2026 Akihiro Furube: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	61	6696	6469	348	338	241	15523
Chemistry	61	9153	8304	648	599	218	15490

Overview

Akihiro Furube is affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research emphasizes materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, with additional focus on biomedical engineering and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work covers several specific research topics, including:

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
2D Materials and Applications

Akihiro Furube has published in a variety of venues, frequently appearing in:

The Cambridge Structural Database
International Journal of Modern Physics B
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Modern Physics Letters B
The Journal of Chemical Physics

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Akihiro Furube include:

"Photothermally Driven High-Speed Crystal Actuation and Its Simulation," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"Unveiling charge dynamics of visible light absorbing oxysulfide for efficient overall water splitting," 2021, Nature Communications
"Polymorph-Derived Diversification of Crystal Actuation by Photoisomerization and the Photothermal Effect," 2022, Chemistry of Materials
"Origin of Enhanced Overall Water Splitting Efficiency in Aluminum-Doped SrTiO₃ Photocatalyst," 2023, Advanced Energy Materials
"Extending the Optical Absorption Limit of Graphitic Carbon Nitride Photocatalysts: A Review," 2023, ACS Applied Nano Materials

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

Tetsuro Katayama
Pankaj Koinkar
Shodai Hasebe
Yuki Hagiwara
Toru Asahi

Best Publications

Molecular Design of Coumarin Dyes for Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Kohjiro Hara;Tadatake Sato;Ryuzi Katoh;Akihiro Furube

1272
Citations
Ultrafast plasmon-induced electron transfer from gold nanodots into TiO2 nanoparticles.

Akihiro Furube;Luchao Du;Kohjiro Hara;Ryuzi Katoh

1040
Citations
Hexylthiophene-Functionalized Carbazole Dyes for Efficient Molecular Photovoltaics: Tuning of Solar-Cell Performance by Structural Modification

Zhong-Sheng Wang;Nagatoshi Koumura;Yan Cui;Masabumi Takahashi

742
Citations
Efficiencies of Electron Injection from Excited N3 Dye into Nanocrystalline Semiconductor (ZrO2, TiO2, ZnO, Nb2O5, SnO2, In2O3) Films

Ryuzi Katoh;Akihiro Furube;Toshitada Yoshihara;Kohjiro Hara

693
Citations
Oligothiophene-containing coumarin dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells.

Kohjiro Hara;† Zhong-Sheng Wang;Tadatake Sato;Akihiro Furube

685
Citations
Identification of Reactive Species in Photoexcited Nanocrystalline TiO2 Films by Wide-Wavelength-Range (400−2500 nm) Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

Toshitada Yoshihara;Ryuzi Katoh;Akihiro Furube;Yoshiaki Tamaki

570
Citations
Novel conjugated organic dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

K. Hara;T. Sato;R. Katoh;A. Furube

504
Citations
Direct observation of reactive trapped holes in TiO2 undergoing photocatalytic oxidation of adsorbed alcohols: evaluation of the reaction rates and yields.

Yoshiaki Tamaki;Akihiro Furube;Miki Murai;Kohjiro Hara

392
Citations
Dynamics of efficient electron-hole separation in TiO2 nanoparticles revealed by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy under the weak-excitation condition.

Yoshiaki Tamaki;Akihiro Furube;Miki Murai;Kohjiro Hara

373
Citations
Evidence and mechanism of efficient thermally activated delayed fluorescence promoted by delocalized excited states

Takuya Hosokai;Hiroyuki Matsuzaki;Hajime Nakanotani;Hajime Nakanotani;Katsumi Tokumaru

369
Citations
Analysis of the excited states of regioregular polythiophene P3HT

Steffan Cook;Akihiro Furube;Ryuzi Katoh

328
Citations
Charge Carrier Dynamics of Standard TiO2 Catalysts Revealed by Femtosecond Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

Akihiro Furube;Tsuyoshi Asahi;Hiroshi Masuhara;Hiromi Yamashita

314
Citations
Plasmon-Induced Charge Separation and Recombination Dynamics in Gold−TiO2 Nanoparticle Systems: Dependence on TiO2 Particle Size

Luchao Du;Akihiro Furube;Kazuhiro Yamamoto;Kohjiro Hara

290
Citations
Fluorescence Quantum Yield of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Crystals

Ryuzi Katoh;Kengo Suzuki;Akihiro Furube;Masahiro Kotani

271
Citations
Porphyrins for dye-sensitised solar cells: new insights into efficiency-determining electron transfer steps

Matthew J. Griffith;Kenji Sunahara;Kenji Sunahara;Pawel Wagner;Klaudia Wagner

251
Citations
Insight into plasmonic hot-electron transfer and plasmon molecular drive: new dimensions in energy conversion and nanofabrication

Akihiro Furube;Shuichi Hashimoto

248
Citations
Ultrafast Studies of Charge Generation in PCBM:P3HT Blend Films following Excitation of the Fullerene PCBM

Steffan Cook;Ruyzi Katoh;Akihiro Furube

243
Citations
Zn-Zn porphyrin dimer-sensitized solar cells: toward 3-D light harvesting.

Attila J. Mozer;Matthew J. Griffith;George Tsekouras;Pawel W Wagner

223
Citations
Kinetics and mechanism of electron injection and charge recombination in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline semiconductors

Ryuzi Katoh;Akihiro Furube;Alexander V. Barzykin;Hironori Arakawa

222
Citations
Femtosecond Visible-to-IR Spectroscopy of TiO2 Nanocrystalline Films: Elucidation of the Electron Mobility before Deep Trapping†

Yoshiaki Tamaki;Kohjiro Hara;Ryuzi Katoh;M. Tachiya

221
Citations