World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Environmental Functional Materials
H-index 16

Environmental Functional Materials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 625 10 10 8
Environmental Sciences 732 7 7 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 41
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
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Top Publications

  • Plastic wastes derived carbon materials for green energy and sustainable environmental applications

    (2022)
    116 Citations
  • Efficient degradation of toluene over ultra-low Pd supported on UiO-66 and its functional materials: Reaction mechanism, water-resistance, and influence of SO2

    (2022)
    69 Citations
  • Persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes: The new hope brought by nanocatalyst immobilization

    (2022)
    68 Citations
  • Recent progress on single-atom catalysts in advanced oxidation processes for water treatment

    (2022)
    58 Citations
  • Recent advances in molybdenum disulfide-based advanced oxidation processes

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Application of COFs in capture/conversion of CO2 and elimination of organic/inorganic pollutants

    (2023)
    45 Citations
  • Light-response adsorption and desorption behaviors of metal–organic frameworks

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • Comprehensive insight into heterogeneous persulfate activation for environmental pollutants degradation: Approaches and mechanism

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • FeO @FeP heterostructure: Surface phosphorization toward efficient photocatalytic Fenton-like norfloxacin removal

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Single-atom photocatalysts for CO2 reduction: Charge transfer and adsorption-activation mechanism

    (2022)
    11 Citations

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