2026 Hirotomo Nishihara: 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	49	10445	10088	645	614	197	10358

Overview

Hirotomo Nishihara is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work encompasses a broad spectrum of topics related to advanced materials and energy technologies.

Among Nishihara's recent papers are:

Lamellar MXene Composite Aerogels with Sandwiched Carbon Nanotubes Enable Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with a High Sulfur Loading (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
Synthesis of graphene mesosponge via catalytic methane decomposition on magnesium oxide (2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
Vanadium oxide nanorods as an electrode material for solid state supercapacitor (2022, Scientific Reports)
Edge-Site-Free and Topological-Defect-Rich Carbon Cathode for High-Performance Lithium-Oxygen Batteries (2023, Advanced Science)
Quantifying Carbon Edge Sites on Depressing Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity (2020, Nano Letters)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Nishihara include:

Takeharu Yoshii
Zheng-Ze Pan
Takashi Kyotani
Rui Tang
Koki Chida

Publications by Nishihara are often found in the following venues:

Carbon
SSRN Electronic Journal
The Cambridge Structural Database
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Carbon Reports

The main fields of study associated with Nishihara's research are:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these fields, Nishihara's subfields of study include:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Inorganic Chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Main topics explored in Nishihara's work cover:

Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Advancements in Battery Materials
Graphene research and applications
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Best Publications

Templated nanocarbons for energy storage.

Hirotomo Nishihara;Takashi Kyotani

1000
Citations
Towards ultrahigh volumetric capacitance: graphene derived highly dense but porous carbons for supercapacitors

Ying Tao;Xiaoying Xie;Wei Lv;Wei Lv;Dai Ming Tang

670
Citations
Three-dimensionally arrayed and mutually connected 1.2-nm nanopores for high-performance electric double layer capacitor.

Hiroyuki Itoi;Hirotomo Nishihara;Taichi Kogure;Takashi Kyotani

398
Citations
Ordered macroporous silica by ice templating

Hirotomo Nishihara;Shin R. Mukai;Daisuke Yamashita;Hajime Tamon

354
Citations
A possible buckybowl-like structure of zeolite templated carbon

Hirotomo Nishihara;Quan Hong Yang;Quan Hong Yang;Peng Xiang Hou;Masashi Unno

352
Citations
Production of Colored Pigments with Amorphous Arrays of Black and White Colloidal Particles

Yukikazu Takeoka;Shinya Yoshioka;Atsushi Takano;Shigeo Arai

328
Citations
Enhancement mechanism of electrochemical capacitance in nitrogen-boron-doped carbons with uniform straight nanochannels

Taeri Kwon;Hirotomo Nishihara;Hiroyuki Itoi;Quan Hong Yang

290
Citations
Zeolite-templated carbons – three-dimensional microporous graphene frameworks

H. Nishihara;T. Kyotani

278
Citations
High-pressure hydrogen storage in zeolite-templated carbon

Hirotomo Nishihara;Peng Xiang Hou;Li Xiang Li;Li Xiang Li;Masashi Ito

266
Citations
Formation of monolithic silica gel microhoneycombs (SMHs) using pseudosteady state growth of microstructural ice crystals.

Shin R. Mukai;Hirotomo Nishihara;Hajime Tamon

259
Citations
Investigation of the Ion Storage/Transfer Behavior in an Electrical Double‐Layer Capacitor by Using Ordered Microporous Carbons as Model Materials

Hirotomo Nishihara;Hiroyuki Itoi;Taichi Kogure;Peng Xiang Hou

229
Citations
4.4 V supercapacitors based on super-stable mesoporous carbon sheet made of edge-free graphene walls

Keita Nomura;Hirotomo Nishihara;Naoya Kobayashi;Toshihiro Asada

228
Citations
Lamellar MXene Composite Aerogels with Sandwiched Carbon Nanotubes Enable Stable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with a High Sulfur Loading

Bin Zhang;Chong Luo;Guangmin Zhou;Zheng Ze Pan

189
Citations
Cellulose Nanofiber as a Distinct Structure-Directing Agent for Xylem-like Microhoneycomb Monoliths by Unidirectional Freeze-Drying

Zheng Ze Pan;Zheng Ze Pan;Hirotomo Nishihara;Hirotomo Nishihara;Shinichiroh Iwamura;Shinichiroh Iwamura;Takafumi Sekiguchi

173
Citations
Oxidation‐Resistant and Elastic Mesoporous Carbon with Single‐Layer Graphene Walls

Hirotomo Nishihara;Hirotomo Nishihara;Tomoya Simura;Shunsuke Kobayashi;Keita Nomura

167
Citations
Preparation of resorcinol–formaldehyde carbon cryogel microhoneycombs

Hirotomo Nishihara;Shin R Mukai;Hajime Tamon

146
Citations
Preparation of porous TiO2 cryogel fibers through unidirectional freezing of hydrogel followed by freeze-drying

Shin R. Mukai;Hirotomo Nishihara;Seiji Shichi;Hajime Tamon

125
Citations
A Directional Strain Sensor Based on Anisotropic Microhoneycomb Cellulose Nanofiber-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Aerogels Prepared by Unidirectional Freeze Drying

Cong Wang;Zheng Ze Pan;Wei Lv;Bilu Liu

124
Citations
Carbon-coated mesoporous silica with hydrophobicity and electrical conductivity

Hirotomo Nishihara;Yu Fukura;Kouta Inde;Katsuyuki Tsuji

123
Citations
Effect of Buffer Size around Nanosilicon Anode Particles for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Shinichiroh Iwamura;Hirotomo Nishihara;Takashi Kyotani

119
Citations
Towards ultrahigh volumetric capacitance: graphene derived highly dense but porous carbons for

Hirotomo Nishihara;Takafumi Ishii;Baohua Li;Dmitri Golberg

0
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