2026 Hiroaki Tada: 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	6750	6523	353	343	257	14001
Chemistry	61	9204	8347	654	605	253	13974

Overview

Hiroaki Tada is a researcher affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan, specializing in materials science and energy fields. Their work focuses extensively on photocatalysis and advanced nanomaterials, particularly in the development of catalysts for sustainable energy applications.

Their research portfolio encompasses several core topics, including:

Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
TiO₂ Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Tada has contributed to prominent journals, frequently publishing in:

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
ChemPhysChem
Chemical Communications
Catalysis Communications
Chemistry Letters

Among their notable recent papers are:

A Three-Component Plasmonic Photocatalyst Consisting of Gold Nanoparticle and TiO₂-SnO₂ Nanohybrid with Heteroepitaxial Junction: Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
Rational design for gold nanoparticle-based plasmonic catalysts and electrodes for water oxidation towards artificial photosynthesis (2022, Dalton Transactions)
Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis by a Hybrid Photocatalyst Consisting of Bismuth Vanadate and Bis(hexafluoroacetylacetonato)copper(II) Complex (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Inorganic Photocatalysts Consisting of Gold Nanoparticle and Metal Oxide toward Oxygen Cycle Chemistry (2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)
Hydrogen peroxide synthesis from water and oxygen using a three-component nanohybrid photocatalyst consisting of Au particle-loaded rutile TiO₂ and RuO₂ with a heteroepitaxial junction (2020, Chemical Communications)

Tada frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research projects. Key collaborators include:

Shin-ichi Naya
Musashi Fujishima
Tetsuro Soejima
Hisashi Sugime
Miwako Teranishi

Their scientific work covers significant subfields such as:

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Best Publications

All-solid-state Z-scheme in CdS-Au-TiO2 three-component nanojunction system.

Hiroaki Tada;Tomohiro Mitsui;Tomokazu Kiyonaga;Tomoki Akita

1897
Citations
A Patterned TiO2(Anatase)/TiO2(Rutile) Bilayer-Type Photocatalyst: Effect of the Anatase/Rutile Junction on the Photocatalytic Activity

Tetsuro Kawahara;Yasuhiro Konishi;Hiroaki Tada;Noboru Tohge

737
Citations
Rational design and applications of highly efficient reaction systems photocatalyzed by noble metal nanoparticle-loaded titanium(IV) dioxide

Hiroaki Tada;Tomokazu Kiyonaga;Shin-ichi Naya

456
Citations
In situ liquid phase synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from molecular oxygen using gold nanoparticle-loaded titanium(IV) dioxide photocatalyst.

Miwako Teranishi;Shin-ichi Naya;Hiroaki Tada

428
Citations
Cobalt ion-doped TiO2 photocatalyst response to visible light

Mitsunobu Iwasaki;Masayoshi Hara;Hiromi Kawada;Hiroaki Tada

427
Citations
Photodeposition of metal sulfide quantum dots on titanium(IV) dioxide and the applications to solar energy conversion.

Hiroaki Tada;Musashi Fujishima;Hisayoshi Kobayashi

314
Citations
Dependence of TiO2 Photocatalytic Activity upon Its Film Thickness

Hiroaki Tada;Makiko Tanaka

276
Citations
Titanium(IV) Dioxide Surface‐Modified with Iron Oxide as a Visible Light Photocatalyst

Hiroaki Tada;Qiliang Jin;Hiroaki Nishijima;Hironori Yamamoto

273
Citations
Drastic enhancement of TiO2-photocatalyzed reduction of nitrobenzene by loading Ag clusters.

Hiroaki Tada;Tetsuji Ishida;and Ayako Takao;Seishiro Ito

244
Citations
One-Step Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Amines to Imines by Gold Nanoparticle-Loaded Rutile Titanium(IV) Oxide Plasmon Photocatalyst

Shin-ichi Naya;Keisuke Kimura;Hiroaki Tada

242
Citations
Self-assembled heterosupramolecular visible light photocatalyst consisting of gold nanoparticle-loaded titanium(IV) dioxide and surfactant.

Shin-Ichi Naya;Aimi Inoue;Hiroaki Tada

232
Citations
A Patterned-TiO 2 /SnO 2 Bilayer Type Photocatalyst

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209
Citations
Red-Light-Driven Water Splitting by Au(Core)-CdS(Shell) Half-Cut Nanoegg with Heteroepitaxial Junction.

Shin-ichi Naya;Takahiro Kume;Ryo Akashi;Musashi Fujishima

205
Citations
Ag Nanocluster Loading Effect on TiO2 Photocatalytic Reduction of Bis(2-dipyridyl)disulfide to 2-Mercaptopyridine by H2O

Hiroaki Tada;Kazuaki Teranishi;‡ and Yo-ichi Inubushi;Seishiro Ito

196
Citations
Photoreactivity of Sol−Gel TiO2 Films Formed on Soda-Lime Glass Substrates: Effect of SiO2 Underlayer Containing Fluorine

Akihiko Hattori;Koji Shimoda;Hiroaki Tada;Seishiro Ito

194
Citations
Photocatalytic activity of rutile-anatase coupled TiO2 particles prepared by a dissolution-reprecipitation method.

Tetsuro Kawahara;Toshiaki Ozawa;Mitsunobu Iwasaki;Hiroaki Tada

193
Citations
TiO2 Crystal Form-Dependence of the Au/TiO2 Plasmon Photocatalyst’s Activity

Keisuke Kimura;Shin-ichi Naya;Yasuaki Jin-nouchi;Hiroaki Tada

185
Citations
Low-temperature synthesis of anatase–brookite composite nanocrystals: the junction effect on photocatalytic activity

Toshiaki Ozawa;Mitsunobu Iwasaki;Hiroaki Tada;Tomoki Akita

177
Citations
Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Loaded Carbonate‐Modified Titanium(IV) Oxide Surface: Visible‐Light‐Driven Formation of Hydrogen Peroxide from Oxygen

Miwako Teranishi;Riyoko Hoshino;Shin-ichi Naya;Hiroaki Tada

175
Citations
Facile synthesis and catalytic activity of MoS2/TiO2 by a photodeposition-based technique and its oxidized derivative MoO3/TiO2 with a unique photochromism

Shigeki Kanda;Tomoki Akita;Musashi Fujishima;Hiroaki Tada

158
Citations
High Photocatalytic Activity of F-Doped TiO2 Film on Glass

Akihiko Hattori;Hiroaki Tada

143
Citations