2026 Ian D. Sharp: 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	62	6431	6219	375	363	245	15146

Overview

Ian D. Sharp is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics such as Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Insect Pheromone Research and Control, Entomological Studies and Ecology, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, and Semiconductor Materials and Devices.

Ian D. Sharp has published extensively across several notable venues. The most frequent publication venues include Metamorphosis, arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, and ACS Nano.

Coauthorship patterns reveal frequent collaboration with researchers Allison Sharp, Hermann S. Staude, Marion Maclean, Silvia Mecenero, and Rudolph J. Pretorius.

Among their recent publications are:

Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation, 2020, Nature Catalysis
A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions, 2021, Nature Communications
The 2022 solar fuels roadmap, 2022, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
Identifying Performance-Limiting Deep Traps in Ta3N5 for Solar Water Splitting, 2020, ACS Catalysis
Bright circularly polarized photoluminescence in chiral layered hybrid lead-halide perovskites, 2023, Science Advances

Best Publications

Scalable water splitting on particulate photocatalyst sheets with a solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficiency exceeding 1%

Qian Wang;Takashi Hisatomi;Qingxin Jia;Hiromasa Tokudome

1635
Citations
Experimental demonstrations of spontaneous, solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting

Joel W. Ager;Matthew R. Shaner;Karl A. Walczak;Ian D. Sharp

663
Citations
Hole Selective MoOx Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

Corsin Battaglia;Xingtian Yin;Xingtian Yin;Xingtian Yin;Maxwell Zheng;Maxwell Zheng;Ian D. Sharp

608
Citations
Electronic Structure of Monoclinic BiVO4

Jason K. Cooper;Sheraz Gul;Francesca M. Toma;Le Chen

464
Citations
Facet-dependent photovoltaic efficiency variations in single grains of hybrid halide perovskite

Sibel Y. Leblebici;Sibel Y. Leblebici;Linn Leppert;Linn Leppert;Yanbo Li;Sebastian E. Reyes-Lillo;Sebastian E. Reyes-Lillo

396
Citations
High Photoluminescence Quantum Yield in Band Gap Tunable Bromide Containing Mixed Halide Perovskites

Carolin M. Sutter-Fella;Yanbo Li;Matin Amani;Joel W. Ager

370
Citations
Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Yequan Xiao;Chao Feng;Jie Fu;Faze Wang;Faze Wang

347
Citations
Tunable electrical conductivity in oriented thin films of tetrathiafulvalene-based covalent organic framework

Song-Liang Cai;Song-Liang Cai;Yue-Biao Zhang;Yue-Biao Zhang;Andrew B. Pun;Bo He

346
Citations
Mechanistic insights into chemical and photochemical transformations of bismuth vanadate photoanodes

Francesca M. Toma;Jason K. Cooper;Viktoria Kunzelmann;Viktoria Kunzelmann;Matthew T. McDowell;Matthew T. McDowell

334
Citations
Understanding the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Mechanism on CoOx using Operando Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Marco Favaro;Jinhui Yang;Silvia Nappini;Elena Magnano

325
Citations
Indirect Bandgap and Optical Properties of Monoclinic Bismuth Vanadate

Jason K. Cooper;Sheraz Gul;Francesca M. Toma;Le Chen

308
Citations
Hole Selective MoO x Contact for Silicon Solar Cells

Corsin Battaglia;Xingtian Yin;Maxwell Zheng;Ian D. Sharp

290
Citations
Graphene Transistor Arrays for Recording Action Potentials from Electrogenic Cells

Lucas H. Hess;Michael Jansen;Vanessa Maybeck;Moritz V. Hauf

287
Citations
Ground-Based Wireless Positioning

Kegen Yu;Ian Sharp;Y. Jay Guo;Y. Jay Guo

256
Citations
A multifunctional biphasic water splitting catalyst tailored for integration with high-performance semiconductor photoanodes

Jinhui Yang;Jason K. Cooper;Francesca M. Toma;Karl A. Walczak

248
Citations
Efficient and sustained photoelectrochemical water oxidation by cobalt oxide/silicon photoanodes with nanotextured interfaces.

Jinhui Yang;Karl Walczak;Eitan Anzenberg;Francesca M. Toma

244
Citations
Life-cycle net energy assessment of large-scale hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical water splitting

Roger Sathre;Corinne D. Scown;William R. Morrow;John C. Stevens

243
Citations
Interfacial band-edge energetics for solar fuels production

Wilson A. Smith;Ian D. Sharp;Nicholas C. Strandwitz;Juan Bisquert;Juan Bisquert

217
Citations
The Technical and Energetic Challenges of Separating (Photo)Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Products

Jeffery B. Greenblatt;Daniel J. Miller;Joel W. Ager;Frances A. Houle

217
Citations
Reactive Sputtering of Bismuth Vanadate Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting

Le Chen;Esther Alarcón-Lladó;Esther Alarcón-Lladó;Mark Hettick;Mark Hettick;Ian D. Sharp

201
Citations
Graphene Solution‐Gated Field‐Effect Transistor Array for Sensing Applications

Markus Dankerl;Moritz V. Hauf;Andreas Lippert;Lucas H. Hess

193
Citations