent electrical transport in individual CuO nanowire. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(25). 255104–255104. 7 indexed citations
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Ray, Debdutta, et al.. (2021). Space charge limited conduction in anatase and mixed-phase (anatase/rutile) single TiO2 nanotubes. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 136. 115030–115030. 7 indexed citations
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Khatun, Nasima, Arnab Hazra, B. R. K. Nanda, et al.. (2021). Localized thermal spike driven morphology and electronic structure transformation in swift heavy ion irradiated TiO2 nanorods. Nanoscale Advances. 4(1). 241–249. 14 indexed citations
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Roy, Somnath C., Maggie Paulose, & Craig A. Grimes. (2007). The effect of TiO2 nanotubes in the enhancement of blood clotting for the control of hemorrhage. Biomaterials. 28(31). 4667–4672. 127 indexed citations

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