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Chemistry

D-Index
118
Citations
72133
World Ranking
529
National Ranking
40

Arne Thomas publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arne Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 299 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Arne Thomas D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arne Thomas sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Arne Thomas is affiliated with the Technical University of Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, chemistry, and energy, with a specialization in materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main topics of Arne Thomas's work include:

  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions

Arne Thomas has contributed to multiple research papers. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for electrochemical applications," 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Covalent organic frameworks," 2023, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Strongly Reducing (Diarylamino)benzene-Based Covalent Organic Framework for Metal-Free Visible Light Photocatalytic H2O2 Generation," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Oxygen-evolving catalytic atoms on metal carbides," 2021, Nature Materials
  • "Protonated Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Arne Thomas are:

  • Pradip Pachfule
  • Jérôme Roeser
  • Shuang Li
  • Sarah Vogl
  • Johannes Schmidt

Arne Thomas's work has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ChemCatChem
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light

    Xinchen Wang;Kazuhiko Maeda;Arne Thomas;Kazuhiro Takanabe

  • Graphitic carbon nitride materials: variation of structure and morphology and their use as metal-free catalysts

    Arne Thomas;Anna Fischer;Frederic Goettmann;Markus Antonietti

  • Covalent organic frameworks

    Xiao Feng;Xiao Feng;Xuesong Ding;Donglin Jiang;Donglin Jiang

  • Porous, Covalent Triazine-Based Frameworks Prepared by Ionothermal Synthesis

    Pierre Kuhn;Markus Antonietti;Arne Thomas

  • Doping carbons beyond nitrogen: an overview of advanced heteroatom doped carbons with boron, sulphur and phosphorus for energy applications

    Jens Peter Paraknowitsch;Arne Thomas

  • Metal‐Containing Carbon Nitride Compounds: A New Functional Organic–Metal Hybrid Material

    Xinchen Wang;Xiufang Chen;Arne Thomas;Xianzhi Fu

  • Ionothermal synthesis of crystalline, condensed, graphitic carbon nitride.

    Michael J. Bojdys;Jens Oliver Müller;Markus Antonietti;Arne Thomas

  • Chemical Synthesis of Mesoporous Carbon Nitrides Using Hard Templates and Their Use as a Metal‐Free Catalyst for Friedel–Crafts Reaction of Benzene

    Frederic Goettmann;Anna Fischer;Markus Antonietti;Arne Thomas

  • Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for electrochemical applications

    Xiaojia Zhao;Xiaojia Zhao;Pradip Pachfule;Arne Thomas

  • From Melamine-Cyanuric Acid Supramolecular Aggregates to Carbon Nitride Hollow Spheres

    Young‐Si Jun;Eun Zoo Lee;Xinchen Wang;Won Hi Hong

  • Diacetylene Functionalized Covalent Organic Framework (COF) for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation

    Pradip Pachfule;Amitava Acharjya;Jérôme Roeser;Thomas Langenhahn

  • Activation of Carbon Nitride Solids by Protonation: Morphology Changes, Enhanced Ionic Conductivity, and Photoconduction Experiments

    Yuanjian Zhang;Arne Thomas;Markus Antonietti;Xinchen Wang

  • Functional Materials: From Hard to Soft Porous Frameworks

    Arne Thomas

  • A generalized synthesis of metal oxide hollow spheres using a hydrothermal approach

    Maria-Magdalena Titirici;Markus Antonietti;Arne Thomas

  • Catalyst-free Preparation of Melamine-Based Microporous Polymer Networks through Schiff Base Chemistry

    Matthias Georg Schwab;Birgit Fassbender;Hans Wolfgang Spiess;Arne Thomas

  • Covalent organic frameworks

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  • Triazine‐Based Graphitic Carbon Nitride: a Two‐Dimensional Semiconductor

    Gerardo Algara-Siller;Nikolai Severin;Samantha Y. Chong;Torbjorn Bjorkman

  • A Direct Synthesis of Mesoporous Carbons with Bicontinuous Pore Morphology from Crude Plant Material by Hydrothermal Carbonization

    Maria M. Titirici;Arne Thomas;Shu-Hong Yu;Jens Oliver Müller

  • Metal-Free Heterogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry

    Dang Sheng Su;Jian Zhang;Benjamin Frank;Arne Thomas

  • Ionic Liquids as Precursors for Nitrogen-Doped Graphitic Carbon

    Jens Peter Paraknowitsch;Jian Zhang;Dang Sheng Su;Arne Thomas

  • Solid Catalysts for the Selective Low‐Temperature Oxidation of Methane to Methanol

    Regina Palkovits;Markus Antonietti;Pierre Kuhn;Arne Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Antonietti
Markus Antonietti Max Planck Society
Reinhard Schomäcker
Reinhard Schomäcker Technical University of Berlin
Shuang Li
Shuang Li Sichuan University
Pradip Pachfule
Pradip Pachfule Technical University of Berlin
Linjie Zhi
Linjie Zhi China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Xinchen Wang
Xinchen Wang Fuzhou University
Chong Cheng
Chong Cheng Sichuan University
Peter Strasser
Peter Strasser Technical University of Berlin
Regina Palkovits
Regina Palkovits RWTH Aachen University
Ferdi Schüth
Ferdi Schüth Max Planck Society

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